Dear Customer:

Unified QFI (Qualified Foreign Investor) is a program launched by the Chinese government that permits qualified international investors to participate in mainland China’s capital market, with a wide investment scope covering bonds, stocks, futures, options, and more. The program is a combination of the original QFII and RQFII schemes. For years, Huatai has been the market leader of one-stop trading services for QFI customers in the Chinese capital market.

 
 
Why QFII/RQFII:

Superior overall investor package & accessibility than Stock/Bond Connect:

• No quota limitation compared to Connect
• Broader investment scope
• Securities borrowing & lending, and margin trading
• Block trade/Proxy Voting/IPO available to the investors
• Direct investment in bonds, stocks, ETF, LOF, MMF, private investment fund, and more

Per the latest regulatory update, QFIs are now able to trade 23 commodity futures products and some related options starting from today, Sep 2, 2022.

 
 
 
The list of available products is as follows:
 
Exchange Product Futures Options
China Financial Futures Exchange SSE50 Stock Index  
CSI300 Stock Index
CSI500 Stock Index  √   
CSI1000 Stock Index  √ 
Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange PTA
Methanol
White Sugar
Rapeseed Oil
Polyester Staple Fiber  
Shanghai Futures Exchange Gold
Silver  
Copper
Aluminum
Zinc
Steel Rebar  
Hot Rolled Coils  
Dalian Commodity Exchange No.1 Soybean
No.2 Soybean
Soybean Meal
Soybean Oil
Palm Olein
Iron Ore
LLDPE
Shanghai International Energy Exchange Crude Oil
TSR20  √  
LSFO √   
Copper (BC) √   

As Huatai is keeping a close eye on this event, we encourage our customers to discuss this exciting opportunity with your Huatai representative or advisor for market access details.

Huatai Futures can assist you with the following services using our specialized skills and teams:

1. Assisting international customers with entering Chinese market via QFI or any other permit that best suits your profile.
2. Providing customers with various trading solutions, including but not limited to: Bloomberg EMSX and Tradebook, CQG, FIS.

 
 
About Huatai:
 
Huatai Futures is a wholly owned futures brokerage firm by Huatai Securities. Huatai Securities group is a giant financial conglomerate listed on both A- and H-share markets (stock code: 601688.SH, 6886.HK). The group leverages its spectrum of licenses to integrate financial services covering brokerage, wealth management, investment banking, asset management, investment and trading, and cross-border solutions. Huatai Securities is also the first Global Depository Receipts (GDR) issuer on London Stock Exchange to raise capital via the Shanghai-London Stock Connect Scheme, having commenced its GDR market making business, becoming the first Registered Market Maker from Asia on London Stock Exchange.

AssetMark is a subsidiary of AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMK) of which Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. ("HTSC") is the controlling shareholder.

Huatai Securities owns 243 sales offices across Mainland China, while Huatai Futures owns 42 offices. Huatai Securities has nearly 15 million securities customers with total assets of client accounts reaching RMB 3.92 trillion.


 
 

Thank you,

Huatai Futures