China regulator moves to penalize Futu, Tiger and Longbridge over unlicensed mainland brokerage activities
The Facts
- The China Securities Regulatory Commission said it had formally investigated Tiger Brokers (NZ) Limited, Futu Securities International (Hong Kong) and Longbridge Securities (Hong Kong) over illegal cross-border securities business conducted in mainland China and issued advance notices of administrative penalties.
- According to the regulator, the three firms' related onshore and offshore entities operated in mainland China without CSRC approval or the required licenses for securities brokerage and margin financing, and also engaged in illegal public fund sales and futures brokerage activities.
- The CSRC said it plans to confiscate all illegal income from the relevant onshore and offshore entities of Tiger, Futu and Longbridge and impose penalties, while noting that the parties can make statements, defenses and request hearings before final decisions are made.
- After the regulatory announcement, Futu and Tiger shares fell sharply in U.S. premarket trading, with multiple reports saying both were down more than 30%.
- Separately, with State Council approval, eight Chinese departments issued an implementation plan that aims to eliminate illegal cross-border securities, futures and fund operations by offshore institutions after a two-year rectification period.
- The cleanup plan bars offshore institutions from conducting marketing, account-opening, trade-order handling and fund-transfer services in mainland China, and also bars domestic entities from assisting those activities.
- During the two-year cleanup period, offshore institutions are not allowed to provide mainland-based existing investors with buy trades or inbound fund transfers; they may only allow one-way selling and fund withdrawals, and after the period they must shut mainland websites, trading software and related servers used for such services.
- Chinese authorities said the cleanup is intended to address offshore institutions that solicited mainland clients and provided overseas stock account-opening and trading services through websites or apps, while stating that investors' property safety will not be affected and firms must make account-disposal arrangements.
How left and right are reading this
- Both agree
- The alleged unlicensed cross-border business is treated as a real regulatory breach with major consequences, and neither framing disputes that any cleanup must account for existing investors even as authorities move to confiscate income and impose penalties.
- They split on
- Less a disagreement than a question of emphasis: the breadth and investor impact of a wider crackdown on cross-border finance, versus the need for enforcement to follow defined procedures, including statements, defenses, and hearings before penalties are finalized.
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Context
Why did Futu shares drop so sharply?
Reports linked the selloff to the CSRC's announcement that it had investigated Futu, Tiger and Longbridge over alleged unlicensed cross-border securities, fund-sales and futures brokerage activities in mainland China and planned to confiscate illegal gains and impose penalties 东方财富网,经济参考报,China News.
What does the new two-year cleanup plan mean for mainland investors who already use these offshore platforms?
The plan says that during the two-year cleanup period, affected mainland investors may not be provided buy trades or inbound fund-transfer services through illegal cross-border arrangements; only one-way selling and fund withdrawals are to be allowed, and authorities said investors' property safety should not be affected 新华网,新华网.
Are the penalties final yet?
No. The CSRC said it has issued advance penalty notices and that the parties have the right to make statements, present defenses and request hearings before the regulator makes final administrative penalty decisions 经济参考报,China News.
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