KGI Securities Co., Ltd. (Taiwan, China)

Established in 1988, KGI Securities prides itself on its core operating principles of integrity and honesty. The Company started out with a focus on stock brokerage, proprietary share trading and underwriting, and has since grown into a brokerage that offers a multitude of services. KGI Securities has expanded into the Asia-Pacific, Hong Kong and Thailand markets. In terms of products, KGI Securities has added to its long-standing stock brokerage business the trading of bonds and various derivatives products, including interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives and equity derivatives. It also offers services in other kinds of structured products. Starting out with initial market capitalization of NT$1bn and just one branch in Taiwan, KGI Securities has actively looked for best opportunities to expend its operation scale. In 2009, KGI completed a major capital injection through the issuance of GDRs and merged with Taishin Securities on December 19. After the capital injection and merger, KGI Securitiesˇcapital size increased to NT$32.07bn and NAV increased to over NT$44.4bn as of December 31, 2009. Currently KGI securities has 106 operation sites in Asia-Pacific Region and is now the second largest brokerage securities company in Taiwan. KGI Securities will continue to work toward becoming the best investment bank in the Asia-Pacific region. KGI Securities has kept pace with organic corporate growth and changes in the marketplace by continually winning over new clients. It has been able to do this as a result of its dedicated professionalism and innovative services. The Company's clients range from small start-up companies and mid-cap firms seeking aggressive growth, to large and mature corporations that are steadily expanding. KGI Securities is able to offer a wide array of customized financial packages that raise funds through structured instruments or guide enterprises through mergers or spin-offs, depending on the phase of development of the client. Today, KGI Securities is an established brand recognized for reliability and a broad product offering. The Company stands out among peers as a fully-integrated, innovative and dynamic investment bank.Since its inception, KGI Securities has established a firm footing in Taiwan's financial markets by developing a platform that caters to the varying financial needs of investors at home and abroad. KGI Securities has developed a favourable trading environment for investors and implemented a highly-efficient Customer Relationship Management (CRM) program. In addition, it has penetrated the financial markets of such global strongholds as the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Luxemburg and the United Kingdom, to bring global investment opportunities to its local clients. It has also developed a wide range of derivative products. The Company's Euro Convertible Bond (ECB) asset swap transactions and warrant issues were respectively ranked first and second in terms of market share in 2005. A broad range of customized products are also available, from structured products and bond options to NT dollar interest rate swaps and interest rate options. These additions have made KGI Securities' product.In order to boost income further and to provide customers with more value-added services, KGI Securities has applied for permission to run wealth management operations which securities firms in Taiwan are now eligible to do so. The Company is already internally re-organising in preparation for this new undertaking and plans to have this new service up and running in 2006. Using the regional financial product trading platform that it developed, KGI Securities has been able to integrate, for high net worth customers, financial products in Taiwan and abroad.