GTJAI Awarded “Best Investor Relations 2021” from Institutional Investor

The company was the only award-winning growth securities company and international financial platform of Chinese Securities Company

HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited (“Guotai Junan International”, “GTJAI” or the “Company”, stock code: 1788.HK), the Company ranked second in the “Best Investor Relations” selection in China’s Financial / Banks sector (sell-side), and received as “Honored Company” in the “2021 Asia Executive Team Awards” out of more than 1,400 companies in 18 industries organized by Institutional Investor, the globally renowned financial magazine.

The participating companies in the industry are all mega commercial banks and securities companies in China, among which GTJAI became the only award-winning growth securities company and international financial platform for Chinese securities companies, reflecting the international investment community’s high recognition for the Company and demonstrating the Company's excellent management capability and leadership as an integrated financial services company with its investor relations, information disclosure and corporate governance reaching the same level as mega financial institutions.

Mr. Carvin Lee, Commercial Lead, Institutional Investor Research Asia, said, “GTJAI ranked second in “Best Investor Relations” in our Financial / Banks sector in Mainland China Results. This is a significant achievement for GTJAI, considering the fierce competition among major Chinese banks and securities firms.” “Institutional Investor” also stated: “Each year, ‘Institutional Investor’ invites buy-side analysts, fund managers and sell-side researchers from financial institutions and securities firms in Asia to participate in the evaluation. The number of participants this year reached a record high comparing with previous years, with a total of 3,503 buyers and 581 sell-side analysts. More than 1,400 listed companies from 18 industries were nominated to compete for the award.”

About “Institutional Investor” magazine

“Institutional Investor” magazine, established in New York, USA in 1967, is one of the most influential financial magazines in the world. The magazine conducts management team selection for listed companies in the Asia-Pacific region every year, and the results are highly recognized by the capital market and regarded as a global investment trendsetter by the industry.

Reference link

Results：www.institutionalinvestor.com/research/11071/The-All-Asia-Executive-Team

Methodology：https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/research/11102/Methodology

About GTJAI

Guotai Junan International (“GTJAI”, Stock Code: 1788.HK) is the market leader and first mover for internationalization of Chinese Securities Company as well as the first Chinese securities broker listed on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange through initial public offering. It has also been included in FTSE4Good Index by London Stock Exchange. Based in Hong Kong, GTJAI provides diversified integrated financial services. Core business includes seven categories of brokerage, corporate finance, asset management, loans and financing, financial products, market making and investments, which cover three dimensions including individual finance (wealth management), institutional finance (institutional investor services and corporate finance service) and investment management. GTJAI has been assigned “Baa2” and “BBB+” long term issuer rating from Moody and Standard & Poor respectively. The controlling shareholder, Guotai Junan Securities Company Limited (Stock Code: 601211.SS; 2611.HK), is the comprehensive financial provider with a long-term, sustainable and overall leading position in the Chinese securities industry. For more information about GTJAI, please visit http://www.gtjai.com