In order to push forward cause of protecting investors’ rights and investors education in securities market, and advance markets’ overall service level for investors, Shenzhen Stock Exchange(SZSE), Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. held a ceremonial signing of agreement on Easy IR and investors education products Cooperation with a number of members, information suppliers in Shenzhen Stock Exchange on August 15, 2013. Eight members including Huatai Securities, China Galaxy Securities, Guotai Junan Securities, Guosen Securities, Haitong Securities, China Merchants Securities, Shanxi Securities, Xiangcai Securities, and three financial information suppliers including Flush, eastmoney.com, Ihandy participated the cooperation agreement signing ceremony. Related principals from SZSE, Zheng Song, General Manager of Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. and leaders from relevant cooperative entities attended the signing ceremony.
Related principal from SZSE indicated that free and effective exchange of information not only is the key factor guiding effective resources allocation in the capital market, but also determines capital market’s capacity of serving the real economy. Investors, the demanding side for information, are always hoping to acquire more information for investment decision making, whereas traditional disclosure method can no longer accommodate to the features of information dissemination in the internet era. Against such backdrop, SZSE launched Easy IR platform by referencing relevant function of weibo, ushering into a new era, in which investors and listed companies can communicate interactively.
Relevant principal from SZSE pointed out that Easy IR has received wide interests and keen favor since its debut among investors, which include individual investors, as well as researchers of securities companies and institution investors. Easy IR has developed into a new channel for investors to acquire authentic information of public companies, becoming an effective supplement to the statutory information disclosure, and thus is of great significance to the protection investors’ rights to know and inquire. In addition, SZSE will carry forward information disclosure express pilot project, so as to enhance the quality and promptness of information disclosure of public companies.
Mr. Zheng Song, General Manager of Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd. suggested in his address to the ceremony that, the signing of the cooperative agreement opens a new phase, in which investors’ education products in the securities market can be mutually connected, exchanged, and resources is commonly shared. As the routine maintainer and technology supporter for Easy IR, Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd., will save no effort to guarantee the smooth operation of Easy IR, and will provide better technology support and information service according to the need of investors. In the future, the company will promote Easy IR in an all-around way via multiple channels, including website, TV, broadcast, magazine, new media, etc..
Huzhi, President Assistant of Huatai Securities, and representative of securities companies, probed into the topic of how internet financial service can promote the investor education. He expressed that the cooperative mode between the Exchange and securities companies regarding ‘co-building a platform, sharing resources, and facilitating education’ will form a strong drive to propel investor education in securities market. Further more, Zhu Zhifeng, Vice President of Flush, launched a profound talk on the application and value of Easy IR from the perspective of information suppliers and public companies.
It is reported, SZSE has planned an investor service platform integrated five products , including Easy IR, Easy Investment Knowledge, Easy Analysis, Easy Voting, and Easy Calling, and launched SZSE Investor Service Passport for unified ID entrance management. In accordance with the agreement, SZSE will provide user access and data exchange services of Easy IR and other SZSE investor service platform to the authorized signatories. After signing agreement, each cooperative party may use, promote SZSE investor education and service public goods, and carry out research and analysis on data in related to investors, so as to comprehend the over-all information on investors, and provide empirical evidence and data support for custom-tailor investor education and service.
SZSE have always highly valued investor education and protection. In order to protect investors’ legitimate rights and interests, foster the sound development of securities market, SZSE constantly act as the bridge, laying solid foundation for capital market. On the one hand, SZSE intensify the supervision, improve the relevant regulation and systems, forging protective umbrella for investors; on the other hand, SZSE establish and optimize the market-oriented service system and basic platform mechanism, so that the bodies of the market can interact face-to-face, and medium-and-small investors’ ability of safeguarding their legal rights can be reinforced.
In the future, SZSE will continue to give a full play to the role of market organizer, energetically probe for innovation, cooperate with the market bodies, jointly maintain an open, fair, and righteous market, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors, especially that of medium-and-small investors, create an more comfortable, convenient and effective environment for medium-and-small investors to exercise their lawful rights and interests, so as to boost the health development of the capital market.