China’s CITIC Securities Co Ltd and China Securities Co Ltd said on Tuesday they were not aware of any merger talks between the pair after a media report suggested a possible tie-up.
The two Chinese brokerages made the comments in separate statements filed to the Shanghai and Hong Kong exchanges.
China Securities added that it hadn’t been given either oral or written notice from any government department regarding such a move. Both brokerage firms said they do not have further information to disclose at this point.
Bloomberg News earlier reported that China had started the process of potentially merging its two biggest brokerage firms.
Source: Reuters.com