Services
Dealing in Securities
Forwin Securities strives to innovate and continuously excel to provide stable, ongoing, high-quality and comprehensive securities brokerage services for different types of clients. Our business covers securities dealing of Hong Kong stocks, China A-shares and other securities all over the world, as well as the distribution of other financial products. We also provide margin financing and securities underwriting services. Our electronic trading platform and mobile application enables our clients to speedily deal in securities under the fast-changing stock market environment to capture the best trading opportunities.
Securities Trading on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and through China Connect
Our clients can place their securities dealing orders via various channels, such as by phone, online trading platform and mobile app. All of these channels enable clients to maximize every profit-making opportunity wherever they are.
Margin Trading Facilities
The leverage feature of margin financing allows clients to maximize their profits and provide them with financial flexibility in securities trading. Forwin Securities provides up to 70% margin ratio for blue chips securities. Please refer to the list of marginable stocks for more information.
Discretionary Account Services
High-net-worth clients may use our discretionary management account services in which our professional investment team assists our clients in capturing every investment opportunity on our clients’ behalf.
Underwriting and Placing Services
Through the underwriting and placing of shares, our clients may optimize their investment opportunities.
One of the major stock indices in Asia, The Hang Seng Index, together with a series of other indices under the Hang Seng Family of Indexes, are structured, compiled and managed by Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited. They are widely used by investors worldwide to create index-linked products and derivatives including structured products, index funds and exchange-traded funds. With active participation from local and international investors, Hong Kong is the most active derivatives trading market in Asia while the depth and breadth of the market is also well recognized.
私人基金
我們按照客戶不同的投資及回報目標,評估市場風險及進行投資產品回報分析後,以基金產品為客戶制訂不同的投資方案,以不同的投資工具,如房地產,股權及債權投資,信貸融通 等,在平衡風險及回報的同時,讓客戶達至穩定收益以及資本增值的目標。
策略:
- 尋找行業發展前景巨大,並具有盈利的中小型公司
- 聚焦具成熟商業運作模式,盈利穩定,但欠缺資源進一步提升產業的企業
- 與被投資目標之管理層緊密合作,共同為公司增值
委託管理服務
富榮資產作為投資經理,將以全權委託方式代表客戶管理其帳戶及作出投資決定。根據客戶的風險胃納,承擔能力,投資年期和投資回報目標等資訊,為客戶建立個性化的投資方 案。投資經理將在全球股票市場尋找機會,並適度配置於交易所買賣基金(ETF)、債券等工具以分散投資風險。在需要時,亦會輔以指數期貨及以衍生產品(如期權、期貨及認股權證等)作對沖,以降低投資組合的波動性。在極端市況出現時,投資經理亦可能將投資組合的重大部分重新分配至定息及現金工具以減輕風險。
客戶的投資及交易狀況會在收到的帳戶結單上詳盡顯示,讓委託投資過程儘量透明。而投資經理亦會定期與客戶討論其資產配置及進行帳戶例行檢示,讓客戶清析瞭解戶口的投資狀況。
投資顧問服務
憑著我們的投資團隊在國際金融市場的豐富經驗。 我們將根據個人投資者、公司/企業及協力廠商基金經理的特定需要提供投資顧問服務。 然而,我們並不直接管理其資產,而是通過對其投資組合的考察來提供專業的意見及建議。
eStatement
Forwin Securities Group Limited (“Forwin Securities”) has always adhered to the principle of loving the world and cherishing resources. It is our mission to strive to contribute to the environmental protection and to support the reduction of paper consumption for the sake of natural resources and ecological environment protection. Therefore, since February 11, 2019, Forwin Securities will charge a monthly fee of HK$150 to each clients who chooses to receive the statements by post. This monthly fee is charged on per account basis. Forwin Securities hopes to encourage the clients to opt for receiving statements by email. Let’s contribute to the environmental protection and work for a sustainable world together.
If you have any questions, please contact your account executive or call our customer service hotline at (852) 2895 9991.
Service Fee
FAQ
Electronic Trading
1. How to operate internet or mobile app trading?
For more information on the operation of online trading, you may download the “Online Trading and Security Token User Manual” for details.
For more information on the operation of mobile trading , you may download the “Mobile Apps trading User Manual” (Chinese Version Only) for details.
Common Reporting Standard (CRS)
2. What is the Common Reporting Standard (CRS)?
On 22 June 2016, the Hong Kong Legislative Council has passed The Inland Revenue (Amendment) (No. 3) Ordinance 2016 and the Common Reporting Standard (“CRS”) will be effective on 1 January 2017. The CRS is an information-gathering and reporting requirement for financial institutions in participating countries, to help fight against tax evasion and protect the integrity of tax systems. The financial institutions in participating countries must comply with it.
In accordance with the requirements of the CRS, the tax authorities require financial institutions to collect and report certain information about their clients’ tax status. Therefore, Forwin Securities Group Limited (“Forwin Securities”) has to collect and report the following information of the clients:
- Name
- Address
- Place of birth (for individual and controlling person(s) only) *
- Date of birth (for individual and controlling person(s) only) *
- Country(ies) of tax residence
- Taxpayer identification number(s) (TIN) *
- Place of registration/incorporation (for entities only)
- Entity type (for entities only)
- Type of controlling person for specific entity type (for controlling persons only)
* It does not apply in all participating countries and is subject to local law requirements.
About tax report
3. What information needs to be reported?
The CRS seeks to ascertain the tax residency of the clients of the financial institutions. Under the CRS, financial institutions are required to identify the clients who appear to be tax resident outside of the country in which they hold their accounts and products. The financial institutions have to report certain information to their local tax authorities and such information may be shared with the tax authorities in which the clients are tax residents.
Tax residency
4. How to define tax residency?
It depends on where the client lives and the actual circumstances. Please contact a professional tax advisor or check the OECD website: http://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/tax-residency/ for more details on how to determine the tax residency.
Hong Kong Oversea tax residency
5. How to define an oversea tax residency?
When defining if a person or an entity is a tax resident, it is generally based on the location or the period of stay in the place of residence of the relevant person. For example, if a person in a particular year of assessment stayed in Hong Kong for more than 183 days, the person is a Hong Kong tax resident. In the case of a company, the company’s tax residency is defined according to the location of the company in which the company is incorporated, or the location of its central management and control. Please note that any person who has paid taxes (such as withholding tax, consumption tax or capital gains tax) in a tax residence does not automatically make the person a tax resident of the tax residency of that jurisdiction.
Forwin Securities complies with the requirements of CRS
6. Is there any impact to the clients when Forwin Securities complies with the requirements of CRS?
Under the CRS, all financial institutions will be liable for making reports on “Reportable Accounts”. Hong Kong taxpayers who are not tax residents of any territory outside Hong Kong will not be reported. The Amendment Ordinance requires all financial institutions to apply due diligence procedures to collect all required information and documentation from all account holders. Forwin Securities may ask the account holder to complete self-certification form for identification of their tax residency status.
All clients who hold any financial account in a financial institution will be subject to the CRS that required the financial institution to conduct due diligence procedures. All clients being affected include individuals (whether there is any transactions directly or indirectly through the financial institution) and entities such as corporations, partnerships or trusts, etc. All clients who are identified as reportable persons, i.e. tax residents of jurisdictions that have signed AEOI agreements with Hong Kong, will be subject to the CRS required reporting. Therefore, all clients whose tax residency is Hong Kong are not subject to the CRS reporting.
The law requires financial institutions to verify the information provided by the client in the self-certification form. If the information submitted by the client is incomplete/inconsistent, the client must provide relevant supplementary information/documents to complete the identity certification under the CRS. Therefore, F Forwin Securities may require the clients to provide other documents to verify their tax resident status, or to provide other evidence to prove that the tax residency mentioned in the Self-Certification Form is true.
Self-certification form
7. If the client’s place of residence is not the tax residency, does the client still have to submit a “self-certification form”?
Yes, according to the CRS, Forwin Securities must conduct a due diligence process to collect the required information and documents from all clients to ensure that there is sufficient information to identify the tax residency of the clients. Forwin Securities has the right to ask the client to fill out “Self-certification form” to verify the status of its tax residency. The information listed in the Self-Certification Form and all details of the client’s account will be reported to the tax authorities.
This information need to be updated
8. Does this information need to be updated regularly?
Forwin Securities has the right to request the customer to re-fill the “Self-Certificate Form” to update the relevant information.
Joint account holders
9. Does each of the joint account holders require to complete a form?
Yes, each account holder, entity and / or its controller is required to complete the Self-Certification Form. All parts of the form must be completed with the client’s signature (except where not applicable or otherwise specified). If space provided is insufficient, please use additional sheet(s). Information in fields/parts marked with an asterisk (*) are required to be reported by the reporting financial institution to the Inland Revenue Department.
Countries are participating in the CRS
10. Which countries are participating in the CRS?
For a full list of countries participating in the CRS, alongside the dates they will start exchanging information, please refer to OECD website http://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/crs-implementation-and-assistance/crs-by-jurisdiction/.
The differences between the (CRS) and (FATCA)
11. What are the differences between the CRS and FATCA?
FATCA is the US Law which requires the financial institutions to identify the US Persons based on their citizenship and to report the US Persons in accordance with FATCA regulations. The CRS requires the financial institutions to identify all tax residencies of the clients and, in most cases, to report the information of the clients based on their tax residency. Even if the clients have already provided information under the United States government’s Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), the clients may still need to provide additional information for the CRS as they are two different regulatory systems.
Further information
12. Where can I find further information?
For further information, please refer to HKSAR Inland Revenue Department website http://www.ird.gov.hk/eng/faq/dta_aeoi.htm/.
China Connect
13.What is China Connect?
China Connect is a mutual market access program co-established by Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK), Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE), Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited (China Clear). The program allows investors in Hong Kong and Mainland China to directly trade and settle shares listed on the other market respectively. China Connect consists of two parts: (i) Shanghai • Shenzhen Stock Connect (or Northbound Connect), which allows Hong Kong and overseas investors to trade companies listed in the A-share market through Hong Kong-based brokers; and (ii) Hong Kong Stock Connect (or Southbound Connect), which allows Mainland investors to trade companies listed in Hong Kong.
a. How to trade Shanghai or Shenzhen A shares though Forwin Securities ?
Clients have to hold valid securities accounts and “Broker-to-Client Assigned Number” (“BCAN”) before placing their order to Forwin Securities by calling their account executives.
b. What is Northbound Investor ID model ?
Under the Northbound (Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect) Investor ID model, China Connect Exchange Participants (“CCEPs”) are required to assign a unique “Broker-to-Client Assigned Number” (“BCAN”) to each of their Northbound trading clients. Each BCAN should be mapped to the “Client Identification Data” (“CID”) of that particular client which includes the client’s name, identity document issuing country, ID type and ID number. Each of the CCEPs is required to submit the BCAN-CID mappings of all its NB trading clients in one file (i.e. “BCAN-CID Mapping File”) to SEHK.
c. What is “Broker-to-Client Assigned Number” (“BCAN”) ?
CCEPs are required to generate and assign a BCAN to each of their NB trading clients following a standard format. Each BCAN should be unique to, and be able to identify, a specific client of a CCEP.
d. What is “Client Identification Data” (“CID”)?
For each individual client of a CCEP, the CID provided by the CCEP will include the following items:
(i) Name: the client’s full name as shown on the identity document
(ii) ID Issuing Country: the issuing country or jurisdiction of the individual’s identity document
(iii) ID Type: Hong Kong ID card, ID card issued by the government authority of relevant country/region, passport, or any other official identity document
(iv) ID Number: the number of the identity document
For each institutional or corporate client of a CCEP or TTEP, the CID provided by the CCEP or TTEP shall include the following items:
(i) Name: the entity’s name as shown on the certificate of incorporation or Legal Entity Identifier (“LEI”)
(ii) ID Issuing Country: place of incorporation
(iii) ID Type: certificate of incorporation or LEI
(iv) ID Number: certificate number or LEI
e. When client trades Shanghai-Hong Kong stock connect or Shenzhen-Hong Kong stock connect, found that trading is not allowed or can place sell order only, what can I do ?
Please contact our Customer Service hotline: (852) 2895 9991.
Successful Cases
Forwin Securities is committed to serving clients at all levels and to providing them with various types of services, including placing, underwriting of shares and financing facilities. To help clients to achieve different investment objectives, we offer tailor-made solutions to meet their needs. We have been approved by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) to carry out Type 1 (dealing in securities) regulated activities. At the same time, we are also an exchange participant of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. Forwin Securities believes in working with “integrity, affinity, professionalism and innovation”. While giving full play to the advantages of our presence in China and Hong Kong, we combine our professional services with high-quality risk control, effective compliance management and stable and reliable computer system to provide our clients with personalized services. We aim to make Forwin Securities an excellent and leading integrated financial services provider.
Fees
Securities Trading Service
Hong Kong Stock
Stamp Duty | 0.1% on transaction amount (round up to the nearest dollar) |
HKEx Trading Fee & SFC Transaction Levy | 0.00565% and 0.0027% on transaction amount respectively | |
CCASS Settlement Fee | 0.005% on transaction amount (Min HK$5) | |
FRC Transaction Levy | 0.00015% on transaction amount | |
Brokerage Commission (By Phone) | 0.25% on transaction amount (Min HK$100) (Negotiable) | |
Brokerage Commission (Via Internet) | 0.25% on transaction amount (Min HK$100) (Negotiable) | |
Grey Market Trading Fees | Brokerage Commission + $100 handling fee (In addition to the Stamp Duty, HKEx Trading Fee, SFC Transaction Levy and CCASS Settlement Fee) |
China Connect Stock (Shanghai-Hong Kong and Shenzhen-Hong Kong)
Brokerage Commission (Via Internet) | 0.08% on transaction amount (Min RMB60)# | |
Brokerage Commission (By Phone) | 0.25% on transaction amount (Min RMB100)# | |
Handling Fee | 0.00487% on transaction amount of a transaction | |
Securities Management Fee (CSRC) | 0.002% on the consideration of a transaction | |
Transfer Fee (China Clear – Shanghai) | 0.002% on the consideration of a transaction | |
Transfer Fee (HKSCC) | 0.002% on the consideration of a transaction | |
Stamp Duty (the State Administration of Taxation (SAT)) | 0.1% of the consideration of a transaction on the seller only (round to the nearest RMB0.01) | |
Portfolio Fee (CCASS) | The market value of daily portfolio x 0.008% / 365 (calculated on daily basis) |
Handling of Physical Certificate Service
Physical Scrip Deposit | Waived | |
Withdrawal of Physical Scrip | HK$5 per board lot / odd lot and HK$100 handling fee for each stock | |
Transfer Deed (HKSAR) | HK$5 per certificate / for each transfer deed |
Investor Settlement Instruction (ISI) /Settlement Instruction (SI)
Deposit Stock to CCASS | Free | |
Stock Withdrawal via CCASS | Handling Fee: HK$100/per stock + Clearing Fee: 0.002% x number of shares x closing price of last trading day | |
Delivery versus Payment (DVP) | HK$200/per stock |
Nominee and Corporate Actions Service
Scrip Fee (Book Close) | HK$2 per board / odd lot | |
Cash Dividend Collection / Scrip Dividend Collection (HK Stock) | 0.50% of dividend amount (Min HK$20) | |
Cash Dividend Collection / Scrip Dividend Collection (China Connect Stock) | Handling Fee*0.50% of dividend amount (Min RMB30) | |
Handling of Stock Transfer at Share Register | Handling Fee HK$200 (Plus Transfer fee of Share Registration ) | |
Rights & Warrants Exercise / Bonus Share Collection Fee | HK$1.5 per board / odd lot (Min HK$20) | |
Corporate Action Services Fee | Handling Fee HK$50, plus Corporate Action Fee HK$1 per board / odd lot (Min HK$20, Max HK$50,000) | |
Share Subdivision / Share Consolidation | Free |
Other Services
Real Time Stock Quote | HK$350 per month | |
Claims for Dividend / Bonus Shares (charged whether the claim is succeed or not) | HK$1,000 per claim & HK100 per dividend payment | |
E-IPO Application (Cash) | Free | |
E-IPO Application ((Margin Finance) | Handling Fee HK$100 | |
Stop cheque / Returned cheque | HK$200 per transaction + Penalty interest | |
Clearing House Automated Transfer System (CHATS) / Transfer by Cheque | Handling Fee HK$200 | |
Telegraphic Transfer (TT) | TT to Oversea Bank in HKD : Billed at cost with handling fee HK$350 TT to Oversea Bank in other currency: Billed at cost with handling fee equal to HK$350 |
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Physical statement by mail | HK$150 per month | |
Monthly Statement Re-print | within the recent 3 months : Free over recent 3 months : HK$100 per month |
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Provide Asset Proof Soft Copy | HK$200 per transaction + other related fee | |
Cash A/C Debit interest | Prime Rate + 6% | |
Margin A/C Margin Financing Debit Interest | Prime Rate + 3% (Negotiable) | |
Margin A/C Margin Financing Call Interest | Prime Rate + 6% (Negotiable) | |
Interest of Outstanding Cash Balance in Cash or Margin A/C | 0% | |
Custody Fee | The market value every 6 months x 0.0125% (Market value more than HK$5,000,000) | |
Inactive Account Fee | HK$200 per year |
Effective Date : 1 January 2023
Remarks:
- #No consolidation on calculation for tradings through channels on the same day. In addition to trading commissions, customers are required to pay additional fees such as clearing fees and transaction levies.
- **Handling fee calculates based on gross amount (after tax). The tax rate depends on the rates issued by the State Administration of Taxation (SAT).
- Fund deposit cutoff at 16:00 of any trading day, fund withdrawal cutoff at 12:00 of any trading day (according to actual value time at bank) and all instruction will be handled on the same day.
- Third party payment is unacceptable, cheque should be payable to “FORWIN SECURITIES GROUP LIMITED”.
- Other transaction levies (if applicable) include trading fees charged by the relevant stock exchange. Trading fees for the securities settlement system, or government sales tax for securities transactions, plus other fees that may be required. We do not further notify for any changes of transaction levies imposed by third parties.
- The above fees are for reference only and FORWIN SECURITIES GROUP LIMITED has the final rights to amend the above service fee schedule.