- CEO
- Yiting Chan
- Full Time Employees
- 2,636
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Investment banks/Brokers
- Address
- Two Exchange Square Hong Kong Hong Kong
- IPO Date
- Jun 27, 2000
- Business
- Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) operates as a leading global exchange group, owning and managing stock exchanges, futures exchanges, and clearing houses primarily in Hong Kong, with additional operations in Mainland China and the United Kingdom; it provides trading, clearing, settlement, depository, listing, market data, and connectivity services across equity products including stocks, exchange-traded products (ETPs) such as ETFs and REITs, bonds, and fixed income; equity and financial derivatives encompassing stock options, equity index futures and options, derivative warrants, callable bull/bear contracts, and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives; commodities through base, ferrous, and precious metals futures and options via the London Metal Exchange (LME) and Qianhai Mercantile Exchange; as well as data and connectivity solutions. The company maintains wholly owned subsidiaries including The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK), Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE), LME, Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC), HKFE Clearing Corporation Limited (HKCC), SEHK Options Clearing House Limited (SEOCH), and OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited; it also facilitates cross-border trading via programs like Stock Connect with Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges, Bond Connect, and Swap Connect, serving institutional and retail investors globally with a focus on connecting China to international markets. Founded in 2000 through the merger of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Hong Kong Futures Exchange, and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company, HKEX is headquartered in Hong Kong and listed on its own Main Board under ticker 0388. In recent developments, HKEX announced in November 2025 a strategic investment of up to HK$455 million for a 20% stake in CMU OmniClear Holdings to enhance Hong Kong's fixed-income and currencies post-trade infrastructure, partnering with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority; it launched new weekly stock options in November 2025 and expanded Connect programs in 2025 to include more international companies and underlying stocks, alongside Swap Connect and Synapse platform; the group initiated multi-year projects like the Orion Derivatives Platform rollout in 2027-2028, cash market post-trade modernization for accelerated settlement, and LME market structure enhancements via a 2024 white paper; additionally, it implemented Listing Rule changes effective August 2025 reducing public float requirements and retail IPO allocations to boost listings, while recording record ETP trading volumes and new product launches including virtual asset and covered call ETFs in 2025.