U.S. brokerage bans borrowing to buy Chinese stocks
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US brokerage bans borrowing to buy Chinese stocks |
美國一券商“封殺”中國概念股 |
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Interactive Brokers Group Inc., the largest non-bank securities company in the U.S., banned clients on Wednesday from borrowing money to purchase shares of more than 130 Chinese companies on concerns that some may be involved in the recent wave of accounting scandals. The Connecticut-based brokerage firm blacklisted 159 stocks of 132 Chinese companies, 90 of which are traded on U.S. stock exchanges. Most of the companies on the list are small- and medium-sized enterprises or dot-com firms. Some of China's hottest companies, such as Mecox Lane, Sina.com, Dangdang.com and Sohu.com, were blacklisted. Interactive Brokers said in a statement that starting this week, it will prohibit clients from buying these stocks on margin due to "elevated risk concerns." The move marks the second time Interactive Brokers has blacklisted Chinese stocks. In April, the brokerage firm also barred clients from using borrowed money to buy some Chinese reverse-merger stocks. |
美國最大的非銀行券商盈透證券昨日宣布，由于擔心一些中國公司可能存在會計違規行為，本周起已經禁止客戶以保證金的方式買進部分中國公司股票。 上述“黑名單”共列出了132家中國公司的159只不同股票，其中約90只在美國上市。 根據榜單，上榜公司大部分為在納斯達克上市的中國中小公司和網絡概念公司，但麥考林、新浪、搜狐等知名企業也名列其中。 盈透證券稱，出于“對高風險的擔憂”，本周起禁止客戶以保證金的方式買進上述中國公司股票。 這已不是盈透證券首次對中國概念股下達“封殺令”。今年4月，該公司禁止了客戶借錢購買一些通過反向收購上市的中國公司股票。 |
China's business press carried the story above on Thursday.
