About Us
Futu Holdings Limited ("Futu") (Nasdaq: FUTU) is an advanced fintech company transforming the investing experience by offering fully digital financial services in multiple markets. Futu was listed on Nasdaq on March 8, 2019. Futu offers market data, financial news, interactive social features, and investor education on its proprietary one-stop digital platforms Futubull and moomoo. Its subsidiaries provide clients with investing services including trading and clearing services for United States, Hong Kong SAR, China Connect, Singaporean, Australian, Japanese, Canadian, and Malaysian stocks, margin financing and securities lending, and wealth management. By creating an ecosystem centered around its users, Futu provides connectivity to users, investors, analysts, media, companies, and institutions. Futu also provides Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) solutions, initial public offering (IPO) distribution, and investor relations (IR) and public relations (PR) services through its institutional and corporate services brand, becoming the go-to partner of many well-known companies. Since its launch in 2019, Futu Money Plus has been working to build an all-in-one global asset allocation platform. Through cooperation with top fund houses worldwide, it provides clients with a wide range of best-performing funds to enable global asset allocations. Futu Trustee provides one-stop wealth management solutions for corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals and families, and revolutionizes service delivery for ESOP Trust Administration, Family Trust, and Family Office through technology.
Futu Holdings’ subsidiaries hold more than 100 licenses and qualifications across various markets globally, including the United States, Hong Kong, Canada, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia and Australia. The following are the important licenses obtained in each market:
Futu's subsidiaries hold the licenses issued by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC), including the Type 1 License for dealing in securities, Type 2 License for dealing in futures contracts, Type 3 License for Leveraged Foreign Exchange Trading, Type 4 License for advising on securities, Type 5 License for advising on futures contracts, Type 7 License for providing automated trading services, and Type 9 License for asset management. Its subsidiaries hold memberships with the London Stock Exchange ("LSE") and the LSE’s Turquoise platform, securities and derivatives trading membership with Singapore Exchange (SGX).
Futu's US subsidiaries, solely or collectively, are regulated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and are members of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), a member of Depository Trust Company (DTC), National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC) and the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC).
In Singapore, Futu's subsidiary has obtained SGX's full memberships and holds the MAS Capital Markets Services (CMS) license and Exempt Financial Adviser (EFA) status, and Trust Business License.
In Australia, Futu's subsidiary holds an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence issued by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
In Japan, Futu's subsidiary has memberships in the Japan Securities Dealers Association(JSDA) and Japan Investment Advisers Association(JIAA), and holds the Financial Instruments Business Operators(FIBOs) licence.
In Canada, Futu's subsidiary is a dealer member of Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) and Canadian Investor Protection Fund (CIPF), offering online trading services to Canadian investors.
In Malaysia, Futu’s subsidiary holds a Capital Market Services License (CMSL) issued by the Malaysian Securities Commission (SC).
Futu aims to become an influential financial services platform globally, by adhering to the missions of prioritizing users and user experience, driving high innovation across its product upgrade, and enriching products and services offering that meet the evolving needs of investors, companies, and the industry.
