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Our Analysts
Huatai’s research team of 125 analysts across 29 teams covers a growing list of 815+ China companies across China (A), Hong Kong (H), and New York (N).
Introducing Huatai Securities’ Leading Sector Analysts
2021 represents the continuation of an eight-year effort to transform Huatai Securities’ equity research product from a report-based domestic product to an All-China institutional platform of research services designed to address the needs of global investors.
In December 2020, Huatai Securities ranked #1 in Institutional Investor’s All-China Research poll of Global investors with 33 positions.
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Louis Jiqiang Zhang
Huatai Head of Research Chief Investment Strategist, Macroeconomics & Fixed IncomeHead of Research at Huatai Securities. Louis joined Huatai from CICC in October 2018 where he worked for fourteen years and was most recently the Head of Fixed Income research.
Louis’ core capability is combining a deep understanding of Chinese and global financial markets and making investment recommendations that have a clear and approachable framework. Louis and his team of twelve analysts are prolific publishers, and topics range from a hierarchical A-share investment strategy approach to convertible bond strategy t[...]
Eva Yi joined Huatai Securities as Chief Economist in October 2020. Eva previously worked at CICC as their Chief Economist (March 2015-September 2020). Prior to joining CICC, Eva worked on both the buy side and the sell side.
From 2004 to 2009, Eva worked at Goldman Sachs (Asia) in Hong Kong, as an economist covering the greater China and Asia ex-Japan region.
From 2009 to 2013, Ms. Yi served as the chief economist and strategist at Keywise Capital Management in Hong Kong. Eva launched Calabas Capital ltd. in 201[...]
Xiaoming serves as the Lead Quantitative Strategist at Huatai Securities with a team of thirteen professionals.
Prior to joining Huatai in 2015, Xiaoming worked seven years at the quantitative research groups at CITIC Securities Research and the Guoxin Securities Economics Research Institute. Xiaoming also worked on the buyside for one year at a long-short hedge fund. Xiaoming received a master’s degree from Peking University.
Xiaoming and Team’s work entails multiple areas: 1) Top-down asset allocation models fo[...]
Jack Jie Hou
Internet AnalystJack(Jie) Hou serves as the H-share and US-share Internet Analyst at Huatai Securities since 2020, and covers all major Internet sub-sectors including e-commerce, gaming, online advertisements, cloud computing, etc. He owns a comprehensive understanding of Chinese Internet giants’ business fundamentals and industry growth trends.
Jack holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor’s degree in Management from Tianjin University.
In the 2020 AII-China Institutional Investor res[...]
Huanyu holds a Masters of Investment Management from University of Reading, ICMA Centre, in the United Kingdom. In the 2020 All-China Institutional Investor research poll, Huanyu’s team was ranked #2 Best Analyst Team in two categories (mainland): Textiles & Retail and Home Appliance.
Alex Senquan Wang serves as the A-share Home Appliances Analyst. Prior to joining Huatai in 2018, Alex worked for China Securities as a home appliance analyst. He also worked for KPMG Consulting.
Alex graduated from Central University of Finance and Economics, with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance, and holds a Master’s degree in Finance from Freiburg University.
In the 2020 All-China Institutional Investor research poll, household appliance team was ranked #2 Best Analyst Team in Home Appliance category (mainland).
Yixin joined Huatai Financial Holdings in 2018 as the Head of the Hong Kong Consumer Team. Prior to joining Huatai, he had accumulated more than 10 years of sell-side research experience in the Consumer industry in a number of financial institutions, such as ICBC International, Fubon Securities, and Furui Financial Group, Jeffrey Financial Group, etc.
Yixin received his bachelor’s degree of Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics.
Xin is the Lead analyst of the Consumer Services team focusing on consumer tourism, cosmetics distribution, and vocational training companies. She joined Huatai Securities in 2015.
Mei holds a Master’s of Analysis Finance from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in finance engineering from Wuhan University.
In the 2020 All-China Institutional Investor research poll, Mei Xin’s team was ranked #1 Best Analyst Team under Gaming, Lodging& Leisure category (mainland).
Yuanyue joined Huatai Securities in 2020 as the Chief Analyst of Food and Beverage. Gong Yuanyu previously worked at BNP Paribas, Hongze Research, and Huachuang Securities. She has five years of consumer product research experience. In the 2020 All-China Institutional Investor research poll, Yuanyue’s team was ranked #2 Best Analyst Team under Food and Beverage category (mainland).
Yuanyue graduated from ESSEC Business School.
In All-China Institutional Investor research poll, Yuanyue’s team was ranked #2 Best An[...]
Juan serves as Lead Analyst of the China A-share Financials team. She brings to Huatai Securities 8 years of financial industry research experience on a broad range of topics such as capital market reformation, regulatory research topics, and financial holding industry research.
Prior to joining Huatai Securities in 2014, Juan worked as a non-bank financial analyst at China Merchants Securities for four years. Juan was recognized in the Institutional Investor All-China research survey for both banks and non-bank finance[...]
Jian serves as the Non-bank Financials Lead Analyst in Hong Kong. He joined Huatai in 2019 and has more than ten years of financial market research experience. Prior to Huatai, he was the Head of China Insurance research at Autonomous Research. Prior to that he was an analyst at Macquarie Securities and Standard & Poor’s. Jian also worked for the China insurance regulatory commission.
Jian holds PhD, master’s and bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Renmin University of China.
Shen serves as the Lead Analyst for the Real Estate team. He joined Huatai Securities in 2018 with eight years of experience in real estate research.
Shen holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and a Master of Finance degree from the University of Newcastle, UK.
In the 2019 Institutional Investor All-China Research poll, Shen placed first in his category (mainland). In the 2020 All-China Institutional Investor research poll, Shen’s team ranked #1 Best Analyst Team[...]
Jacqueline serves as the Lead Analyst of the China Healthcare team, covering pharma, biotech, devices, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and health care services, across both H & A shares. Prior to joining Huatai Securities, she worked in the Global Research Department of HSBC and CICC (Shanghai).
Jacqueline has a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Nanoscience Technology from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
In the 2020 poll, her team was ranked #2 Best Analyst Team un[...]
Bruce is the Lead Analyst of China Basic Materials research and as Head of Hong Kong Research. Prior to joining Huatai Securities, he worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, and UBS Asia covering the China basic materials and commodities sector.
Bruce received his Master of Economics from the Tsinghua University School of Finance (PBCSF).
Bruce placed Top #1 analyst across all sectors among Top 10 Analysts in 2020 (Top #5 in 2019). In 2020, Bruce’s team placed #1 in Building Material (mainland), Non[...]
Bin serves as the Lead Analyst of the Non-Ferrous Metals team. Bin joined Huatai Securities in 2017 and brings more than 10 years of industry research experience. Prior to Huatai, he worked at Huachuang Securities Research Institute in 2014-2017 as the metals and coal group leader; Minsheng Securities Research Institute in 2011-2014 as the metals and new materials group leader; and Shougang Institute of Technology and CRU from 2005 to 2011.
Prior to that, Bin worked within the non-ferrous metals industry at the CRU Grou[...]
Cong Li is Huatai’s lead analyst for defense industry. Prior to joining Huatai, he had 5 years experience at China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. He has deep understanding of the defense industry and is good at researching from the perspective of combining the industry and financial opportunities.
Cong Li has a Master’s degree from Harbin Institute of Technology.
Leping Huang joined Huatai Securities research in 2021 as the Head of TMT Research, and he and his team cover A, H, and N-listed China technology companies in the semiconductor, smart phone, LCD panel, AutoTech , and FinTech value chains. Key areas of research focus also include AI, cloud computing, autonomous driving, and quantum computing.
Prior to joining Huatai, Leping was the head of semiconductor and hardware research at CICC from 2017. Prior to that, Leping was head of China technology and telecom research for No[...]
Charlie serves as the Lead Analyst for Computer Software and Hardware. He has more than eight years of computer industry research experience. Prior to joining Huatai Securities in 2019, he covered the computer industry at UBS Securities and Haitong Securities.
Charlie received a Master of Finance degree from Fudan University.
In the 2020 Institutional Investor All-China Research Poll, Chunsheng’s team placed #1 in Tech/IT Services & Software sector and #2 in Technology Hardware sector (mainland).
Jun joined Huatai Securities Research Institute as the Chief Analyst of Media and Internet industry in April 2020. Prior to that, she worked at CICC as a Consumer industry analyst, and China Merchants Securities as the co-chief analyst of the Media and Internet industry.
Jun graduated from Tsinghua University with a master’s degree in accounting.
In the 2020 All-China Institutional Investor research poll, Jun’s team was ranked #1 Best Analyst Team under Communication & Media category (mainland)
Fred Shen is the Lead Analyst of a five-person team comprehensively covering the China transportation and logistics space. Prior to joining Huatai Securities he worked at CICC, Changjiang Securities, and Shenzhen Airlines.
Fred graduated from Zhejiang University and received his MBA from City University of Seattle, USA.
In 2020 Institutional Investor All-China research vote, Fred was ranked as Top #5 Best Analysts. For 2020’s Best Analyst Team, Fred’s Team placed #1 in Infrastructure, Construction & Engineeri[...]
Claire serves as Lead Analyst of the Public Utility and Environmental Protection team. Prior to joining Huatai Securities in 2017, she worked for CICC as a public utility and environmental protection analyst and Goldman Sachs as an environmental protection, coal, steel and cement analyst.
Claire graduated from Zhejiang University, School of Economics with a bachelor’s degree in Finance, and holds a master’s degree in Operations Research (Finance concentration) from Columbia University.
Claire placed first (mainla[...]
Purdy Ho
Purdy is an early participant in artificial intelligence. She obtained her Bachelor’s, Master’s, and MBA degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Purdy majored in Electrical Engineering and conducted her master’s thesis in machine learning. During her early career in AI, she was granted two US patents, and her research was published in prestigious conferences such as NIPS, ECCV, and ICCV.
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