Hongkong Exchanges+Clearing Value Stock - Dividend - Research Selection

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates stock exchanges and futures exchanges, and related clearing houses in Hong Kong. It operates in five segments: Cash, Equity and Financial Derivatives, Commodities, Clearing, and Platform and Infrastructure. The Cash segment covers various equity products traded on the cash market platforms, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange; sale of market data relating to the products; and other related activities. The Equity and Financial Derivatives segment provides and maintains trading platforms for a range of equity and financial derivative products, such as stock and equity index futures and options, derivative warrants, and callable bull/bear contracts and warrants, as well as other related activities. The Commodities segment operates an exchange for the trading of base metals futures and options contracts in the United Kingdom; and develops and operates commodity trading platform in the Mainland. This segment also comprises the Asia Commodities contracts traded on Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited. The Clearing segment operates clearing houses that are responsible for clearing, settlement, and custodian activities of the company\'s exchanges; and clearing and settlement of over-the-counter derivatives contracts. The Platform and Infrastructure segment offers various services that provide users with access to the platform and infrastructure. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited is based in Central, Hong Kong.