Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

Exchange Square entrance
Native name	香港交易及結算所有限公司 (d/b/a 香港交易所)
Company type	Public
Traded as	SEHK: 388 Hang Seng Index component
Industry	Financial services
Founded	March 6, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-06)
Headquarters	Exchange Square, Central, Hong Kong
Key people	Carlson Tong (Chairman) Bonnie Chan (CEO)
Services	Shares, futures & options Trading
Revenue	HKD14.1 billion (2020)[1]
Subsidiaries	Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Hong Kong Futures Exchange Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company London Metal Exchange
Website	www.hkex.com.hk

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX; Chinese: 香港交易及結算所有限公司) operates a range of equity, commodity, fixed income and currency markets through its wholly owned subsidiaries The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (SEHK), Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited (HKFE) and London Metal Exchange (LME).

With a total market capitalisation of over US$6 trillion^[2] as of 2021,^[update] HKEX is the sixth largest stock exchange by market capitalization of listed companies. As of the end of December 2020, there were 2,538 companies^[3] listed on HKEX's securities market. HKEX was the 10th largest stock exchange in terms of IPO proceeds in the first quarter of 2024.^[4]

The Group also operates four clearing houses in Hong Kong: Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited (HKSCC), HKFE Clearing Corporation Limited (HKCC), the SEHK Options Clearing House Limited (SEOCH) and OTC Clearing Hong Kong Limited (OTC Clear). HKSCC, HKCC and SEOCH provide integrated clearing, settlement, depository and nominee activities to their participants, while OTC Clear provides OTC interest rate derivatives and non-deliverable forwards clearing and settlement services to its members. HKEX provides market data through its data dissemination entity, HKEX Information Services Limited

The Hong Kong Government is the single largest shareholder in HKEX, and has the right to appoint six of the thirteen directors to the board.