TREE NEWS reports: China’s securities industry earned RMB 117.6 billion in brokerage commissions in the first half of the year, up 53.90% year on year, according to an analysis the Securities Association of China sent to brokerages. Brokerage fees accounted for 35.66% of industry operating revenue, overtaking proprietary investment at 34.29%. Interest net income, investment banking and asset management made up 12.28%, 5.67% and 3.68% respectively.
China Securities Association: Brokerage Fees Overtake Proprietary Trading as Top Revenue Source in H1
AI take
The revenue mix shift matters less for the headline number than for what it signals about the industry's earnings base: commission income is inherently more cyclical and fee-dependent than proprietary gains, so a market downturn would now hit the top line harder. It also implies retail and institutional trading activity, not balance-sheet positioning, is driving results. Whether this rotation persists once proprietary marks normalize is the open question worth tracking.
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