Sou Hu Cai Jing·2025-07-28 13:05Core Insights - The China Securities Association released special statistics on bond underwriting by securities firms for the first half of 2025, covering various types of bonds including green bonds, low-carbon transition bonds, and technology innovation bonds [1] Group 1: Technology Innovation Bonds - Technology innovation bonds (Sci-Tech bonds) emerged as the most prominent category, with 68 securities firms underwriting 380 bonds, a significant increase from 45 firms and 208 bonds in the same period last year, totaling 381.39 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year growth of 56.5% [2] - Leading securities firms in the Sci-Tech bond underwriting space include CITIC Securities (46.73), CITIC Jiantou (38.63), Guotai Junan (34.67), CICC (24.09), and Huatai United (21.69) based on the number of underwritings [2][3] - In terms of underwriting amount, the top five firms are CITIC Securities (71.10 billion yuan), CITIC Jiantou (63.17 billion yuan), Guotai Junan (48.43 billion yuan), CICC (29.91 billion yuan), and Huatai United (22.08 billion yuan), with Huatai United being a new entrant in the top five [2][3] Group 2: Low-Carbon Transition Bonds - In the low-carbon transition bond sector, 17 firms acted as lead underwriters for 14 bonds, totaling 8.35 billion yuan [5] - Notably, Caixin Securities and Ping An Securities excelled in the number of lead underwritings, ranking first and second with 1.50 and 1.25 underwritings respectively, while Guoxin Securities achieved an underwriting amount of 1 billion yuan, tying with Guotai Junan for the top position [5][6] Group 3: Support for Small and Micro Enterprises - For small and micro enterprise support bonds, 32 firms served as lead underwriters for 30 bonds, with a total amount of 11.82 billion yuan [5] - Wukuang Securities led in both the number of underwritings (4) and underwriting amount (1.1 billion yuan) in this category [5][6] - Zhejiang Securities and Guotai Junan ranked second and third in the number of underwritings, while Changjiang Securities and Caida Securities ranked second and third in underwriting amount [5][6]