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Core Viewpoint - The overall performance of listed securities firms in the first half of 2025 has shown a significant recovery, driven primarily by proprietary investment business and steady progress in wealth management transformation [2][3]. Industry Performance Overview - As of August 29, 2025, 42 listed securities firms reported a total operating income of approximately 251.87 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year increase of over 10%. The net profit attributable to shareholders reached about 104.02 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 65% [3]. - The top 10 listed securities firms by operating income include CITIC Securities (33.04 billion yuan, up 20.44%), Guotai Junan (23.87 billion yuan, up 39.85%), and Huatai Securities (16.22 billion yuan, up 31.01%) [4][5]. Profitability Analysis - Guotai Junan led in net profit with 15.74 billion yuan, followed by CITIC Securities with 13.72 billion yuan. Huatai Securities, China Galaxy, and GF Securities ranked third to fifth with net profits of 7.55 billion yuan, 6.49 billion yuan, and 6.47 billion yuan, respectively [5]. - Notably, seven small and medium-sized securities firms doubled their net profit in the first half of 2025, with Huaxi Securities achieving a remarkable increase of 1195.02% to 0.51 billion yuan [5]. Business Segment Performance - Proprietary business emerged as the main driver of growth, with revenue reaching 112.35 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 53.53%, accounting for nearly half of the total industry revenue [6][7]. - Other business segments included economic business revenue of 63.45 billion yuan (up 43.98%), investment banking revenue of 15.53 billion yuan (up 18.11%), and asset management revenue of 21.20 billion yuan (down 2.72%) [7]. Wealth Management Resilience - Wealth management business showed resilience across both leading and smaller firms, benefiting from a recovering capital market and increased demand from high-net-worth clients for private equity, quantitative, and fixed-income products [9]. - For instance, China International Capital Corporation reported wealth management revenue of 4.18 billion yuan, up 41.11%, driven by increased brokerage fees and commissions [9].