Bullion Trading Platform Launch of Sister Company – Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited

Bullion Trading Platform Launch of Sister Company – Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited

Hong Kong, October 14, 2019 – The bullion trading platform of our sister company, Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited (“Rakuten Securities Bullion”), has started at 10am on October 14, 2019 through Rakuten MetaTrader 4 (MT4) account, following the website launch on September 30, 2019.

Rakuten Securities Bullion is a sister company of Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited (“Rakuten Securities Hong Kong”) and a wholly owned subsidiary and the third overseas subsidiary of Rakuten Securities, Inc. (“Rakuten Securities”), one of the leading online brokerage companies in Japan. The launch of its bullion trading platform presents both institutional and retail investors with a new vehicle for greater risk diversification by facilitating investment in gold and silver.

In terms of retail equities trading value in Japan, Rakuten Securities is the second largest online securities company in Japan1. It established Rakuten Securities Hong Kong in 2015, its first overseas subsidiary. This in turn launched Rakuten Securities Bullion on February 28, 2019 to help further build solid presence in Hong Kong.

Rakuten Securities Bullion website: bullion.rakuten.com.hk/en/

About Rakuten Securities Bullion Hong Kong Limited

Rakuten Securities Bullion is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rakuten Securities, Inc., one of the world’s leading forex brokers and a pioneer in leveraged foreign exchange trading in Hong Kong. It provides bullion investment service in Hong Kong with high security of funds and competitive trading cost. It offers two popular symbols (XAU/USD and XAG/USD) for trading on the powerful Rakuten MT4 trading platform with fixed tight spreads and a generous leverage of up to 200:12.

About Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited
Rakuten Securities Hong Kong Limited is a subsidiary of Rakuten Securities which is one of the leading forex brokers in the world and a pioneer in leveraged foreign exchange trading in Hong Kong.

Benefited by tremendous financial capacity and the cutting edge FinTech of Rakuten Securities, Rakuten Securities Hong Kong is proud to present an award-winning online forex trading platform – “Rakuten FX”. Its speedy execution, intuitive layout, and advanced analysis tools, definitely offers a brand new forex trading experience for Hong Kong traders. Its “Rakuten FX” trading platform is also popular in Japan.

About Rakuten Securities, Inc.
Rakuten Securities is the securities division of Rakuten Group (TOKYO: 4755), which operates as one of the Japan’s largest e-commerce providers.

Founded in 1999, Rakuten Securities is a leading Japanese online brokerage company. Rakuten Securities provides comprehensive financial brokerage services to over 3.4 million individual investors with a wide range of asset products; including domestic and international cash equities, derivatives, commodities, fixed income, investment trusts, ETFs and foreign exchange. With Rakuten Securities’ strong foundation rooted in the Japanese market, today our mission is to provide overseas investors with a broad range of investment services.

To learn more about Rakuten Securities’ services, please visit: http://www.rakuten-sec.co.jp/ (Japanese Only)

Business Enquiries
Tel: (852) 2119 0116
Email: info@sec.rakuten.com.hk

1 Based on JPX disclosed documents and information disclosed by online securities companies in Japan for the period of April – June 2019.
2 Without proper risk management, this high degree of leverage can lead to large losses as well as gains.
3 As of June 2019.