CHI SAC Offline Investor Classification


On Nov. 29, CHI SAC revised rules to manage abnormal quotations.


  • CHI SAC issued notice on Guidelines for classification, evaluation and management of offline investors in the initial public offering of securities and its supporting documents.
  • Follows CHI SAC Oct. 2024 issued rules for offline investors in IPOs, see #230432.
  • Background
  • Offline investors have the professional research and pricing capabilities and an important function of value discovery in the primary market of new stock issuance.
  • Aimed at strengthening supervision of new stock issuance inquiry, pricing, placement.
  • Amendment Overview
  • The focus list of the guidelines is adjusted to six abnormal quotation subscription situations of offline investors including significantly high quotation deviation.
  • The monitoring period for abnormal quotation subscription is revised to 3 months.
  • Specifies the qualitative and quantitative methods of identifying abnormal quotation.
  • Specifies self-discipline punishment measures for offline investors who made abnormal quotation for the first time and made repeated violations within twelve months.
  • Clarifies the procedural provisions for the management of the classification list of offline investors, which will follow management rules for offline investors (#230432).
  • Cancels the evaluation mechanism for the selected list.
  • Next Steps
  • CHI SAC will work with the stock exchanges to determine the monitoring indicators and identification standards for abnormal quotation and subscription behavior.
  • It will study and establish a white list management system for professional institutional investors under the network on the basis of integrating standards of the selected list.
  • Effectiveness
  • The notice is effective from Jan. 1, 2025.

Regulators CHI SAC
Entity Types B/D; CNSM; Exch
Reference RN SAC No. 277 (2024), 11/29/2024
Functions Compliance; Exams; Financial; Market Conduct; Risk
Countries China
Category
State
Products Equity; Issuance/IPO; Securities
Regions AP
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 11/29/2024
Effective Date 1/1/2025
Rule Id 235423
Linked to Rule :230432
Reg. Last Update 11/29/2024
Report Section International

Last substantive update on 12/04/2024