An authoritative person in the industry revealed on 20th 10+1June10 that the qualification of securities companies to engage in stock index futures agency introduction (IB) business will be re-examined, and the applicant will be changed from the original "brokerage headquarters" to "on the basis of the approval of the headquarters, the subordinate business departments will separately submit for approval". Recently, the regulatory authorities have issued the Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Securities Companies Providing Intermediary Services to Futures Companies (Discussion Draft), aiming to further strengthen the standardized operation, supervision and management of securities companies providing intermediary services to futures companies. According to reports, for the securities company's business department to carry out the IB business of stock index futures, the regulatory authorities require that on the basis of the approval of the brokerage headquarters, the business department still needs to declare separately, and the mature one will be certified to start business. For the securities companies and business departments that have carried out the opening inspection in the early stage, the securities regulatory bureaus shall re-perform the procedures and re-conduct the opening certification in accordance with the new requirements. Brokers engaged in IB business and their business departments must have qualified full-time business personnel, and securities companies and their business departments without qualified personnel should stop IB business. Qualified full-time IB business personnel must have futures business qualifications and cannot engage in business outside IB. To carry out intermediary business, the brokerage headquarters must be equipped with more than 5 special supervisors and at least 2 business departments, and establish personnel files engaged in intermediary business and submit them to the regulatory authorities. The regulatory authorities require that the self-discipline management of the introduction business of securities companies and futures companies will be strengthened. Securities companies and futures companies shall conduct joint self-examination, report the results of the joint self-examination to the local securities regulatory bureau of the company, and submit a written application for certification. Information technology security of futures companies and securities companies IB should be an important part of joint issuance, planning and self-examination. Securities companies should regularly evaluate the information system and decide the development scale of IB business according to the system's affordability. Intermediary business will be included in the daily supervision system of the CSRC as one of the grading standards for securities companies and futures companies.