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Securities are the general name of all kinds of economic rights and interests certificates, and also refer to specialized products, which are legal certificates used to prove that the holder enjoys certain rights and interests. Securities mainly include capital security, currency securities and commodity securities. In a narrow sense, securities mainly refer to securities products in the securities market, including property market products such as stocks, debt market products such as bonds, and derivative market products such as stock futures, options and interest rate futures.
Securities are documents of rights with property value. In modern society, people are not satisfied with the direct possession, use, income and disposal of wealth, but pay more attention to the ultimate domination and control of wealth, and securities, a new form of property, came into being. Holding securities means that the holder has control over the property represented by securities, but this control is not direct control but indirect control.
The vitality of securities lies in their liquidity. Traditional civil rights always face many obstacles when they are transferred. As far as civil property rights are concerned, it is unnecessary in nature because it does not involve personality and identity, but its transfer is a complex civil act.
The ultimate goal of securities holders is to obtain income, which is the direct motivation of securities holders to invest in securities. On the one hand, securities itself is a kind of property right, which embodies a specific property right. Securities holders can obtain benefits by exercising this property right, such as dividend income (stocks) or interest income (bonds); On the other hand, securities holders can make profits by transferring securities.
A securities company refers to a limited liability company or a joint stock limited company with independent legal personality, which is established with the approval of the the State Council securities regulatory authority in accordance with the provisions of the Company Law and the Securities Law and specializes in securities business.
Securities companies are legal entities specializing in securities trading, which are divided into securities management companies and securities registration companies. In a narrow sense, a securities company refers to a securities business company, which is an institution that specializes in securities business after being approved by the competent authority and obtaining a business license from the relevant administrative department for industry and commerce.