Lion Announces Singapore Trading License, Expanding Southeast Asia Presence
Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL) has received a Capital Markets Service License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore for its subsidiary, Lion International Financial (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. This license permits Lion Singapore to engage in leveraged foreign exchange trading and further solidifies its presence in Southeast Asia. The CEO highlighted that this milestone supports their strategic plan to tap into new business opportunities, aiming to enhance the company's existing businesses and provide shareholder value. Lion now holds licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Cayman Islands, and Dubai.
- Acquisition of Capital Markets Service License enhances trading capabilities.
- Expansion into Singapore, a major financial hub, opens new business opportunities.
- Strengthened regional presence in Southeast Asia, potentially increasing revenues.
- Lion now holds multiple licenses across key global markets.
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HONG KONG, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lion Group Holding Ltd. ("Lion" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: LGHL), operator of an all-in-one trading platform that offers a wide spectrum of products and services and developer of new growth products that include SPAC sponsorship, NFT, and Metaverse-related initiatives, today announced its subsidiary Lion International Financial (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. ("Lion Singapore") has been granted a Capital Markets Service License ("CMS License") from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.
The CMS License allows Lion Singapore to deal in exchange-traded derivatives contracts, over-the-counter derivatives contracts and spot foreign exchange contracts for the purposes of leveraged foreign exchange trading.
"We are pleased to establish Lion into Singapore and expand our regional Asia presence," said Mr. Chunning (Wilson) Wang, CEO of Lion. "As part of our strategic expansion plan, this milestone allows us to explore new business opportunities across Southeast Asia. Singapore is one of the world's primary financial centers, and we expect this new license to boost our existing CFD and TRS businesses, generating value for our shareholders."
With the initiation of Lion Singapore, the group now has licenses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Cayman Islands and Dubai. The Company intends to establish its new office and have dual headquarters in Hong Kong and Singapore.
About Lion
Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL) operates an all-in-one trading platform that offers a wide spectrum of products and services with a focus on Chinese investors. Through its state-of-the-art technology, Lion offers contract-for-difference (CFD) trading, insurance brokerage, futures brokerage, and securities brokerage on its platform, which can be accessed through applications available on the iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS systems. Lion's customers are well-educated and affluent Chinese individual investors residing both inside and outside the PRC as well as institutional clients in Hong Kong. Additional information may be found at http://ir.liongrouphl.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains, "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Lion's actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes," "predicts," "potential," "might" and "continues," and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, Lion's expectations with respect to future performance and anticipated financial impacts of the Business combination, the satisfaction of the closing conditions to the business combination and the timing of the completion of the business combination. These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. Most of these factors are outside the control of Lion and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the inability to maintain the listing of the post-acquisition company's ADSs on NASDAQ following the business combination; (2) the risk that the business combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the transactions described herein; (3) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain its key employees; (4) costs related to the business combination; (5) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (6) the possibility that Lion may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; and (7) other risks and uncertainties to be identified in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the business combination, including those under "Risk Factors" therein, and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") made by Lion. Lion cautions that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive. Lion cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Lion does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, subject to applicable law.
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Email: ir@liongrouphl.com
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