| 2011 |
July |
- Changed name from "Boom Securities (H.K.) Limited" to "Monex Boom Securities (H.K.) Limited"
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| March |
- Launched "Mobile Stock Trading" - trade international stocks on mobile phone
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| January |
- Appointed Tsutomu Nakajima as new Chairman and Managing Director
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| 2010 |
December |
- BOOM became the wholly owned subsidiary of Monex Group Inc., which is listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (ticker symbol 8698)
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| August |
- RMB available at BOOM Account - increase to 6 currencies in total
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| February |
- Enhanced e-Statement service – free download of account statements within 15 months
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| January |
- Extended Global ETFs Center to cover 1,600 ETFs listed in US, Hong Kong, Australia, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand
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| 2009 |
November |
- Launched "Corporate Announcement Page" for Hong Kong Market
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| July |
- Revamped Global ETFs Center facilitating easy search of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs), HOLDRS and Closed-End Funds (CEFs) by asset class, investment style and category
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| 2008 |
December |
- Launched "Monthly Stock Saving Plan" for Hong Kong and US stocks
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| September |
- Launched additional e-channel to deposit funds – PPS service in Hong Kong
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| August |
- Launched IVR system for Customer Service and Dealing hotlines
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| March |
- Launched "Dividend Announcement" section for Hong Kong market – client can check dividend history of listed companies for up to 2 years
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| 2007 |
October |
- Launched the Chinese version of Global ETFs Center
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| July |
- Launched "Index Composite" section allowing search of blue chips by sector
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| June |
- Launched "Listed Chinese Companies" comparison section – B-shares vs. A-shares & H-shares vs. A-shares
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| 2006 |
September |
- Launched "Market Order" for Hong Kong and US markets
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| July |
- Extended online margin financing service to HK, US, Japan, Australia and Singapore stocks
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| May |
- Launched "Online HK IPO Apply" service - submit HK IPO application electronically
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| April |
- Launched "Online Withdraw" feature - clients simply pre-register their bank account(s) for online fund withdrawal
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| March |
- Launched "Two-Way Sell Order" - Price up, take profit; Price down, stop loss
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| 2005 |
December |
- Launched If.. Then.. trading function - "Chain Order"
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| August |
- Enhanced US charting to facilitate stock trend analysis
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| April |
- Launched Malaysia online stock trading service
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| March |
- Launched "Due-to-Expired" auto email alert for warrant holders
- Launched "US ADRs Center"
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| 2004 |
December |
- Launched multiple order entry, "Multi-Order" trading function
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| August |
- Launched "Global ETFs Center"
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| July |
- Launched "Stop Loss Order" for Hong Kong market
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| May |
- Became the Hong Kong distributing partner of AlphaTrade's real-time streaming quote product in US, the E-Gate
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| April |
- Launched "InfoExpress Service"
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| March |
- Launched "Stop Loss Order" for US market
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| 2003 |
September |
- Appointed Mr. Robert Eu as new Chairman & CEO
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| August |
- Mr. William R. Hambrecht became BOOM's major shareholder
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| 2002 |
November |
- Launched "Good-till-date Order" for US market
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| June |
- Appointed Mr. James Kelso as new CEO
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| April |
- Extended online margin financing service to US stock
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| 2001 |
November |
- BOOM.COM became the member of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
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| October |
- Launched online stock trading service for retail banks and brokers
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| September |
- Launched pan-Asian online stock trading platform
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| August |
- Launched Korea, Taiwan and China (B share) online stock trading service
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| April |
- Launched online Margin Financing service for Hong Kong market
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| 2000 |
December |
- BOOM's MD & CEO, Mark Duff named Entrepreneur of the Year
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| October |
- Announced the strategic investment of Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) in BOOM
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| September |
- Launched Japan, Philippines, Indonesia and Thailand online stock trading service
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| August |
- Launched Australia online stock trading service
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| May |
- Announced the strategic investment of Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ) in BOOM
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| April |
- Launched Singapore online stock trading service
- Launched Asia's first telco-independent WAP-based financial information portal
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February |
- First independent broker to become a member of Central Clearing and Settlement System (CCASS)
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| 1999 |
August |
- First Asian broker to offer both Hong Kong and U.S. online stock trading service
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| July |
- First Hong Kong-based broker to provide online Mutual Fund investment service
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| June |
- First Asian broker to distribute market data from NASDAQ & NYSE/AMEX
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| May |
- First Hong Kong-based broker to distribute stock quotes from Stock Exchange of Hong Kong & Stock Exchange of Singapore over the Internet
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| January |
- Signed landmark deal with Reuters to offer free real-time market news
- First Asian broker accepted for 128-bit encryption
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| 1998 |
May |
- First Chinese-language online stock trading service
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| March |
- First Asian broker to launch online stock trading service for retail investors
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| February |
- First broker/dealer registered with the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong for online stock trading service
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| 1997 |
August |
- First Hong Kong-based broker to offer online stock trading service
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| March |
- BOOM was established in Hong Kong
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