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In recent years, Ren Zeping has been an "internet celebrity" among economists, and the traffic is constantly accompanied by controversy. A few days ago, it was also revealed that zeping's identity as a "specially invited chief economist" and Soochow Securities were actually non-editorial cooperation. On the evening of January 19, a relevant person from Soochow Securities told the "Daily Economic News" reporter that Ren Zeping is the company's special chief economist and is not currently a securities practitioner.
In fact, the "Daily Economic News" noted that similar to Ren Zeping's role as a special invited economist in securities companies, but not registered with the Securities Industry Association, the securities company economist is not a case, and only Ren Zeping has provoked an "extra-editorial" controversy, which can only show that he is indeed an "Internet celebrity" among economists.
The previous three securities practitioners were registered with the association
According to the information of the practitioner platform of the Securities Association of China, Ren Zeping currently has no employment number and no record of working in Soochow Securities, but his past securities career history is still recorded.
"Daily Economic News" reporter on the evening of January 19 to Dongwu Securities to verify this matter, Soochow Securities responded that Ren Zeping is the company's special chief economist, currently not a securities practitioner. The services provided by Ren Zeping to Soochow Securities, including speeches at strategic meetings held by the Institute and institutional exchanges organized by the Institute, are reviewed by soochow Institute. In addition, the views expressed by Ren Zeping as an independent scholar do not represent the position of the institutions he serves.
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On December 26, 2007, Ren Zeping worked in Guosen Securities for general securities business. On November 23, 2009, Ren Zeping left Guosen Securities and his qualifications were revoked. On June 9, 2014, Ren Zeping joined Guotai Junan in the practice position of securities investment consulting (analyst), and left on June 8, 2016. On June 19, 2016, Ren Zeping joined Founder Securities, and his practice position is still securities investment consulting (analyst); he left on December 13, 2017.
After leaving Founder Securities, Ren Zeping joined Evergrande with an annual salary of 1500w yuan. In March 2021, Ren Zeping left Evergrande to join Soochow Securities as chief economist. After Evergrande exploded, Ren Zeping was revealed to be the real reason for leaving Evergrande that the so-called 15 million annual salary was only paid in full in the first year. In October 2021, Ren Zeping published an article on his public account in response to the reasons for leaving Evergrande, reading more than 100,000+. In the article, Ren Zeping said: "Some misunderstanding remarks, I did not respond before, because after all, it is the former owner, the enterprise is in trouble, do not cause public opinion to pay attention to, be a person more in the snow to send charcoal, less fall into the well, be a person to be generous." But for his annual salary at Evergrande and other online public opinion hotspots, Ren Zeping did not respond.
2022 has twice attracted public attention
However, at present, the focus of social attention is first, Ren Zeping's views on population issues, and second, whether he is a regular employee of Soochow Securities.
In January this year, Ren Zeping released a research report saying that to solve the problem of low fertility, it was suggested that the central bank print an additional 2 trillion yuan to encourage fertility, and said that "we must seize the time window that the 75-85 generation can still be born" and "don't expect the post-90s and post-00s...", and public opinion was in an uproar for a while.
These views have caused an uproar in public opinion, and even some non-financial public names have paid attention to this matter. For example, the author of a public account questioned Ren Zeping: "Have you ever investigated and argued?" Why do we have an iron mouth to break our post-90s and 00s how to encourage them not to be born? Do you know what we really think? Do you know how stressed we are? Besides, why is the 75-85 years of this generation so miserable, and you have to focus on it, and the wool is dying? This article garnered more than 40,000 views and more than 1,500 likes.
On January 12, Ren Zeping's Weibo revealed that the user was currently in a state of silence due to violations of relevant laws and regulations.
Whether Ren Zeping "affiliated" with Soochow Securities has aroused public concern is because of the two self-regulatory guidelines of the China Securities Association in 2020.
On May 22, 2020, the China Securities Association issued two industry self-discipline rules, the Code of Practice for Issuing Securities Research Reports (Revised Draft) and the Code of Conduct for Securities Analysts (Revised Draft). In the Code of Practice, the China Securities Association clearly pointed out that "the person who publishes research views and provides research services in the name of the operating institution must be a regular employee of the company". In many of the activities that Ren Zeping participated in, his name was "Specially Invited Chief Economist of Soochow Securities".
However, judging from soochow Securities' reply, Ren Zeping's tenure at Soochow Securities is indeed subject to both the compliance of the institute and a certain degree of independence. It is worth mentioning that on the platform of practitioners of the China Securities Association, it is true that not all chief economists of securities companies are registered with the association.
After checking, the reporter found that Li Xunlei, chief economist of Zhongtai Securities, has now registered in the association, but such as Liu Yuhui, chief economist of Tianfeng Securities, and color, chief economist of Founder Securities, have not found registration information. Among the chief economists of a number of securities companies, only Ren Zeping has provoked a "non-editorial" controversy, which can only show that he is indeed an "internet celebrity" among economists.
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