Per reporter: Wang Haiyu Chen Chen Per jing editor: Ye Feng
In recent days, in response to the participation of Qin Zewen, a former employee of Essence Securities, in the Miss World Global Finals, the focus of attention has changed from the initial "beauty analyst" and financial background to his or her or suspected whitewashing or even falsifying his experience and academic qualifications in just a few days. Such a "great reversal" made the melon-eating masses marvel at how fast the collapse of the house could be.
In this public opinion incident, Qin Zewen's identity label of serving as an assistant analyst at Essence Securities has always attracted much attention. A few days ago, a person familiar with the matter broke the news to reporters that Qin Zewen's ability to enter Anxin Securities as an assistant analyst was actually not an isolated incident.
He told reporters that at the end of March 2017, a big V had exposed the news that Yu Huiwen, a former member of the idol group SNH48 of Essence Securities, was a TMT researcher, although Essence Securities had denied this matter to the outside world at that time, but it was actually true.
The person said that Hu Youwen's team did not call these people to do the work of researchers, but mainly to engage in outreach, "their team has long loved to recruit people who are not researchers." ”
Official revision of information or actual suspicion of whitewashing academic qualifications and experience
On August 22, the "71st Miss World Contest" WeChat public account released an official announcement: Qin Zewen will represent China in the 71st Miss World Contest Global Finals.
According to the introduction: Qin Zewen, born in July 1997, height 173 cm, master degree. The versatile Qin Zewen specializes in Peking Opera, dance and piano, and has won the gold medal at the East China Championship. In addition, academically, she also dared to break through herself and pursue a master's degree in finance from computer engineering. In her work, she has also joined Oracle and PwC as an intern at well-known enterprises, and worked as an analyst in Essence Securities and Minsheng Securities, and the team has been the first place in the computer industry for the best analysts of New Fortune for several years.
Screenshot from: A tweet released on the WeChat public account of the "71st Miss World Contest" on August 22
On the evening of the same day, Qin Zewen also posted a testimonial in the circle of friends: "It can no longer be low-key... I went to my dreams for my childhood dreams... I will bring the voices of women in our industry to the world stage and make women more powerful. ”
Image from: Network
Just when the melon-eating masses envy Qin Zewen's wisdom and beauty, the discussion on the Internet about Qin Zewen's academic qualifications and professional experience suspected of fraud has gradually increased, which may be confirmed by the official deletion of the Miss World contest on August 22 and the re-release of the new version of the push on August 23.
On August 23, the WeChat public account of the "71st Miss World Contest" released a new version of the official announcement. Among them, the words "master's degree" have been deleted. However, she still retained that "academically, she also dared to break through herself and pursue a master's degree in finance from computer engineering." This shows that Qin Zewen has not yet obtained a master's degree.
At the same time, in the work, the new version of the official announcement will be "and in Essence Securities, Minsheng Securities as an analyst" revised to "and as an assistant analyst in Essence Securities". This also makes qin Zewen's experience whitewashed or even suspected of counterfeiting.
Screenshot from: Tweet posted on the WeChat public account of the "71st Miss World Contest" on August 23
It is worth mentioning that in addition to academic qualifications and professional experience, Qin Zewen is not the top three of the 71st Miss World China, which also triggers netizens to question his suspected "airborne" participation in the Miss World Finals. The official website of Miss World released a statement on August 24 saying that it was concerned about the complaints received about the Miss World China candidate, and would investigate the matter and take appropriate action if the regulations were violated.
Suspected of "touching porcelain" 3 securities companies
The aforementioned series of operations have triggered strong dissatisfaction among the melon-eating masses, and the spearhead has also been pointed at Essence Securities, and with the fermentation of public opinion, Essence Securities has to issue a statement.
On August 25, the reporter learned from Essence Securities that Essence Securities issued a statement saying that Qin Zewen joined our research center as an assistant analyst (sales direction) through social recruitment on June 22, 2020, and was mainly responsible for contacting customers and sorting out basic work such as data during his employment in our company. He officially left our company on December 31, 2021 and has only been in the industry for one and a half years. On January 4, 2022, the General Securities Business Qualification was cancelled by the Securities Association of China.
In addition, Anxin Securities said that Qin Zewen has left our company for eight months and has been deregistered from the securities industry, and participating in social activities is a personal act, has no relationship with our company, and cannot represent women in the industry.
The inquiry of the Securities Association of China also shows that Qin Zewen has a bachelor's degree and worked at Essence Securities from August 12, 2021 to January 4, 2022, practicing in general securities business rather than securities investment consulting (analyst).
In addition, in terms of academic qualifications, Qin Ze studied at Shanghai Jiaotong University. However, according to insiders of Essence Securities, Qin Zewen's entry into Essence Securities provides academic qualifications from East China Jiaotong University, which has been verified and not falsified.
After this incident, it was not only Essence Securities that spoke out in a timely manner, but also Minsheng Securities. Although the new version of the official announcement deleted her relevant experience in Minsheng Securities, it also aroused the curiosity of the people who ate melons, whether she had ever practiced in Minsheng Securities, or had she interned? According to the reporter's inquiry in China's securities industry, Qin Zewen only has the experience of Anxin Securities and does not have the experience of other securities companies. At the same time, the reporter also learned from relevant people in Minsheng Securities that Qin Zewen had not interned in Minsheng Securities, let alone practiced in Minsheng Securities.
At the same time, the reporter found that there was a resume about Qin Zewen circulating on the Internet that needed to be examined. One of the internship experiences includes an internship in the asset management department of Guotai Junan Securities from January to February 2019. However, the reporter noted that in 2019, Guotai Junan has no asset management department, and Guotai Junan established a wholly-owned subsidiary - Guotai Junan Asset Management in 2010 to engage in asset management business.
In the past two days, the reporter has tried to call Qin Zewen many times, although the other party's phone can still be connected, but no one answers. It is also understood that Qin Zewen's circle of friends has also closed recently.
Insiders revealed the relevant internal information
Judging from the above statement of Essence Securities, after the incident, Essence Securities was eager to clear its relationship with Qin Zewen. However, the reporter found some noteworthy "coincidences" from the relevant time nodes disclosed by Essence Securities.
According to Essence Securities, Qin Zewen joined the company on June 22, 2020, and usually the new wealth analyst selection is launched in August, is there any correlation between this? In addition, Qin Zewen's departure time is December 31, 2021, and the results of the new wealth every year are generally announced at the end of the year, and the time of Qin Zewen's departure is relatively close to the time of the new wealth selection results, which is a coincidence that is doubtful.
According to the official WeChat disclosure of the 71st Miss World Contest, Qin Zewen once worked as an assistant analyst at Essence Securities, and his team has been the first place in the computer industry for the best analysts of New Fortune for several years. It is understood that the team was the Hu Youwen team of Anxin Securities at that time. It is understood that since September 2016, after the departure of Zhao Xiaoguang, the former director of the Anxin Securities Research Institute, Hu Youwen, who was then the chief analyst of the computer industry, succeeded him, becoming one of the youngest research institute directors in the industry at that time. Last year, Hu Youwen left Anxin Securities to join Minsheng Securities and is currently the vice president and president of the research institute of Minsheng Securities.
A few days ago, a person familiar with the matter broke the news to reporters and pointed out that the Qin Zewen incident was not an isolated incident.
According to him, when Hu Youwen was still working at the Anxin Securities Research Institute, his team had always had some people of similar types to Qin Zewen, and he had also recruited a member of the female idol group SNH48.
Screenshot from: Network
The reporter noted that at the end of March 2017, a number of media reported that "Weibo blogger Cao Shanshi broke the news that Yu Huiwen, a former member of the SNH48 idol group SNH48, was recruited by Anxin Securities to be a TMT researcher. In this regard, at that time, Anxin Securities denied this rumor and responded externally, saying, "After investigation, there is no such thing." Regarding whether there are new members to join, please refer to the list of teams published by the company. ”
In this regard, the above-mentioned insider told reporters that in fact, at that time, anxin Securities Research Institute was really preparing to recruit Yu Huiwen, "the interviews were passed, and I almost joined the job." But as soon as it was reported by Cao Shanshi, it was stopped. ”
He said that at that time, Hu Youwen's team called these people not to do the work of researchers, but to focus on outreach.
It is worth mentioning that from the statement issued by Essence Securities, Qin Zewen has been an assistant analyst at Essence Securities for one and a half years, but now it is almost impossible to find a research report with her signature on the Internet. According to the director of a securities research institute, although the assistant analyst can not independently publish the signed research report, but can be released by the signature contact and assistant, "an assistant analyst in a brokerage research institute for a year and a half, but does not publish the research report, to see how the institute uses this person, but such a situation is indeed relatively rare." On August 25, Essence Securities also clearly pointed out in its external publicity that the nature of Qin Zewen's work at the Essence Securities Research Institute belonged to the sales direction.
In addition, according to the above-mentioned insiders, Hu Youwen's team recruited the above-mentioned outreach personnel, all of which are dedicated to their own team, "He (Hu Youwen) has long loved to recruit people who are not researchers in the team." ”
Judging from public information, the reporter found that during the Anxin Securities Research Institute, there were some intersections between Qin Zewen and Hu Youwen:
1. Qin Zewen joined Hu Youwen's team on June 22, 2020 as an assistant analyst (sales position);
2. The 18th New Fortune Best Analyst Selection in 2020 was launched in August 2020;
3. On December 15, 2020, the results of the 2020 18th New Fortune Best Analyst Selection were announced, and Hu Youwen won the first place in the New Fortune Best Analyst Computer Industry from 2014 to 2020, and was awarded the New Fortune Platinum Analyst in 2020.
Screenshot from: Hanwang Technology Announcement
In addition, according to the announcement of Hanwang Technology, at the end of September 2020, Hu Youwen also worked with Qin Zewen to investigate Hanwang Technology, and at that time, two fund companies were also investigated, Boshi Fund and SDIC UBS Fund. At that time, Hanwang Technology was in a round of rally.
According to the reporter's understanding, the so-called "beauty tactics" have a long history in the seller research industry, which has also triggered a lot of controversy about "the value of appearance is overwhelming the research value".
For example, on the eve of the 2011 New Fortune Poll, a brokerage research institute in Shanghai held a lingerie and swimwear model catwalk event, which mainly invited buy-side fund managers or other large customers. This incident once caused great controversy at that time.
In the previous interview, a market person who had many years of experience in the self-operation of securities companies recalled to reporters the experience of going to Minsheng Securities to participate in the reverse roadshow about 10 years ago, "I remember a live anti-roadshow, I went to the Shanghai headquarters of Minsheng Securities, the company's 7 beautiful women were present, the appearance was quite outstanding, I was 'brain short-circuit' at that time." Later, I gently asked the researcher why there were so many beautiful women present, and the researcher smiled and replied to me, 'Don't you know the Seven Fairies of Minsheng?' '”
Just in recent years, such "beauty tactics" are still exposed from time to time. In 2019, a securities company in Shanghai also recruited an actress to do institutional sales, which caused widespread concern in the industry at that time.
Due to the fermentation of some events in recent years, many brokerage research institutes have carried out a low-key treatment of "beauty tactics". "Later, everyone seemed to be relatively low-key in this regard." An insider of a brokerage research institute told reporters, "Our company only does the publicity of researchers, and generally does not do sales publicity." ”
According to the observation of the above-mentioned insiders, it is still not uncommon for the Securities Research Institute to pay attention to the appearance of sales when recruiting institutions, but the practice of recruiting "high-value" sales in the name of "analysts" like Hu Youwen's team is relatively rare in the industry.
In his view, Hu Youwen's team can introduce these "outreach personnel" many times, which also reflects some problems in the management of Essence Securities to a certain extent, and the relevant departments may lack necessary interference in his behavior of such a quick success.
In the eyes of the outside world, in the early years, the Anxin Securities Research Institute was once "star-studded", but since Zhao Xiaoguang led the team to leave in 2016, although there were some major moves in the follow-up, the overall status of the Anxin Securities Research Institute tended to decline. During Hu Youwen's tenure, Anxin Research lost its previous dominant position, except for Hu Youwen and Feng Fuzhang, who won new wealth platinum analysts, Anxin Research has few major breakthroughs in other fields. Since 2021, Anxin Securities Research Institute has ushered in the second "wave of analysts leaving" in the past 10 years, and many chief analysts such as Feng Fuzhang, Chen Guo, Zhou Tai, Liu Wenzheng, Deng Yongkang, Ma Tianyi and so on have left one after another.
According to Choice statistics, in 2015, Essence Securities' sub-position commission ranking was once ranked 4th in the industry, and the ranking in 2021 has fallen to 21st.
Regarding the above-mentioned relevant contents of the insiders who broke the news to the reporter, the reporter sent an interview letter to Minsheng Securities today, intending to interview Hu Youwen, president of the Minsheng Securities Research Institute, but the other party declined the reporter's request for an interview.
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