Guotai Junan International Holdings Limited provided earnings guidance for the six months ended June 30, 2021. For the six months, the net profit after tax of the Group is expected to increase by not less than 50% as compared with the corresponding period of last year. (2020 first half: net profit after tax of approximately HKD 609 million). Such expected increase was mainly attributable to the substantial increase in the fee and commission income from brokerage, corporate finance and asset management businesses of the Group.