A company that controls and manipulates other companies by holding more than a certain percentage of their shares. Holding companies can be divided into pure holding companies and mixed holding companies according to different shareholding methods.
The former only controls and manipulates other companies by holding a certain number of shares, and does not run actual business itself; In addition to the above-mentioned pure holding, the latter also operates certain businesses.
A holding company can control this joint-stock company as long as it holds 20-30% shares of other companies in the case of decentralized shares. As a "parent company", the controlled company becomes a "subsidiary" or a "grandson company"; If you control the bank and hold about 30% of the shares, you can register as a holding company.
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According to different shareholders, holding companies can be divided into industrial capital holding companies that control corporate equity and bank holding companies that control bank equity. A holding company that only controls one bank is called a single bank holding company; Those who control several banks, that is, group banks, are called multi-bank holding companies.
The main feature of holding companies is to absorb idle monetary capital by issuing and selling their own stocks or corporate bonds, so as to buy tickets from other companies and control these companies. Then, backed by the stocks held by these companies, they will issue more stocks and buy more stocks from other companies.
Holding company limited first appeared in the United States at the end of 19. 1889, in order to promote the development of the company, New Jersey, USA allowed the establishment of a holding company. By 1904, the United States had established 3 18 holding companies.
Because the holding company can accelerate the accumulation and concentration of capital and realize the merger of banks; You can buy assets or implement alliances to gain control of the company; You can use the goodwill or credit of the company you control; You can also spread business risks through the companies you control.
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