HONG KONG, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Lion Group Holding
Ltd. ("Lion" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: LGHL), operator of an
all-in-one trading platform that offers a wide spectrum of products
and services with a focus on Chinese investors, today announced Mr.
Guandong (Gordon) Wang has been
appointed as a director of the Board of Directors (the "Board") on
January 6, 2021.
Mr. Wang has approximately 14 years of financial industry
background and approximately 10 years of quantitative trading and
technology-related experience. Since 2016, Mr. Wang has been the
chairman and general manager of Smart Alpha Asset Management
Company and the general manager of Li Hai Hong King Co., Ltd. Prior
to that, Mr. Wang has served in executive and senior leadership
positions at a variety of companies, including Ping An Pioneer
Capital Ltd., Ping An Securities Group (Holdings) Limited,
AllstonTrading LLC., Transmarket Group, Citadel Investment Group,
and Bank of America. Mr. Wang started his trading career from
Citadel High Frequency Trading (HFT) group and gained his
all-around skills in electronic market making and trading. He
founded Ping An Pioneered Capital and managed over 10 Billion RMB quantitative funds. During the
same time, he was also the head of Investment and Trading Division
of Ping An Securities in charge of TRS and prop trading business.
Mr. Wang received his bachelor's degree in computer science from
Peking University in China in
1998, his master of science's degree in computer science and
engineering from Nanyang Technological
University in Singapore in
2001, and his master of science's degree in computer science and
engineering from Washington University
in the USA in 2006, where he was
also a PhD candidate and served as a research associate.
Mr. Chunning (Wilson) Wang, Chief
Executive Officer at Lion, commented, "Mr. Wang's diverse
background and ample experience will be valuable as he plays a key
role in Lion's TRS trading business, which is expected to boost the
Company's revenue in the near future. His expertise will complement
the Board's existing skill set and provide valuable insight moving
forward as we continue to deliver our services and develop
innovative products to support the needs of our customers."
About Lion
Lion Group Holding Ltd. (NASDAQ: LGHL) operates an all-in-one
trading platform that offers a wide spectrum of products and
services with a focus on Chinese investors. Through its
state-of-the-art technology, Lion offers contract-for-difference
(CFD) trading, insurance brokerage, futures brokerage, and
securities brokerage on its platform, which can be accessed through
applications available on the iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS
systems. Lion's customers are well-educated and affluent Chinese
individual investors residing both inside and outside the PRC as
well as institutional clients in Hong
Kong. Additional information may be found at
http://ir.liongrouphl.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains, "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Lion's actual results may
differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and
consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking
statements as predictions of future events. Words such as "expect,"
"estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate,"
"intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believes,"
"predicts," "potential," "might" and "continues," and similar
expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements include, without
limitation, Lion's expectations with respect to future performance
and anticipated financial impacts of the Business combination, the
satisfaction of the closing conditions to the business combination
and the timing of the completion of the business combination. These
forward-looking statements involve significant risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from expected results. Most of these factors are outside the
control of Lion and are difficult to predict. Factors that may
cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the
inability to maintain the listing of the post-acquisition company's
ADSs on NASDAQ following the business combination; (2) the risk
that the business combination disrupts current plans and operations
as a result of the announcement and consummation of the
transactions described herein; (3) the inability to recognize the
anticipated benefits of the business combination, which may be
affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the
combined company to grow and manage growth profitably and retain
its key employees; (4) costs related to the business combination;
(5) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (6) the possibility
that Lion may be adversely affected by other economic, business,
and/or competitive factors; and (7) other risks and uncertainties
to be identified in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the
business combination, including those under "Risk Factors" therein,
and in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC") made by Lion. Lion cautions that the foregoing list of
factors is not exclusive. Lion cautions readers not to place undue
reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as
of the date made. Lion does not undertake or accept any obligation
or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any
forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its
expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances
on which any such statement is based, subject to applicable
law.
Contacts
Lion Group Holding
Tel: +852 2820 9011
Email: ir@liongrouphl.com
ICR, LLC
William Zima
Tel: +1 203 682 8233
Email: ir@liongrouphl.com
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