Everbright Securities' outsourced employees have an average monthly salary of about 19,000 yuan, with Chairman Zhao Ling earning the highest salary.

Wen / Rui Finance Xu Shumin

Since being appointed Chairman of Everbright Securities in 2022, Zhao Ling has remained quite low-key.

He has been busy dealing with the aftermath of risk events, reorganizing the management team, and pushing Everbright Securities forward.

After three years, he has finally achieved some results.

In 2025, Everbright Securities’ total assets crossed the 300 billion yuan threshold, and profits returned to a growth trend.

It should be noted that from 2022 to 2024, Everbright Securities’ revenue growth rates were -35.48%, -6.94%, and -4.32%, respectively, while the growth rates of net profit attributable to shareholders were -8.47%, 33.93%, and -28.39%, showing unsatisfactory performance in both revenue and net profit.

However, in 2025, Everbright Securities achieved total operating revenue of 10.852 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.06%, and net profit attributable to shareholders of 3.724 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.77%.

Efforts always yield returns. Over the past few years, Zhao Ling has also received a substantial salary from Everbright Securities.

From 2022 to 2025, Zhao Ling’s compensation was 1.859 million yuan, 2.383 million yuan, 1.978 million yuan, and 1.967 million yuan, respectively.

According to the financial report,

in 2025, the total compensation for current directors and executives of Everbright Securities was 14.7688 million yuan, with Zhao Ling being the highest-paid among the management, followed by President Liu Qiuming, who received 1.8228 million yuan.

Zhu Qin is very capable, serving in four roles: Vice President and Compliance Director, Chief Risk Officer, and Board Secretary, and received a compensation of 1.4844 million yuan in 2025.

Looking back at the past year of 2025, Zhao Ling was still busy adjusting the governance structure and preventing risks.

In 2025, Everbright Securities did not set up a supervisory board, and supervisors were no longer in office. The number of changes and departures among directors, supervisors, and senior management was 12, accounting for about 42.86% of the total number of directors, supervisors, and senior management at the beginning of the year.

As we enter 2026, Everbright Securities’ director Yin Yanwu has resigned, An Xuesong has been elected as a director, and Jiang Qi has been appointed as Business Director.

In 2025, Everbright Securities had purchased liability insurance for directors, supervisors, and senior management from Huatai Property Insurance, with a cumulative compensation limit of 30 million dollars.

Zhao Ling has always been cautious about the hiring of executives, as they are key figures in leading the company’s development.

As a medium-sized brokerage, Everbright Securities still needs to further enhance its capital strength, industry position, and input-output efficiency, striving to move upstream.

By industry, Everbright Securities’ main revenue still relies on its wealth management business, which accounts for over fifty percent.

However, the performance of the equity investment business is not ideal. In 2025, this business generated revenue of -136 million yuan, with a gross profit margin of -228%.

The main subsidiary related to equity investment, Everbright Capital Investment Co., Ltd., had a net asset value of -1.124 billion yuan at the end of 2025, with revenue of -260 million yuan and a net profit of -238 million yuan, indicating a loss.

It is evident that Everbright Securities still faces challenges in business development.

Zhao Ling is also preparing for the future, continuously balancing the relationship between income and costs.

The increase in operating costs for Everbright Securities is lower than the increase in revenue.

In 2025, Everbright Securities’ operating expenses were 6.2 billion yuan, an increase of 200 million yuan year-on-year, with a growth rate of 3%. Among these, business and management fees amounted to 5.9 billion yuan, remaining basically stable compared to the previous year.

However, the number of employees and employee costs at Everbright Securities have both risen.

As of the end of 2025, Everbright Securities had 7,763 employees, an increase of 39 from 7,724 at the end of the previous year.

In 2025, Everbright Securities’ employee costs were 3.863 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31 million yuan. Roughly calculated, the average monthly salary per employee at Everbright Securities in 2025 was about 41,400 yuan.

During the same period, the average number of outsourced employees at Everbright Securities was about 83, with total compensation costs paid for outsourced employees amounting to approximately 18.9429 million yuan. Based on this calculation, the average monthly salary for outsourced employees at Everbright Securities was about 19,000 yuan.

On the other hand, Everbright is also closing down business outlets.

As of the end of 2025, it had 211 securities offices, a decrease of 16 from 227 at the end of the previous year.

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