A warrant is essentially an option, giving the holder a right. Depending on the holder’s right, a warrant can be either a call warrant or a put warrant.
A call warrant gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy the underlying asset at a 「strike price」 on or before a specified date (generally the warrant will be settled in cash).
A put warrant gives the holder the right, but not the obligation, to sell the underlying asset at a 「strike price」 on or before a specified date (generally the warrant will be settled in cash).
Investors can sell the warrants they hold before the expiration date.
Warrants are listed and trade (in round "lots") on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Settlement is made two days after the trading day (T+2). A warrant has a fixed code, as well as a series of symbols with special meanings for specific identification.
Take 「3512 SG-China Life @EC0505B」 as an example.
「3512」 means the trading code of the warrant on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange;
"SG" indicates that the issuer of the warrant is Societe Generale, the largest warrant issuer in Hong Kong;
"China Life" means that the underlying asset is the stock of China Life (2628.HK);
"0505" indicates that the warrant expired in May 2005; if it expired in September 2006, the number would be "0609", and so on; "B" indicates that the issuer, Societe Generale, has issued more than one China Life warrants due in the same month but with different terms, so it is used to indicate the difference;
"@" indicates that the warrant settled in cash instead of with China Life's stocks upon expiration; if "*" is used, it means that settlement is made with stocks;
"E" means that it is a European warrant; "X" indicates a special or non-traditional warrant (see its terms for details); an American warrant may not be marked with letters or may be specially marked with symbols;
"C" indicates a call warrant, and "P" is used for a put warrant.
From the above name, it can be concluded that the warrant is "a European call warrant with the code 3512, issued by Societe Generale, with China Life’s stock as the underlying asset, expiring in May 2005, and settling in cash".
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