[3] In August 2015, CITIC Securities was reported to be in advanced talks with London Stock Exchange Group Plc to buy Russell Investments, an asset management firm based in the US.

However the discussions was suspended due to a series of investigations into top CITIC Securities executives by Chinese authorities.

[6] In September 2015, the CEO of CITIC Securities was suspected by Chinese police of leaking and trading on unspecified inside information.

[8] In November 2016, CITIC CLSA acted as the sole bookrunner for CEFC Shanghai's $250 USD bond issuance.

[9] In May 2018, CITIC Group announced they would repay ca 450 million euros owed by CEFC Europe to finance and banking group J&T within days but since the debt was not paid a week later, J&T announced it had taken over shareholder rights and installed crisis management at CEFC Europe.