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Ping An Securities Co. Ltd. is the securities brokerage subsidiary of Ping An Trust Co., Ltd., which is owned by Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. (SHA: 601318; HKG: 2318). Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm was founded in 1991 and provides institutional brokerage services based on the needs of professional investors such as private equity, public equity, trust, asset management, general corporate institutions, and high-net-worth clients.

ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management Co., Ltd. (ICBCCS) is an asset management firm which was founded in 2005 through a joint venture between State-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and Crédit Suisse First Boston, part of Crédit Suisse Group (SWX: CSGN; ADR: CS). Headquartered in Beijing, ICBCCS manages mutual funds and pension funds for Chinese retail investors. The firm distributes their products through ICBC's network throughout China.

China Merchants Securities Asset Management Ltd. (CMSAML) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of state-owned China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd. Established in 2015, the firm is located in Shenzhen and offers a range of financial solutions to individual and institutional investors.

Shanxi Trust Co., Ltd. (Shanxi Trust) is the trust management subsidiary of Shanxi Financial Investment Holding Co. Ltd., itself a subsidiary of the Province of Shanxi’s Shanxi Bureau of Finance in China. Formerly known as Shanxi Trust and Investment Corporation, the firm was founded in 1985 and changed their name to Shanxi Trust Co., Ltd. in 2013. Shanxi Trust is headquartered in Taiyuan and provides a range of trust management services for individual and institutional clients.

China International Capital Corp. Ltd. (Invt Management) (CICC-IM) is the investment management division of China International Capital Corp. Ltd. (SHA: 601995, HKG: 3908) in China. The firm was founded in 1995 as the first joint venture investment bank in China. Headquartered in Beijing, CICC-IM provides a range of financial and advisory services for corporations, government agencies and multinational financial institutions.

CIB Fund Management Co., Ltd. is the asset management subsidiary of Industrial Bank Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601166) in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, the firm was founded in 2013 and provides a range of fund management services for individual and institutional clients.

SWS Research Co., Ltd. is the investment research subsidiary of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., which is owned by Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000166) in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, the firm was founded in 1992 to offer a wide range of products and services to global investors who want to invest in Chinese equity market. SWS Research provides clients with securities research service that covers over 500 key stocks in Asian market, as well as economics, strategy, bond, fund and derivatives research. Their clients include almost all major domestic institutional investors such as mutual funds, insurance companies, banks and trusts. They also serve QFII and other overseas institutional investors.

Fullgoal Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Fullgoal Fund) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded in 1999. In 2003, the firm was restructured when the Bank of Montreal took a strategic interest in them and brought international concepts and management techniques to Fullgoal Fund. Headquartered in Shanghai, Fullgoal Fund provides investment management solutions including open and closed-end mutual funds, qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) funds, enterprise annuity funds, domestic social security funds and asset management to segregated accounts for both domestic and international clients.

Part of UBS Group AG, Credit Suisse First Boston (Hong Kong) Ltd. provides investment and financial services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

HSBC Bank (China) Co. Ltd. provides banking and financial services. It offers retail banking and wealth management, commercial banking, global banking and markets, and global private banking. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Pudong, China.

The HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. provides banking services. It offers personal, commercial and corporate banking financial services across Asia. The company was founded by Thomas Sutherland on March 3, 1865 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Part of HSBC Holdings Plc, HSBC Global Asset Management Ltd. is a British company that provides asset management services. The company is based in London, UK. The company was founded in 1982. Nicolas Jean-Marie Denis Moreau has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Part of HSBC Holdings Plc, Hubei Suizhou Cengdu HSBC Rural Bank Co., Ltd. provides commercial banking services.

Cinda Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Cinda) is an asset management firm headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Formerly known as First State Cinda Fund Management Co. Ltd., the firm was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between China Cinda Asset Management Corp., an asset management firm controlled by the Government of China and the holder of a majority interest, and Colonial First State Global Asset Management Pty Ltd. which is the fund management arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ASX: CBA). Cinda manages investment funds for retail investors.

American Indochina Resorts Ltd. operates as an investment holding company. The company is headquartered in British Virgin Islands.

Part of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jardine Fleming Group Ltd. is a provider of investment banking services. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

Global Investment House KPSC (Investment Management) (Global Investment House-IM) is the asset management division of Global Investment House KPSC (KSE: GLOBAL, LSE: GLOB) in Kuwait. Founded in 1998, Global Investment House-IM is a regional asset management & investment banking firm which provides third-party fund and portfolio management services on a fiduciary basis. The firm is headquartered in Kuwait City and offers conventional and Islamic investment funds in Kuwait and other GCC, MENA and international markets, as well as alternative investment opportunities and discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management services.

HKEx is the holding company of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong Futures Exchange Limited and Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited. It brings together the market organisations which have transformed Hong Kong's financial services industry from a domestically focused market to become a central market place in Asia attracting investment funds from all over the world. HKEx was listed in June 2000 following the integration of Hong Kong's securities and derivatives markets. As a market-driven organisation, answerable to its shareholders, HKEx competes vigorously for opportunities in the region and around the world. HKEx's operations are organised into focused units, directly supervised and controlled by management and the board of directors. The board, the highest decision-making body, determines HKEx's objectives, missions, strategies, policies and business plan and monitors their implementation by management. In its role as the operator and frontline regulator of the central securities and derivatives marketplace in Hong Kong, HKEx regulates listed issuers; administers listing, trading and clearing rules; and provides services, primarily at the wholesale level, to customers of the exchanges and clearing houses, including issuers and intermediaries - investment banks or sponsors, securities and derivatives brokers, custodian banks and information vendors - who service the investor directly. These services comprise trading, clearing and settlement, depository and nominee services, and information services.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (Credit Suisse Securities USA) is the broker/dealer division of Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, an investment banking company headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse (USA), Inc., ultimately owned by Credit Suisse Group AG (SWX: CSGN) in Switzerland. Credit Suisse Securities USA offers a suite of equities, solutions and credit products and services which includes global securities sales, trading and execution, prime brokerage and comprehensive investment research. Their clients include financial institutions, corporations, governments, institutional investors, such as pension funds and hedge funds, and private individuals around the world.

Lei Shing Hong Ltd. distributes imported automotives and property development services. The firm operates in five divisions: automobile, machinery, financial services, property and trading. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

The Hospital Authority Provident Fund Scheme (HAPFS) is a defined contribution scheme, providing benefits to permanent employees of the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong. The management of the Scheme's assets is outsourced to external investment managers, following a specialist mandate approach in which each manager is appointed to invest in a specific asset class.

Allianz Global Investors Taiwan Ltd. (AGI-TW) is the Taiwan-based asset management subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors GmbH, ultimately held by Allianz SE (FRA: ALV; ADR: AZSEY). Headquartered in Taipei, the firm was founded in 1999 and manages a range of onshore and offshore mutual funds, as well as discretionary accounts. Their clients include high-net worth individuals, pension funds and other institutions, particularly insurance companies offering unit-linked products. AGI-TW manages the Allianz Global Investors Taiwan Bond Fund, and distributes a range of fixed-income funds on behalf of US-based PIMCO-Pacific Investment Management Co., with whom AGI-TW established a strategic alliance in 2008.