Xiao Jie Xu

Harfor Fund Management Co., Ltd. (HFM), previously known as Huafu Fund Management, is an independent investment management firm which was founded in 2004. Shareholders include Hua An Securities Co., Xingtai Holding and Anhui Guaranty Group. Headquartered in Shanghai, HFM provides financial services to fund holders. They also manage mutual funds and accept direct mandates from individuals and institutions for asset management services.

HuaAn Fund Management Co., Ltd. (HuaAn Funds) is a fund management firm headquartered in Shanghai, China. The firm was founded in 1998 and is owned by Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601211). HuaAn Funds provides a range of investment products and advisory services for domestic and international individual and institutional clients.

SWS MU Fund Management Co., Ltd. (SWS MU) is the fund management subsidiary of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000166) in China. The firm was founded in 2004 as SYWG BNP Paribas Asset Management Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Japan-based Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. and Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. In 2011 the firm changed their name to SWS MU Fund Management Co. Ltd. after Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to buy a significant minority stake with Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. retaining the remaining majority stake in the joint venture. Headquartered in Shanghai, SWS MU manages a range of open-end funds.

China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (China AMC) is the asset management subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. Headquartered in Beijing, the firm was founded in 1998 and provides a full range of services to domestic and international retail and institutional clients from US, Canada, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and many more, covering equity, fixed income, money markets, and other financial instruments. In 2017, China AMC has joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), becoming the first full service asset manager in China to join the organization.

Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. (PAAMC) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. (SHA: 601318, HKG: 2318). The firm was founded in 2005 and formerly known as China Ping An Insurance Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Shanghai, PAAMC primarily engages in mandate insurance funds management for Ping An Group as well as asset management and investment advisory services for a variety of the most sophisticated institutional clients including sovereign wealth funds, national funds, insurers, banks and other financial institutions.

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.

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.

China Universal Asset Management Co., Ltd. (CUAM) is an independent investment management firm headquartered in Shanghai, China. Founded in 2005, CUAM manages a range of Chinese equity and fixed-income mutual funds and segregated mandates for retail and institutional clients.

Tebon Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Tebon FM) is the fund management subsidiary of Tebon Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Yadong Guangxin Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. in China. Founded in 2012, the firm is headquartered in Shanghai and manages assets for individual and institutional investors.

Wilshire Advisors LLC (Wilshire) is a privately-held investment technology and advisory firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Dennis Tito in 1972 as Wilshire Associates, Inc. Wilshire provides innovative investment solutions, consulting services and multi-asset analytics to institutional and intermediary clients worldwide.

First Seafront Fund Management Co., Ltd. (FSFM) is an independent fund management firm headquartered in Shenzhen, China. The firm was founded in 2013 and formely known as Qianhai Kaiyuan Fund Management Co., Ltd. FSFM provides a range of fund management services for individual and institutional investors.

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.

China CICC Wealth Management Securities Co., Ltd. provides security dealing. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. The Chinese company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Chang Sheng Hu. China CICC Wealth Management Securities Co. was acquired by China International Capital Corp. Ltd. from China Investment Corp. on April 12, 2017 for $2,558.03 million.

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (CITICS) is the brokerage division of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. Headquartered in Beijing, CITICS was founded in 1995 and provides securities brokerage services to 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.

Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. (Broker) (GTJA-Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. (SHA: 601211), which is headquartered in Shanghai, China. GTJA-Broker provides securities brokerage services to institutional investors.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Principal Global Investors LLC, dba Principal Asset Management (Principal AM), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Principal Global Investors Holding Co. (US) LLC and their ultimate parent is Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Principal AM provides investment advisory services to institutional investors and individuals on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Tongtai Fund Management Co., Ltd. provides investment advice. The private company is based in Shenzhen, China. and has subsidiaries in China. The CEO of the Chinese company is Jun Sheng Ma.

Morgan Stanley Huaxin Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Morgan Stanley Huaxin Funds) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded in 2003 as Jutian Fund Management Co. Ltd. through the joint venture of Morgan Stanley International Holdings, Inc. (34%), Huaxin Securities Co., Ltd. (36%), Hantang Securities Co., Ltd. (15%), China Merchants Finance Holdings Co., Ltd. (10%) and Shenzhen China Technology Industry Group Co., Ltd. (5%). In 2008, they were renamed Morgan Stanley Huaxin Fund Management Co. after Morgan Stanley became their largest shareholder. Headquartered in Shenzhen with additional offices in Beijing and Shanghai, Morgan Stanley Huaxin Funds provides asset management services and products for individual and institutional clients.

Nuode Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Nuode AM) is the fund management subsidiary of Tsinghua Holdings Co., Ltd., ultimately held by the Chinese Ministry of Education. Formerly known as Lord Abbett China Asset Management Co. Ltd., the firm was founded in 2006 as a joint venture between Lord Abbett & Co. LLC, Changjiang Securities Co. Ltd. and Tsinghua Holdings Co. They subsequently changed their name to Nuode Fund Management Co. Ltd. Headquartered in Shanghai, Nuode AM manages mutual funds for individual and institutional investors.

Shanghai Jayson New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. was founded in 2011 and is based in Shanghai, China. The Chinese company specializes in the production of new energy materials, including nickel cobalt manga, nickel cobalt20,000 tons of tetrum oxide, and 80,000 tons of three yuan front drive. The company has a vertical industrial chain layout and a rich product portfolio that forms a highly synergistic effect between industrial and products, providing more choices for process optimization and innovation. The company has high-quality overseas resource endowment in the Congo (gold), multiple large copper-cobalt mines, and has controlled the number of nickel and manganese resources. The company has core technologies such as geological exploration, wet metallurgy, and low-quality difficulty to handle the comprehensive recycling and utilization of resources and large-scale engineering development. The company is also focused on establishing a tetraxid oxidation tritermia front-drive factory, which is equipped with upstream and downstream industries, and gradually deploying the three-yuan front-wheel drive production capacity. The company has a comprehensive layout along the "belt and road" and have 4 national trading centers, 1 middle-test base, and 8 production bases.