Yan Min Zhang

China Southern Asset Management Co., Ltd. (CSAM) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded in 1998. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm launched China's first listed open-ended fund in 2004 and manages a range of close-ended and open-ended investment funds for institutional clients and private individuals. They are one of the investment managers selected by the Chinese government to manage an institutional mandate for the National Social Security Fund. In 2007, CSAM acquired QDII status (Qualified Domestic Institutional Investors) allowing them to invest in the overseas capital markets under the foreign exchange control system in China. They announced the launching, in cooperation with US-based Mellon Financial Corporation, of their first QDII investment fund in 2007.

Rongtong Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Rongtong) is the investment advisory subsidiary of New Times Securities Co. Ltd. in China. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm was founded in 2001 and has a partnership with Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd. Rongtong manages a range of open-end mutual funds and closed-end investment funds for various investors.