Li Cao

GF Securities Asset Management (Guangdong) Co., Ltd. (GF Asset Management) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of GF Securities Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000776) in China. Founded in 2014, GF Asset Management is headquartered in Guangzhou and provides asset management services to a range of clients including institutions, hedge funds, advisors and financial consultants.

Guosen Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (GSEC-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of Guosen Securities Co., Ltd. (SHE: 002736), a financial services company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. The firm was founded in 1994 as Shenzhen SDIC Securities Co., Ltd. GSEC-Broker provides retail clients with a full range of services such as securities trading, investment consulting, margin financing, stock pledge financing, futures IB, and financial product agency sales.

Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd. (HFM) is an independent Chinese investment advisory firm which was founded in 1999. In 2005, they became a joint venture between China Credit Trust Co., Ltd. (40%), Lixin Investment Co., Ltd. (30%) and Deutsche Asset Management Co., Ltd. (30%). Headquartered in Beijing with additional office in Shanghai, the firm offers a range of domestic equity and fixed-income funds for individual, retail, institutional and Enterprise Annuity investors based in China. HFM is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI).

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.

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.

GF Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) also known as Gungfa Securities Co. Ltd., is the brokerage division of GF Securities Co. Ltd. (SZ: 000776; HK: 1776) in China. Established in 1991, the firm is based in Guangzhou and provides a range of brokerage services.

UBS SDIC Fund Management Co., Ltd. (UBS SDIC) is an investment management subsidiary of SDIC Taikang Trust Co., Ltd., itself an indirect subsidiary of SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600061), a public firm owned by the Government of China. UBS SDIC was founded in 2002 by five Chinese investment trust and securities companies. Formerly known as China Dragon Fund Management Co., the firm was restructured into a joint venture in 2005 and shareholders officially changed to SDIC TAIKANG Trust Co., Ltd. and UBS AG, with shareholding proportion of 51 and 49 percent respectively. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm has additional offices in Shanghai and Beijing. UBS SDIC provides financial advisory and wealth management services, managing discretionary portfolios and mutual funds primarily for Chinese clients. The firm's culture combines local expertise with the global asset management capabilities of UBS.

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.

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.

Da Cheng Fund Management Co., Ltd. (DCFM) is an independent fund management firm headquartered in Shenzhen, China. The firm was founded in 1999 and their main shareholders are Zhongtai Trust and Investment Co. Ltd., China Everbright Securities Co. Ltd., China Galaxy Securities Co. Ltd., and Guangdong Securities Co. DCFM manages the Da Cheng range of open-end mutual funds and the Jing range of closed-end investment funds for institutional clients and private investors.

Shanghai Securities Co., Ltd. (Investment Management) (SSC-IM) is the asset management division of Shanghai Securities Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. (SHA: 601211). The firm is headquartered in Shanghai and was founded in 2001. SSC-IM provides investment advisory services to individuals and institutional investors.

Dongguan Securities Co., Ltd. (Investment Management) is the investment management division of Dongguan Securities Co., Ltd., headquartered in Dongguan, China. The firm was founded in 1988 and provides investment management services to Dongguan Securities.

Bank of China Investment Management Co., Ltd. (BOCIM) is a Sino-American fund management firm which was founded in 2004 as a joint venture between BOC International and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Formerly known as BOC International Investment Managers, the firm changed their name to Bank of China Investment Management Co. Ltd. in 2008 when the joint venture partners became Bank of China Co., Ltd. and BlackRock, Inc. Headquartered in Shanghai, BOCIM offers investment solutions to domestic and international institutions, as well as private individuals.