Jack Xu

Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte. (Goldman Sachs-Singapore) is the brokerage subsidiary of New York-based Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS), a global investment bank that offers financial services to corporations, institutions, governments and high-net worth individuals. Headquartered in Singapore, the firm opened in 1989 and is the regional hub for the group's activities in Southeast Asia, particularly asset management and energy trading. Goldman Sachs-Singapore provides a full range of corporate finance and capital markets products and services across a wide range of operating areas. Business functions include capital structuring advisory, and security services.

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.

Founded in 1985, Barclays Capital Asia Ltd. is a Chinese brokerage services company. Part of Barclays PLC, the company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. (BofA Securities Japan) is the wholly-owned Japanese brokerage subsidiary of Merrill Lynch International, Inc., which is ultimately owned by Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC). Founded in 1998, the firm was formerly known as Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. (MLJS) and changed their name to BofA Securities Co., Ltd. in line with grobal re-branding from BofA Merrill Lynch to BofA in 2020. They subsequently became BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Tokyo, BofA Securities Japan provides stock and bond trading, capital markets, investment banking and other advisory services to corporate clients, financial institutions and government agencies.

Morgan Stanley & Co. International Plc (MSCI) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Investments (UK), ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSCI provides a range of brokerage services to corporations, governments and financial institutions.

CLSA Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based institutional brokerage subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SSE: 600030, SEHK: 6030), a full-service investment bank headquartered in China. Founded in 1986, the firm provides sales and execution services to global investors and corporates.

Macquarie Capital Ltd. is the Hong Kong-based securities brokerage arm of Macquarie Group Ltd. (ASX: MQG), a global financial services group headquartered in Australia. Macquarie Capital offers brokerage services to various investors.

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Nomura International HK) is the brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co. Ltd., which is ultimately-owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm’s global markets team offers research, sales and trading of global securities to a diverse range of clients globally, including institutional investors, financial institutions, corporates, financial sponsors and government entities. Nomura International HK operates a truly integrated, cross-asset platform which includes research, sales and trading in equities, currencies, rates and credit in cash and derivative products.

HSBC Bank Plc (Broker) (HSBC Bank-Broker) is the broker/dealer division of HSBC Bank Plc, which is owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA; NYSE: HSBC) in Great Britain. Headquartered in London, HSBC Bank-Broker was founded in 1880 and offers bespoke brokerage services across every major asset class for their corporate and institutional clients.

KSL Advisors LLC ( KSL Advisors) is a private equity firm founded in 2005 by Mike S. Shannon and Eric C. Resnick. The firm is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

The Hong Kong Mortgage Corp. Ltd. engages in the provision of mortgage services. It offers mortgage insurance, reverse mortgage, policy reverse mortgage, microfinance scheme, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) financing guarantee scheme, mortgage purchase, funding, mortgage-backed securitization, and infrastructure financing and securitization. The company was founded in March 1997 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Hang Seng Insurance Co. Ltd. provides insurance services. The company is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Hang Seng Bank China Ltd. is engaged in the provision of banking services, such as commercial, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. It also deals with personal wealth management. The company was founded on May 28, 2007 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Fuh Hwa Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. (Fuh Hwa) is an independent mutual fund manager headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1997, Fuh Hwa provides investment advice services and investment methods to help investors with their financial management goals.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is the government authority in Hong Kong which was established in 1993 by merging the Office of the Exchange Fund with the Office of the Commissioner of Banking. The HKMA reports to the Financial Secretary and is responsible for maintaining Hong Kong's monetary and banking stability. Based in Hong Kong, the Authority aims to keep the Hong Kong dollar stable by managing the Exchange Fund (Hong Kong's official reserves) in a sound and effective way, to promote the safety of Hong Kong's banking system and to develop Hong Kong's financial infrastructure to enable money to flow smoothly, freely and without obstruction. The Exchange Fund's statutory roles include affecting the exchange value of the currency of Hong Kong and maintaining the stability and integrity of the monetary and financial systems, with a view to maintaining Hong Kong as an international financial center. The HKMA manages the Exchange Fund, ensuring that the fund meets its statutory roles and actively managing the fund's assets, mainly held in the form of foreign denominated interest-bearing instruments and equities. To meet the operational needs of the Government, part of the Exchange Fund is also held in Hong Kong dollar denominated securities. The Exchange Fund is managed as two distinct portfolios. The first is a Backing Portfolio to ensure that the monetary base related to the Currency Board operations is fully backed by highly liquid, short-term U.S. dollar denominated interest-bearing securities. The second is an Investment Portfolio to preserve the fund's value for future generations in Hong Kong.

HSBC Life (International) Ltd. provides life insurance services. The company is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

HSBC Insurance (Asia) Ltd. engages in the provision of insurance services. The company was founded on February 25, 1977 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

EPS Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides electronic payment systems to facilitate cashless transactions. The private company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The company's POS terminals support payment methods such as Easy Pay and credit cards, which are fast, reliable, and directly credited to the account, reducing the cost of cash transactions and increasing flexibility.

Morgan Stanley Asia Ltd. (MSA) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1987 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) in the US. MSA provides institutional securities such as equities, fixed income, derivatives and research.

BOCI Research Ltd. is an investment research firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a subsidiary of BOCI Asia Ltd., ultimately held by Chinese government’s China Investment Corp. BOCI Research primarily provides research reports and analysis on China with a focus on telecommunications, property, media, retail, technology, energy, oil and gas, metals and mining, utilities, financials, and transport and logistics sectors.

Financial Services Development Council operates as a financial centre. The firm provides information of the FSDC’s activities in relation to the Hong Kong financial services industry, but also the FSDC’s publications on a wide spectrum of topics related to the industry such as the reports on mandatory provident fund system, life insurance as well as Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG).The company is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Polymer Capital Management (HK) Ltd. (Polymer Capital) is an asset management firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded by Angus Wai in 2019 and is a subsidiary of Pacific Alliance Group Ltd., which is owned by PAG (Hong Kong). Polymer Capital provides investment advice or services for institutional investors.

DB UK Bank Ltd. (Investment Management) (DBUKB-IM) is the UK-based investment management division of DB UK Bank Ltd., which is owned by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1936 and formerly known as Morgan, Grenfell & Co. Ltd. Headquartered in London, DBUKB-IM provides a wide range of retail, corporate and investment banking products as well as asset and wealth management for private individuals and companies.

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

Part of SAS Rue la Boétie, Credit Agricole Securities (Asia) Ltd is a Chinese company that works on various corporates' projects such as initial public offerings, privatisations, capital increases, and issues of convertible bonds and other equity-linked securities. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The company is a part of Group Crédit Agricole's integrated finance and investment banking, asset servicing, and wealth management offering for large clients. Frederik Jean Lucien Coyault has been the CEO of the company since 2017. Credit Agricole Securities (Asia was acquired by Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA from NatWest Group Plc on November 25, 2016.