Rudolf Apenbrink

HSBC Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH (HSBC-GAM-DE) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt KG (FR: TUB), itself a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc (NYSE: HSBC; LSE: HSBA) in Germany. Formerly known as HSBC Investments Deutschland GmbH, the firm was established in 1989 and is the HSBC group's asset management arm for German speaking-countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg, as well as for Eastern European countries. They are located in Düsseldorf and manage and develop investment instruments for institutional clients and private individuals.

HSBC Investment Bank Asia Ltd. was founded in 2005 and is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company offers a range of financial services including bank accounts, investments, insurance, credit cards, loans, mortgages, savings, and wealth management solutions. HSBC Investment Bank Asia Ltd. also provides guidance on investing in bonds and offer unit trust funds that allow for diversified portfolio investments across different asset classes globally.

HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (HSBC-GAM HK) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of The HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. and is indirectly owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA, ADR: HSBC.PRA) in Great Britain. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm originated in 1973 as a banking branch and became part of HSBC Asset Management in 1994. The current firm, formerly known as HSBC Investments (Hong Kong) Ltd., was founded in 2005 when the group's investment management business was reorganized. HSBC-GAM HK provides investment management services to corporate clients, private individuals and institutions.

HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following segments: Private Banking & Asset Management (PB & AM), Commercial Banking (CMB), Global Banking and Markets (GB & M), and Central. The PB & AM segment involves advisory services and special facilities, which include advice on special asset structuring, execution of wills, and family office services. The CMB segment includes lending and deposit products. The GB & M segment deals with capital financing and markets activities, and securities services. The company was founded by Christian Gottfried Jager in 1785 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

HSBC China Dragon Fund is a closed-ended unit trust. It invests in a portfolio of financial instruments to generate investment returns in accordance with the objective stipulated in the offering circular of the fund. It seeks to achieve long-term capital growth by investing mainly in A shares listed in the China’s stock exchanges through qualified foreign institutional investor investment quota. The company was founded on June 20, 2007 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.