Yiu-Kwan Choi

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. provides banking and other financial related services. It operates through the following segments: Asia Pacific Business, Commercial, Retail Banking, Global Markets & Trading, Corporate & Investment Banking, Institutional Banking and Chinese Mercantile Bank. The Asia Pacific Business segment represents the banking business in Asia Pacific Region. The Commercial Banking segment represents commercial lending and trade financing. The Retail Banking segment represents retail banking, hire purchase and leasing and credit card business. The Global Markets and Trading segment includes foreign exchange, money market and capital market activities. The Corporate and Investment Banking segment comprises corporate banking, the provision of debt capital market and investment banking. The Institutional Banking segment represents financial institution business. The Chinese Mercantile Bank segment represents the business of the Bank’s subsidiary in Mainland China. The company was founded in 1964 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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.

Hong Kong Monetary Authority (Investment Management) (HKMA-IM) is the investment management division of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Hong Kong's central banking institution which was founded in 1993 when the Offices of the Exchange Fund and the Commissioner of Banking merged. Headquartered in Hong Kong, HKMA-IM aims to keep the Hong Kong dollar stable by managing the Exchange Fund.

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.