Dennis Yao

Daiwa Capital Markets (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Daiwa HK) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of Daiwa Capital Markets Asia Holding BV, ultimately owned by Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (TYO: 8601) in Japan. Founded in 1970, Daiwa HK offers brokerage services to an established international client base.

Part of Citigroup, Inc., Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. is a financial institution based in Beijing, China. The Chinese company provides a range of financial services including credit cards, debit cards, deposits, housing loans, insurance, and investment management. Citibank (China) Co. offers credit card installment payment services and provides tips on safe credit card usage. The company also offers structured investment products that use a variety of financial instruments for investment and provide 100%% principal protection at maturity. Citibank (China) Co. was founded in 2007, and the CEO is Yu Hua Lin.

Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd. engages in the provision of banking and related financial services. It offers wealth management, enrich banking, i-free banking, private banking, corporate banking, business banking, cross-border financial services, deposits, investments, mortgage, loan, insurance, credit card, and mandatory provident fund. The company was founded on October 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

Yuanta Asia Investment (Hong Kong) Ltd. is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Part of Yuanta Securities Co., Ltd., Yuanta Asia Investment (Hong Kong) Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides brokerage services. The company was founded in 1993. Hsiao Tsui Yu has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

CCB International Securities Ltd. provides brokerage services and is ultimately controlled by the Government of China. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

ICBC Asset Management (Global) Co., Ltd. (ICBCAMG) is an investment management firm headquartered in Hong Kong. Formerly known as Worldsec Asset Management Ltd., the firm was founded in 1991 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Ltd. in 2008. They are ultimately owned by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (SHA: 601398, HK:1398) in China. ICBCAMG is positioned as the global asset management platform of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Group (ICBC Group). They provivde investment products and services to institutional and retail clients.

Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd. (CGMA) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered Hong Kong. They are a subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Hong Kong Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by Citigroup, Inc. (NYSE: C) in the US. Formerly known as Citi Smith Barney, the firm was reorganized in 2008 when Citigroup combined their brokerage and private banking businesses. CGMA offers stock trading services to various institutional investors.

Core Pacific-Yamaichi International (H.K.) Ltd. (CPYI) is a broker/dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1969 as Yamaichi International (H.K.) Ltd. In 1998, Core Pacific Group acquired the Hong Kong operation of the Yamaichi Co. and the firm was renamed Core Pacific-Yamaichi International (H.K.) Ltd. It is a subsidiary of Core Pacific Group in Taiwan. CPYI provides trading services to various types of investors.

China Merchants Securities (HK) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company that provides brokerage services. It is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong and ultimately controlled by the Government of China. The company was founded in 1986.

Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. (Broker) (GTJA-Broker) is the securities brokerage division of Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd. (SHA: 601211), which is headquartered in Shanghai, China. GTJA-Broker provides securities brokerage services to institutional investors.

ICBC International Research Ltd. (ICBC Research) is a broker/dealer subsidiary of ICBC International Holdings Ltd., which is owned by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (SHA: 601398). ICBC Research provides research reports to international investors. The firm is headquartered in Hong Kong.

CEBM Group Ltd. (CEBM) is the investment research subsidiary of Caixin Insight Group in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, the firm was founded in 2013 by Daniel Zhou and they serve global institutional investors and corporate clients. CEBM provides professional, forward-looking guidance to institutional investors with services including: 1) macroeconomic and policy analysis; 2) research on select high-growth sectors; 3) China market strategy and global asset allocation advisory; and 4) on-the-ground research support through the extensive resources of CEBM and their partners.

Huatai Financial Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Huatai Financial) is a broker-dealer headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2006 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601688; HKG: 6886) in China. Huatai Financial offers well established financial services to their clients worldwide, which include investment banking, private wealth management, research and institutional sales, FICC trading, cross-border financing, equity and derivatives trading, asset management and US asset management (through AssetMark). Their target is to provide a seamless platform for their parent company’s extensive client resources to explore international opportunities, as well as to offer world class services to their institutional investors to gain access to the mainland domestic market.