Hai Rong Sun

Barclays Capital, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1997 and is a subsidiary of Barclays Group US, Inc., ultimately owned by Barclays plc (LON: BARC) in Great Britain. Barclays Capital provides large corporate, government and institutional clients a full spectrum of prime brokerage services which includes equities and fixed income financing, OTC Clearing, Futures and Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage and access to industry insights and analytics from their Strategic Consulting team.

Riskmetrics Group LLC provides financial risk management services. The firm provides financial analytics and wealth management solutions to different financial institutions, corporations and central banks. It consists of three primary business units–risk management, governance services and financial research. The company was founded by Ethan M. Berman in 1994 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

AllianceBernstein Hong Kong Ltd. (AB-Hong Kong) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based investment management subsidiary of AllianceBernstein International LLC, ultimately held by Equitable Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: EQH), a financial services and insurance company headquartered in the US. Formerly known as New-Alliance Asset Management (Asia) Ltd., the firm was founded in 1997 as a joint venture between AllianceBernstein Holding LP (NYSE: AB) and Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (HKG: 0016). AB-Hong Kong provides international asset management services to individuals and institutions in Hong Kong and the region. They are the Hong Kong representative of AllianceBernstein’s Luxembourg-domiciled investment funds.

Guotai Asset Management Co., Ltd. (Guotai AMC) is the Chinese asset management firm headquartered in Shanghai and has branch offices in Beijing and Shenzhen. The firm was founded in 1998 through a joint venture between China Jianyin Investment Corp., Generali Group, and China Electricity Finance Co., Ltd. Guotai AMC manages a range of closed and open-ended funds for individual and institutional investors.

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.

Yinhua Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Yinhua) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in Beijing, China. Founded in 2001, Yinhua offers professional investment management services to a diverse clientele that includes financial institutions, social security fund, corporate pension schemes, high-net-worth individuals, and retail investors through mutual funds and segregated accounts.

The People's Bank of China is the central banking system of the People's Republic of China. Its activities include monetary policy implementation, financial market regulation, and state treasury management. It also organizes anti-money laundering work and monitors relevant fund flows. The company was founded on December 1, 1948 and is headquartered Beijing, China.

Greenwoods Asset Management Hong Kong Ltd. (Greenwoods HK) is an alternative investment manager headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm was founded in 2005 and is a subsidiary of Shanghai Greenwoods Asset Management Ltd., ultimately owned by Unique Element Corp. in British Virgin Island. Greenwoods HK manages funds and managed accounts that invests in Greater China equities or A-shares for global investors.

Castleton Commodities International LLC provides commodities marketing and merchandising services. The firm markets physical commodities including natural gas, natural gas liquids, refined products, crude oil, fuel oil, freight, petrochemicals, electric power and coal and financial instruments related to commodities. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Caitong Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Caitong FM) is the Chinese fund management firm founded in 2011 through a joint venture between Caitong Securities Co Ltd., Hangzhou Industrial Investment Group and Zhejiang Shenghua Biok Biology Co Ltd. Headquartered in Shanghai, Caitong FM manages a range of funds for high-net worth individual and institutional investors.

Sloan Culture & Education Exchange Ltd. organizes educational trips. The private company is based in London, UK. Vera Hong Wei has been the CEO of the British company since 2014.