Neil Newman

Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Ltd. (MCS-J) is a securities brokerage firm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie International Investments, which in turn is a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank Ltd. (SY: MBL), based in Australia. Established in 2004 following the acquisition of the Asian equity division of ING Groep NV (NYSE: ING) by Macquarie, MCS-J provides trading and financial analysis services to Japanese and overseas institutions as well as hedge funds. The firm specializes in Japanese equity, economic research, fundamental research at the company level, quantitative analysis, information on infrastructure funds and other funds, equity derivatives and structured products. They also act as intermediary for Macquarie Bank in the equity-linked notes private placement market. The firm's analysts research themes including Japanese reflation, global industries and Asian technologies. MCS-J is located in Tokyo, and operates in close cooperation with Macquarie sales teams in London, Geneva, Frankfurt, New York and Boston.

Haitong International Research Ltd. (HTIRL) is an investment research firm headquartered in Hong Kong. The firm is a subsidiary of Haitong International Securities Group Ltd. (HKG: 0665), itself owned by Haitong Securities Co. Ltd. (SHA: 600837) in China. HTIRL provides fundamental research and analysis to retail, institutional and high net-worth clients. They aim to provide timely, value-added research on listed companies. The Haitong Research team covers around 25 companies from the Banking, Telecoms, IT, Media, Gaming and Retail sectors.

GaveKal Research Ltd. provides investment research. The private company is based in Hong Kong, HK. and has subsidiaries in United States. The Chinese company was founded in 2002 by Charles Gave, Louis-Vincent Gave. Louis-Vincent Gave has been the CEO since 2002.