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American International Group, Inc. (AIG) is the world's leading international insurance and financial services organization, with operations in more than 130 countries and jurisdictions. AIG member companies serve commercial, institutional and individual customers through the most extensive worldwide property-casualty and life insurance networks of any insurer. In the United States, AIG companies are the largest underwriters of commercial and industrial insurance and AIG American General is a top-ranked life insurer. AIG's global businesses also include financial services, retirement services and asset management. AIG was founded in Shanghai in 1919, making it the only major American corporation that traces its roots directly to China. AIG was also the first foreign insurer to return to the country in 1992. Over the course of the past 13 years, AIG's operations in China have grown substantially, and now span a range of insurance, financial services and investment activities.
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Established in 1912 under the sanction of Dr. Sun Yatsen, Bank of China (the Bank) has a long and splendid history of nearly centenary. As the leading commercial bank in China, the Bank has been playing an important role in the financial history of the country. The Bank wins successive awards internationally. Since 1992 the Bank has been awarded "The Best Bank in China" by Euromoney magazine for nine times and, has been included in the Fortune Global 500 company list for 15 consecutive years. At the end of 2004, the Bank's total assets were over RMB4,270.44 billion, the second largest in China. The Bank has a worldwide branching network with 11,307 domestic branches, 603 overseas branches and subsidiaries in 27 countries and regions around the world. It is the only Chinese bank that has presence in all major continents. Approved by the State Council of PRC, Bank of China was converted from a wholly state-owned commercial bank to a joint-stock bank on August 26, 2004. With solid strength and a broad range of quality services, Bank of China was announced the only official banking partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on July 14. The Bank's business scope covers commercial banking, investment banking and insurance. The Bank has committed itself to delivering quality financial services to individual and corporate customers around the world.
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Established in 1995 as a strategic partnership among prestigious Chinese and international financial institutions and corporations, China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC) is the first joint venture investment bank in China with a registered capital of US$125 million. Headquartered in Beijing, with offices in Hong Kong Shanghai and Shenzhen, CICC's core business departments are Investment Banking, Capital Markets, Sales & Trading, Research, Fixed Income and Asset Management. With a unique combination of experience in global capital markets, extensive industry knowledge, in-depth understanding of the Chinese economy and business environment, and an international service network, CICC is committed to establishing long-term relationships with clients by offering financial service characterized by quality, integrity and innovation in responding to client needs, while serving as a role model for the development of China's investment banking industry. Since its incorporation in 1995, CICC has established itself as the leading advisor in such key strategic sectors as telecommunications, power, oil and gas, petrochemical, non-ferrous metal, banking and insurance, and has successfully completed numerous transactions in both domestic and international capital markets. By the end of 2004, CICC has successfully arranged more than US$42 billion in equity financing, US$12.6 billion in debt financing and over US$55 billion in mergers and acquisitions. As a result, CICC has earned numerous international awards and top industry rankings. Through sustained growth and expansion of products and services, CICC has established and maintained a position as China's leading multi-service investment bank.
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Citigroup, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, insurance, securities brokerage, and asset management. Major brand names under Citigroup's trademark red umbrella include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Banamex, and Travelers Life and Annuity. For more than 100 years in Asia, Citigroup has played an important role in helping people achieve their goals and lead productive lives. From this early foothold, Citigroup expanded its presence to all markets across Asia to become what is today, one of the leading financial services institutions in the region. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com
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Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. Deloitte is an organization of member firms around the world devoted to excellence in providing professional services and advice, focused on client service through a global strategy executed locally in nearly 150 countries. With access to the deep intellectual capital of 120,000 people worldwide, Deloitte delivers services in four professional areas—audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services—and serves more than one-half of the world’s largest companies, as well as large national enterprises, public institutions, locally important clients, and successful, fast-growing global growth companies. Deloitte’s China practice is one of the leading professional services providers in the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR. We have more than 5,000 people in ten offices including Beijing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macau, Nanjing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou and Tianjin. Backed by our global network, we deliver a full range of audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services to national, multinational and growth enterprise clients in China.
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Morgan Stanley is a global financial services firm listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MS) and a market leader in securities, investment management and credit services. With more than 600 offices in 30 countries, Morgan Stanley connects people, ideas and capital to help clients achieve their financial aspirations. Morgan Stanley has had a presence in Asia Pacific for over 30 years. With 3,600 employees in the region, including regional hubs Hong Kong and Tokyo and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei, Seoul, Singapore, Bangkok, Mumbai, Sydney and Melbourne, the Firm provides its clients with access to the full range of Morgan Stanley products and services. Morgan Stanley works with many of Asia's governments and plays a major role in re-structuring and privatizing state-owned enterprises. The Firm also advises Asia's leading corporations on complex domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, and equity, equity-linked or debt capital raising on local and international capital markets. In addition to its own presence in China, the Firm is a major shareholder in leading domestic investment bank China International Capital Corporation (CICC). For more information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com (English) and www.morganstanleychina.com (Chinese).
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Bingham McCutchen Murase is an international law firm with 950 lawyers in 11 offices, focused on serving clients in high-stakes litigation, complex financing and financial regulatory issues, government affairs, and a wide variety of sophisticated corporate and technology matters. In the more than 100 years since our firm’s establishment, we have developed extensive experience in U.S., European and Asian cross-border matters and have advised clients on the strategic legal, business and governmental issues necessary for success in global business operations. Attorneys in our worldwide offices represent major U.S., European and Asian companies throughout Asia. We provide clients with the strategic insight crucial for navigating the unique cultural framework of the region. Our firm offers teams of professionals with broad experience in cross-border matters, including M&A, project finance, financial transactions, joint ventures, complex litigation, intellectual property, governmental relations and regulatory issues as well as major cross-border insolvencies and corporate restructurings.
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BlackRock is one of the largest publicly traded investment management firms in the United States with approximately $463.1 billion of assets under management at March 31, 2006. BlackRock manages assets on behalf of institutional and individual investors worldwide through a variety of equity, fixed income, cash management and alternative investment products. In addition, BlackRock provides risk management, investment system outsourcing and financial advisory services to a growing number of institutional investors. Headquartered in New York City, the firm serves clients from offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. BlackRock is majority owned by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) and by BlackRock employees. For additional information, please visit the Company’s website at www.blackrock.com.
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CME® improves the way financial markets work for customers around the world CME is the largest and most diverse financial exchange in the world for trading futures and options on futures – managing more than one billion contracts worth $638 trillion in a single year. Founded in 1898, CME serves the risk-management needs of customers around the globe by offering the widest range of benchmark financial products available around the clock around the world via the CME Globex® electronic trading platform. CME’s innovative products cover all major market segments including interest rates, equities, foreign exchange, commodities, alternative investments and energy. CME Clearing matches and settles all trades and guarantees the creditworthiness of every transaction that takes place in its markets.
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Davis Polk & Wardwell is a global law firm based in New York City. Founded in 1849, the firm has more than 600 lawyers in offices in New York, Menlo Park, CA, Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid and Tokyo. Davis Polk consistently ranks among the preeminent firms across a wide range of areas, including capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, derivatives, credit, investment management, tax, insolvency and restructuring, and litigation. Its clients include many of the world's leading financial institutions, as well as corporations across all industries. Active in Asia for nearly a century, Davis Polk opened its Hong Kong office in 1993. The office currently consists of 18 lawyers and has been extensively involved in transactions in Asia, with a particular focus on The People's Republic of China. Major transactions on which Davis Polk has advised include the listings of Air China, China Construction Bank, China Unicom and Sinopec, the investment by a consortium led by Goldman Sachs in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, as well as numerous other securities offerings and other corporate transactions involving PRC entities.
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Lehman Brothers (ticker symbol: LEH), an innovator in global finance, serves the financial needs of corporations, governments and municipalities, institutional clients, and high-net-worth individuals worldwide. Founded in 1850, Lehman Brothers maintains leadership positions in equity and fixed income sales, trading and research, investment banking, private equity, and private client services. The Firm is headquartered in New York, London, and Tokyo and operates in a network of offices around the world. For further information about Lehman Brothers’ services and products, visit our Web site at
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Moody's Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, a leading provider of credit ratings, research and analysis covering debt instruments and securities in the global capital markets, Moody's KMV, a leading provider of credit risk processing and credit risk management products for banks and investors in credit-sensitive assets serving the world's largest financial institutions, and Moody's Economy.com, a provider of economic research and data services. The corporation, which reported revenue of $1.7 billion in 2005, employs approximately 2,900 people worldwide and maintains offices in 22 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com
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State Street Corporation is a global provider of financial services,
specialized in serving institutional investors in three primary business
areas: With $10.1 trillion in assets under custody and $1.4 trillion in assets under management, State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 markets worldwide. Our European-based workforce of over 5,200 employees provides European institutional investors with local support and service from our offices in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg. As of December 31, 2005, State Street holds assets under custody from clients in Europe totaling $1.5 trillion and European clients' assets under management totaling $322 billion.
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The Tudor Group, comprised of Tudor Investment Corporation and its affiliates (“Tudor”), is a premier global alternative asset management firm founded in 1980 by Paul Tudor Jones, II. Tudor currently manages $14.9 billion across nine client funds in the global futures, securities, debt and private equity markets for an international clientele. The firm’s two largest and longest-running funds are Tudor BVI Global Funds and The Raptor Global Funds, long-short U.S. equity funds. Approximately 370 employees support the firm’s trading and research. Tudor’s principal macro trading office and corporate headquarters is in Greenwich. Tudor’s public and private equity trading operations are in Boston and Surrey (UK). The firm also has offices in Singapore and Sydney (global macro), and in London (energy) and Washington D.C. (fiscal and monetary policy analysis). Tudor has evolved from a single-manager fund into a diverse, multi-strategy enterprise, encompassing over 50 investment managers.
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