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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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Headquartered in Beijing, China Construction BankCorporation (the “Bank”) has 52 years’ history of operation in China. The Bank was listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited in October 2005 (Stock Code: 939), and became the first bank listed overseas among the big four Chinese commercial banks. As at the end of 2006, with a market capitalisation of USD142,994 million it ranked as one of the top 10 listed banks in the world.
At the end of 2006, the Bank had a network of 13,629 branches and sub-branches in Mainland China, and maintained overseas branches in Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, Johannesburg, Tokyo and Seoul, as well as representative offices in London and New York, with a total of 297,506 employees. Its subsidiaries mainly include China Construction Bank (Asia) Corporation Limited (formerly Bank of America (Asia) Limited), China Construction Bank (Asia) Limited (formerly Jian Sing Bank Limited), Sino-German Bausparkasse Co. Ltd and CCB Principal Asset Management Co., Ltd.
In 2006 the Bank developed various businesses in alignment with its strategy in order to realise the transformation of its business structure, and promoted the reengineering of operation mechanism by improving management patterns and business processes. With improved business structure and progressing reforms, the Bank is well on the way towards its strategic goal of becoming a world class commercial bank with the best services to our customers, the most value to our shareholders and the best career development opportunities to our employees.
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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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Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, a Swiss Verein, its member firms, and their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 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 140 countries. With access to the deep intellectual capital of approximately 135,000 people worldwide, Deloitte delivers services in four professional areas—audit, tax, consulting and financial advisory services—and serves more than 80 percent of the world’s largest companies, as well as large national enterprises, public institutions, locally important clients, and successful, fast-growing global growth companies. Services are not provided by the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Verein, and, for regulatory and other reasons, certain member firms do not provide services in all four professional areas.
As a Swiss Verein (association), neither Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu nor any of its member firms has any liability for each other’s acts or omissions. Each of the member firms is a separate and independent legal entity operating under the names “Deloitte,” “Deloitte & Touche,” “Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu,” or other related names.
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 6,000 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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Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm.
We provide a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, institutional investors, governments, non-profit organisations and high-net-worth individuals.
Our headquarters is in New York and we maintain significant offices in London, Frankfurt, Tokyo, Hong Kong and other financial centres around the world.
Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs has long sustained a commitment to hiring and training outstanding leaders. Our business principles are rooted in integrity, a commitment to excellence, innovation and teamwork. These values enable us to execute successfully a business strategy that is focused on extraordinary client service and superior long-term financial performance for our shareholders.
We conduct our business in increasingly complex markets. Our people must continually find new ways to provide access to capital, manage risk and provide investment opportunities for our clients to enable them to realise their goals. We judge ourselves on our ability to help clients anticipate and respond to changing market conditions and to create opportunities that merit the trust they place in us.
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Visa connects cardholders, merchants and financial institutions through the world’s largest electronic payments networks. Visa products allow buyers and sellers to conduct commerce with ease and confidence in both the physical and virtual worlds. Visa is committed to the sustained growth of electronic payment systems to support the needs of all stakeholders and to drive economic growth.
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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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Bingham McCutchen Murase is an international law firm with approximately 1,000 lawyers in 13 offices, including Hong Kong, London and Tokyo, focused on serving clients in complex financing and financial regulatory issues, high-stakes litigation, 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 world s largest publicly traded investment management firms. As of March 31, 2007, assets under management were $1.154 trillion. The firm manages assets on behalf of institutions and individuals worldwide through a variety of equity, fixed income, cash management and alternative investment products. In addition, a growing number of institutional investors use BlackRock Solutions investment system, risk management and financial advisory services. Headquartered in New York City, the firm has approximately 5,000 employees in 18 countries and a major presence in key global markets, including the U.S., Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.blackrock.com.www.blackrock.com.
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Ceyuan Ventures is a Beijing-based early stage venture capital firm focused on IT and emerging growth companies. We emphasize on backing great teams, technology and business innovation. Our mission is to assist entrepreneurs in creating and building world-class businesses. Our conviction, network of relationships and grass roots culture give us the opportunity to discover the next big idea early.
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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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Established in 1998, ChinaAMC is one of the first fund management companies approved by CSRC in China. By the end of March 2007, ChinaAMC manages over US$11.54 billion (RMB90 billion) assets, which is one of the largest asset management companies in China. Currently ChinaAMC manages the greatest number of funds in the industry, which includes 9 open-end funds, 2 ETFs, 4 closed-end funds and several mandates.
As a leading company in fund management industry, ChinaAMC always delivers stable performance and innovative products for investors. ChinaAMC launched China’s first enhanced index fund in 1999 and first pure bond fund in 2002. In 2004, it launched the China 50 ETF, the first ETF in mainland China, which attracts both domestic and international investors. ChinaAMC was the first and only fund management company approved by the National Council for Social Security Fund to manage pension funds as a pilot program in China in 2001, and later in 2002, it was among the first 6 qualified fund management companies to manage the National Social Security Fund. In January 2005, ChinaAMC was designated by EMEAP, which is comprised of 11 central banks and monetary authorities in the East Asia and Pacific region, as the sole manager for ABF China Bond Index Fund. In the same year, ChinaAMC became one of the first fund management companies with qualification to manage corporate annuities. In 2006, ChinaAMC converted Xing Ye Fund, the first closed-end fund going mature into open-end fund, which is a milestone innovation in China.
“The Healthy Return on Your Trust” is ChinaAMC’s ed in major cities and provinces such as Beijing, Shanghai, Heiloreputation on the basis of excellent talented people, well-versed skills and abilities as well as support of abundant funds.
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Founded in March 2003, China Gloria Group (Abbreviated as China Gloria or CGIM), grew out of China Gloria Investment & Management Co., Ltd, is a knowledge-oriented investment and management corporation approved by the State Administration of Industry and Commerce.
Currently, China Gloria has spread out her business across China covering lottery , insurance, real estate, etc via her wholly-owned subsidiaries and joint ventures that are located in major cities and provinces such as Beijing, Shanghai, Heilongjiang, Chongqing and Hainan. Concerning nation-wide lottery promotion and related industries such as entertainment and culture, network technology service and support, consulting and information service, etc, China Gloria has an extensive and far-reaching impact on the fields of relevant business home and abroad.
China Gloria owns a managing team with high degree and quality while values people as its best asset and cares society as its responsibility, emphasizes knowledge and return in the process of its development.
As an investing group, China Gloria aims at rising industries in China and becomes a vital force in the field of investment home and abroad, poising as a bellwether in capital running, investment targeting, project managing, finance, it contributes to forge an unparalleled group with distinguished reputation on the basis of excellent talented people, well-versed skills and abilities as well as support of abundant funds.
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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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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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Fidelity International Limited (FIL) was established nearly 40 years ago and operates in markets outside the Americas. The company and its subsidiaries currently manage more than $250b for major institutions and individual investors globally. Our US affiliate, Fidelity Management and Research (FMR), was founded in Boston in 1946 and is one of America's largest mutual fund companies.
Fidelity opened its first overseas office in Tokyo in 1969 and operates throughout the world. In Asia Pacific, Fidelity has offices in Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia, Korea, India (Delhi & Mumbai), Singapore, and China. Over 70 research professionals and fund managers based in these offices identify investment opportunities in this diverse and rapidly growing market. With access to over 600 total Fidelity investment professionals globally, FIL and FMR together covers 95% of the world's stockmarkets by capitalization, giving us a view of the world markets that few other investment managers are able to match.
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Integrated Legal Services
Greenberg Traurig provides integrated legal services for clients worldwide. We offer a multidisciplinary team with the strategic business, legal and political experience required to solve the increasingly complex needs of global companies.
Fast-Moving
Our culture promotes innovation and fast-moving, tireless dedication to our clients, resulting in practical, business-focused legal services.
Cost-Efficient Greenberg Traurig builds teams around client needs, ensuring lean staffing, front-end planning and flexible billing where appropriate.
Top Ranked Greenberg Traurig is ranked No. 7 based on the number of total lawyers among firms on The American Lawyer’s 2007 Am Law 100 listing of the largest law firms in the United States.
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H&Q Asia Pacific
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H&Q Asia Pacific (H&QAP) is a leading Asian private equity firm that has managed an aggregate of over $2.1 billion in committed capital through 19 funds since its inception in 1986. Originally founded by Dr. Ta-lin Hsu as a division of U.S. investment banking firm Hambrecht & Quist, H&QAP is currently an independent organization that conducts both later-stage control investments and earlier-stage venture capital investments. It focuses on growth sectors including technology, technology manufacturing, consumer brands and financial services. The firm’s offices are located in the principal markets in Asia as well as in the Silicon Valley, providing it with a unique combination of local market presence and global perspective. H&QAP is dedicated to identifying superior commercial potential in Asia and working with companies closely to unlock that untapped potential. Throughout its rich history, H&QAP has developed an extensive network specifically geared towards helping its portfolio companies emerge into global business leaders.
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Lehaman Brothers
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Founded in 1869 as T. Mellon and Sons' Bank, Mellon Financial Corporation today is a global financial services company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mellon provides a broad range of financial products and services. For institutions and corporations, we provide Investment management, trust and custody, foreign exchange, securities lending, performance analytics, fund administration, stock transfer, proxy solicitation, treasury management and banking services. For individuals, we provide Mutual funds and wealth management. Mellon's mutual fund businesses include The Dreyfus Corporation and Newton Investment Management. Mellon will merge with The Bank of New York on July 1st and the new company will be called The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. We aim to create the global leader in securities service and asset management. Assets under custody and administration expected to exceed $18 trillion, and global corporate trustee, with assets under trusteeship anticipated to be more than $8 trillion. It will also rank among the top 10 global asset managers.
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Moody's is an essential component of the global capital markets. It provides credit ratings, research, tools and analysis that help to protect the integrity of credit. Moody’s Corporation (NYSE: MCO) is the parent company of Moody's Investors Service, which provides credit ratings and research covering debt instruments and securities; Moody's KMV, a provider of quantitative credit analysis tools; Moody's Economy.com, which provides economic research and data services, and Moody's Wall Street Analytics, a provider of software tools and analysis for the structured finance industry. The corporation, which reported revenue of $2.0 billion in 2006, employs approximately 3,400 people worldwide and maintains a presence in 27 countries. Further information is available at www.moodys.com
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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 31 countries, Morgan Stanley connects people, ideas and capital to help clients achieve their financial aspirations.
Morgan Stanley has had a presence in Asia for more than 35 years. With over 4,000 employees based in 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 scope 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 Asia, the Firm is a major shareholder in China s leading domestic investment bank, China International Capital Corporation (CICC), a joint venture between Chinese and international partners.
For more information about Morgan Stanley, please visit www.morganstanley.com (English) and www.morganstanleychina.com (Chinese).
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State Street Corporation is a global provider of financial services, specialized in serving institutional investors in three primary business areas:
•Investment servicing, including fund accounting, custody, fund manager outsourcing services, securities lending, and performance and risk analytics;
•Investment management, through State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), one of the world's largest asset managers; and
•Investment research and trading, including foreign exchange, fixed income, equities, and derivatives trade execution, transition management, and quantitative research.
With $12.3 trillion in assets under custody and $1.8 trillion in assets under management, State Street operates in 26 countries and more than 100 markets worldwide.
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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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Unio Holdings is a globally oriented investment company, based in New York. Its two principal activities are owning and optimizing operating companies, public or private; and investing, in a concentrated way, in a publicly traded securities, principally equities. Unio’s purpose is to associate with high quality in everything it does; to continuously improve what it touches; to think and act long-term; and to steadily increase, for the benefit of its shareholders and investors, its value as an enterprise.
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