Xue Feng Shen

Wilshire Advisors LLC (Wilshire) is a privately-held investment technology and advisory firm headquartered in Santa Monica, California. The firm was founded by Dennis Tito in 1972 as Wilshire Associates, Inc. Wilshire provides innovative investment solutions, consulting services and multi-asset analytics to institutional and intermediary clients worldwide.

Principal Global Investors LLC, dba Principal Asset Management (Principal AM), is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The firm was founded in 1998 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Principal Global Investors Holding Co. (US) LLC and their ultimate parent is Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PFG). Principal AM provides investment advisory services to institutional investors and individuals on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Fullgoal Fund Management Co., Ltd. (Fullgoal Fund) is an independent Chinese fund management firm which was founded in 1999. In 2003, the firm was restructured when the Bank of Montreal took a strategic interest in them and brought international concepts and management techniques to Fullgoal Fund. Headquartered in Shanghai, Fullgoal Fund provides investment management solutions including open and closed-end mutual funds, qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) funds, enterprise annuity funds, domestic social security funds and asset management to segregated accounts for both domestic and international clients.

China Asset Management Co., Ltd. (China AMC) is the asset management subsidiary of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. Headquartered in Beijing, the firm was founded in 1998 and provides a full range of services to domestic and international retail and institutional clients from US, Canada, Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Germany, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and many more, covering equity, fixed income, money markets, and other financial instruments. In 2017, China AMC has joined the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), becoming the first full service asset manager in China to join the organization.

HuaAn Fund Management Co., Ltd. (HuaAn Funds) is a fund management firm headquartered in Shanghai, China. The firm was founded in 1998 and is owned by Guotai Junan Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 601211). HuaAn Funds provides a range of investment products and advisory services for domestic and international individual and institutional clients.

E Fund Management Co., Ltd. (EFM) is an independent Chinese asset management firm which was founded in 2001. Headquartered in Guangzhou with branch offices throughout China, the firm manages mutual funds, institutional accounts and corporate pension funds for Chinese institutional and retail investors and also contributes to the management of the National Social Security Funds. EFM is a socially responsible investor which established the E Fund Education Foundation, a non-public charity foundation to care for, support and promote education.

UBS SDIC Fund Management Co., Ltd. (UBS SDIC) is an investment management subsidiary of SDIC Taikang Trust Co., Ltd., itself an indirect subsidiary of SDIC Capital Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600061), a public firm owned by the Government of China. UBS SDIC was founded in 2002 by five Chinese investment trust and securities companies. Formerly known as China Dragon Fund Management Co., the firm was restructured into a joint venture in 2005 and shareholders officially changed to SDIC TAIKANG Trust Co., Ltd. and UBS AG, with shareholding proportion of 51 and 49 percent respectively. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the firm has additional offices in Shanghai and Beijing. UBS SDIC provides financial advisory and wealth management services, managing discretionary portfolios and mutual funds primarily for Chinese clients. The firm's culture combines local expertise with the global asset management capabilities of UBS.

Everbright PGIM Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Everbright PGIM) is a China-based joint venture firm between Everbright Securities Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of majority shareholder, state-controlled China Everbright Group Corp. and Pramerica Investment Management, a subsidiary of US-based Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). The firm was founded in 2004 and as Everbright Pramerica Fund Management Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Shanghai, Everbright PGIM manages mutual funds distributed to Chinese retail investors through banks and brokerage firms.

Harfor Fund Management Co., Ltd. (HFM), previously known as Huafu Fund Management, is an independent investment management firm which was founded in 2004. Shareholders include Hua An Securities Co., Xingtai Holding and Anhui Guaranty Group. Headquartered in Shanghai, HFM provides financial services to fund holders. They also manage mutual funds and accept direct mandates from individuals and institutions for asset management services.

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (Broker) (CITICS) is the brokerage division of CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (SHA: 600030) in China. Headquartered in Beijing, CITICS was founded in 1995 and provides securities brokerage services to institutional clients.

SWS Research Co., Ltd. is the investment research subsidiary of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., which is owned by Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000166) in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, the firm was founded in 1992 to offer a wide range of products and services to global investors who want to invest in Chinese equity market. SWS Research provides clients with securities research service that covers over 500 key stocks in Asian market, as well as economics, strategy, bond, fund and derivatives research. Their clients include almost all major domestic institutional investors such as mutual funds, insurance companies, banks and trusts. They also serve QFII and other overseas institutional investors.

China CICC Wealth Management Securities Co., Ltd. provides security dealing. The company is based in Shenzhen, China. The Chinese company was founded in 2005. The CEO is Chang Sheng Hu. China CICC Wealth Management Securities Co. was acquired by China International Capital Corp. Ltd. from China Investment Corp. on April 12, 2017 for $2,558.03 million.

Donghai Securities Co. Ltd. (Investment Mgmt) is the investment management division of Donghai Securities Co., Ltd. in China. Established in 1999, the firm is headquartered in Shanghai and provides investment management services to institutional and individual investors.

Ping An Asset Management Co., Ltd. (PAAMC) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. (SHA: 601318, HKG: 2318). The firm was founded in 2005 and formerly known as China Ping An Insurance Co., Ltd. Headquartered in Shanghai, PAAMC primarily engages in mandate insurance funds management for Ping An Group as well as asset management and investment advisory services for a variety of the most sophisticated institutional clients including sovereign wealth funds, national funds, insurers, banks and other financial institutions.

SWS MU Fund Management Co., Ltd. (SWS MU) is the fund management subsidiary of Shenwan Hongyuan Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Shenwan Hongyuan Group Co., Ltd. (SHE: 000166) in China. The firm was founded in 2004 as SYWG BNP Paribas Asset Management Co. Ltd., a joint venture between Japan-based Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. and Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. In 2011 the firm changed their name to SWS MU Fund Management Co. Ltd. after Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp. reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Investment Partners to buy a significant minority stake with Shenyin & Wanguo Securities Co. Ltd. retaining the remaining majority stake in the joint venture. Headquartered in Shanghai, SWS MU manages a range of open-end funds.

Tebon Fund Management Co. Ltd. (Tebon FM) is the fund management subsidiary of Tebon Securities Co., Ltd., ultimately held by Yadong Guangxin Science & Technology Development Co., Ltd. in China. Founded in 2012, the firm is headquartered in Shanghai and manages assets for individual and institutional investors.