Mandy Chan

Fortis Investment Management Hong Kong Ltd. (FIM-HK) is the Hong Kong branch and a subsidiary of Fortis Investment Management SA (Belgium). Known under the commercial name Fortis Investments, the group is the asset management arm and a subsidiary of the banking and insurance group Fortis SA/NV (XB: FORB). Fortis Investments is headquartered in Brussels with a global network of branches in Europe, Asia and the US. FIM-HK was established in 2000 and was formerly known as PCI Investment Management Ltd. In 2007 Fortis acquired the Hong Kong-based insurance company PCI-Pacific Century Insurance Holdings Ltd., which was rebranded into FICA-Fortis Insurance Company (Asia) Ltd. FIM-HK manages the off-shore FICA investment trust, previously known as PCIIM and subdivided in a series of specialist funds including multimanager strategies. Following the merger of the asset management activities of Fortis and ABN AMRO worldwide, in 2008 FIM-HK absorbed ABN AMRO Asset Management (Asia) Ltd., which had been established in Hong Kong in 1991. FIM-HK's clients are institutions and high-net worth individuals.

HSBC Global Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. (HSBC-GAM HK) is the wholly-owned asset management subsidiary of The HongKong & Shanghai Banking Corp. Ltd. and is indirectly owned by HSBC Holdings Plc (LON: HSBA, ADR: HSBC.PRA) in Great Britain. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm originated in 1973 as a banking branch and became part of HSBC Asset Management in 1994. The current firm, formerly known as HSBC Investments (Hong Kong) Ltd., was founded in 2005 when the group's investment management business was reorganized. HSBC-GAM HK provides investment management services to corporate clients, private individuals and institutions.

BNP Paribas Asset Management Asia Ltd. (BNPP AM Hong Kong) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based asset management subsidiary of BNP Paribas Asset Management France SAS, itself owned by BNP Paribas SA (EPA: BNP; ADR: BNPQQY), a multinational universal bank and financial services holding company headquartered in France. BNPP AM Hong Kong was founded in 1991 and provides investors with high-value sustainable investment solutions to clients.