Jimmy Choong

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.

Principal Asset Management Co. (Asia) Ltd. (PAM) is the wholly-owned, Hong Kong-based investment management subsidiary of Principal International (Asia) Ltd., ultimately held by Principal Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: PFG), an American global financial investment management and insurance company headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. Founded in 1997, PAM provides investment advisory services to institutional investors and offers a range of funds that include equity, fixed income, mixed assets, and money market vehicles to pension and retail investors.