Jim McCafferty

Seymour Pierce Ltd. (SP) is an independent Great Britain-based brokerage firm which was established in 1998. SP advises growing privately-owned businesses and publicly quoted UK companies, with a focus on AIM-listed companies. They provide stockbroking, corporate finance, private equity and M&A advisory services and specialize in raising funds for small- and medium-sized UK companies, either facilitating private equity investing or issuing securities. The firm provides sellside analysis to asset managers in Great Britain and internationally, including fund managers, hedge funds and private equity firms. Their research covers a range of sectors including retail, real estate, healthcare, media and entertainment, resources, software, telecommunications, financials, business services and special situations. SP also advises private clients and provides administrative support. They manage equity portfolios on a discretionary basis and provide equity trading accounts, both advisory and execution-only.

Part of SAS Rue la Boétie, Credit Agricole Securities (Asia) Ltd is a Chinese company that works on various corporates' projects such as initial public offerings, privatisations, capital increases, and issues of convertible bonds and other equity-linked securities. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The company is a part of Group Crédit Agricole's integrated finance and investment banking, asset servicing, and wealth management offering for large clients. Frederik Jean Lucien Coyault has been the CEO of the company since 2017. Credit Agricole Securities (Asia was acquired by Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank SA from NatWest Group Plc on November 25, 2016.

CGS-CIMB Securities (Hong Kong) Ltd. is a subsidiary of CIMB Group, the leading ASEAN Universal Bank. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The Chinese company provides efficient regional banking solutions for personal and business financial needs. The company has taken various precautionary measures to protect the health of their customers, employees, businesses, and communities during the Covid-19 outbreak. Ultimately, the company is controlled by the Government of China. The company was founded in 1991, and Soo Lik Keoy has been the CEO of the company since 2010.

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Ltd. (Nomura International HK) is the brokerage subsidiary of Nomura Asia Pacific Holdings Co. Ltd., which is ultimately-owned by Nomura Holdings, Inc. (TYO: 8604) in Japan. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm’s global markets team offers research, sales and trading of global securities to a diverse range of clients globally, including institutional investors, financial institutions, corporates, financial sponsors and government entities. Nomura International HK operates a truly integrated, cross-asset platform which includes research, sales and trading in equities, currencies, rates and credit in cash and derivative products.