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China: Unpacking the risk/return potential
ChinaAMC Portfolio Manager, Head of Global Capital Investment, Richard Pan discusses his investment philosophy, and the current opportunities and challenges in China’s markets.
China Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Philosophy and process
ChinaAMC was established in April 1998 as one of the first country-wide fund management companies in China. It has grown to be a leading Chinese asset manager, with about CA$326 billion in assets under management as of July 31, 2021. Headquartered in Beijing, with a subsidiary in Hong Kong, the firm invests in the public equity and fixed-income markets with over 250 investment professionals providing comprehensive research coverage. The investment team focuses on long-term themes such as consumption upgrade, advanced manufacturing, technology and carbon neutrality that they believe will continue to shape the Chinese economy for the next five to 10 years.
Portfolio managers
Richard Pan
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, Head of Global Capital Investment, Head of International Business
China Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Mr. Pan has 21 years of investment experience. Before joining China AMC in 2013, Mr. Pan served as CIO and Deputy CEO of Vstone Capital, overseeing its A-share investments. He worked as a Director/Portfolio Manager at Manulife Asset Management from 2007 to 2011, managing its Greater China funds and QFII A-share fund. He also worked as a Portfolio Manager at United Securities from 2001 to 2004, and worked as a VP at Guotai Junan Securities since 1998. Mr. Pan holds an MBA from Georgetown University in the U.S., MA in Economics and BS in Engineering from Wuhan University.
Mr. Lin joined China AMC in 2013 as an analyst for global consumer and internet sectors, including Hong Kong-listed stocks and ADRs. He later shifted his focus to domestic consumer, agriculture and e-commerce before taking on the Portfolio Manager role. Before joining China AMC, he worked in sales at P&G China, and as a financial analyst in the retail division of Apple Inc. in U.S. Mr. Lin received an MBA from Fuqua Business School, Duke University, and a B.A in International Business and English from Nanjing University.
Mr. Zheng joined ChinaAMC in 2016 to lead international fixed income and asset allocation strategies. Prior to ChinaAMC, he spent 7 years at Morgan Stanley Investment Management (New York), as a member of Emerging Markets Equity team; and 6 years with JP Morgan Securities (New York) as an Emerging Markets Fixed Income strategist. He also worked at Dresdner Kleinwort (London), Nomura Asset Management (New York) and Harvest Wealth Management (Beijing). Frank graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a MS in Computational Finance.
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