Hard catalysts (M&As, spin-offs, demergers, index rebalances) & discount arbitrage (holdco, share-class)

Event-Driven

Analysis of new equity issuance (IPOs, Placements)

Equity Capital Markets

Actionable bottom-up long/short Insights on equities

Equity Bottom-Up

Asset allocation and country/region investment strategy

Cross Asset Strategy

Quantitative Analysis

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Hong Kong

The Hang Seng Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of a selection of companies from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The components of the index are divided into four subindices: Commerce and Industry, Finance, Utilities, and Properties. The index was developed with a base level of 100 as of July 31, 1964.

HSBC Holdings plc is the holding company for the HSBC Group. The Company provides a variety of international banking and financial services, including retail and corporate banking, trade, trusteeship, securities, custody, capital markets, treasury, private and investment banking, and insurance.  The Group operates worldwide.

iShares China Large-Cap ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF tracks the FTSE China 50 Index, investing in large cap stocks. Its investments are focused in the financial, oil and gas, technology and communications sectors. The ETF uses a representative sampling indexing strategy, investing at least 90% of its assets in the securities of the underlying index.

CITIC Limited operates in a range of business activities including financial services, resources and energy, manufacturing, real estate and infrastructure, engineering contracting and other businesses in China and overseas.

The S&P 500® is widely regarded as the best single gauge of large-cap U.S. equities and serves as the foundation for a wide range of investment products. The index includes 500 leading companies and captures approximately 80% coverage of available market capitalization.

The NIFTY 50 index is National Stock Exchange of India's benchmark stock market index for Indian equity market. Nifty is owned and managed by India Index Services and Products (IISL), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NSE Strategic Investment Corporation Limited.

SSE 50 Index consists of 50 most representative stocks from Shanghai security market by scientific and objective method. The objective is to reflect the complete picture of those good quality large enterprises, which are most influential in Shanghai security market.

iShares MSCI Hong Kong ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF's objective seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the performance of publicly traded securities in the Hong Kong market, as measured by the MSCI Hong Kong Index. The ETF invests in a representative sample of index stocks using a "portfolio sampling" technique.

Xtrackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in the USA. The fund seeks to track the performance of the CSI300 Index. Through the use of an RQFII quota, ASHR is able to offer US investors direct access to Chinese A-Shares which are listed on the Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchanges.

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Equity Derivatives Trader and Strategist

Leon Gross

Experienced well known visionary leader and innovator in Equity Derivatives, with experience in strategy, trading, research, managing, training, marketing, sales, and quant. Revenue generator with long stable career with world leader. Well known on both the buy and sell-side. Trained an entire generation of leading professionals. Managed a global business in 5 locations on 4 continents, have been in 50 countries, studied 5 languages and educated in 4 countries. Mentioned in books for honesty and insight. Invented new products and pioneered desk based strategy.

Leon Gross
Equity Derivatives Trader and Strategist

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