Sidharth Mahapatra

BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Ltd. (BAMNAL) is the investment management subsidiary of BlackRock HK Holdco Ltd., itself a subsidiary of BlackRock Inc. (NYSE: BLK) in the US. The firm was founded in 1998 and formerly known as Barclays Global Investors North Asia Ltd. They renamed into BlackRock Asset Management North Asia Ltd. in 2009 when BlackRock merged with Barclays Global Investors. Headquartered in Hong Kong, BAMNAL manages assets for institutional clients, pooled investment vehicles and US registered investment companies, including ETFs. Mandates include equity and real estate strategies.

Amundi Hong Kong Ltd. (Amundi-HK) is the wholly owned asset management subsidiary of Amundi Asset Management SA, ultimately held by Rue de la Boetie SAS's Credit Agricole SA (EPA: ACA, ADR: CRARY) in France. Headquartered in Hong Kong, the firm was founded in 1982 as Crédit Agricole Asset Management (Hong Kong) Ltd. They became Amundi (Hong Kong) Ltd. in 2009 when Crédit Agricole SA and Société Générale combined their asset management expertise. Amundi-HK is the North Asia hub for Amundi Group and collaborates with the Tokyo and Singapore offices to manage Asian equities, fixed-income and balanced products for institutional investors and fund distributors.