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American Century Investments is a leading global asset manager focused on delivering investment results and building long-term client relationships while supporting breakthrough medical research. Founded in 1958, American Century Investments’ 1,400 employees serve financial professionals, institutions, corporations and individual investors from offices in Kansas City, Missouri; New York; Los Angeles; Santa Clara, California; Portland, Oregon; London; Frankfurt, Germany; Hong Kong; and Sydney. Delivering investment results to clients enables American Century Investments to distribute over 40% of its dividends to the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, a 500-person, nonprofit basic biomedical research organization. The Institute owns more than 40% of American Century Investments and has received dividend payments of more than $2 billion since 2000.
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As one of the oldest market making firms in the world, Optiver has been improving financial markets since 1986. By providing liquidity to markets across the globe, we make markets more efficient, transparent, and stable.
Powered by technological innovation, we continuously provide competitive, two-sided prices for thousands of financial instruments on all major exchanges globally.
In APAC, Optiver leverages its regional specialisation and significant market share in Hong Kong, Japanese and Korean equity derivatives and ETF markets to provide competitive, timely and consistent pricing in all market conditions. Our counterparty-oriented approach means that we’re trusted by a wide array of large institutional managers across the world.
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QIC is a trusted investment manager and adviser providing risk adjusted returns for the clients they serve. With more than A$120 billion1 in assets under management, they have grown into a leading specialist manager in infrastructure, real estate, private debt, private equity, natural capital and liquid assets for ~115 institutional investors internationally.
With presence spanning across four continents and offices in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, London, San Francisco, New York and Singapore, QIC is well placed in large global markets. Its government ownership, global reach, deep sector expertise and market insights equip QIC to seize opportunities and navigate uncertainty, striving to deliver resilient investment returns.
QIC’s purpose is to create shared value — aiming to deliver strong investment returns in hand with creating prosperity for its clients, people and communities. They do this through responsible investing — considering all options and harnessing the power of market forces and megatrends that shape the world QIC invests in.
*As at 30 September 2024. Gross Assets under Management is calculated as (i) the total market value of gross assets managed by QIC entities; (ii) undrawn commitments; (iii) excludes multi-asset derivative exposures.
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S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for essential index-based concepts, data and research, and home to iconic financial market indicators, such as the S&P 500® and the Dow Jones Industrial Average®. More assets are invested in products based on our indices than products based on indices from any other provider in the world. Since Charles Dow invented the first index in 1884, S&P DJI has been innovating and developing indices across the spectrum of asset classes helping to define the way investors measure and trade the markets.
S&P Dow Jones Indices is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies, and governments to make decisions with confidence.
EXHIBITOR
Eastspring Investments, part of Prudential plc, is a global asset manager with Asia at its core, offering innovative investment solutions to meet the financial needs of clients. At the heart of Eastspring is a strong connection with our shared purpose – For Every Life, For Every Future – which guides everything we do. Since our founding in 1994, we have built an unparalleled on-the-ground presence in 11 key Asian markets as well as distribution offices in North America and Europe. We manage a total of USD 258 billion (as of 31 December 2024) across a broad range of strategies including equity, fixed income, multi asset, quantitative and alternatives for institutional and retail clients globally.
EXHIBITOR
Founded in 1988 in Edinburgh, Stewart Investors are long-term, active investors with a shared set of values and a passion for investing in high quality companies that are well positioned to contribute to and benefit from sustainable development. We believe companies that deliver benefits to society and the environment face fewer risks over the long term and are therefore better placed to deliver positive returns to shareholders.
We managed long-only, concentrated equity portfolios across five capabilities: APAC, European, Global Emerging Markets, the Indian Subcontinent and Worldwide. Our investment teams are based in the UK, Sydney and Singapore, and together we managed US17.7 billion (as at 31 December 2024) on behalf of clients globally.
Supporting Association
SUPPORTING ASSOCIATION
ASIFMA (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association) is an independent, regional trade association with over 160 member firms comprising a diverse range of leading financial institutions from both the buy and sell side.
Our mission is to promote the development of liquid, deep and broad capital markets in Asia, which is fundamental to the region’s economic growth.
SUPPORTING ASSOCIATION
The CAIA Association is a global professional body dedicated to creating greater alignment, transparency, and knowledge for all investors, with a specific emphasis on alternative investments. A Member-driven organization representing more than 13,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, CAIA Association advocates for the highest ethical standards. The organization provides unbiased insight on a broad range of investment strategies and industry issues, key among them being efforts to bring greater diversification to portfolio construction decisions to achieve better long-term investor outcomes.
SUPPORTING ASSOCIATION
ICMA promotes well-functioning cross-border capital markets, which are essential to fund sustainable economic growth. It is a not-for-profit membership association with offices in Zurich, London, Paris, Brussels, and Hong Kong, serving over 610 members in 70 jurisdictions globally. Its members include private and public sector issuers, banks and securities dealers, asset and fund managers, insurance companies, law firms, capital market infrastructure providers and central banks. ICMA provides industry-driven standards and recommendations, prioritising three core fixed income market areas: primary, secondary and repo and collateral, with cross-cutting themes of sustainable finance and FinTech and digitalisation. ICMA works with regulatory and governmental authorities, helping to ensure that financial regulation supports stable and efficient capital markets.
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