China Everbright Assets Management Limited, a Wholly-owned Subsidiary of China Everbright Limited, Wins Big at the First Overseas Golden Bull Fund Award Ceremony

Jun 20, 2017 20:21 JST

Source: China Everbright Ltd

- Receives Awards for Three-Year Overseas Golden Bull Private Fund Company (Fixed Income) and One-Year Overseas Golden Bull Private Fund Investment Managers (Equity Long-only and Fixed Income)

HONG KONG, Jun 20, 2017 - (ACN Newswire) - China Everbright Limited ("CEL"; HK:165) is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, China Everbright Assets Management Limited received 3 awards out of the total 11 awards given by the First Overseas Golden Bull Fund Award. These awards are: Three-Year Overseas Golden Bull Private Fund Company (Fixed Income); One-Year Overseas Golden Bull Private Fund Investment Manager (Equity Long-only), which was given to Keith Wu and One-Year Overseas Golden Bull Private Fund Investment Managers (Fixed Income) to both Will Chung and Girish Kumarguru. Golden Bull Award Series, hosted by China Securities Journal, in its long-held tradition since 2004 to recognize and honor outstanding fund management companies and investment managers held its first Overseas Golden Bull Fund Award Ceremony in Shenzhen on 17 June 2017.

From left: Girish Kumarguru, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager of CEL; Will Chung, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager of CEL; Yang Ping, Chief Investment Officer of CEL; Keith Wu, Managing Director & Portfolio Manager of CEL

Fund companies and investment managers are evaluated both quantitatively and qualitatively by judging committee on the funds they manage. Everbright Dynamic Bond Fund, which is managed by Will Chung and Girish Kumarguru, was first launched in December 2012. The fund primarily invests in a portfolio of Asian USD-denominated Investment Grade, High Yield and Convertible bonds. With an annualized net return of +9.2%, it is one of the largest private funds in its category with current AUM at USD 235+ million. Everbright Dynamic Bond Fund was nominated for "Best Emerging Market Credit Fund" by Investor Choice Awards earlier this year and "Best Fixed Income, High Yield and Distressed Fund" by AsiaHedge in 2016.

Everbright China Focus Fund, which is managed by Keith Wu, is a fundamental China-focused long-only absolute return fund, launched in January 2014. With an annualized net return of +18.42%, it has received numerous accolades and recognitions. Everbright China Focus Fund was awarded "Best Asian Long Only Absolute Return Fund" by EurekaHedge and ranked No. 6 by BarclayHedge for "Past 3-Year Annual Return among Emerging Market - Asia" funds in 2016. The Fund was also ranked "No. 1 among Emerging Market - Asia" funds and "Emerging Market Equity - Asia" funds in 2015.

China Everbright Assets Management Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Everbright Limited, a Hong Kong-listed cross-border asset management company and is an investment advisor registered under the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong with Type 1, 4 and 9 licenses to deal in securities, engage in asset management and advise on securities in Hong Kong. As one of the core pillars of China Everbright Limited's asset management platform, China Everbright Assets Management Limited, along with its onshore Everbright Asset Management (Shanghai) Limited, provide domestic and foreign investors such as banks, insurance, securities, FOFs, family offices, wealth management companies and high net worth individual investors with a wide range of financial services and products such as investment advisory services, channel services, separately managed accounts, onshore and offshore long-only and hedge funds.

The Funds are available only for investment by professional investors (as defined under the Securities and Futures Ordinance). Investment involves risks. Fund price may move up or down. Past performance of any fund and securities is not indicative of future performance. Professional investors should refer to the offering documents (including the risk factors) before investing.

About China Everbright Limited

China Everbright Limited ("CEL", HK:165) is the largest overseas cross-border asset management and investment platform of China Everbright Group. It is the second-largest shareholder of Everbright Securities (stock code: 601788.SH, 6178.HK) and a strategic shareholder of China Everbright Bank (stock code: 601818.SH, 6818.HK), the controlling shareholder of the Hong Kong-listed China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (stock code: 1848.HK), the largest shareholder of Shanghai Jiabao Industry & Commerce (Group) Co., Ltd (stock code: 600622.SH) and the second-largest shareholder of the Singapore-listed Ying Li International Real Estate Limited (stock code: 5DM. SGX). As at end-2016, CEL managed 36 funds with a total fundraising amount of more than HK$87.5 billion. Everbright Group, the parent company of CEL, is a state-owned financial conglomerate with AUM of approximately RMB4,400 billion as at end-2016. For more information about CEL, please visit www.everbright165.com.

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