• Obtained Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (“QFII”) qualification and an initial quota of USD 400 million.
• Established China Universal SICAV in Luxembourg.
• Launched the C-Shares CSI Consumer Staples Index ETF and the C-Shares CSI Healthcare Index ETF, the first RQFII sector ETFs in the market.
• Obtained additional RQFII quota of RMB 2 billion.
• Launched the C-Shares CSI 300 Index ETF.
• The CUAM RMB Bondplus Fund, one of the first RQFII funds in Hong Kong and globally, was launched.
• The CUAM China-Hong Kong Strategy Fund was launched.
• China Universal HK obtained RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (“RQFII”) qualification with an initial quota of RMB 1.1 billion.
• China Universal HK was licensed by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (“SFC”) to carry out Type 4 and Type 9 regulated activities under Part V of the Securities and Futures Ordinance.
• China Universal Asset Management (Hong Kong) Company Limited (“China Universal HK”) was one of the first subsidiaries of Chinese fund management companies to be established in Hong Kong.