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University Investment Challenge

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About listen
listen is a member of Hamon Investment Group (Hamon,)
headquartered in Hong Kong and founded in 1989;

Hamon is an Asian, institutional fund management company. From

Hong Kong, we have been managing Asian equities for over 26 years,
and offering 5 core strategies ;
Asian regional equities
Greater China equities
Indian equities
Multi-assets strategy
Focused Asian fixed income

Founders & Senior Management

Hugh Simon

Founding Partner

Over 25 years of experience in Asian regional

investment
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Hamon Investment Group
Founding Partner of Irresistible Films
Developer of the Nguyen Du Park
Residences (NDPR) in Ho Chi Minh City
Established the offices of Lazard in the Far
East
Schroders in London, Australia and Hong
Kong

Frankie Cheung

Chief Executive Officer

Over 16 years managing internet-businesses in
digital media, e-commerce and online financial
and payment services
Led digital operations in Internet, Telecom &
Financial listed companies, incl. Star Internet,
i-Cable and AEON.
Experienced in transforming traditional businesses
into e-businesses.
Over 200 successful IT projects for institutions
including Star Telecom, Dah Sing Bank, RTHK, TVB,
Hong Kong Jockey Club, NowTV, the Recruit,
Open University and government departments.
Three Masters degrees in Information Systems,
Corporate Finance and Communications

Michael Johnson

Project Director Chief Architect

46 years in music, film, advertising and TV.
Founded first pan-Asian satellite based media delivery
system, AsiaSat.
Director, Hutchison Satellite Systems.
Operations Director, Hutchison Telecom Ltd.
Founder and Senior Advisor to the Chairman, STAR-TV.
Sr. Advisor to the Chairman of PCG.
CEO of Pacific Century Communications Ltd.
Launched NOW-TV
Brand Consultant, FWD Insurance Group

William Yung

Director of Business Development

and Finance
Over 24 years of experience finance, marketing,
business, strategic and corporate development
Founder of Emerge Capital, a private equity and
venture capital advisory, consulting and raising
capital for high growth pre-IPO companies
Vice President of Operations of Techpacific Capital,
management of the early stage investment and
incubation business.
Country Manager and Director of Business
Development of Helloasia, one of Asias first eCRM
providers

Background

As Chinas financial markets are opening up, there is need for basic investor
education of existing markets and soon to be available investment products.
multi-disciplinary investment skills are required to understand existing and new
products.

Overall Objectives
listen is joining forces with Chinese financial universities to provide relevant
training to Chinas future financial professionals.

To provide a platform for top students and teachers to demonstrate their

investment and presentation skills through cooperation with online media, social
media, and TV networks.

To provide the public a chance to gain better understanding of portfolio

construction, financial markets and investment management styles available.

Learning Objectives

Learning basic components of Asset Management through strategy formulation,

simulated e-Trading, investor reporting via social networks and video blogging.
With the support of Chinas Financial and Economics Universities, Financial industry
associations, government regulators, and exchange operators, we will emphasize
to participants the importance of professional certification.

To have a better understanding of financial

markets and investment products through
hands on trading.
Competing and learning the basics of
portfolio management by creating,
maintaining and adjusting strategies.
Opportunity to learn how to promote
themselves, their teams, and their investment
ability in order to attract followers.
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A Team Competition

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3-7
Students

1 Teacher
as advisor

Team

Preparation

Confirm registration
online & upload team
information

Define team strategy

& research
sectors/products

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Appoint 3 students to
operate
trading accounts

Prepare and upload

team and strategy
videos
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The Competition
Stage 1
Online Investment
Challenge

Stage 2
Face to face
Challenge

Stage 3
Quiz Challenge
TV Show

Place Graphics
for
Outdoor Quiz
Here

1 April to 30 June

May to July

2H 2016
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Stage 1 - Define Investment Strategies

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Define investment
objectives and risk level

Strategies can include

Multiple product types

Real-time team and

investor/follower rankings

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Stage 1 - Create and Trade Portfolio

Listen Social
Investment Platform

Investment Strategies

Virtual Money

equities
fx

bonds

Simulated eTrading
platform with real-time
market data

Each team will be assigned

RMB 10 million virtual funds for
investment

index

ETFs

precious
metals

Define investment strategies

with various financial products
and invest
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Stage 1 - Video Reporting

Teams post videos reporting their progress on social
media platforms regularly:

News

31/7/2015

Period
1st week
Every week

Content
Introduce team members and their
manifesto
Market analysis and portfolio
performance report

Video
Duration
5 min

3 min

News

8/8/2015

Video reports will be shown on listen platform and

viewable on Web and Mobile.
Video Reporting
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Stage 1 Attract and Retain Virtual Investors

Friends, family and public can
participate by becoming
Virtual Investors

Promote strategies

Follow strategies

Virtual Investors register and get

virtual money to place with their
Social Media
Platforms

favorite teams as virtual AUM

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Stage 1 - Rankings
Categories
Highest Return
Most Active

(Best Communication)

Best Portfolio

Star Teams

(Risk Adjusted & Following Strategy

(Highest AUM)

Best Analyst

Best Presentation

Most Improved

Most Active

Monthly Rankings*
Highest Return

(Best Communication)

Investor Categories
Best Investor

Best Communicator
(Most insightful comments)

Most Liked Comments

Monthly Winners gain ranking bonuses to qualify for Stage 2 face-toface Regional Challenges*

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Stage 3
Quiz Challenge
TV Show
Top Teams from
Regional Challenges

+
Top Teams from
Online Competition
2H 2016
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Stage 3 Quiz Challenge

Guests

Highlights

The
show will invite Star financial
analysts, existing TV hosts and
SMG
public investors to join.
SMG

Each
guests will have their own

attraction and appeal to public.

* Show details is subjec to change by SMG

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CHAMPIONS AND AWARDS*

The winners of the
be awarded:

listen University Investment Challenge to

Internship / employment contracts with

International financial firms
Summer exchange programs with Top Universities
Scholarship and bursaries
Best virtual investors will be invited to the TV Show, will
meet with the teams and judges, and win prizes*
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* Prizes to be confirmed later

Thank You !
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