The Finance Monthly M&A Awards 2021

- 62 - F i nance Month l y M&A Awards 2021 - CHINA - Mergers & Acquisitions Firm of the Year Firm Profile China Renaissance (“CR”) is a leading financial institution that combines private placement advisory, M&A advisory, direct investment, equity underwriting, sales, trading and brokerage, research, structured products, asset management, wealth management and other financial services. Providing one-stop financial services across mainland China, Hong Kong and the United States, CR operates a competitive and unique international network that connects China’s capital markets with the rest of the world, serving new economy entrepreneurs and investors globally. China Renaissance has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York, with over 600 employees. As of December 31, 2020, China Renaissance had advised on approximately 1,050 transactions worth over USD$176 billion since its inception, and the company’s private equity funds had AUM of approximately RMB 57 billion in new economy investments. CR Securities (formerly known as “Huajing Securities”) is one of the first securities firms set up in accordance with 10th Supplementary Agreement of “Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)”. Since its establishment, CR Securities has assembled strong investment banking, fixed income, asset management, wealth management, securities brokerage, and research teams to serve existing and new clients. Our Business Principals • Our core principle is to create value for our clients. • We aim to be the best, not necessarily the biggest, in every business we operate. • We choose long-term potential over short-term gains. • Every client is unique to us. • We put the client first. • We are one firm. We mobilize all of our resources to help our clients. • Our reputation is our greatest asset. China Renaissance About Bao Fan Bao Fan is the Chairman and CEO of China Renaissance Group, China’s leading financial institution serving the new economy.
Fan began his investment banking career at the dawn of the internet era in the late 1990s. Inspired by his clients’ entre- preneurial zeal, he joined AsiaInfo, China’s largest IT and software ser- vices provider, as Chief Strategy Of- ficer in 2000. He then founded China Renaissance in 2005 to connect China’s capital markets with the rest of the world, serving new economy entrepreneurs and investors on a global scale. In 2015, Fan was recog- nized as one of “the world’s 50 most influential people” by Bloomberg Markets. Fan serves as a trustee of the Beijing Green & Shine Foundation, a charity foundation that works to improve the conditions of rural education in China. www.chinarenaissance.com