Online screening questionnaire – Wholesale Investors (HK)

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Just before we start, I would like to reassure you that any information you provide us with will be treated as confidential, and we will always hold the information you give securely, and delete it when no longer needed. Neither your name, nor the name of your organisation will be revealed to our client.

We conduct all studies in accordance with the UK Market Research Society Code of Conduct and, if you no longer wish to take part in the research, you can tell your interviewer at any time, and we will stop our conversation.

Can we proceed based on the above?*

Yes

Thank-you for the time you have taken to review this discussion – I will contact you about different projects in the future, if this is of interest to you?

SQ 0) Which country or region are you currently based in for your primary job?*

a) USA

b) UK

c) Hong Kong

d) Other

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

SQ 1) Could I begin by checking, in which of the following type of firm do you work?*

a) Discretionary Asset / Fund Manager

b) Private Bank / Wealth Manager (global)

c) Private Bank (International)

d) Single Family Officer

e) Distribution Networks

f) Don’t know/Refused

g) Other (please specify below)

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

Please specify*

SQ 2) Which private bank do you currently work for?*

a) Bank of China (Hong Kong) Private Banking

b) BNP Paribas Wealth Management

c) Bank of East Asia

d) China CITIC Bank

e) China Construction Bank (Asia)

f) DBS Private Bank

g) Deutsche Bank Wealth Management

h) Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management

i) HSBC Private Bank

j) Indosuez Wealth Management

k) J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

l) Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management

m) RBC Investment Management (Asia)

n) Standard Chartered Private Bank

o) UBS / Credit Suisse

p) I don’t know / refuse to say

q) Other (please specify below)

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

Please specify*

SQ 3) And which of the following best describes your job title?*

a) Chief Investment Officer (CIO)

b) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

c) Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

d) Portfolio Manager / Senior Portfolio Manager

e) Investment Analyst / Senior Investment Analyst

f) Head of Manager / Third-Party Fund Selection

g) I don’t know/refuse to say

h) Other (please specify below)

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

Please specify*

SQ 4) How many years have you been in your current role or any other similar previous roles?*

a) Less than 1 year

b) 1 – 2 years

c) 3 – 4 years

d) 5 or more years

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

SQ 5) For each of the following, can you indicate whether this is i) the sole focus of your role; ii) a major focus of your role; or iii) something with which you are only occasionally involved or iv) not directly involved?*

	Sole focus	Major focus	Occ. involved	Not involved
a) Setting strategic and tactical asset allocations across your portfolios / models
b) Third-party manager due diligence (investment / operational / commercial)
c) Final selection of third-party managers
d) Client Management and financial planning
e) I don’t know / prefer not to answer

Please select one cell for each roll: SINGLE “Click” (for each row)

SQ 6) What currently is your firm’s total retail and private client assets under management? Please understand that we are simply asking for qualification purposes – all data is treated in strict confidence.*

a) Less than 50B HKD

b) 50B – 100B HKD

c) 100B – 500B HKD

d) 500B – 1,000B HKD

e) 1,000B+ HKD

f) Don’t know/Refused

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

SQ 7a) And what is the current total assets for which you are personally responsible (alone, or with others in your core team)? Again, please understand that we are simply asking for the purposes of qualification – all data is treated in the strictest of confidence.*

Please specify above: HKD

SQ 7b) Please also specify this amount in the range below.*

a) Less than 500M HKD

b) 500M – 1B HKD

c) 1B – 2.5B HKD

d) 2.5B – 5B HKD

e) 5B+ HKD

f) Don’t know/Refused

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

SQ 8) What proportion of the assets for which you are personally responsible (alone, or with others in your core team) are allocated to: a) single line securities; b) active managers; and c) index / passive managers or (multi) factor exposures?*

a) Single line stock or bond positions

b) Active Managers

c) Index funds, ETFs or (multi) factor

d) Other Real Assets

Please select % above: SINGLE NUMBER FOR EACH SQUARE (CHECK TOTAL SUMS TO 100%)

SQ 9) Do you personally specialise in any particular asset class, or do you cover multiple asset classes?*

a) No specialism – cover whole portfolio

b) Long only equities

c) Long only bonds

d) Alternative credit

e) Liquid Alts (including hedge funds)

f) Real Assets generally

g) Real Estate Generally

h) Sustainability Investing

i) I don’t know / refuse to say

j) Other (please specify below)

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

Please specify*

SQ 10) Thinking about the following managers, please can you tell me which of the following best applies?*

	0) I have never heard of them	1) I just know the name	2) I have a baseline familiarity & understanding	3) I have good working knowledge of their capabilities	4) We’ve worked together in the past	5) We’re currently working with them
AXA IM
Allianz GI
Alliance Bernstein
BlackRock
Fidelity
Franklin Templeton
Invesco

SQ 11) Although your feedback will be completely confidential, our client, Illuminas, a research & insights consultancy who will be moderating interviews, would prefer to know the name of the company you currently work at ahead of your interview. This is just to provide background context for the interview moderator, and to ensure that your interviewer can focus on discussing the most relevant subject areas. Only the research team at Illuminas will have access to this information, which will then be removed after the project closes. The name of your company will NOT be shared with the sponsor or anyone else outside of the research team.

Please note, this is not mandatory for participation, you can withdraw this consent at any time, and any views you share will only be taken as your personal views, not representative of your business.

May we share your company name for the above purpose only?*

a) Yes – I consent to revealing my company name to the moderator / research team alone.

b) No

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

SQ 12) Finally, can you tell us a little bit about what a typical workday is like for you? What are your main areas of responsibility?*

Please describe above: (in a minimum of two sentences)

SQ 13a) Thanks, you seem to be the type of person we are considering for in this project, so I’d like to make sure you have the technology needed for your interview. Will you have access to a reliable Internet connection and a laptop or desktop PC in a quiet location where you will not be disturbed during the discussion?*

a) Yes

b) No

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

SQ 13b) Great! Our client, Illuminas would like to keep an audio recording of your interview for analysis purposes and to help with notetaking, so they can focus on the discussion. The recording will not be shared with anyone outside of the project team and will only be retained for 3 months, after which time it will be securely destroyed. Please note that because the interview will be conducted on Teams, if you turn your webcam on during the call the video footage will be included in the recording. If you would prefer not to have this included, please keep your webcam turned off. This is not mandatory for taking part.

Are you comfortable with this?*

a) Yes

b) No

Please select one option: SINGLE CODE

Q14) Great! Thank you for the time you have taken to answer these screening questions - we are interviewing during Monday 11th and Monday 18th March (preferably after 3pm HKT) - could you advise of two or three suitable interview times, so that we can speak for up to 60 minutes when it’s mutually convenient.*

Earliest Date and Time*

Next Date and Time (if available)

Thank-you - I would be grateful if you could confirm a few final details:

Name*

Job Title*

Job title of person you report to*

Phone (inc international dialling code)*

Email*

LinkedIn profile link