China Everbright Limited (Everbright) is an investment holding company. The Company is a financial conglomerate operating in both Hong Kong and Mainland China. The Company is engaged in investment activities and the provision of financial services. It operates in seven segments: brokerage, such as brokerage services in securities, futures, bullion and leveraged foreign exchange trading, and margin financing to margin customers; investment banking, such as provision of corporate advisory, placing and underwriting services; asset management, such as management of absolute return funds with focus on secondary market trading; asset investment, such as asset class specific long term investment in projects and equities; direct investment, such as investment in unlisted equity securities and/ or equity derivatives; strategic investment, such as treasury management operations, and all other segments, its investment in properties and certain financial assets and liabilities.