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Duff & Phelps is one of the world's leading independent financial advisory firms serving client needs in the areas of valuation, investment banking, transaction advice and dispute consulting. Duff & Phelps has advised clients on valuation and corporate finance issues since 1932, earning a reputation as one of the world’s leading providers of insightful, independent and objective financial advice.

With more than 1,200 employees serving clients worldwide, Duff & Phelps professionals bring practical experience, responsiveness and a collaborative approach to satisfy our clients’ needs with the rigor and independence that the market demands. We offer an unparalleled array of integrated services, and have a proven track record of supporting and defending our rigorous analyses and conclusions.

The Value of Experience

The global financial markets are dynamic and unpredictable. Regulators, investors, shareholders and other stakeholders are forcing sweeping changes to promote transparency and consistency of reported financial information and are holding management to higher standards of accountability. The level of scrutiny is unprecedented and the stakes have never been greater. In the complex world of valuation and financial analysis, you need an independent financial advisor with the experience and judgment to challenge your thinking and support your critical decision making.

Our services include the following:

Valuation Advisory Services

• Purchase Price Allocations
• Goodwill Impairment Testing
• Business Valuations
• Warrants and Employee Stock Option
• Financial Instruments and Embedded Derivatives

Corporate Finance Consulting

• Due Diligence
• Alternative Investment Portfolio Valuation
• Financial Engineering
• Fairness Opinions

Global Presence

Our clients are located all over the world, and we have the resources and scale to serve them wherever they may be. With offices in the United States, Europe and Asia, we have the local market knowledge and resources to get the work done in your home territory.

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Whittington is an international insurance service and investment business headquartered in Singapore. It is dedicated to providing bespoke and innovative solutions to the insurance industry.

Whittington is a provider of capital, expertise and resources for insurance and reinsurance enterprises. It specializes in start-ups and growth investment for insurance/reinsurance businesses with innovative plans, good track records and strong management. The group is interested in investment in non-life insurance/reinsurance companies, brokers, insurance services, distribution and consultancies.

Whittington's growth strategy is focused on the Asia Pacific region but the group also has a leading position in bringing to market and managing new syndicates at Lloyd's. It set up, and subsequently sold, a Lloyd's syndicate based in Singapore and has also successfully completed two court approved solvent schemes of arrangement for insurance entities, the first such schemes to be completed in Singapore.

The business comprises some 250 professional staff in London and Singapore backed by the cash and appetite to expand the business in Asia. The group's major shareholders are two leading Hong Kong based private equity companies.

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Heng An Standard Life (HASL) was established in 2003 by The Standard Life Assurance Company, a Fortune 500 company, and Tianjin TEDA International Holding (Group) Co. Ltd. The company was set up with a registered capital of RMB 1.302 billion and has its head office in Tianjin.
HASL continues to develop innovative life insurance products by drawing on Standard Life's experience in the UK and other parts of the world and applying its own knowledge of the China life assurance market. By operating the innovative Financial Planning Consultant (or FPC) sales model and diversified distributions including individual, bank, group and alternative distribution channel, HASL is striving to build a professional and trusted life insurance professional.
HASL, headquartered in Tianjin, is carrying out a nation-wide business expansion strategy. HASL set up 9 branches in Tianjin, Qingdao, Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Sichuan, Henan and Guangdong, and sales office is up to 42 by the end of 2008,.
HASL won a great deal of awards since foundation. The major awards include 2007 China Honest Company (Consumer Protection Fund), continuous Best Brand (insurance) of China Life Style (International Brand Forum) in 20006 and 2007, 2008 Best Public Welfare (China Business & China Economist, sohu.com) and 2008 Best Brand Construction of China Insurance Industry.

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Hong Kong International Medical Clinic, Beijing was founded in Beijing, China on June, 12 1993. It is the first joint venture clinic approved by the Ministry of Health, China. It is dedicated to the healthcare of the global and communities where a western-style and high level management system has been established. It passionately committed to providing the highest quality health care and service in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human illness. It has over 70 professorial-level doctors and a group of highly trained and skilled medical personnel. It offers 24-hour services, which are provided in English, French and Japanese.

Tel.: 8610-6553 2288ext 2345/2346/2347 or Tel.: 8610-6502 3426

Web Site: www.hkclinic.com

E-mail: service@hkclinic.com

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WPMI (Shanghai) was formed to provide administrative services and to share expertise to promote the development of the health insurance industry in China. WPMI is wholly owned by WPMI, LLC, a WellPoint company. WPMI is backed by WellPoint’s more than 60 years of health insurance experience. WPMI leverages expertise and technology to develop innovative solutions for the local needs of the evolving Chinese health insurance market. With a state-of-the-art health care administrative system and technology platform, we provide a sophisticated approach to health care products and services.

Website: www.wpmikz.com.cn

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Vanbreda International (www.vanbreda-international.com) has over 50 years of experience in designing, implementing and managing cross-border health insurance and employee benefits programmes for international organisations, multinational corporations and their international workforce, as well as individual expatriates.
With more than 400 employees, the company has offices and sales representations in Europe (Belgium (headquarters), the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, the UK and Switzerland), the Middle East (UAE), Africa (Kenya), Asia (China, Singapore and Malaysia), Latin America (Chile) and the US. Vanbreda International serves over 330,000 plan members on a 24/7 basis in 192 countries.
Every year the company processes more than 3.6 million medical bills for an amount exceeding 410 million euro / 525 million USD in reimbursements.
Clients have easy and affordable access to Vanbreda International's worldwide network health care providers, benefiting from advantageous payment and tariff agreements.
The company's claims processing offices, located in Belgium, Malaysia and the US, operate on a global scale and serve clients in all major languages across all time zones. With expert knowledge of local social security systems, cost levels and billing practices, their ISO-certified services are focused on accessibility, speed and quality of customer services.

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Avaya is a global leader and expert in business communications. The company provides unified communications, contact centers, and related services directly and through its channel partners to leading businesses and organizations around the world. Enterprises of all sizes depend on Avaya for state-of-the-art communications that improve efficiency, collaboration, customer service and competitiveness.

Avaya provides customers with communication solutions that use a SIP-based architecture to enable multi-vendor, multi-modal (voice, text, video etc.) connections and the distribution of value-added applications across the enterprise. For more information please visit www.avaya.com.

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For over 25 years, ParkwayHealth has been offering premium healthcare services and is now the largest publicly-traded premium hospital company in Asia. In 2005, ParkwayHealth opened the Gleneagles Medical and Surgical Center, bringing world-renowned quality healthcare to Shanghai. Through the acquisition of the World Link group in 2007, ParkwayHealth is now Shanghai's largest foreign owned medical network. With over 70 internationally trained physicians, over 25 specialties and 6 convenient locations, we are the leading international healthcare provider. Our centers offer both inpatient and outpatient care and are located in different suburbs including city center, Pudong, Hong Qiao and Xintiandi.

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GMC Services is a leading broker and third party administrator offering employee benefits and healthcare cover for individuals, including healthcare plans, assistance and repatriation services, group life programs and retirement plans. We serve over 1.1 million beneficiaries in France and abroad, including over 160,000 people in 190 countries.
GMC Services provides advisory and administration services to employers and claims management to expatriates and their families through its worldwide offices in Paris, Geneva, Luxembourg, Singapore, Curitiba (Brazil), Tunis and Nairobi. GMC also provide direct settlement with hospitals and with chosen outpatient care facilities worldwide through its own international medical network.
GMC Services provides insurance solutions for the following customer segments.

Corporate:

GMC provides advisory services to determine employers’ specific needs, reviewing existing policies and setting up tailor-made schemes with our insurance partners.
GMC conducts actuarial audits for its clients with its own team and with the MGAC network (Multinational Group of Actuaries and Consultants), of which Groupe Henner–GMC is a founding member.
GMC administers health and life insurance schemes through its multiple international ISO 2001/2000 certified management platforms.
GMC offers real-time web-based information to HR managers and employees as well as e-claims and e-mailed statements to employees.

International Organizations

GMC serves a large number of beneficiaries from International Organizations addressing the challenge of serving them in forty different languages over a widely spread number of countries in often difficult environments.
GMC performs cost containment and fraud control which are critical to properly administer such medical plans.

Individuals

GMC has developed a wide range of health, repatriation and life insurance plans for expatriates worldwide.
GMC offers specific cover and benefits tailored to the country of expatriation or budget and premiums adapted to the chosen area of coverage and level of benefits required.

Insurance professionals

GMC provides a range of services to both insurers and brokers alike, such as Third Party Administration, plan design, reinsurance brokerage and information technology services.

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As one of the largest law firms in the world, DLA Piper has over 3,500 lawyers in 67 fully integrated offices in 29 countries across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. We offer clients a seamless global service wherever they choose to do business. More than 200 China practice group lawyers are fluent in English and a wide range of languages/dialects. We use sector-focus approach to enhance the commercial value we deliver in the areas of our clients operate in their businesses.
Shanghai office was established in 2002 and is DLA Piper's first office in mainland China. Since then, it has built a dynamic team comprised of over 25 lawyers qualified in the PRC (including Hong Kong), England & Wales, Australia, the US, Spain, Italy and France. With leading individuals in litigation, shipping, insurance, employment, PE/VC, real estate, corporate and capital market, we could serve large complex transactions crossing multi-jurisdictions.
作为全球最大的律师事务所之一，欧华在亚洲、欧洲、非洲、中东、美国等29个国家的67家分所或办事机构共拥有3,500多名律师及其它专业人士，是一家真正意义上的全球性法律服务机构，并具备多法域执业能力。故此，不论欧华的客户选择在何处开展业务，欧华均能向其提供全球一体化的法律服务以满足不断变化和增长的法律服务需求。200多名的律师组成的中国业务团队以侧重行业的方式为客户提供增值的法律服务。
作为欧华在中国内地的第一个办事处，欧华上海办事处自2002年建立以来已拥有一支朝气蓬勃的律师团队，由25名受过专业培训的专业律师组成，他们分别在中国、香港、英格兰和威尔士、日本、美国、西班牙、意大利或者法国具有律师执业资格。我们拥有在争议解决和仲裁、船务、保险、公司法务和资本市场、房地产以及劳动法等领域内亚洲领先的律师，可服务于跨众多司法管辖区的大型复杂交易。

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InsFocus Systems – Business Profile
AT INSFOCUS, OUR FOCUS IS INSURANCE BUSINESS PROFITABILITY
Why settle for mass market BI software when you can upgrade to a business intelligence solution developed specifically for your insurance business? Get BI without compromise.
Leveraging decades of insurance industry experience paired with BI and DW expertise, InsFocus brings advanced analytics to every part of the insurance business, including marketing, underwriting, reinsurance, actuarial, and accounting domains.
Building on its proprietary data model and extensive field experience, InsFocus has developed Structured Insurance BI Methodology. Using this methodology, InsFocus creates and deploys structured BI projects with a focus on predictable and accurate results, customizability, and user-friendliness. InsFocus is a Microsoft™ Gold Certified Partner, operating globally through local implementation partners.

InsFocus BI includes a wealth of built-in insurance content and functionality, including:

• Dynamic pro-rata calculations
• Outstanding claims calculations
• Snapshot views
• Reinsurance support
• Claim status filters
• Claim development (triangulation)
• Risk dimensions
• Product / section analysis
• Renewal / lapse calculations
• Policy / section / claim granularity

Headed by a former top executive of a leading insurer, InsFocus is deeply familiar with all aspects of the insurance world including business processes, profitability drivers and data structures.

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Founded in 1981, FirstApex Group is a leading specialist IT solutions and services provider to the Insurance Industry. Since inception, the company has been focused solely on providing software applications and IT services across different lines of the Insurance and Reinsurance businesses.
In the past three decades FirstApex has been instrumental in enhancing the business agility and efficiency of Insurance and Reinsurance companies of different sizes across multiple countries and regions with modern technology solutions and flexible offerings. FirstApex offers an array of insurance-specific software solutions that range from Insurance Components that address specific business needs to enterprise-wide Policy Administration Systems, and a range of specialized IT services like system integration, offshore development, consulting, etc.
FirstApex is a leading SEI CMM Level 4 certified provider of enterprise-wide IT solutions and services dedicated solely to the Insurance Industry. FirstApex's IT solutions and services are spread across the entire Insurance value chain that includes personal and commercial lines in Property & Casualty, Professional Reinsurance, Takaful, Life and Health Insurance businesses. FirstApex is a Singapore based Multinational Corporation with operational headquarters in Bangalore, India and operations in Japan, Europe, Southeast Asia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Middle East. With over 120 successfully completed projects across the globe in the last three decades, FirstApex aims at providing innovative and distinctive IT solutions that help insurers derive benefits by meeting their current and future needs.

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GTZ China – German Partner for Sustainable Development
The federally owned Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH, an international cooperation enterprise for sustainable development with worldwide operations, has been working in China for more than 25 years.
Today, GTZ fosters China's reform process as outlined in the 11th Five-Year-Plan, to build a harmonious, resource-saving society and strive for a balance between economic growth, social equality and environmental protection. The challenges surrounding resource efficiency and climate change issues feature highly on GTZ's agenda.
GTZ China works primarily for the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It also operates on behalf of other German ministries in particular Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, and Nuclear Safety (BMU). Besides, it has also international clients, such as the European Commission and private enterprises. GTZ works on a public-benefit basis.
Currently, GTZ provides policy advice in China to upper level decision-making institutions and is holding international dialogues with national decision makers promoting the many aspects of sustainable development. It offers technical advisory services for pilot projects in both the public and private sectors.
At present about 35 seconded experts and 128 national personnel are involved in 41 projects and in 23 public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives in China.

GTZ China focuses on:

• Financial Sector Development
• Economic and Social Reform
• Legal Advisory Services
• Vocational Training and Labour Market Policy
• Environmental Policy
• Energy Management
• Natural Resources Management
• Sustainable Urban Development
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Climate

In China GTZ operates in fields where German participants have solid experience and competitive advantages. By virtue of the longstanding nature of its cooperation and the expertise of German specialists, GTZ has developed close ties with Chinese networks and is building upon this relationship to foster German-Chinese cooperation.

GTZ China - Financial Sector Development

Financial Sector Development has been a major focus of GTZ’s work in China for more than 10 years. GTZ started advising the National People's Congress on the topic of financial sector legislation back in 1997. Today, GTZ China works in banking, capital markets and insurance and supports public and private sector institutions to enhance their capacities and to implement complex change processes.