

Backed by leading Hong Kong tycoons, including Li Ka-shing, AMTD Group has become a force in the capital markets advisory business, leading recent H-share offerings of Everbright Securities Co. ($1.1 billion), Bank of Tianjin Co. ($950 million), and Bank of Qingdao Co. ($640 million), among other transactions. Calvin Choi, a former UBS and Citigroup investment banker who became AMTD chairman in February, is opening up an investment channel in a sector he defines as “Greater China fintech opportunities” — and he has a whopping $1 billion to deploy. “We expect to see accelerated growth in fintech investing following the increased scrutiny by regulators and attention from institutional players regionally,” says Choi, 38, who was previously a managing director at UBS Investment Bank, a member of that bank’s global family office committee in Hong Kong, and head of Citi’s China strategic alliance unit. AMTD and related stakeholders own 10 percent of Shanghai-based peer-to-peer lender Dianrong, which Choi says is within two years of an IPO. He notes that Chinese P2P company Yirendai has already gone public. Yet another, Lufax, is expected to follow next year, and Choi anticipates “gradual consolidations and mergers” will follow over time. “Expect more global fintech players to establish partnerships with local players and alliances with institutions regionally to expand beyond their local markets,” he says. Conversely, he predicts Greater China investors will move into North American markets, following a trail blazed by Singapore’s Shanda Group, headed by Chinese gaming magnate Chen Tianqiao; Shanda bought 11.7 percent of then-troubled Lending Club in May and raised its stake to 15.1 percent in June.
![]() 2. Matthew Harris Bain Capital Ventures ![]() 3. Jane Gladstone Evercore Partners ![]() 4. James Robinson III & James Robinson IV RRE Ventures ![]() 5. Steven McLaughlin Financial Technology Partners ![]() 6. Amy Nauiokas & Sean Park Anthemis Group |
![]() 7. Richard Garman & Brad Bernstein FTV Capital ![]() 8. Gerard von Dohlen Broadhaven Capital Partners ![]() 9. Darren Cohen Goldman Sachs Group ![]() 10. Hans Morris Nyca Partners ![]() 11. Meyer (Micky) Malka Ribbit Capital ![]() 12. Maria Gotsch Partnership Fund for New York City |
![]() 13. Barry Silbert Digital Currency Group ![]() 14. Jay Reinemann Propel Venture Partners ![]() 15. Mariano Belinky Santander InnoVentures ![]() 16. Justin Brownhill & Neil DeSena SenaHill Partners ![]() 17. François Robinet AXA Strategic Ventures ![]() 18. Vanessa Colella Citi Ventures |
![]() 19. Michael Schlein Accion International ![]() 20. Kenneth Marlin Marlin & Associates ![]() 21. Rumi Morales CME Ventures ![]() 22. Alastair (Alex) Rampell Andreessen Horowitz ![]() 23. Steve Gibson Euclid Opportunities ![]() 24. Fabian Vandenreydt SWIFT |
![]() 25. Vladislav Solodkiy Life.SREDA ![]() 26. Gardiner Garrard III TTV Capital ![]() 27. Nektarios Liolios Startupbootcamp Fintech ![]() 28. Lawrence Wintermeyer Innovate Finance ![]() 29. Bina Kalola Bank of America Merrill Lynch ![]() 30. Hyder Jaffrey Fintech Innovation |
![]() 31. Calvin Choi AMTD Group ![]() 32. Janos Barberis FinTech Hong Kong ![]() 33. Jalak Jobanputra Future Perfect Ventures ![]() 34. Sopnendu Mohanty Monetary Authority of Singapore ![]() 35. Oskar Mielczarek de la Miel Rakuten FinTech Fund |