On the afternoon of Feb.19, Mr.Christoph Rubeli, Global CEO of Partners Group, Mr. YU Geng lin, Head of Partners Group China and their delegation visited Shanghai International Group. Mr.Shen Jun, Chairman of SIG, met with the delegation.

Mr. Shen Jun firstly gave a briefing on business areas and asset situation of SIG. He said SIG is a financial asset operating vehicle of Shanghai Municipal Government. Recently driven by a series of reform, SIG is moving forward to being market-oriented, professional and international. Partners Group has achieved solid performance in global private equity market. Both parties would have various areas to collaborate. Sailing Fund, launched and initiated by SIG, is a global RMB investment and lending fund, a project jointly researched and established by the Central bank of China and Shanghai Municipal Government; also it is a remarkable pilot program for RMB overseas investment of the Chinese government. Sailing Fund operates based on market rules and has performed soundly since its establishment two years ago. In the future, Sailing Fund can function as an important channel for the cooperation between SIG and United Group.

Mr. Christoph Rubeli said that Partners Group is a global private markets investment management firm with rich experiences, focusing on private equity, private real estate, private infrastructure and private debt investment. Currently its market capitalization is about 6 billion Swiss Francs and managing assets of EUR 30 billion. In recent years, Asia has gradually become a strategic priority region for Partners Group and it has set up a branch in Shanghai. He hoped in the future Partners Group will strengthen cooperation with SIG and Sailing Capital, build a long-term collaboration and achieve greater development for both parities.

The meeting was also attended by President of Sailing Capital and head from the Financial Management Department of SIG.