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Shanghai directory · 85 firms

Asset management firms in Shanghai

Chinese asset management is dominated by giant bank- and state-affiliated houses, which makes the independent layer the interesting one. Shanghai's independents run private securities funds trading A-shares, quant shops, credit and multi-strategy managers, and the local operations of managers running international money into China. FirmScope verified 85 of them by hand: active, Shanghai-based, independent of the giants, with each strategy recorded the way the firm itself describes it.

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51
Generalist
18
Quant / Systematic
5
Hedge Fund
4
Long Only

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25 of the 85 firms on the list

FirmFocusTeam size
Asia Alternatives Management LLCLong Only51-200
CareCapital GroupGeneralist51-200
GENERTEC Investment Management Co., LtdGeneralist51-200
GP Capital Co., LtdGeneralist51-200
Greenwoods Asset Management (景林资产)Generalist51-200
Hidden Hill Capital 隐山资本Infrastructure51-200
Lilly Asia Ventures 礼来亚洲基金Generalist51-200
Rosefinch Fund ManagementLong Only51-200
Sixie Capital ManagementQuant / Systematic51-200
Uranus research天王星量化Quant / Systematic51-200
上海潼骁投资发展中心(有限合伙)Generalist51-200
上海稳博投资管理有限公司Quant / Systematic51-200
上海金锝资产管理有限公司Quant / Systematic51-200
明汯投资 Minghong InvestmentQuant / Systematic51-200
洛书投资(Luoshu Investment)Quant / Systematic51-200
量派投资 QuantPi InvestmentQuant / Systematic51-200
鸣石基金Quant / Systematic51-200
01VCGeneralist11-50
ACR Asset Management 安狮资产Real Estate11-50
Banyan Partners (Shanghai)Hedge Fund11-50
Canaan Capital LimitedGeneralist11-50
Canbros Seeding Inc.Hedge Fund11-50
China Eden Investment Management Co.,Ltd 中淄投资Generalist11-50
China-U.S. Green FundGeneralist11-50
DIBCGeneralist11-50

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What counts as a boutique here

Independent asset managers with real Shanghai operations: private fund managers, quant and multi-strategy shops, and specialist equity and credit managers whose ownership sits with the founders rather than a bank or state group.

The giant mutual fund houses and bank-owned managers are excluded on purpose - their graduate schemes are well documented. This list covers the firms that hire one person at a time, quietly.

Full detail on sourcing and verification is on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many boutique asset managers are in Shanghai?

FirmScope currently tracks 85 in Shanghai. Chinese asset management is heavily institutional, so the independent pool is select - and the list updates as it changes.

Why are the famous Chinese fund names missing?

Because most are bank-, insurer- or state-affiliated, and this directory maps independents. A manager that belongs to a group recruits like a group; the firms listed here hire directly and quietly.

Do Shanghai asset managers hire juniors without Mandarin?

Rarely for domestic strategies. The exceptions are the international managers' Shanghai operations and the quant shops, where the working language can be English and the bar is technical.

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