The bankers of Lombardy come to China

FinanceAsia: WhatÆs the background to LombardaÆs fund management joint venture in China? Luca Frontini: When I came to China three years ago in 2003, I could see the immense potential of the markets. We looked for a Chinese domestic brokerage, û medium-level, medium-size, medium-everything in fact! We found one, namely Guodu Securities, our current partner. For our part, we (the foreign shareholder) are a listed, medium-level Italian regional bank with very strong fundamentals, but lo…