File 026041
Email Chain on China FinTech and Trump Cabinet Investment Connections (File 026041)
Email correspondence between Gino Yu and Jeffrey Epstein regarding Schulte Research reports on Chinese financial technology companies, PRC ownership structures, and alleged connections between Trump cabinet nominees and Koch Industries funding networks.
Summary
This document contains an email chain from December 2016 discussing a Schulte Research report (ED 164) analyzing Chinese fintech companies (Ping An, CICC, Alibaba, Tencent) and their investment potential. The report also details extensive Koch Industries political network connections to Trump administration officials including Marc Short, Mike Pence, Don McGahn, Mike Pompeo, and Betsy DeVos. The emails reference plans for a Tulum gathering and mention introducing Epstein to Paul Schulte, a financial analyst. The correspondence includes forward warnings marked "DO NOT FORWARD," indicating sensitive material.
From: Gino YuSent: 12/17/2016 12:35:06 PMTo: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]Subject: Re: Schulte Research: Deep dives into PRC fin tech ownership and Trump cabinet ownership. (DO NOT FORWARD)Attachments: mime-attachment.png; mime-attachment.gif; mime-attachment.jpgImportance: HighGood. Sorting out Tulum at the moment. Over 40 people wanted to come. The Cenote project didn't getfunded yet so we are sorting out accommodations. David Sauvage who you met is coming(https://docs.google.com/document/d/lzebY0wGi vn1WpUnkTR1T7yPsl-iQIfA9GidDUgOzeU/edit). JoonYun as well (who I'd like to introduce you to - http://www.drjoonyun.com/). The gathering will help planactivities in 2017 which I will summarise for you in Jan.On Monday, I head to Pragelato with the wife and kids for 10 days of skiing and sight-seeing. Head to Tulumon the 1st. I will be at DLD and Davos afterward. I still have a Vive that I got for you that I'd like to set up andwalk you and your people through.Is your schedule for the holidays sorted?Happy Holidays!!ginoOn 17 Dec 2016, at 6:10 PM, jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:no ,. how are you?On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 9:43 PM, Gino Yu < > wrote:See the attached. Let me know if you are interested in meeting him when he's in NYC.ginoBegin forwarded message:From: Paul Schulte <Subject: Re: Schulte Research: Deep dives into PRC fin tech ownership and Trump cabinetownership. (DO NOT FORWARD)Date: 17 December 2016 at 8:35:35 AM HKTTo: Gino Yu <Sure. ForwardFounder and EditorSchulte ResearchHOUSE OVERSIGHT 026041On 17 Dec 2016, at 3:09 AM, Gino Yu < wrote:I'm Still in HK. Cancelled my India trip. Leaving for Italy on Monday. Can meet this weekend if you arearound.Can I forward this to my benefactor in NYC? You interested in meeting him while you are there?ginoOn 16 Dec 2016, at 6:19 PM, Paul Schulte 1> wrote:Founder and EditorSchulte ResearchBegin forwarded message:From: Paul SchulteDate: 12 December 2016 at 4:10:08 PM GMT+8To: Paul Schulte <1Subject: Schulte Research: Deep dives into PRC fin tech ownership and Trump cabinet ownership. (DONOT FORWARD)SCHULTE RESEARCH REPORT: ED 164'INF&DEEP DIVES INTO PRC FIN TECH OWNERSHIP AND TRUMPCABINET OWNERSHIP. (DO NOT FORWARD)12 Decemer 2016ED 164• H SHARES: PING AN, CICC AT CENTER OF ALIBABA, TENCENTPHENOMENON. BUY. SELL AIA.• TRUMP CHOICES ARE ALL ABOUT KOCH BROS & OIL/GASNETWORK: BUY RUSSIA... ALSO SAUDI BANKS.• INVESTOR FEEDBACK: INFLATION COMING. BUY BOMBEDOUT BANKS HSBC, KB, UNICREDIT? GROWING AGREEMENT ONBOOM IN US. BUY CITI, JPM.CONTACT USPaul SchulteGavin LiuSenior AnalystesearchIND-X Advisors LimitedKinwick Centre, 8th Floor32 Hollywood RoadCentralHong KongHOUSE OVERSIGHT 026042Schulte Research Report, ED 164: Slides1. Ping An & CICC are the 2 H shares that operate in the middle of Alibaba, Tencent, Lufax.A. The chart below represents a deep dive we did on the new world of Chinese banking. Companieslike Zhong An, WeBank and Lufax will grow dramatically and will take advantage of (as well assupport) the massive worlds of Alibaba and Tencent. Together, Alibaba and Tencent have market capof $500 bn. Popping up in many of these areas of overlap are Ping An and CICC. They arestrategically placed to make great strides in China. This is slowly being recognized in the case of PingAN (See Page 8 of attached PPT). Ping An's market cap is $97 bn. It is connected to Zhong An.. Itowns 44% of Lufax. And some if its management were the very ones that started WeBank. It isperfectly positioned for the coming boom in new banking. It has the best combined ROA and ROEglobally and its P/E of 10x is trading on a 50% discount to the global averages. Why is Ping Antrading at a discount to AIA? BUY PING AN -- SELL AIA..B. The other company which has the best return on capital of any broker dealer -- and is alsopositioned nicely for the coming boom in the new era of banking in China -- is CICC. CICC and CDH(a CICC breakaway) both invested in Zhong An and Lufax. CICC has vision and a proven track record.Yet it has been a laggard. This is a top pick for H shares for China in 2017. The other bank with greatvision in this area is CCB, which has invested in Ant Financial. BUY H shares CCB and CICC. (Seeattached PPT for portfolios and China fintech details).C. IPOs in 2017. I think Zhong An will be a surprise for 2017 in the Hong Kong market. Its marketcap is expected to be $10 bn and it has interesting potential in so many areas of insurance. Itremains an insurance company whose marginal cost of a new customer is zero. It has a talentedteam of 900 engineers and has new Al and blockchain divisions. It is rolling out an impressive arrayof products including corporate solutions for insurance and investment plans. Lufax CEO Greg Gibbmade a big splash at the Finnovasia (Schulte Research co-sponsored it) in Hong Kong last month.The company is a diversified financial conglomerate akin to "Schwab meets etrade and Fidelity" --only 25 years ago. It needs an IPO north of $25 bn in order for the private equity partners to makemoney. Lastly, Ant Financial will come to the market for a $60 bn IPO in 2017 -- also in Hong Kong.This is a mothership company that goes to the heart of China's system. Its early investors are CIC,CDB, CCB, China Life and other vital organs of the system. It will not be allowed to fail. There aresome questions about whether to own this through Alibaba, since Alibaba will own 33% of Ant postIPO. I'm in this camp. Buy Alibaba on this pullback. (See attached PPT for the full China FintechReport).2. Koch Industries saturates both the offices of Trump as well as Pence. Mega bullish for Russia, oiland gas companies. Mega bearish for alternative energy.A. The Koch Brothers are not just two grumpy men -- they are a political party. Koch Industries is thesecond biggest private company in the US after Cargill. They operate public and secretive politicalentities in 32 states and dole out more than $500 million each political cycle to various entities in thestrongest places. The political entities employ more than 1,200 people and the amount of donationsavailable to right wing causes varies dramatically but is as high as $750 million per cycle. It is thethird largest party in the US after the Democratic and Republican party. It controls the Libre Alliance,Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners, Institute for Energy Research, American Energy Allianceand Concerned Veterans.HOUSE OVERSIGHT 026043B. What do they do with their money? They support right wing Republican candidates for allorganizations -- attorneys general, Senate, House and state political figures. This is where it getsinteresting. Freedom Partners is thought of as the "Koch bank". Guess who ran this? Marc Short. Itcontrols about $250 mn in funds for political activity. Guess who employed Marc Short as chief ofstaff? Indiana Governor Mike Pence. Guess who then employed him as chief of staff? President-electTrump. Matt Lloyd is in charge of communications and strategy for VP-elect Pence -- he came fromKoch Industries. Governor Pence was a frequent attendee of the secretive semi-annual meetings ofthe Koch Brothers. Guess who raised more than $100 million for Freedom Partners? Don McGahn.Guess who is the new White House Counsel for President-elect Trump? Don McGahn. (McGahn wasembroiled in the Tom Delay scandal in the 2000s). Guess who had two companies which had KochBrothers as investors and whose chief of staff (Chenowith) came from the Koch world? The new CIA-designate chief Mike Pompeo. (Pompeo's Kansas campaign received a $900,000 donation from Koch).Guess who gave $1 mn to Americans for Prosperity? Education secretary designate Betsy Devos.Guess who has written the strategy paper for the Department of Energy transition? Tom Pyle -- He isaffiliated with the Koch Industries Office of federal Affairs and the Institute for Energy Research.Guess who was caught up in a Koch Industries scandal for a petrochemical port project (with a Kochaffiliated Messr. Henneberry)? Governor Nikki Haley who is UN Ambassador designate.C. Advisors are ALL Koch-related. Here is where it gets fun. Former campaign advisor CoreyLewandowski came from KochLand. Rebekah Mercer is part of Koch and and gave $2.5 mn toFreedom Partners. Kellyanne Conway has connections to Pence from way back and is connected toSteve Bannon through the Center for National Policy. Trump deputy campaign manager David Bossiecame from Citizens United. The Director of Coalitions for Trump is named Alan Cobb -- he came fromAmericans for Prosperity. Daren Se!nick is a transition advisor and he came from ConcernedVeterans. Others on the Trump team who came from Kochland include Stuart Jolly, Eli Miller, ScottHagerstrom and Matt Ciepielowski.3. BUY the hell out of Russia -- Exxon Rex is a cabinet trifecta for Koch Brothers.A. And there's Exxon Rex. Any contribution from Exxon received money from Koch -- and vice versa.Rex Tillerson is worth $151 million and is leaving Exxon next year. He seems to have acceptedsecretary of state position. He inked a deal worth $300 billion in oil and gas exploration in 2012. (Forthat, he received the highest civilian honour bestowed by Russia). This will be a boom for KochIndustries as the sanctions against Russia are lifted. (Thank you Uncle Vlad for interfering in theelections). This will be a boom for Russia -- for equities, FX and bonds. It is clear that sanctionsagainst Russia will be lifted regardless of whether Russia interfered in the elections. (Clinton madethis a campaign issue and still lost!).B. Anyone who thinks this will be reversed by Greenpeace or other green organization is kiddingthemselves. The Senate and House is Republican. Majority parties control all committees so theycontrol the agenda. The agenda is set. These guys are geniuses with the news cycle. And the vastarray of think tanks controlled by the Koch Brothers (most of them) allows them to control the newscycle as well as the opinion pages of newspapers. The web on control on public opinion from theHOUSE OVERSIGHT 026044Koch Brothers reaches every newspaper through a large array of think tanks like the AEI and CatoInstitute, not to mention the vast array of Koch think tanks.C. If you don't like this, tough luck. Life is not fair. This is not going to be reversed. Think of it aswatching a science experiment. Bush lost the popular vote to Gore in 2001 and completely reversedpolicies on tax, environment, Middle East, energy, fracking, birth control, and LGBT issues. Trump,Pence, Bannon and Koch will make a deal which will be a hybrid of religious right on moral issues and"zero intrusion from government" in commerce. Republicans already control the Senate, the House, amajority of governorships as well as a majority of attorneys general. It will be very hard to reversethis. And if Trump can deliver jobs to the midwest red states, more senate seats will turn red. TomPyle's list of things to for the Department of Energy's transition team is expressly designed to do this.This includes new oil and gas leasing projects, more fracking, more coal, more LNG projects -- and agreen light for both the Keystone and Dakota pipelines. The working paper reneges on the Paris pact,the Clean Power Plan and the carbon tax. And it is expressly a climate change denial policy. Stateslike North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Iowa, Texas, Louisiana, West Virginia, Kansas andothers will come to life again.. Most of these states have small populations but each gets a governorand two senators.This report is published and distributed by IND-X Advisors Limited ("IND-X"). IND-X isregulated by the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission and is a registeredinvestment advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This message isintended for the addressee only and may contain private and confidential information ormaterial which may be privileged. If it has come to you in error you must delete it immediatelyand should not copy it or show it to any other person. IND-X and its affiliates make norepresentation that the contents of this e-mail are accurate or complete nor shall they haveany liability for any loss of profit, indirect or other consequential losses or other economic losssuffered by any person arising from reliance upon such contents.This e-mail is confidential and subject to IND-X Advisors Limited's electronic communication policy, which can be viewed at:http://www.indxadvisors.com/go/legal<mime-attachment.png><mime-attachment.gif><mime-attachment.jpg>This e-mail is confidential and subject to IND-X Advisors Limited's electronic communication policy, which can be viewed at:http://www.indxadvisors.com/go/legalHOUSE OVERSIGHT 026045Schulte-Researchffa.China Fintech MapTencent$231 bnSZZhong An$10 bnSHAnt 16%Ping An 12%Tencent 12%Ping AnCDH (ex-CICC)*CICCWeBank LufaxS5bnSZTencent 30%WeBank managementteam from Ping An$25bnSHPing An 44%BOC, Guotai Junani'CDH: set up by Wu Shangzhi, who brought a team from CICCplease noteThe information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJEEUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedAlibaba/AntI i baba will own 33% of Ant post I PO$233 bn/$60 bnHZ(CC. CDB, CCB, China Life, ChinaPacific insurance)privet*Ping An$97 bnSZCITIC Sec.Zhong AnHOUSE OVERSIGHT 026046