Privacy Statement

Effective Date: [1/4/2026]
Operator: Cogent Financial Group (“CFG,” “we,” “us,” or “our”)

Cogent Financial Group respects your privacy and is committed to handling personal data responsibly. This Privacy Statement explains how we collect, use, disclose, store, and protect personal data when you visit our website, contact us, or otherwise interact with us through this website.

By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Statement.

1. Who We Are

Cogent Financial Group is a Hong Kong-based private equity investment business with activities and interests across the Asia-Pacific region. Through this website, we provide information about our business, sectors of interest, geographic footprint, and related opportunities.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or our handling of personal data, please contact:

Privacy Contact
Cogent Financial Group
Unit 1509, 15/F, Olympia Plaza, 255 Kings Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Email: info@cogentfinancialgroup.com
Phone: +65 6704 9273

2. Personal Data We May Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

a. Information you provide directly

This may include:

• your name
• company or organization name
• job title
• email address
• phone number
• country or location
• correspondence content
• any information you submit through contact forms, email, phone, or other communications

b. Business inquiry and relationship information

If you contact us as a potential investor, partner, operator, service provider, or other business contact, we may collect information relevant to evaluating and responding to your inquiry.

c. Website usage and technical information

When you access the website, we or our service providers may automatically collect certain technical information such as:

• IP address
• browser type and version
• device information
• pages viewed
• referring website
• date/time of access
• general usage and navigation data
• cookie or similar technology data

d. Compliance and due diligence information

If discussions progress beyond an initial inquiry, we may request additional information necessary for internal review, risk management, legal compliance, or due diligence.

3. How We Use Personal Data

We may use personal data for the following purposes:

• to operate, maintain, and improve the website
• to respond to inquiries and communications
• to evaluate potential business, investment, partnership, or service opportunities
• to manage relationships with investors, operators, counterparties, and other stakeholders
• to conduct internal analysis, reporting, and administration
• to monitor website performance, security, and integrity
• to detect, investigate, and prevent fraud, misuse, unauthorized access, and other unlawful activity
• to comply with legal, regulatory, tax, audit, accounting, reporting, and compliance obligations
• to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims

4. Lawful Basis / Basis for Processing

Where applicable under relevant privacy laws, we process personal data on one or more of the following bases:

• your consent
• the need to take steps at your request before entering a business relationship
• our legitimate interests in operating our business, managing inquiries, and maintaining the website
• compliance with legal and regulatory obligations
• protection of our legal rights and interests

5. Cookies and Similar Technologies

This website may use cookies and similar technologies to support functionality, security, analytics, and user experience.

Cookies may help us:

• remember preferences
• understand how visitors use the website
• improve content, performance, and navigation
• support website security and administration

You can control cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

6. How We Share Personal Data

We may disclose personal data to:

• our affiliates and related group companies
• professional advisers, including legal, compliance, audit, and tax advisers
• IT, hosting, analytics, communications, and website service providers
• business partners or counterparties where relevant to a legitimate inquiry or transaction
• regulators, authorities, courts, law enforcement, or governmental bodies where required or permitted by law
• actual or prospective purchasers, investors, financiers, or transaction counterparties in connection with a restructuring, financing, merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, subject to appropriate confidentiality arrangements

We do not sell personal data for monetary consideration.

7. International Transfers

Because CFG operates across multiple Asia-Pacific jurisdictions, personal data may be transferred to, accessed from, or stored in locations outside the country in which you are located, including by affiliated entities, advisers, and service providers.

Where required by applicable law, we take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers.

8. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Statement, including to:

• respond to inquiries
• manage ongoing business relationships
• comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and recordkeeping obligations
• resolve disputes
• enforce our rights and agreements

Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the data and the purpose for which it was collected.

9. Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no website, transmission method, or storage system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Your Rights

Depending on the laws that apply to you, you may have rights to:

• request access to personal data we hold about you
• request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data
• request deletion of personal data in certain circumstances
• object to or restrict certain processing
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• request portability of personal data where applicable
• lodge a complaint with a relevant supervisory or regulatory authority

To exercise any applicable rights, please contact us using the details in Section 1.

11. Third-Party Websites

This website may contain links to third-party websites or platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of those third-party services. You should review their privacy notices separately.

12. Children’s Privacy

This website is intended for business and professional audiences. It is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children through this website.

13. Changes to This Privacy Statement

We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.” Your continued use of the website after changes are posted signifies your acceptance of the updated statement, to the extent permitted by law.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Statement or our handling of personal data, please contact:

Cogent Financial Group
Unit 1509, 15/F, Olympia Plaza, 255 Kings Road, North Point, Hong Kong
Email: info@cogentfinancialgroup.com
Phone: +65 6704 9273