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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>AIA reported full-year results with VNB +33% YoY (CER basis, +30% on AER basis) to US$4,034mn, and ANP +45% YoY (CER basis, +41% on AER basis) to US$7,650mn, in line with our forecasts (VNB +31%, ANP +44% on AER basis).</li><li>We saw a narrowed downtrend in VNB margin to 52.6%, sequentially improved by 3.8pct to 54.5% in 2H23 (vs 1H23: 50.7%).</li><li>Among double-digit growth in four segments, AIA HK’s VNB remarkably rose 82% YoY underpinned by sequential growth in 4Q23 by capturing MCV demands against a sector-wide slowdown. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

AIA reported full-year results with VNB +33% YoY (CER basis, +30% on AER basis) to US$4,034mn, and ANP +45% YoY (CER basis, +41% on AER basis) to US$7,650mn, in line with our forecasts (VNB +31%, ANP +44% on AER basis).We saw a narrowed downtrend in VNB margin to 52.6%, sequentially improved by 3.8pct to 54.5% in 2H23 (vs 1H23: 50.7%).Among double-digit growth in four segments, AIA HK’s VNB remarkably rose 82% YoY underpinned by sequential growth in 4Q23 by capturing MCV demands against a sector-wide slowdown. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

AIA Group Ltd. (1299 HK) - FY23 VNB +33% in Line

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<ul><li>CN listed insurers released better-than-expected July premiums with life prints showing continued strong momentum on top of a high base in 7M23.</li><li>Six Hshare listed life peers in aggregate grew by +8.8%/+3.1% YoY to RMB 118bn/ RMB1,291bn in July and 7M24, +0.4pct/+0.5pct from last month.</li><li>Top life names contributed resilient increases as China Life/ Ping An Life/ NCI/ PICC Life each rose by +8.3%/+17.2%/+11.3% /+21.8% YoY in July.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

CN listed insurers released better-than-expected July premiums with life prints showing continued strong momentum on top of a high base in 7M23.Six Hshare listed life peers in aggregate grew by +8.8%/+3.1% YoY to RMB 118bn/ RMB1,291bn in July and 7M24, +0.4pct/+0.5pct from last month.Top life names contributed resilient increases as China Life/ Ping An Life/ NCI/ PICC Life each rose by +8.3%/+17.2%/+11.3% /+21.8% YoY in July.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Insurance - 7M24 Monthly: Life Momentum Kept Strong

<ul><li>The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) disclosed 2Q24 insurance funds allocation and respective investment yields for the industry and for life and P&amp;C companies.</li><li>The financial rate of return marginally recovered from troughs in 1Q24 with the comprehensive yields remaining attractive at above 5%, given the prolonged low interest rate cycle.</li><li>We see robust growth of total insurance funds by +11.0% YoY in 2Q24 to RMB30.9tn, on par with total premium growth of +10.5% to RMB3.55tn. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) disclosed 2Q24 insurance funds allocation and respective investment yields for the industry and for life and P&amp;C companies.The financial rate of return marginally recovered from troughs in 1Q24 with the comprehensive yields remaining attractive at above 5%, given the prolonged low interest rate cycle.We see robust growth of total insurance funds by +11.0% YoY in 2Q24 to RMB30.9tn, on par with total premium growth of +10.5% to RMB3.55tn. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Insurance - ILife/P&C Diverged in Allocation; Financial Yields Marginally Recovered in 2Q

<ul><li>Life premiums exhibited resilience on high base in Jun and diverged amid top peers.</li><li>Ping An L&amp;H grew by 14.7% YoY in Jun (vs May: +10.4% YoY) thanks to life and health segments, which expanded +16.2%/+19.7% YoY in Jun (vs May: +10.6%/ +11.0% YoY).</li><li>We regard the premium pick-up a concomitant of the Group’s strategic initiatives on healthcare and elderly care, which have fostered new growth drivers with product mix to be further optimized. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Life premiums exhibited resilience on high base in Jun and diverged amid top peers.Ping An L&amp;H grew by 14.7% YoY in Jun (vs May: +10.4% YoY) thanks to life and health segments, which expanded +16.2%/+19.7% YoY in Jun (vs May: +10.6%/ +11.0% YoY).We regard the premium pick-up a concomitant of the Group’s strategic initiatives on healthcare and elderly care, which have fostered new growth drivers with product mix to be further optimized. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Insurance - 6M24 Monthly: Life Prints Better-Than-Expected on High Base; P&C Dragged by Auto Sales

<ul><li>With double-digit new business growth achieved across HK/China, ASEAN and India markets, AIA recorded 28%/23% YoY growth of value of new business (VNB) in 1Q23 on a constant/actual FX rate (CER/AER) basis respectively.</li><li>The life insurer saw its agent productivity further rose at a double-digit in 1Q23, with total number of new recruits picking up at the meanwhile.</li><li>Looking forward, given the catalysts on: 1) strong momentum in recovery of life insurance demands in mainland market, 2) AIA’s continued geographical expansions approved by Chinese regulatory into new cities, i.e. Zhengzhou, Henan province in China, and 3) the comeback of mainland visitors boosting the MCV business in HK since reopening in 2M23, we expect the strong new business momentum to sustain throughout FY23.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

With double-digit new business growth achieved across HK/China, ASEAN and India markets, AIA recorded 28%/23% YoY growth of value of new business (VNB) in 1Q23 on a constant/actual FX rate (CER/AER) basis respectively.The life insurer saw its agent productivity further rose at a double-digit in 1Q23, with total number of new recruits picking up at the meanwhile.Looking forward, given the catalysts on: 1) strong momentum in recovery of life insurance demands in mainland market, 2) AIA’s continued geographical expansions approved by Chinese regulatory into new cities, i.e. Zhengzhou, Henan province in China, and 3) the comeback of mainland visitors boosting the MCV business in HK since reopening in 2M23, we expect the strong new business momentum to sustain throughout FY23.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

AIA Group Ltd. (1299 HK) – Strong 1Q23 momentum

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AIA Group Limited offers insurance and financial services. The Company writes life insurance for individuals, businesses, accident, and health insurance, as well as retirement planning and wealth management services.

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AIA Group Ltd (1299 HK)