External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

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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>Kuaishou announced 3Q25 results: total revenue increased by 14% YoY to RMB35.6bn, in line with Bloomberg consensus/our estimate; adjusted net profit grew by 26% YoY to RMB4.99bn, 3/2% ahead of consensus/our estimate, primarily due to enhanced operating efficiency.</li><li>Revenue from Kling AI exceeded RMB300mn in 3Q25 (+c.20% QoQ), beating our expectation again.</li><li>Kuaishou highlighted several concrete data points on how AI empowers advertising and e-commerce businesses (e.g. driving additional 4-5% growth in domestic ad revenue), which reinforces our constructive views on Kuaishou’s AI development. </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Kuaishou announced 3Q25 results: total revenue increased by 14% YoY to RMB35.6bn, in line with Bloomberg consensus/our estimate; adjusted net profit grew by 26% YoY to RMB4.99bn, 3/2% ahead of consensus/our estimate, primarily due to enhanced operating efficiency.Revenue from Kling AI exceeded RMB300mn in 3Q25 (+c.20% QoQ), beating our expectation again.Kuaishou highlighted several concrete data points on how AI empowers advertising and e-commerce businesses (e.g. driving additional 4-5% growth in domestic ad revenue), which reinforces our constructive views on Kuaishou’s AI development. 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.

Kuaishou (1024 HK) - 3Q25 Results: AI Empowers All Business Lines

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>Revenue growth accelerated for third quarter to 14% YoY in 3Q25.</li>
<li>GMV of live streaming e-commerce grew by 18% YoY in 3Q25.</li>
<li>The operating margin improved significantly by 4.7 ppt YoY in 3Q25.</li>
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Revenue growth accelerated for third quarter to 14% YoY in 3Q25.
GMV of live streaming e-commerce grew by 18% YoY in 3Q25.
The operating margin improved significantly by 4.7 ppt YoY in 3Q25.


KS / Kuaishou (1024 HK): 3Q25, Growth and Margin Continuously Climbed Up

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

SBI Shinsei Bank / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, HK IPOs continue to be launched into the year end.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there are a number of lockup expiries coming up over the next few weeks.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, HK IPOs continue to be launched into the year end.
On the placements front, there are a number of lockup expiries coming up over the next few weeks.


ECM Weekly (22 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, ICICI AMC, Insilico, Forest Cabin Sanhua, IFBH, CaoCao

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Dec 12th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Xiaomi, Alibaba, ZTE, Ke, Petrochina.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Dec 12th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Xiaomi, Alibaba, ZTE, Ke, Petrochina.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Xiaomi, Alibaba, ZTE, Ke, Petrochina

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of December 19th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Xiaomi, Meituan, Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, Ke, China Mobile, Hua Hong Semiconductor, Petrochina, SMIC, HKEx.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of December 19th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Xiaomi, Meituan, Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, Ke, China Mobile, Hua Hong Semiconductor, Petrochina, SMIC, HKEx.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Dec 19th): Xiaomi, Meituan, Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, Ke, China Mobile

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Kuaishou Technology operates as a content community and social platform. The Company helps users create, upload and watch short videos on mobile devices. Kuaishou Technology offers services worldwide.

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Kuaishou (1024 HK) - 3Q25 Results: AI Empowers All Business Lines

Kuaishou announced 3Q25 results: total revenue increased by 14% YoY to RMB35.6bn, in line with Bloomberg consensus/our estimate; adjusted net...

CMB International

KS / Kuaishou (1024 HK): 3Q25, Growth and Margin Continuously Climbed Up

Revenue growth accelerated for third quarter to 14% YoY in 3Q25. GMV of live streaming e-commerce grew by 18% YoY in 3Q25. The operating margin...

Ming Lu

ECM Weekly (22 December 2025) - SBI Shinsei, ICICI AMC, Insilico, Forest Cabin Sanhua, IFBH, CaoCao

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

HK Short Interest Weekly: Xiaomi, Alibaba, ZTE, Ke, Petrochina

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Dec 12th and highlight short interest changes in Xiaomi, Alibaba, ZTE, Ke,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Dec 19th): Xiaomi, Meituan, Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, Ke, China Mobile

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Xiaomi, Meituan, Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, Ke, China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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