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Thomas J. Monaco

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Silver Point is a boutique research firm that focuses on the broader financial services sector, with a particular focus on troubled institutions globally. 

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Equity Bottom-Up

* Poster-child For All That Is Wrong in China Financials: Some of what we believe will rear its ugly head in 2018 will be: 1) investment portfolio risk; 2) weakness in solvency margins; 3)  weaker volume growth at Ping An Life; 4) operating losses at Ping An P&amp;C; 5) a potential capital raise at Ping An Bank; and 6) concerns over the wealth management.   * FinTech: Monetization of fintech subsidiaries is underway, but this appears to be only a modest offset to Ping An Insurance (2318.HK) [Ping…

* Poster-child For All That Is Wrong in China Financials: Some of what we believe will rear its ugly head in 2018 will be: 1) investment portfolio risk; 2) weakness in solvency margins; 3)  weaker volume growth at Ping An Life; 4) operating losses at Ping An P&amp;C; 5) a potential capital raise at Ping An Bank; and 6) concerns over the wealth management.   * FinTech: Monetization of fintech subsidiaries is underway, but this appears to be only a modest offset to Ping An Insurance (2318.HK) [Ping…

* De-Merger Announcement: Prudential plc (PRU.LN) [Pru] expects to segregate its United Kingdom (UK) life insurance and asset management subsidiary from the rest of the operation. Instead, Pru will now focus on Asia, the United States, and Africa.* Asian Capital Raise Likelier: We would not be surprised to see a significant capital raise in Hong Kong if/when the relationship with Jackson National is terminated. Hiving off the US franchise would allow the shares to trade more on par with AIA…

* De-Merger Announcement: Prudential plc (PRU.LN) [Pru] expects to segregate its United Kingdom (UK) life insurance and asset management subsidiary from the rest of the operation. Instead, Pru will now focus on Asia, the United States, and Africa.* Asian Capital Raise Likelier: We would not be surprised to see a significant capital raise in Hong Kong if/when the relationship with Jackson National is terminated. Hiving off the US franchise would allow the shares to trade more on par with AIA…

Prudential Plc – De-Merger Suggests Greater Competition for AIA

Agricultural Bank Of China / Equity Bottom-Up

* Well-Orchestrated Capital Raise Coupled With More Regulatory Forbearance: Agricultural Bank of China (1288.HK) [ABC] announced plans on raising USD 15.8 bn in fresh equity concurrent with the China Bank Regulatory Commission’s (CBRC) new guidelines for commercial banks to expand their use of perpetual capital bonds, tier-2 capital with conversion features, convertible bonds, and total loss-absorption capacity (TLAC) instruments.* In Mainland China, You Can Never Have Enough Capital: By our…

* Well-Orchestrated Capital Raise Coupled With More Regulatory Forbearance: Agricultural Bank of China (1288.HK) [ABC] announced plans on raising USD 15.8 bn in fresh equity concurrent with the China Bank Regulatory Commission’s (CBRC) new guidelines for commercial banks to expand their use of perpetual capital bonds, tier-2 capital with conversion features, convertible bonds, and total loss-absorption capacity (TLAC) instruments.* In Mainland China, You Can Never Have Enough Capital: By our…

Agricultural Bank of China - Capital Overhang Persists

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Year-on-year growth in first-year premium sold in January was negative for listed Chinese insurers, given the implementation of document 134 which prohibited providing cash survival benefits within the first five years and the use of universal or unit-linked products as a supplement to an underlying insurance policy. Given such an impact, we saw increasing divergence among major insurers depending on their product offerings. Driven by strong growth in renewable premiums, January premium growth…

Year-on-year growth in first-year premium sold in January was negative for listed Chinese insurers, given the implementation of document 134 which prohibited providing cash survival benefits within the first five years and the use of universal or unit-linked products as a supplement to an underlying insurance policy. Given such an impact, we saw increasing divergence among major insurers depending on their product offerings. Driven by strong growth in renewable premiums, January premium growth…

January Life Insurance Sales Were Negatively Impacted by Document 134

* Questionable Reduction in Reserve Coverage: Just as the wheels are about to fall off the bus, the China Bank Regulatory Commission (CBRC) - in their infinite wisdom – decided to allow Chinese banks to reduce the minimum NPL coverage ratio from 150% to 120%, and the minimum LLR cover of total loans from 2.5% to 1.5%.* Knee Jerk Reaction Is Silly – At Least For the 2nd Tier Banks:The 2nd tier banks carry the risk of substantially higher capital requirements and inadequate provisions as these…

* Questionable Reduction in Reserve Coverage: Just as the wheels are about to fall off the bus, the China Bank Regulatory Commission (CBRC) - in their infinite wisdom – decided to allow Chinese banks to reduce the minimum NPL coverage ratio from 150% to 120%, and the minimum LLR cover of total loans from 2.5% to 1.5%.* Knee Jerk Reaction Is Silly – At Least For the 2nd Tier Banks:The 2nd tier banks carry the risk of substantially higher capital requirements and inadequate provisions as these…

China Banks – Can You Say Capital Forbearance?

China

China Life Insurance Company Ltd. offers a wide range of life, accident, and health insurance products and services.

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Ping An Insurance – Wet Blanket

* Poster-child For All That Is Wrong in China Financials: Some of what we believe will rear its ugly head in 2018 will be: 1) investment portfolio...

Thomas J. Monaco

Prudential Plc – De-Merger Suggests Greater Competition for AIA

* De-Merger Announcement: Prudential plc (PRU.LN) [Pru] expects to segregate its United Kingdom (UK) life insurance and asset management subsidiary...

Thomas J. Monaco

Agricultural Bank of China - Capital Overhang Persists

* Well-Orchestrated Capital Raise Coupled With More Regulatory Forbearance: Agricultural Bank of China (1288.HK) [ABC] announced plans on raising...

Thomas J. Monaco

January Life Insurance Sales Were Negatively Impacted by Document 134

Year-on-year growth in first-year premium sold in January was negative for listed Chinese insurers, given the implementation of document 134 which...

Morningstar, Inc.

China Banks – Can You Say Capital Forbearance?

* Questionable Reduction in Reserve Coverage: Just as the wheels are about to fall off the bus, the China Bank Regulatory Commission (CBRC) - in...

Thomas J. Monaco

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