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Stanley Tsai, CFA

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<li>The recent rollout of a tax-deferred individual pension scheme marks a pivotal moment in the country's preparation for seismic shifts in its demographics.</li>
<li>The transition towards Pillar 3 of the retirement system has important implications for global asset allocators' long-term China investment thesis.</li>
<li>It's still early days, but there are ways to participate in the growth of private pensions. We look at the scale of the opportunities available and the potential beneficiaries.</li>
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The recent rollout of a tax-deferred individual pension scheme marks a pivotal moment in the country's preparation for seismic shifts in its demographics.
The transition towards Pillar 3 of the retirement system has important implications for global asset allocators' long-term China investment thesis.
It's still early days, but there are ways to participate in the growth of private pensions. We look at the scale of the opportunities available and the potential beneficiaries.


China's Fledgling Pensions Market: Are You Positioned to Cash In?

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingston-financial-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3566:1" rel="noopener">Kingston Financial (1031 HK)</a> announced a privatisation offer from Mrs Chu, the controlling shareholder, at HK$0.30 per share, a 47.8% premium to the undisturbed price. The offer price is final.</li>
<li>Key conditions include approval by at least 75% of disinterested shareholders (&lt;10% of disinterested shareholders rejection) and the headcount test. No shareholder holds a blocking stake.</li>
<li>The offer is light and the offeror is betting that the grim market conditions will sway the headcount test in its favour. Scheme document despatched by 21 December. </li>
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Kingston Financial (1031 HK) announced a privatisation offer from Mrs Chu, the controlling shareholder, at HK$0.30 per share, a 47.8% premium to the undisturbed price. The offer price is final.
Key conditions include approval by at least 75% of disinterested shareholders (&lt;10% of disinterested shareholders rejection) and the headcount test. No shareholder holds a blocking stake.
The offer is light and the offeror is betting that the grim market conditions will sway the headcount test in its favour. Scheme document despatched by 21 December. 


Kingston Financial’s HK$0.30 Privatisation Bid from Mrs Chu

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingston-financial-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3566:1" rel="noopener">Kingston Financial (1031 HK)</a> entered a trading halt pending an announcement under the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers on 14 October. The shares are at all-time lows. </li>
<li>It is likely that Pollyanna Chu Yuet Wah (CEO and co-founder), the largest shareholder representing 75.61% of ordinary shares (80.09% of diluted shares), is seeking to privatise Kingston.</li>
<li>As privatisation through a Bermuda scheme involves the headcount test, a decent premium is required - an offer at the 1-year average price of HK$0.33 implies a 63% premium.</li>
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Kingston Financial (1031 HK) entered a trading halt pending an announcement under the Hong Kong Code on Takeovers and Mergers on 14 October. The shares are at all-time lows. 
It is likely that Pollyanna Chu Yuet Wah (CEO and co-founder), the largest shareholder representing 75.61% of ordinary shares (80.09% of diluted shares), is seeking to privatise Kingston.
As privatisation through a Bermuda scheme involves the headcount test, a decent premium is required - an offer at the 1-year average price of HK$0.33 implies a 63% premium.


Kingston’s All-Time Lows to Draw an Offer from Mrs Chu?

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<ul><li>China has drafted tough requirements that insurance companies would need to meet to participate in the state-backed personal pension scheme.</li><li>The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), the country’s top insurance watchdog, issued draft rules to nearly 100 life, health or pension insurers late last month.</li><li>The draft marks the latest step in fleshing out a framework released in April by the State Council, China’s cabinet, for a growing personal pension market.</li></ul>

China has drafted tough requirements that insurance companies would need to meet to participate in the state-backed personal pension scheme.The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC), the country’s top insurance watchdog, issued draft rules to nearly 100 life, health or pension insurers late last month.The draft marks the latest step in fleshing out a framework released in April by the State Council, China’s cabinet, for a growing personal pension market.

China Drafts Tough Rules for Insurers to Join National Personal Pension Scheme, Sources Say

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China has drafted tough requirements that insurance companies would need to meet to participate in the state-backed personal pension scheme.

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