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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We expect property + sector to react positively on CSRC’s pilot scheme since it may accelerate home delivery and social housing with the help of private investment.</li><li>Also, despite limited scope, it may leave some space for hot money into new residential projects and M&amp;A deals especially when the sales are recovering now and trust loans are back.</li><li>This is in line with our previous report that the policy will remain supportive.</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.

We expect property + sector to react positively on CSRC’s pilot scheme since it may accelerate home delivery and social housing with the help of private investment.Also, despite limited scope, it may leave some space for hot money into new residential projects and M&amp;A deals especially when the sales are recovering now and trust loans are back.This is in line with our previous report that the policy will remain supportive.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 Property Sector – Mildly positive for CSRC’s pilot private investment scheme in real estate

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>3690HK：WeChat is testing delivery platform in Guangzhou and Shenzhen (-)</li>
<li>Gaming Industry: China Game Industry Annual Conference (GIAC) is held（+）</li>
<li>BEKE：Home price decline narrowed in Jan 2023, where first tier turn positive MoM, and new home outpace existing home (+)</li>
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3690HK：WeChat is testing delivery platform in Guangzhou and Shenzhen (-)
Gaming Industry: China Game Industry Annual Conference (GIAC) is held（+）
BEKE：Home price decline narrowed in Jan 2023, where first tier turn positive MoM, and new home outpace existing home (+)


China TMT Update(Feb.15-16）：Tencent, Meituan, BEKE - WeChat Is Testing Delivery Platform

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<li>Property+ sector saw a decent correction on articles from Economic daily and Qiushi that reiterated property price increase and financial system risk.</li>
<li>It has sparked the market fear of policy direction change right in the middle of improving sales data and momentum.</li>
<li>We agree that the better the data, the less policy support needed, but property policy will continue to stay supportive in the coming months as 1) the new home sales remained fragile and still declined 23% YoY YTD despite the recent improvement.</li>
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Property+ sector saw a decent correction on articles from Economic daily and Qiushi that reiterated property price increase and financial system risk.
It has sparked the market fear of policy direction change right in the middle of improving sales data and momentum.
We agree that the better the data, the less policy support needed, but property policy will continue to stay supportive in the coming months as 1) the new home sales remained fragile and still declined 23% YoY YTD despite the recent improvement.

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China Property Sector – Good news is bad news?

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>We screen for companies that are at record positioning among active Asia Ex-Japan managers, whilst capturing strong investment growth over the last 6-months.</li>
<li>9 companies stand out, led by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yum-china-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23677:1" rel="noopener">Yum China Holdings, Inc (YUMC US)</a>  and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/glodon-company-limited-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10536:1" rel="noopener">Glodon Company Limited A (002410 CH)</a> </li>
<li>These 9 stocks have accelerated to a record combined weight of 3.04%.  The rate of increase has been remarkable, with average weights doubling since the end of March 2022.  </li>
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We screen for companies that are at record positioning among active Asia Ex-Japan managers, whilst capturing strong investment growth over the last 6-months.
9 companies stand out, led by Yum China Holdings, Inc (YUMC US)  and Glodon Company Limited A (002410 CH) 
These 9 stocks have accelerated to a record combined weight of 3.04%.  The rate of increase has been remarkable, with average weights doubling since the end of March 2022.  


Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>How many roads a man must walk to become a man? The financial crisis in 2008 (new home sales -19% YoY) was the first life or death test for Lianjia but it pulled through the challenging four seasons via anti-cycle store opening to boost top line.</li><li>Then China’s rolling out RMB4tn stimulus in 2009 made Lianjia the distant market leader. 2Q21-3Q22 were the next six seasons when everything went against BEKE (founder’s passing away, developers defaults, hard landing in property market (-30% YoY), commission rate cap risk and what’s not).</li><li>It still survived comfortably with RMB1.3bn net profits in 9M22 and net cash of RMB60bn (incl. ST investments), partly thanks to visionary ACN platform. </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.

How many roads a man must walk to become a man? The financial crisis in 2008 (new home sales -19% YoY) was the first life or death test for Lianjia but it pulled through the challenging four seasons via anti-cycle store opening to boost top line.Then China’s rolling out RMB4tn stimulus in 2009 made Lianjia the distant market leader. 2Q21-3Q22 were the next six seasons when everything went against BEKE (founder’s passing away, developers defaults, hard landing in property market (-30% YoY), commission rate cap risk and what’s not).It still survived comfortably with RMB1.3bn net profits in 9M22 and net cash of RMB60bn (incl. ST investments), partly thanks to visionary ACN platform. 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.

Ke Holdings (BEKE US) – Beke After Ten Seasons; Initiate with Buy

China

KE Holdings Inc. operates as an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services. The Company offers existing and new home sales, home rentals, home renovation, real estate financial solutions, and other services. KE Holdings conducts businesses in China.

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CMB International

China TMT Update(Feb.15-16）：Tencent, Meituan, BEKE - WeChat Is Testing Delivery Platform

3690HK：WeChat is testing delivery platform in Guangzhou and Shenzhen (-); Gaming Industry: China Game Industry Annual Conference (GIAC) is...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Property Sector – Good news is bad news?

Property+ sector saw a decent correction on articles from Economic daily and Qiushi that reiterated property price increase and financial system risk.

CMB International

Asia Ex-Japan's Rising Stars

We screen for companies in the Asia Ex-Japan region that are not widely held but are at record levels of ownership among actively managed funds.

Steven Holden

Ke Holdings (BEKE US) – Beke After Ten Seasons; Initiate with Buy

The financial crisis in 2008 (new home sales -19% YoY) was the first life or death test for Lianjia but it pulled through the challenging four...

CMB International

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