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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>The NFRA announced to raise the cap for Chinese insurers’ equity asset allocation ratio corresponding to the comprehensive solvency ratio (CSR) by 5% for whose CSR ranging from (150%, 200%), (250%, 300%) and above 350%.</li><li>The financial regulator eased equity investment upside for Chinese insurers to broaden incremental capital injection to the real economy in joint with other efforts to shore up the market sentiment, in our view.</li><li>From a top-down perspective, we reckon the action could bring RMB1.66tn incremental funds to the stock market if the industry expanded the equity allocation to the upper limit of 30% of total insurance funds by end-FY24.</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 NFRA announced to raise the cap for Chinese insurers’ equity asset allocation ratio corresponding to the comprehensive solvency ratio (CSR) by 5% for whose CSR ranging from (150%, 200%), (250%, 300%) and above 350%.The financial regulator eased equity investment upside for Chinese insurers to broaden incremental capital injection to the real economy in joint with other efforts to shore up the market sentiment, in our view.From a top-down perspective, we reckon the action could bring RMB1.66tn incremental funds to the stock market if the industry expanded the equity allocation to the upper limit of 30% of total insurance funds by end-FY24.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 - Raised Cap for Insurer’s Equity Asset Allocation Could Unleash Max. RMB 1.7tn...

<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

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<ul><li>ZhongAn reported FY23 results with net profit attributable to shareholders turning positive to RMB4.1bn, from a net loss of RMB1.1bn in 2022.</li><li>Excluding the oneoff gain on disposal of ZA International at RMB3.78bn, the insurer recorded RMB 294mn net profit, in line with consensus.</li><li>We see multiple highlights in the results: 1) domestic P&amp;C growth momentum continued driven by digital lifestyle with premiums +33.1% YoY in 2H23 despite macro uncertainties; 2) revenue from domestic technology export rose 73% YoY to RMB504mn by riding the wave of Digital China; 3) ZA Bank breakeven was on track, with the bank’s net revenue +42.9% YoY and NIM +10bps to 1.94% on the back of a lower loan-to-deposit ratio at 46% (vs 2022: 53%). </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.

ZhongAn reported FY23 results with net profit attributable to shareholders turning positive to RMB4.1bn, from a net loss of RMB1.1bn in 2022.Excluding the oneoff gain on disposal of ZA International at RMB3.78bn, the insurer recorded RMB 294mn net profit, in line with consensus.We see multiple highlights in the results: 1) domestic P&amp;C growth momentum continued driven by digital lifestyle with premiums +33.1% YoY in 2H23 despite macro uncertainties; 2) revenue from domestic technology export rose 73% YoY to RMB504mn by riding the wave of Digital China; 3) ZA Bank breakeven was on track, with the bank’s net revenue +42.9% YoY and NIM +10bps to 1.94% on the back of a lower loan-to-deposit ratio at 46% (vs 2022: 53%). 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.

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ZhongAn Online P & C Insurance Co., Ltd. operates as an insurance company. The Company develops and sells health, airline, and automotive insurance, and other products. ZhongAn Online P & C Insurance also offers online consumer finance services.

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China Insurance - Raised Cap for Insurer’s Equity Asset Allocation Could Unleash Max. RMB 1.7tn...

The NFRA announced to raise the cap for Chinese insurers’ equity asset allocation ratio corresponding to the comprehensive solvency ratio (CSR) by...

CMB International

China Insurance - 7M24 Monthly: Life Momentum Kept Strong

CN listed insurers released better-than-expected July premiums with life prints showing continued strong momentum on top of a high base in 7M23.

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

The National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) disclosed 2Q24 insurance funds allocation and respective investment yields for the industry...

CMB International

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

Ping An L&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:...

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ZhongAn (6060 HK) - Digital Lifestyle Leading Growth

ZhongAn reported FY23 results with net profit attributable to shareholders turning positive to RMB4.1bn, from a net loss of RMB1.1bn in 2022.

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