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Daily Brief Thematic (Sector/Industry): Ohayo Japan | US Snoozes; More Firms to Delist from TSE and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Ohayo Japan | US Snoozes; More Firms to Delist from TSE
  • China Property – New Home Sales Growth Less Negative (16 Cities) To Week Ending Dec 24
  • China Property Developers In Distress – Weekly News & Announcements Tracker | Dec 22-28, 2023


Ohayo Japan | US Snoozes; More Firms to Delist from TSE

By Mark Chadwick

  • Overseas: SPX +0.0%, Marginal gains on penultimate trading day. Oil -3%
  • Today: NKY Futs -0.3% v cash. JPY141; JGC to study hydrogen production on moon!
  • Japan: Japanese firms consider delisting to enhance management amid governance reforms, requiring Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime section companies to appoint external directors for increased board independence.

China Property – New Home Sales Growth Less Negative (16 Cities) To Week Ending Dec 24

By Robert Ciemniak

  • The weekly new home sales data indicates a smaller pace of decline for the select 16 major cities with consistent data towards the year-end.
  • Xi’an stands out as an outperformer. Recent policy easing in Beijing and Shanghai may not be fully reflected in the data yet.
  • The small-sample weekly data serves as a good directional indicator as to what to expect in the national figures for the same month (published in the middle of next month).

China Property Developers In Distress – Weekly News & Announcements Tracker | Dec 22-28, 2023

By Robert Ciemniak

  • This note is a weekly curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in distress
  • We look for their deals, updates, specific project progress news (‘local signals’), as well as relevant local research commentaries about the market
  • We do not verify the underlying data or provide any opinion, we only select and summarize the information; See direct links to sources

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