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CMB International

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>On Jan 5, the State Council of the PRC officially announced the approval on HKMainland border reopening followed by a detailed scheme arranged by the HK government, which enabled 60,000-person daily cap to travel across the border since 8 Jan, including mainland visitors (MCVs) coming to Hong Kong, reaching approx. 40% average daily traffic back to the pre-COVID period in 2019.</li><li>Buoyed by this positive news, we believe AIA Hong Kong will gain new business momentum to the upside amidst thriving market sentiment driven by the release of MCVs’ pent-up demands for US dollar savings and high-end health protections starting in 2023.</li><li>We raise our VNB growth forecast on AIA in FY23E, and roll over TP to FY24E at HK$118. Reiterate BUY.</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

On Jan 5, the State Council of the PRC officially announced the approval on HKMainland border reopening followed by a detailed scheme arranged by the HK government, which enabled 60,000-person daily cap to travel across the border since 8 Jan, including mainland visitors (MCVs) coming to Hong Kong, reaching approx. 40% average daily traffic back to the pre-COVID period in 2019.Buoyed by this positive news, we believe AIA Hong Kong will gain new business momentum to the upside amidst thriving market sentiment driven by the release of MCVs’ pent-up demands for US dollar savings and high-end health protections starting in 2023.We raise our VNB growth forecast on AIA in FY23E, and roll over TP to FY24E at HK$118. Reiterate BUY.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.

AIA Group Ltd. (1299 HK) – Pent-up demands to boost HK growth; Raise TP