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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>Alphabet reported 4Q24 results: net revenue (excl. TAC) grew by 13% YoY to US$81.6bn, and net income increased by 28% YoY to US$26.5bn, both in line with Bloomberg consensus estimate.</li><li>FY24 net income was up by 36% YoY to US$100.1bn, primarily due to the enhanced operating efficiency and savings of exit charges related to the global office space optimization.</li><li>Looking ahead, management guided total capex to reach c.US$75bn in FY25E (+43% YoY) and expected headcount growth in key areas such as AI and cloud, which will impact the margin outlook in FY25E. </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>

Alphabet reported 4Q24 results: net revenue (excl. TAC) grew by 13% YoY to US$81.6bn, and net income increased by 28% YoY to US$26.5bn, both in line with Bloomberg consensus estimate.FY24 net income was up by 36% YoY to US$100.1bn, primarily due to the enhanced operating efficiency and savings of exit charges related to the global office space optimization.Looking ahead, management guided total capex to reach c.US$75bn in FY25E (+43% YoY) and expected headcount growth in key areas such as AI and cloud, which will impact the margin outlook in FY25E. 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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