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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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Equity Bottom-Up

China Pacific Insurance / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>CPIC reported a beat on Life OPAT, NBV growth and CSM, indicating the insurer’s strong capability to capitalize on value growth and effective A/L mgmt. amid a low interest rate environment.</li><li>Group OPAT rose 2.5% YoY to RMB 34.4bn, and Life OPAT climbed 6.1% YoY to RMB 27.6bn, better than our forecast (+2%).</li><li>Net profit came in at RMB45.0bn, up 64.9% YoY, at the upper-end of profit alert by 55%- 70%. 4Q24 net profit was RMB 6.7bn, up 62% YoY, underpinned by robust insurance service results (4Q: +11.6% YoY/+1.3x QoQ) and net investment results (4Q: +4.6x YoY).</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>

CPIC reported a beat on Life OPAT, NBV growth and CSM, indicating the insurer’s strong capability to capitalize on value growth and effective A/L mgmt. amid a low interest rate environment.Group OPAT rose 2.5% YoY to RMB 34.4bn, and Life OPAT climbed 6.1% YoY to RMB 27.6bn, better than our forecast (+2%).Net profit came in at RMB45.0bn, up 64.9% YoY, at the upper-end of profit alert by 55%- 70%. 4Q24 net profit was RMB 6.7bn, up 62% YoY, underpinned by robust insurance service results (4Q: +11.6% YoY/+1.3x QoQ) and net investment results (4Q: +4.6x YoY).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.

CPIC (2601 HK) - Life OPAT Beat, Driving DPS to Rise Faster than Group OPAT