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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>Tencent announced 1Q24 results: total revenue increased by 6% YoY to RMB159.5bn, in line with our/consensus estimate; non-IFRS net income grew by 54% YoY to RMB50.3bn, 17/16% ahead of our/consensus estimate, as Tencent’s quality growth strategy drove better-than-expected GPM expansion (+7.1ppt YoY).</li><li>We expect the GPM expansion to continue in the rest of FY24, driven by the increased contribution from high-margin revenue streams such as Video Accounts (VA) and Mini Games.</li><li>The improving profitability should in turn support Tencent’s shareholder return. </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>

Tencent announced 1Q24 results: total revenue increased by 6% YoY to RMB159.5bn, in line with our/consensus estimate; non-IFRS net income grew by 54% YoY to RMB50.3bn, 17/16% ahead of our/consensus estimate, as Tencent’s quality growth strategy drove better-than-expected GPM expansion (+7.1ppt YoY).We expect the GPM expansion to continue in the rest of FY24, driven by the increased contribution from high-margin revenue streams such as Video Accounts (VA) and Mini Games.The improving profitability should in turn support Tencent’s shareholder return. 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.

Tencent (700 HK) - Quality Growth Strategy Underpins Strong Earnings Growth