HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

People's Insurance (PICC) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/people-s-insurance-co-group-of-china-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:362:1" rel="noopener">People's Insurance (PICC) (1339 HK)</a>’s 2022H1 performance outpaced the industry peers, mainly driven by the improved performance of motor vehicle insurance business and non-vehicle insurance business. </li>
<li>While non-life insurance business is the foundation/main driver of growth,life insurance business is the drag on performance, the successful transformation of which is an important factor to drive up valuation.</li>
<li>PICC’s is undervalued. The major catalyst could be the upcoming 20th National Congress, expecting some rally during this period. Due to unfriendly macro, the rally may not last long.</li>
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People's Insurance (PICC) (1339 HK)’s 2022H1 performance outpaced the industry peers, mainly driven by the improved performance of motor vehicle insurance business and non-vehicle insurance business. 
While non-life insurance business is the foundation/main driver of growth,life insurance business is the drag on performance, the successful transformation of which is an important factor to drive up valuation.
PICC’s is undervalued. The major catalyst could be the upcoming 20th National Congress, expecting some rally during this period. Due to unfriendly macro, the rally may not last long.


People's Insurance (PICC) (1339.HK) - The Rally (If Any) May Not Last Despite Undervalued

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Friday in US time, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China's MOF, and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) "agreed" on a Statement of Protocol.</li>
<li>This SoP sets the outlines for PCAOB access to inspect/investigate audit papers and accounting firms in China and HK for companies listed in the US.</li>
<li>The releases' difference in language is to be expected - different constituencies - but as PCAOB Chair Williams said, <em>“Now we will find out whether those promises hold up."</em>
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Friday in US time, the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), China's MOF, and the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) "agreed" on a Statement of Protocol.
This SoP sets the outlines for PCAOB access to inspect/investigate audit papers and accounting firms in China and HK for companies listed in the US.
The releases' difference in language is to be expected - different constituencies - but as PCAOB Chair Williams said, “Now we will find out whether those promises hold up."



CSRC and PCAOB "Agree" On Audit Terms - Now PCAOB Will Try To Prove a Negative

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 112.0% as of Aug 26th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 0.4ppt, led by Financials, Utilities and offset by Information Technology, Real Estate, Consumer Discretionary. </li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Telecom, China Life, Huaneng Power, Chongqing Iron, CICC.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 112.0% as of Aug 26th.
The average A-H premium changed by 0.4ppt, led by Financials, Utilities and offset by Information Technology, Real Estate, Consumer Discretionary. 
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Telecom, China Life, Huaneng Power, Chongqing Iron, CICC.


A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 26th): China Telecom, China Life, Huaneng Power, Chongqing Iron, CICC

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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.

China Life Insurance Company / Equity Bottom-Up

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>China Life reported 13.8% YoY decline of VNB for 1H22, slightly narrowing from 14.3% YoY decline in 1Q22.</li><li>New business premium growth showed a turnaround in 2Q22, as the insurer’s first-year premiums (FYP) and first-year regular premiums (FYRP) growth turned positive to +22% YoY and +17% YoY respectively in 2Q22 (vs -2% YoY/ -4% YoY in 1Q22).</li><li>Agency productivity continued to improve, while agent headcount is gradually stabilizing. </li></ul></div></div></div></div><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>

China Life reported 13.8% YoY decline of VNB for 1H22, slightly narrowing from 14.3% YoY decline in 1Q22.New business premium growth showed a turnaround in 2Q22, as the insurer’s first-year premiums (FYP) and first-year regular premiums (FYRP) growth turned positive to +22% YoY and +17% YoY respectively in 2Q22 (vs -2% YoY/ -4% YoY in 1Q22).Agency productivity continued to improve, while agent headcount is gradually stabilizing. 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.

China Life (2628 HK) – New Business Volume Growth Turned Positive in 2Q22

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime Group (20 HK)</a>'s Free-Float Adjustment Factor (FAF) increases from 3% to 40% following lock-up expiry and the stock will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-pacific-insurance-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6177:1" rel="noopener">China Pacific Insurance (2601 HK)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22900:1" rel="noopener">HSCEI INDEX</a>. </li>
<li>Using prices from the close on 19 August, estimated one-way turnover is 3.82% and will result in a one-way trade of HK$2,751m at the close on 2 September.</li>
<li>Increase in the FAF on a couple of stocks saves them from index deletion in September but is probably not enough to save them from index deletion in December.</li>
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SenseTime Group (20 HK)'s Free-Float Adjustment Factor (FAF) increases from 3% to 40% following lock-up expiry and the stock will replace China Pacific Insurance (2601 HK) in the HSCEI INDEX. 
Using prices from the close on 19 August, estimated one-way turnover is 3.82% and will result in a one-way trade of HK$2,751m at the close on 2 September.
Increase in the FAF on a couple of stocks saves them from index deletion in September but is probably not enough to save them from index deletion in December.


HSCEI Index Rebalance: SenseTime (20 HK) Added As FAF Increases Dramatically

China

China Life Insurance Co., Limited offers a wide range of life, accident, and health insurance products and services.

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People's Insurance (PICC) (1339.HK) - The Rally (If Any) May Not Last Despite Undervalued

PICC’s 2022H1 performance outpaced its peers, and it is also undervalued. However, due to complicated environment/unfriendly macro and concerns...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

CSRC and PCAOB "Agree" On Audit Terms - Now PCAOB Will Try To Prove a Negative

The PCAOB and CSRC announced they had signed a Statement of Protocol which allows the PCAOB to move forward with testing whether there will be...

Travis Lundy

A-H Premium Weekly (Aug 26th): China Telecom, China Life, Huaneng Power, Chongqing Iron, CICC

We analyzed A-H premium last week and highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Telecom, China Life, Huaneng Power, Chongqing Iron, CICC.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Life (2628 HK) – New Business Volume Growth Turned Positive in 2Q22

New business premium growth showed a turnaround in 2Q22, as the insurer’s first-year premiums (FYP) and first-year regular premiums (FYRP) growth...

CMB International

HSCEI Index Rebalance: SenseTime (20 HK) Added As FAF Increases Dramatically

SenseTime's FAF increases from 3% to 40% & the stock will replace CPIC in the HSCEI. Passive trackers will need to buy 7 days of ADV on SenseTime...

Brian Freitas

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