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<ul><li>Israel-Palestine /Cover Story: Hamas attack on Israel reignites region’s cycle of violence</li><li>Fraud /: Hong Kong takes aim at banking fraud as complaints surge</li><li>Securities /: China tightens rules for short selling to prop up stocks</li></ul>

Israel-Palestine /Cover Story: Hamas attack on Israel reignites region’s cycle of violenceFraud /: Hong Kong takes aim at banking fraud as complaints surgeSecurities /: China tightens rules for short selling to prop up stocks

CX Daily: Hamas Attack on Israel Reignites Region’s Cycle of Violence

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

China Life Insurance Company / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>China Life delivered strong VNB growth of +19.9% in 1H23, beat market expectation given its more value-focus product strategy in traditional life and annuities amid the first-half trend in savings sales among peers.</li><li>Despite an improved underwriting structure, the insurer’s net profit down by 8.0% in 1H23 (vs +17.8% in 1Q23), translating to -24.4% in 2Q23, primarily hurt by investment loss given a bumpy equity market in 2Q23,</li><li>We believe the interim NP pushback is in short-term, and expect the more balanced product and channel mix to drive the insurer’s long-term value growth amid an industry-wide product shift in 2H2</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>

China Life delivered strong VNB growth of +19.9% in 1H23, beat market expectation given its more value-focus product strategy in traditional life and annuities amid the first-half trend in savings sales among peers.Despite an improved underwriting structure, the insurer’s net profit down by 8.0% in 1H23 (vs +17.8% in 1Q23), translating to -24.4% in 2Q23, primarily hurt by investment loss given a bumpy equity market in 2Q23,We believe the interim NP pushback is in short-term, and expect the more balanced product and channel mix to drive the insurer’s long-term value growth amid an industry-wide product shift in 2H2Content 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) – Outpaced VNB Growth in 1H23

Research and consultancy, Tabbush Report

Daniel Tabbush

Research and consultancy

Tabbush Report

We provide research and consultancy on Asian banks. Our focus is on what we call “Asian bank research, without the noise.” We are interested in the most critical swing-factors for banks, the NPL and credit cycle, and where we believe there is a gap between perception and reality. We often focus on the less studied components of bank financial statements.  Our research is highly thematic, sometimes examining unlisted banks and companies as a window on mainstream banks. 

Being independent allows us to look at smaller banks, often overlooked by others. Analysis of BIS bank guidelines in the context of Asia, is also a focal point, while we also analyze global banks operating in the region. We use what we believe is the most comprehensive, reliable financials database, SNL Financial. S&P Capital IQ augments our database, with corporate data and CEIC, with economics. 

Asian bank research, without the noise.

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<li>1Q23 shows strong Value Of New Business (VONB), not sure of profit flow through</li>
<li>Comparative to 1H22 is easy vs loss of USD556m in the period, but risk to downside</li>
<li>Despite, stock buybacks, increased dividends market cap down 34% since peak this year</li>
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1Q23 shows strong Value Of New Business (VONB), not sure of profit flow through
Comparative to 1H22 is easy vs loss of USD556m in the period, but risk to downside
Despite, stock buybacks, increased dividends market cap down 34% since peak this year


AIA - Results 24 Aug, Cratering Mkt Cap Suggests Malaise, Earnings Base May Be Structurally Lower

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>This is the Brand Spanking New and Improved and Extra Spiffy H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly designed to help investors see H/A relationships easily. </li>
<li>We used to do it and decided to bring it back better. There are lots of cool interactive tables, and charts, heat maps, and comparative data. And 19 Trade Recommendations. </li>
<li>We hope this new version serves readers even better. Improvements this week due to popular demand, and updated format. Further feedback is welcome/appreciated. </li>
</ul>


This is the Brand Spanking New and Improved and Extra Spiffy H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly designed to help investors see H/A relationships easily. 
We used to do it and decided to bring it back better. There are lots of cool interactive tables, and charts, heat maps, and comparative data. And 19 Trade Recommendations. 
We hope this new version serves readers even better. Improvements this week due to popular demand, and updated format. Further feedback is welcome/appreciated. 


Week 2 of the Brand New and Extra Spiffy 🦄 H/​A-Share Discount/​Premium Weekly (As of 18 Aug 2023)

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at some of the names with high likelihood of being involved in index changes for the Hang Seng Index in September 2023.</li>
<li>The index changes for the September 2023 rebalance could be announced in mid-August and implemented in early-September.</li>
<li>Although the index methodology is highly subjective and predicting index changes is extremely tricky, the HSI is an important index in the region and here are our thoughts for September. </li>
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In this insight, we take a look at some of the names with high likelihood of being involved in index changes for the Hang Seng Index in September 2023.
The index changes for the September 2023 rebalance could be announced in mid-August and implemented in early-September.
Although the index methodology is highly subjective and predicting index changes is extremely tricky, the HSI is an important index in the region and here are our thoughts for September. 


Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Sep 23: Beigene Vs Peers An Interesting Trade

China

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

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CX Daily: Hamas Attack on Israel Reignites Region’s Cycle of Violence

Israel-Palestine /Cover Story: Hamas attack on Israel reignites region’s cycle of violence Fraud /: Hong Kong takes aim at banking fraud as...

Caixin Global

China Life (2628 HK) – Outpaced VNB Growth in 1H23

China Life delivered strong VNB growth of +19.9% in 1H23, beat market expectation given its more value-focus product strategy in traditional life...

CMB International

AIA - Results 24 Aug, Cratering Mkt Cap Suggests Malaise, Earnings Base May Be Structurally Lower

August 24 will see 1H23 earnings release, comparative YoY easy due to losses 1H22, but seems like earnings base is structurally lower. HK, CH...

Daniel Tabbush

Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Sep 23: Beigene Vs Peers An Interesting Trade

Hang Seng Index Sep 23 index changes and indicative weights could be published after the close on Friday 18th August 2023. The Hang Seng Index...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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CX Daily: Hamas Attack on Israel Reignites Region’s Cycle of Violence

Israel-Palestine /Cover Story: Hamas attack on Israel reignites region’s cycle of violence Fraud /: Hong Kong takes aim at banking fraud as...

Caixin Global

China Life (2628 HK) – Outpaced VNB Growth in 1H23

China Life delivered strong VNB growth of +19.9% in 1H23, beat market expectation given its more value-focus product strategy in traditional life...

CMB International

AIA - Results 24 Aug, Cratering Mkt Cap Suggests Malaise, Earnings Base May Be Structurally Lower

August 24 will see 1H23 earnings release, comparative YoY easy due to losses 1H22, but seems like earnings base is structurally lower. HK, CH...

Daniel Tabbush

Week 2 of the Brand New and Extra Spiffy 🦄 H/​A-Share Discount/​Premium Weekly (As of 18 Aug 2023)

Week 2 of the Brand New and Extra Spiffy H/A Discount Monitor. Thanks for the requests. Some are implemented. Some are on the way. Trades were up...

Travis Lundy

Quiddity Leaderboard for Hang Seng Index Sep 23: Beigene Vs Peers An Interesting Trade

Hang Seng Index Sep 23 index changes and indicative weights could be published after the close on Friday 18th August 2023. The Hang Seng Index...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Week 2 of the Brand New and Extra Spiffy 🦄 H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly (As of 18 Aug 2023)