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<ul><li>The NFRA announced Dec premiums for life and P&amp;C segments.</li><li>Total premiums reached RMB 6.11tn as of year-end, up 7.4% YoY on top of a high base, translating to 5.4% YoY increase in Dec to RMB 357bn, reversing the monthly downward trend since Sep 2025.</li><li>Personal life and P&amp;C premiums scaled up by 9.1%/2.6% YoY to RMB 4.65tn/1.47tn as of end-FY25, implying a rise of 6.3%/3.8% YoY in Dec 2025, marginally improving by 6.9pct/3.8pct MoM respectively. </li></ul>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.

The NFRA announced Dec premiums for life and P&amp;C segments.Total premiums reached RMB 6.11tn as of year-end, up 7.4% YoY on top of a high base, translating to 5.4% YoY increase in Dec to RMB 357bn, reversing the monthly downward trend since Sep 2025.Personal life and P&amp;C premiums scaled up by 9.1%/2.6% YoY to RMB 4.65tn/1.47tn as of end-FY25, implying a rise of 6.3%/3.8% YoY in Dec 2025, marginally improving by 6.9pct/3.8pct MoM respectively. 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 Insurance - Dec Life and P&C premiums marginally improved

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Hong Kong market continues to consolidate during the early stage of its Secular Bull Market.  Strength and momentum indicators show further weakness ahead.</li>
<li>Materials and healthcare sectors have lost momentum with other sectors trendless.  Analysts target 20% price gains in materials sector over the next year.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-taiping-insurance-hldgs-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:489:1" rel="noopener">China Taiping Insurance Hldgs (966 HK)</a>  shares fell on Thursday on concerns over the insurer’s estimated HK$2.6B exposure to a HK residential project at the center of a deadly fire.
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Hong Kong market continues to consolidate during the early stage of its Secular Bull Market.  Strength and momentum indicators show further weakness ahead.
Materials and healthcare sectors have lost momentum with other sectors trendless.  Analysts target 20% price gains in materials sector over the next year.

China Taiping Insurance Hldgs (966 HK)  shares fell on Thursday on concerns over the insurer’s estimated HK$2.6B exposure to a HK residential project at the center of a deadly fire.



The Heat Is On: News Flow and Sentiment in CHINA / HONG KONG (November 27)

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

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<li>The prospect of jumbo US rate cuts is juicing asset markets</li>
<li>Overseas Capital is starting to move into domestic Chinese equities</li>
<li>The Precious metals ETFs are breaking out -looking at laggards</li>
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The prospect of jumbo US rate cuts is juicing asset markets
Overseas Capital is starting to move into domestic Chinese equities
The Precious metals ETFs are breaking out -looking at laggards


Overview #32 – International Money Starts to Flow to Chinese Domestic Markets

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<li>A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook</li>
<li>What the dollar bear market rally means for our themes</li>
<li>The domestic Chinese market starts to rally, outperforming in Asia</li>
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A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook
What the dollar bear market rally means for our themes
The domestic Chinese market starts to rally, outperforming in Asia


Overview #31 - China Breaks Out and the USD Has Its Moment

<ul><li>The NFRA announced to raise the cap for Chinese insurers’ equity asset allocation ratio corresponding to the comprehensive solvency ratio (CSR) by 5% for whose CSR ranging from (150%, 200%), (250%, 300%) and above 350%.</li><li>The financial regulator eased equity investment upside for Chinese insurers to broaden incremental capital injection to the real economy in joint with other efforts to shore up the market sentiment, in our view.</li><li>From a top-down perspective, we reckon the action could bring RMB1.66tn incremental funds to the stock market if the industry expanded the equity allocation to the upper limit of 30% of total insurance funds by end-FY24.</li></ul>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.

The NFRA announced to raise the cap for Chinese insurers’ equity asset allocation ratio corresponding to the comprehensive solvency ratio (CSR) by 5% for whose CSR ranging from (150%, 200%), (250%, 300%) and above 350%.The financial regulator eased equity investment upside for Chinese insurers to broaden incremental capital injection to the real economy in joint with other efforts to shore up the market sentiment, in our view.From a top-down perspective, we reckon the action could bring RMB1.66tn incremental funds to the stock market if the industry expanded the equity allocation to the upper limit of 30% of total insurance funds by end-FY24.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 Insurance - Raised Cap for Insurer’s Equity Asset Allocation Could Unleash Max. RMB 1.7tn...

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China Taiping Insurance Holdings Co., Ltd. is an investment holding company primarily engaged in life insurance, property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance businesses. It also provides asset management, financial leasing, and elderly care investment services. The company's origins trace back to 1929 in Shanghai, and its management headquarters are located in Hong Kong.

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China Insurance - Dec Life and P&C premiums marginally improved

Total premiums reached RMB 6.11tn as of year-end, up 7.4% YoY on top of a high base, translating to 5.4% YoY increase in Dec to RMB 357bn,

CMB International

The Heat Is On: News Flow and Sentiment in CHINA / HONG KONG (November 27)

Hong Kong market continues to consolidate during the early stage of its Secular Bull Market. Strength and momentum indicators show further...

David Mudd

Overview #32 – International Money Starts to Flow to Chinese Domestic Markets

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. We look at the Chinese breakout and laggards in the precious metal space

Rikki Malik

Overview #31 - China Breaks Out and the USD Has Its Moment

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. We look at the Dollar bear market rally and the domestic Chinese market.

Rikki Malik

China Insurance - Raised Cap for Insurer’s Equity Asset Allocation Could Unleash Max. RMB 1.7tn...

The NFRA announced to raise the cap for Chinese insurers’ equity asset allocation ratio corresponding to the comprehensive solvency ratio (CSR) by...

CMB International

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