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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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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Major listed insurers reported August premiums data, showing that P&amp;C premium income growth remained strong in August.</li><li>Our channel check suggests that life insurers’ new business momentum diverged in July-August.</li><li>Thanks to the turnaround in core agency scale on the back of proactive channel reform, CPIC’s agency FYP YoY growth turned positive in July-August, up from the double-digit decline in 1H22.</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></div></div></div></div>

Major listed insurers reported August premiums data, showing that P&amp;C premium income growth remained strong in August.Our channel check suggests that life insurers’ new business momentum diverged in July-August.Thanks to the turnaround in core agency scale on the back of proactive channel reform, CPIC’s agency FYP YoY growth turned positive in July-August, up from the double-digit decline in 1H22.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 Financials Weekly – CPIC agency FYP growth picked up in Jul-Aug

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<ul><li>Somehow the current leg of decline in China's Real estate stocks and bonds has not gotten the attention of investors and money managers.</li><li>Perhaps because the first calls of China's Lehman moment showed it was an exaggerated extrapolation.</li><li>The first decline phase was limited to corporates with highly leveraged real estate balance sheets.</li></ul>

Somehow the current leg of decline in China's Real estate stocks and bonds has not gotten the attention of investors and money managers.Perhaps because the first calls of China's Lehman moment showed it was an exaggerated extrapolation.The first decline phase was limited to corporates with highly leveraged real estate balance sheets.

Hang Seng Index Constituents 14 July 2022

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<ul><li>Ping An disclosed 1H23 results with NBV +32.6% YoY (+45.0% restated for prior value on basis of comparable EV assumptions and method) driven by noticeable improvements achieved in Life and Health insurance segment, handily beating consensus estimates.</li><li>Even though the Group’s OPAT was down by 5.0% in 1H23, the insurer raised interim dividend by 1.1% YoY to RMB 0.93 per share, implying a potentially higher cash dividend payout in the full year to above 28.8% in FY22 under new standards (vs 29.5% under old standards).</li><li>We believe the L&amp;H segment will further unlock growth potential given 1) the agency reform has paid off, evidenced by the avg. productivity per agent +94.3% YoY in 1H23; 2) PAB’s exclusive Private Wealth Adviser(PWA) model giving access to high-net-worth PB clients contributing to ~4x of industry average bancassurance margin at 19.7%. </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>

Ping An disclosed 1H23 results with NBV +32.6% YoY (+45.0% restated for prior value on basis of comparable EV assumptions and method) driven by noticeable improvements achieved in Life and Health insurance segment, handily beating consensus estimates.Even though the Group’s OPAT was down by 5.0% in 1H23, the insurer raised interim dividend by 1.1% YoY to RMB 0.93 per share, implying a potentially higher cash dividend payout in the full year to above 28.8% in FY22 under new standards (vs 29.5% under old standards).We believe the L&amp;H segment will further unlock growth potential given 1) the agency reform has paid off, evidenced by the avg. productivity per agent +94.3% YoY in 1H23; 2) PAB’s exclusive Private Wealth Adviser(PWA) model giving access to high-net-worth PB clients contributing to ~4x of industry average bancassurance margin at 19.7%. 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.

Ping An (2318 HK) – 1H23 NBV Beat Consensus

<ul><li>Ping An reported 8.8% VNB growth YoY in 1Q23, beating the consensus of low single digit growth.</li><li>We note that, excluding the negative impact of assumption changes, the VNB growth even reached 21.1% YoY in 1Q23, reflecting robust new business across all channels.</li><li>During the 1Q23 results briefing, the management highlighted 37% YoY improvement of agent productivity, along with over 130% new business growth in bancassurance channel. </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>

Ping An reported 8.8% VNB growth YoY in 1Q23, beating the consensus of low single digit growth.We note that, excluding the negative impact of assumption changes, the VNB growth even reached 21.1% YoY in 1Q23, reflecting robust new business across all channels.During the 1Q23 results briefing, the management highlighted 37% YoY improvement of agent productivity, along with over 130% new business growth in bancassurance channel. 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.

Ping An (2318 HK) – VNB Growth Beat Expectation in 1Q23

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Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Limited provides products and services through its five ecosystems in financial services, healthcare, auto services, real estate services and Smart City solutions. The Group's insurance business writes property, casualty, and life insurance products.

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China Financials Weekly – CPIC agency FYP growth picked up in Jul-Aug

Thanks to the turnaround in core agency scale on the back of proactive channel reform, CPIC’s agency FYP YoY growth turned positive in July-August

CMB International

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Somehow the current leg of decline in China's Real estate stocks and bonds has not gotten the attention of investors and money managers. Perhaps...

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CX Daily: China’s Planned Revamp of Trust Bailout Fund Draws Questions

In depth: China’s planned revamp of trust bailout fund draws questions. Shanghai’s elderly Covid patients have a hard time coping with centralized...

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Ping An (2318 HK) – 1H23 NBV Beat Consensus

Ping An disclosed 1H23 results with NBV +32.6% YoY (+45.0% restated for prior value on basis of comparable EV assumptions and method)

CMB International

Ping An (2318 HK) – VNB Growth Beat Expectation in 1Q23

We note that, excluding the negative impact of assumption changes, the VNB growth even reached 21.1% YoY in 1Q23, reflecting robust new business...

CMB International

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