Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 200 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 92.3% as of Oct 9th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 3.7ppt week-on-week, led by materials, industrials, utilities.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 200 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 92.3% as of Oct 9th.
The average A-H premium changed by 3.7ppt week-on-week, led by materials, industrials, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.


A-H Premium Weekly (Oct 9th): Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight

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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The NFRA reported 1Q26 premiums. Total insurance premium grew 6.3% YoY to RMB2.31tn, with industry premium modestly up by 1.4% YoY in March.</li><li>The divergence between personal life and P&amp;C premiums persisted in 1Q26 with the former marking +7.9% to RMB1.93tn and the latter falling 1.3% YoY to RMB382bn, indicating a continued strong momentum during life jumpstart sales, and a marginal recovery in P&amp;C with auto/non-auto premiums up 1.8%/ 2.7% YoY in Mar (vs. Feb: -0.3%/+0.3%).</li><li>We see three key trends in 1Q26 including 1) Life sustained robust growth in Mar, after achieving a compelling increase during the jumpstart period; 2) P&amp;C saw a marginal rebound in premium growth supported by a turnaround in both auto and non-auto segments; and 3) Health and accident (H&amp;A) insurance remained the two key drivers of P&amp;C non-auto premium growth, sustaining doubledigit increases in Mar 2026. </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 reported 1Q26 premiums. Total insurance premium grew 6.3% YoY to RMB2.31tn, with industry premium modestly up by 1.4% YoY in March.The divergence between personal life and P&amp;C premiums persisted in 1Q26 with the former marking +7.9% to RMB1.93tn and the latter falling 1.3% YoY to RMB382bn, indicating a continued strong momentum during life jumpstart sales, and a marginal recovery in P&amp;C with auto/non-auto premiums up 1.8%/ 2.7% YoY in Mar (vs. Feb: -0.3%/+0.3%).We see three key trends in 1Q26 including 1) Life sustained robust growth in Mar, after achieving a compelling increase during the jumpstart period; 2) P&amp;C saw a marginal rebound in premium growth supported by a turnaround in both auto and non-auto segments; and 3) Health and accident (H&amp;A) insurance remained the two key drivers of P&amp;C non-auto premium growth, sustaining doubledigit increases in Mar 2026. 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 - 1-3M26: Life growth resilient and P&C marginally recovered in March

<ul><li>In 1-2M26, total insurance premiums amounted to RMB1.64tn, up 8.4% YoY with Feb premium income up 0.8% YoY (vs. Jan: +11.6%) partly due to the impact of Chinese New Year (Feb: 16 working days).</li><li>Personal life and P&amp;C industry premiums growth diverged by +10.2%/-1.4% YoY to RMB1.4tn/RMB240bn in 1-2M26 given the strength in Life jumpstart sales and weakened UW demands from auto insurance.</li><li>We have observed three key trends in the industry for the first two months incl. 1) Life growth sustained in double-digit (+10.9%) driven by resilient savings demands amid the trend of deposit migration; 2) P&amp;C weakened (-1.4%) as auto premiums dipped for two consecutive months (Jan/Feb: -0.8%/-1.1%) due to the lackluster new vehicle sales; 3) P&amp;C Health drove non-auto premium growth up by 20.5% YoY in 1-2M26, signalling upside potential amid deepening cooperation between basic medical and commercial health. </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.

In 1-2M26, total insurance premiums amounted to RMB1.64tn, up 8.4% YoY with Feb premium income up 0.8% YoY (vs. Jan: +11.6%) partly due to the impact of Chinese New Year (Feb: 16 working days).Personal life and P&amp;C industry premiums growth diverged by +10.2%/-1.4% YoY to RMB1.4tn/RMB240bn in 1-2M26 given the strength in Life jumpstart sales and weakened UW demands from auto insurance.We have observed three key trends in the industry for the first two months incl. 1) Life growth sustained in double-digit (+10.9%) driven by resilient savings demands amid the trend of deposit migration; 2) P&amp;C weakened (-1.4%) as auto premiums dipped for two consecutive months (Jan/Feb: -0.8%/-1.1%) due to the lackluster new vehicle sales; 3) P&amp;C Health drove non-auto premium growth up by 20.5% YoY in 1-2M26, signalling upside potential amid deepening cooperation between basic medical and commercial health. 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 - 1-2M26: Life Sustained Double-Digit Rise...

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of A-share stocks as of Sep 30th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD352,195m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE, BEIJING COMPASS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, SICHUAN EM TECHNOLOGY, ROCKCHIP ELECTRONICS, GUIZHOU REDSTAR DEVELOPING.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of A-share stocks as of Sep 30th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD352,195m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE, BEIJING COMPASS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, SICHUAN EM TECHNOLOGY, ROCKCHIP ELECTRONICS, GUIZHOU REDSTAR DEVELOPING.


A-Share Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 30th): ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE, SICHUAN EM TECHNOLOGY

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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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Ping An Insurance Group of (601318 CH)

A-H Premium Weekly (Oct 9th): Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd and highlight short interest changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Insurance - 1-3M26: Life growth resilient and P&C marginally recovered in March

The NFRA reported 1Q26 premiums. Total insurance premium grew 6.3% YoY to RMB2.31tn, with industry premium modestly up by 1.4% YoY in March.

CMB International

China Insurance - 1-2M26: Life Sustained Double-Digit Rise...

In 1-2M26, total insurance premiums amounted to RMB1.64tn, up 8.4% YoY with Feb premium income up 0.8% YoY (vs. Jan: +11.6%) partly due to the...

CMB International

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A-H Premium Weekly (Oct 9th): Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd and highlight short interest changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Insurance - 1-3M26: Life growth resilient and P&C marginally recovered in March

The NFRA reported 1Q26 premiums. Total insurance premium grew 6.3% YoY to RMB2.31tn, with industry premium modestly up by 1.4% YoY in March.

CMB International

China Insurance - 1-2M26: Life Sustained Double-Digit Rise...

In 1-2M26, total insurance premiums amounted to RMB1.64tn, up 8.4% YoY with Feb premium income up 0.8% YoY (vs. Jan: +11.6%) partly due to the...

CMB International

A-Share Margin Trading Weekly (Sep 30th): ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE, SICHUAN EM TECHNOLOGY

We analyzed A-share margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted ANHUI JIANGHUAI AUTOMOBILE (600418 CH), BEIJING COMPASS...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM