Daily Brief Financials: New World Development, Allianz , China Vanke , Zhong Ao Home and more

• New World Development (NWD) is a high-leverage property developer currently trading at a significant discount to its book value, positioning it as a high-risk, high-reward play on the Hong Kong property market and future interest rate cuts.
• The company has experienced severe financial distress, reporting substantial net losses and negative cash flows over the past two years, leading to a sharp dividend cut and a deeply negative growth track record across all key metrics.
• Management is actively pursuing a deleveraging strategy through asset disposals and debt management, such as the recent exchange offer for its perpetual securities. The success of these initiatives is critical to navigating the challenging market and restoring investor confidence.

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• We had a near-term bullish outlook on MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US) and the S&P 500 (SPX) from 4/22/25 to 11/18/25.
• After being near-term neutral for a week, we flipped back to bullish in our 11/25/25 Compass, all while maintaining our intermediate-term bullish outlook (as of our 5/14/25 Compass).
• We will stay near-term bullish as long as crucial support levels of 6480-6520 on SPX and $134-135.70 on ACWI-US continue to hold

• In today’s Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: GMR Hyderabad, China Vanke
• Fitch has downgraded the issuer default rating on China Vanke, as well as the senior unsecured notes rating on Vanke HK, to C from CCC-/CC.
• The downgrade follows Vanke’s entry into a five-day grace period for a CNY 2 bn onshore bond that matured on 15 December 2025, which indicated heightened default risk

• Zhong Ao Home is a small, independent property management company in China facing a challenging market, characterized by stagnant revenue and declining profitability over the past several years.
• The company’s stock appears undervalued on traditional metrics (P/E, P/B) and offers a high dividend yield, which may attract value and income-oriented investors.
• Significant headwinds persist, including intense competition within a fragmented industry and a reliance on the troubled Chinese real estate sector, creating high uncertainty for future growth.

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