Insurance capital frequently welcomes policy dividends in the market. Are there still constraints? Voices from the Industry have emerged | Focus on long-term capital entering the market②

① Equity investments intensify the consumption of capital, and life insurance companies continue to face pressure for capital replenishment; ② The large minimum capital requirements significantly restrict the scale of insurance capital entering the market, creating a dilemma between capital occupation and returns for insurance companies; ③ The industry calls for the introduction of measures to reduce capital occupation and provide incentives.

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After the surge of DeepSeek, Insurance Institutions continue to get involved, do small and medium insurance companies have an opportunity for a "comeback"?

① Currently, the application areas of Insurance Institutions connecting to the DeepSeek large model mainly focus on providing information to agents, and will expand to asset management, risk control, and other full-link business scenarios in the future. ② Small and medium-sized Insurance Institutions have relatively limited human and technical resources, and the DeepSeek model offers a high cost-performance ratio. Users can utilize more advanced AI technology to be more competitive in a data-driven market.

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Citigroup: Gives a "buy" rating to aia with a target price of 99 Hong Kong dollars.

Citi released a Research Report stating that it has set a Target Price of HKD 99 for AIA (01299), with a rating of "Buy". It is reported that AIA will release its 2024 results in mid-March, and the bank predicts that last year's performance will continue to show strong resilience, with the new business value (VoNB) expected to grow by 18% and 19% year-on-year based on Actual Exchange Rates (AER) and Constant Exchange Rates (CER) respectively, reaching USD 4.8 billion. The bank mentioned that the VoNB for the fourth quarter is estimated to grow by 15% year-on-year based on AER, which is a slowdown compared to the 17% growth in the third quarter. Among these, the VoNB in mainland China is expected to grow year-on-year based on AER.

Sina Hong Kong StocksFeb 17 05:55 ET

【Special Contributor】Option Jack: How far can this wave of rising in Hong Kong stocks go?

Gold Woo Financial News | Since the low of 18,671 points on January 13, the Hang Seng Index has risen by 19%, and the market is describing it as entering a 'technical bull market.' Although it is believed that a bull market does not occur during a downturn cycle, this is still viewed as an important upward wave. Looking at the multiple upward waves over the past four years, such as the lift of over 8,000 points from the low in November 2022, and the upward wave from September to October 7 last year, which gained over 6,000 points, this upward wave has also increased by more than 3,600 points so far. With this level reached, it can be said that fluctuations are significant, and a correction wave could destroy many Hold Positions.

Jingu Finance NewsFeb 14 00:12 ET

Trending Stocks Today: ALI HEALTH Shoots up 20%

Moomoo NewsFeb 13 01:00 ET

The U.S. dollar deposit interest rates have "plummeted from high levels," leading to a trend of funds moving to Hong Kong to increase allocation to high-yield U.S. dollar Assets, making Hong Kong insurance products favored.

① Due to Hong Kong's current implementation of the "linked exchange rate system" which is fixed to the USD, domestic dollar deposit interest rates have been lowered, but Hong Kong is not affected. ② For a long-term economic cycle with market interest rates in a downward environment, the capital gains potential is limited, and Asset allocation focuses more on the long term.

cls.cnFeb 12 20:41 ET