After long-term bonds fell below 2%, insurance funds shifted towards equity assets, with high dividend and high ROE being the top choices.

Recently, the yield on 30-year government bonds has fallen below 2.0%. Guosen believes that the central tendency of long-term bond rates continues to decline, and the pressure on investment income from insurance funds is further increasing. Since the beginning of this year, companies represented by Great Wall Life, China Pacific Insurance, and Ruizhong Life have been increasing their stakes in high-quality listed companies, mainly concentrated in industries such as utilities, transportation, and Banks, which have high dividend yields and relatively stable ROE levels.

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Financial Association Autos Morning News [December 23]

① Zhengzhou: The proportion of synchronized construction of electric vehicle charging facilities in Residences has been increased from the original 10% to 30%; ② Chang'an Zhuhua Rong: The company will invest over 20 billion yuan in the low-altitude economy sector over the next five years; ③ NIO's third brand, Firefly, officially launched and will be released in April 2025;

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Three insurance companies have been approved to issue bonds worth 39 billion. Insurance companies have replenished a total of 117.5 billion yuan this year, slightly exceeding last year's total.

① On the same day, the Financial Regulatory Bureau disclosed that the perpetual bonds or capital supplement bonds issued by Ping An Life, China Postal Insurance, and China United Property Insurance have been approved, with a cumulative approved issuance scale not exceeding 39 billion yuan; ② The demand for "blood replenishment" in the Insurance Industry remains significant within the year. As of December 20, the cumulative issuance scale of capital supplement bonds and perpetual bonds by Insurance Institutions has reached 117.5 billion yuan, slightly higher than the total for last year.

cls.cnDec 20 08:27 ET

Investing in Hong Kong, Alibaba has arrived! Alibaba's Entrepreneur Fund has established a 0.15 billion dollar AI Fund.

① Alibaba's Entrepreneur Fund announced the establishment of an AI Fund, amounting to 0.15 billion USD, primarily covering Industries where AI can be deeply applied. ② Almost at the same time, ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming also arrived, and his investment Institutions officially acquired Hong Kong's No. 9 license to start investing in the AI field. ③ This year, Hong Kong ranks eighth among the top ten regions globally in terms of total financing for AI enterprises.

cls.cnDec 20 08:20 ET

Fubon Insurance has released the price for clearing 16.667% equity of its parent company, Tencent Weibo, which is valued at 70% of its worth three years ago.

① The transaction price for the Equity Transfer of Tengfubo is RMB 1.9 per share, with a total transfer price of RMB 0.236 billion; ② It is reported that in 2021, the Equity Transfer was RMB 2.61 per share, and three years later, Tengfubo's valuation has been discounted to 73%; ③ Tengfubo is the parent company of Tencent Weiba, established by Yimashentong and Fubon Property & Casualty Insurance, both subsidiaries of Tencent.

cls.cnDec 20 00:09 ET

Financial Associated Press Autos Morning News [December 20th]

① The Passenger Vehicle retail market is expected to be around 2.7 million units in December, an increase of 14.8% year-on-year and a growth of 11.4% compared to the previous month; ② Reporters learned from several informed sources that Chongqing Sokon Industry Group Stock may go for a secondary listing in Hong Kong and will hire China Securities Co., Ltd. and China International Capital Corporation as its listing sponsorship team.

cls.cnDec 19 19:49 ET