Report: HSBC considers merging commercial and investment banks to reduce costs.
Some executives believe that the merger can enable HSBC to reduce some duplicate backend positions and reduce expenses. After the merger, the department will become HSBC's largest source of revenue, contributing approximately $40 billion to the company annually.
Deutsche Bank: The pricing of loans in the banking industry in China is becoming more rational, so there is no need to overly worry about net interest margin pressure.
Morgan Stanley pointed out that although the LPR reduction may put pressure on the interest income of the banking industry in China, at the same time, the interest cost paid by banks to depositors is also decreasing, which helps to alleviate the pressure on net interest margin. Morgan Stanley expects that the banking industry will outperform the large cap market in the next 12 months.
Meituan has started to take the initiative.
From defense to attack.
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All new upgraded full-lifecycle solutions.
Tencent Cloud sounds the horn for software going global.
Exhibition of the panoramic view of the first overseas debut.
Tencent Cloud overcomes the mountain.
The winox moment is getting closer.
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Amount involved exceeds 2.8 billion! China Construction Bank Corporation issued 35 notices of non-performing loan transfers in the first week of September. Industry experts believe that the pressure on risk exposure in the bank's retail sector has intensi
In the first week of September, China Construction Bank Corporation released 35 pieces of information on the transfer of non-performing loans in the Silver Registration Center, involving a total unpaid principal and interest of 2.818 billion yuan, of which 34 were personal consumer or operation non-performing loan transfer projects. In the industry's view, the overall risk pressure on the retail end of the entire industry is relatively high, and the industry will continue to maintain a high level of disposal of non-performing assets in the second half of the year.
Is there also a consumption upgrade in Sino-African trade? Energy-saving products and cross-border e-commerce show an increase in volume.
①African countries are shifting their demand for Chinese commodities from daily necessities, clothing to lithium batteries, photovoltaic products, digital home appliances, and even new energy vehicles. ②In recent years, more and more cross-border platforms and merchants have begun to play a constructive role in Sino-African trade.
Is it urgent enough to reduce the interest rate on existing housing loans? In the first half of the year, the non-performing balance of personal loans in the six major state-owned banks has reached 352 billion yuan, and the non-performing rate has general
In the first half of this year, the total amount of non-performing loans of the six major state-owned banks has reached 352.091 billion yuan, exceeding the 300 billion yuan threshold for the first time. Compared with the data from early 2024 (291.371 billion yuan), it can be calculated that in the first half of the year, the six major state-owned banks added approximately 60.7 billion yuan of non-performing loans. Industry insiders believe that in the current environment, it is not advisable to excessively rely on reducing existing housing loans to play a greater role in promoting consumer spending.
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are bullish on Alibaba: introducing WeChat to expand users, PDD's new strategy has limited impact on monetization.
JPMorgan believes that Alibaba's new investment strategy has achieved preliminary success, with its domestic e-commerce commodity trade volume (GMV) growth rate consistent with the industry growth rate. If this trend continues in the coming quarters, it may become the largest consumer stock in China. Goldman Sachs also stated that the introduction of WeChat Pay on Taobao is beneficial for developing the lower-tier markets and promoting further cooperation between Alibaba and Tencent.
Goldman Sachs is optimistic about Tencent: one of the most promising Chinese internet giants, and has confidence in its management.
Goldman Sachs stated that Tencent remains one of the most visible and sustainable profitable companies among the Chinese internet giants, and they have confidence in Tencent's clear strategies in various business lines, maintaining a buy rating.
US stocks closed with mixed performance for the three major indexes. Tesla rose more than 9% over the past two days, while NIO soared 14% after its performance announcement.
Before the non-farm data, there is new evidence of the cooling of the US job market, and economic concerns support a substantial rate cut bet. The yield curve of the 2-year/10-year US Treasury bonds, which briefly inverted for the third time in two years. The S&P 500 fell for the third consecutive day, with Broadcom falling more than 4% after hours, Tesla rising nearly 5%, and Nvidia and Chinese concept stocks rising nearly 1%. The yen reached a one-month high, and the offshore renminbi rose by 300 points to break 7.09 yuan. Gold rose briefly by 1%, and oil prices rose more than 2% before falling. US oil fell below $70 for the first time in 15 months over two days.
It is reported that OPEC+ has agreed to suspend production increases, and US crude oil inventories have dropped to a low point in January, causing oil prices to rise and then fall back.
The analysis points out that although the crude oil inventory in the USA has plummeted, there is a risk of the Cushing inventory bottoming out, and OPEC+ has decided to postpone the production increase by two months, but the oil price rebound is weak because the bears are currently dominant.
At least 10 senior executives of listed banks are optimistic. Has the net interest margin really bottomed out? Fitch raised objections: LPR may be further reduced.
In the second quarter of 2024, the net interest margin of commercial banks was 1.54%, showing signs of stopping the decline for the first time. Recently, several listed banks' executives have also publicly stated that there are signs of stabilization or a slowdown in the decline of the net interest margin, injecting a strong boost into the market. Huayu Ratings recently stated, "It is too early to determine whether the net interest margin has bottomed out. The government may further lower the LPR to reduce loan costs.
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Many major bank apps have launched the "Existing Home Loan Interest Rate Adjustment" function? In fact, it was introduced last year, and on the eve of the traditional busy season for property sales, the 37.8 trillion silver stock housing loans have once a
①The application port for the adjustment of the existing house loan interest rate was set for the unified adjustment of the existing house loan interest rate last year, not the latest launch. ②Refer to the reduction of existing house loan interest rates in August-September last year, and there is also a possibility of reducing existing house loan interest rates in the future. ③Based on the scale of existing house loans in the second quarter of 2024, which reaches 37.8 trillion yuan, the maximum amount of house loan interest that the residential sector needs to repay each year may be reduced by about 300 billion yuan.
Head insurance asset management profit remained stable with slight increase in the first half of the year, but the industry is generally concerned about increased pressure in the second half of the year. "Stocks and bonds both face challenges."
① According to multiple insiders in the insurance asset management industry, the investment performance of various institutions in the bond market improved in the first half of the year. However, the subsequent challenges of the stock and bond markets will test the investment capabilities of these institutions. ② Some industry experts pointed out that currently, it is difficult to invest in non-standard (products). The latest data shows that the business of innovative products in insurance asset management contracted in the first half of the year, and the issuance of non-standard bond rights is still in a downward trend.
Taobao and Tencent join forces to 'break down walls'.
Finally, Taobao now supports WeChat Pay.
Taobao has fully integrated WeChat Pay!
After 11 years of blocking each other, WeChat and Taobao have achieved substantial "interconnection". Analysis believes that for Taobao, this cooperation is beneficial for further expanding the market, and for Tencent, it will directly bring in new revenue.