I SQUARED CAPITAL is reported to have started due diligence on Hong Kong Broadband.Yonhap News Agency: South Korean Prime Minister Han Dezhu blamed himself for failing to stop martial law.Japan Life Insurance announced that it would spend $8.2 billion to acquire the life insurance company Resolution Life. On December 11th, Japan Life Insurance Mutual announced that it would spend about $8.2 billion to acquire the remaining 77% shares of the life insurance company Resolution Life. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2025. On the same day, Japan Life announced that it would acquire the remaining 20% shares of MLC Life Insurance from National Bank of Australia (NAB) and integrate MLC with Resolution Life.
Bank of Communications International: In November, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles in the mainland was 52.3%, and the performance in December was optimistic. Bank of Communications International published a research report to give the mainland auto industry a leading rating. According to the report, the retail sales of passenger cars increased by 16.5% year-on-year in November; The retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles was 52.3%, exceeding 50% for the fifth consecutive month, and the retail sales of new energy vehicles increased by 50.5% year-on-year. In November, the export growth slowed down, and the proportion of new energy vehicles fell to 20%. The bank pointed out that considering that the Spring Festival in 2025 is earlier than that in 2024, some car purchases before the Spring Festival will be completed by the end of 2024, and the subsidy policy for trade-in will enter the final stage in December, and some car companies are also sprinting sales through promotional activities. The bank expects the passenger car market in December. It is expected to maintain the potential of the current retail sales to continue to increase year by year. However, after the sales sprint in December, the auto market entered the off-season of consumption, so it is necessary to be cautious that the stock price performance of the auto sector may fluctuate.India's SENSEX30 index opened 0.07% higher at 81,568.39 points. Among the constituent stocks, ULTRATECH CEMENT opened 1% higher, Asian Coatings rose 0.74% and BAJAJ FINANCE rose 0.62%. In terms of decline, Mahengda Information Technology opened 0.44% lower, India Industrial Credit Investment Bank fell 0.33%, and HCL TECHNOLOGIES fell 0.26%.Qinghai Eco-environmental Industry Company was established with a registered capital of 200 million yuan. According to the enterprise search APP, recently, Qinghai Eco-environmental Industry Co., Ltd. was established with Wang Gencun as its legal representative and a registered capital of 200 million yuan. Its business scope includes: management services for ecological protection areas; Ecological resources monitoring; Environmental emergency management services; Carbon emission reduction, carbon transformation, carbon capture, carbon sequestration technology research and development, etc.
Sinotrans has set up a new company, including land international cargo transportation agency business. The enterprise search APP shows that recently, Sinotrans Logistics (Alashankou) Co., Ltd. was established with Chen Xin as its legal representative and registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes: domestic container cargo transportation agency; International freight forwarder; Land international freight forwarding agent; Import and export agents, etc. Enterprise survey shows that the company is indirectly wholly-owned by Sinotrans.Yonhap News Agency: South Korean Prime Minister Han Dezhu blamed himself for failing to stop martial law.Beijing's subsidy policy for old vans has been extended to the end of the year. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment said yesterday that in order to meet the needs of car owners for trade-in, the city issued the Notice on Adjusting the Implementation Rules for Beijing to Further Promote the Scrapping and Updating of Old Wagons and Large and Medium-sized Buses with Emission Standards of Grade 4 and below, extending the application time of subsidies, expanding the scope of benefits of subsidies, and further stepping up efforts to promote the scrapping and updating of old trucks and large and medium-sized buses with emission standards of Grade 4 and below in the city. The applicable time of subsidy is extended from August 26th, 2024 to December 10th, 2024 to August 26th, 2024 to December 31st, 2024. In addition, this time, subsidies have been added to the owners of micro, light and medium-sized trucks that meet the four emission standards of scrapped countries from August 26 to December 31, 2024. Among them, the scrapped national four emission standards for micro and light trucks are subsidized by 15,000 yuan/vehicle; The subsidy for medium-sized trucks with four emission standards in scrapped countries is 25,000 yuan/vehicle.