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Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further."Bank of Communications International: For the first time, it covers the "buy" rating and target price of HK$ 5.86 given by the rich industrial trust. The Bank of Communications International published a report that the rich industrial trust has multiple investment advantages and stock price drivers, including stable profit prospects, low valuation, further interest rate cuts and potential inclusion in Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, which are all beneficial to the valuation of REITs. For the first time, the bank covers the purchase of wealth and gives a "buy" rating with a target price of HK$ 5.86. Bank of Communications International believes that the rental income prospect of Zhifu Industrial Trust can remain basically stable. At the same time, the current share price corresponds to a dividend of 9.4% in 2025, and the gap between the dividend yield and the yield of 10-year US bonds is about 1.1 standard deviation lower than the long-term level. It is considered that the current valuation is still far below its long-term average level, and has reflected most of the worries of the retail market in Hong Kong. The report continued that although high interest rates will still have a negative impact on this year's earnings, it is expected that the dividend per unit of Zhifu will resume growth from next year under the condition of continuous interest rate reduction. It is expected that the dividend per unit will decrease by 10%, increase by 3.8% and increase by 4.1% from 2024 to 2026 to 36.34, 37.71 and 39.26 Hong Kong cents respectively.The CSRC approved the registration application of Jiangnan New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. for initial public offering of shares.

Ping An, China: From January to November, the accumulated property insurance premium income was 292.3 billion yuan.The International (Xiong 'an) Robot Industry Alliance was formally established. On December 12th, it was learned from the 2024 xiong'an new area Intelligent Robot Industry Development Conference held in xiong'an new area, Hebei Province that the International (Xiong 'an) Robot Industry Alliance and Xiong 'an Robot Innovation and Technology Research Institute were formally established. "As an important representative of the future industry, the intelligent robot industry is in a critical period of rapid development. The establishment of the International (Xiong 'an) Robot Industry Alliance will strongly promote the development of Xiong 'an robot industry, and the establishment of Xiong 'an Robot Innovation Technology Research Institute will provide strong technical support for the sustainable development of intelligent robot industry, marking a solid step in technology research and development and innovation of xiong'an new area robot industry. " Zhang Qin, former vice chairman of China Association for Science and Technology, said. (xinhuanet)Blinken asked Turkey to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement, and US Secretary of State Blinken asked Turkey to use its relations with Hamas to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement. Blinken said that during his talks with the Turkish President and Turkish Foreign Minister, he discussed the necessity of Hamas saying "yes" to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Blinken said: "We talked about the need for Hamas to agree to the (Gaza) agreement, which may eventually help end the war."

Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau: issued a warning letter to Hangzhou Huayu Frequent Private Equity Fund Co., Ltd. On December 13, the website of Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau issued a decision on taking measures to issue a warning letter to Hangzhou Huayu Frequent Private Equity Fund Co., Ltd. After investigation, the company has the following behaviors in carrying out private equity fund business: 1. There are irregularities in the appropriate materials of fund products managed by investors, and the company has not made further audit; Second, the risk control review process of related party transactions is not perfect. The above behavior violates the first paragraph of Article 4 of the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Private Investment Funds (Order No.105 of the CSRC). According to the provisions of Article 33 of the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Private Investment Funds, Zhejiang Securities Regulatory Bureau decided to issue a warning letter to the company and record it in the integrity file of the securities and futures market.According to the latest announcement of Allianz Fund, due to work arrangement, Shen Liang stepped down as general manager and financial controller on December 12, and Duan Jing became the new financial controller, and there is no statement about his transfer to other positions in the company. As early as October 8th, the former Inspector General Gu Wen left his post for personal reasons, and Shen Liang acted as Inspector General. Allianz Fund is the ninth wholly foreign-owned public offering in China, which is wholly owned by Allianz Investment. On April 18th this year, it was approved to launch China Public Offering of Fund business, and the first public offering product was established in early September. Before leaving office, Shen Liang served as director, general manager, legal representative and financial controller of Allianz Fund. According to the data, Shen Liang, Gu Wen and Duan Jing joined Allianz Investment in January 2021, August 2021 and May 2022 respectively."High-end liquor" was actually produced in a small workshop in a ravine. The police cracked a case of manufacturing and selling fake liquor across three provinces. The so-called high-end liquor was actually produced in a small workshop where garbage was everywhere in a remote ravine, and the price from production to sale was dozens of times. The police in Fuzhou, Jiangxi Province cracked a case of manufacturing and selling counterfeit liquor across Hubei, Henan and Jiangxi, arrested five suspects at the scene and seized more than 30 boxes of high-grade liquor such as counterfeit Maotai, Wuliangye and Jiannanchun. (CCTV News)