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.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.Yanshan Technology has set up a new subsidiary in Shanghai. According to the enterprise search APP, Shanghai Yunsong Technology Co., Ltd. was recently established with Zhang Weiming as the legal representative and a registered capital of 10 million yuan. Its business scope includes technical services, technical development, technical consultation, technical exchange, technology transfer and technology promotion. Enterprise equity penetration shows that the company is wholly owned by Yanshan Technology.
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO): The number of cases of dengue fever in America exceeded 12.6 million this year. On the 10th, PAHO reported that the number of cases of dengue fever reported in America this year reached a record of more than 12.6 million, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths. According to a statement issued by the Pan-American Health Organization on the same day, this year, the most serious dengue fever epidemic broke out in the Americas since records began in 1980. The impact of this epidemic on Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico is particularly serious. These four countries account for 90% of the total number of cases and 88% of the total number of deaths in this region.Institution: In the first half of 2024, the scale of China's edge cloud market increased by 21% year-on-year. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of 2024, the scale of China's edge cloud market totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached RMB 3.00 billion, RMB 970 million and RMB 1.50 billion respectively. Internet audio and video distribution and real-time interaction based on edge resources, edge game clothes, cloud terminals and cloud games, cloud network services, and lightweight IT architecture migration of local industry customers are the core driving forces for market growth in this period.In 2024, the rating of brokerage investment banking business is nearing the end, and the results of 96 brokers will be released. The reporter was informed that the quality evaluation of brokerage investment banking business in 2024 is nearing the end, and the evaluation scores of investment banking business quality of 96 participating brokers in 2024 have been distributed to companies. After the brokers confirm, the association will start the formal scoring work. In September this year, the China Securities Association launched the quality evaluation of brokerage investment banking business in 2024, and initially determined the participating brokerage and investment banking projects. According to the preliminary statistics, about 68 brokers are expected to get extra points for supporting high-level science and technology in investment banking. (Cailian)
Afternoon comment: the three major indexes rose slightly in half a day, and the concept of Shanghai's state-owned enterprise reform lifted the tide of daily limit. The three major indexes opened lower and went higher in early trading and rose slightly in half a day. In terms of sectors, the concept of Shanghai's state-owned enterprise reform is on the rise, and Shanghai Material Trade, First Medicine and Shibei High-tech are collectively on the rise. The retail sector continued to be strong, with the daily limit of Youa, Zhongbai Group and Maoye Commercial. The concept of AI glasses is higher, and Tianjian shares and Star Technology both have a daily limit of 20cm; Insurance stocks continued to adjust, and Tianmao Group fell to an intraday limit; Sora concept stocks collectively adjusted back, and the word Huayang Lianzhong fell; Bank shares fluctuated lower, with Bank of Ningbo leading the decline. Overall, stocks rose more and fell less, with more than 3,500 stocks rising. On the disk, Shanghai's state-owned enterprise reform, AI glasses and retail sectors were among the top gainers, while insurance, Sora concept and banking sectors were among the top losers. Shibor reported 1.5280% overnight, up 5.8 basis points; In 7 days, shibor reported 1.7220%, down 6.2 basis points; In three months, shibor reported 1.7440%, down 0.4 basis points.