CILJF - China Life Insurance Company Limited
| Previous Close | 2.5200 |
| Open | 2.5200 |
| Bid | 0.0000 x 0 |
| Ask | 0.0000 x 0 |
| Day's Range | 2.5200 - 2.5200 |
| 52 Week Range | 2.2500 - 2.9400 |
| Volume | 200 |
| Avg. Volume | 638 |
| Market Cap | 113.893B |
| Beta (5Y Monthly) | 1.54 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 18.95 |
| EPS (TTM) | 0.1330 |
| Earnings Date | N/A |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 0.02 (0.92%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | Jun 05, 2019 |
| 1y Target Est | N/A |
- Bloomberg
China Life Group Seeks Hong Kong Listing Via Unit
(Bloomberg) -- China Life Insurance (Group) Co., the parent company of the nation’s largest life insurer, is planning a backdoor listing of its key businesses in Hong Kong as early as this year, people with knowledge of the matter said.The Beijing-based conglomerate, which spans property and casualty insurance, banking and asset management, plans to inject its main assets into the listed China Life Insurance Co., which will in turn issue new shares to the parent, the people said, declining to be named because the plans are private.Listing the group would be a key step in Chairman Wang Bin’s bid to revitalize the firm, a drive unveiled last year to speed up market-oriented reforms at the 4.5 trillion yuan ($642 billion) state-owned giant and focus on business value rather than size.The move would also enable China Life Group to widen its access to capital markets without going through the more complicated and lengthy process of a separate initial public offering.China International Capital Corp. is advising on the deal, the people said. Still, deliberations are at an early stage and China Life hasn’t made a final decision on the plan, they said.Representatives for China Life Group and the listed unit didn’t respond to requests for comment. CICC declined to comment.China Life Insurance’s Hong Kong-listed shares rose as much as 3.4% in afternoon trade. The Shanghai-listed stock gained as much as 3.7%.The China Life Group was set up in 1996 as part of a restructuring of then state insurer People’s Insurance Co. It later spun off its core life insurance assets into China Life Insurance Co., which listed in Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai.While the unit has long held the largest share of the nation’s fast-growing life market, rival Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. -- known for aggressive reforms and innovation -- has expanded its market value in Hong Kong to almost double that of the state firm.China Life Group’s revenue topped 900 billion yuan last year, while third-party assets under management exceeded 1.4 trillion yuan, according to a Jan. 16 statement on its website.The listed unit, which is scheduled to release 2019 results in March, said last month that net income probably jumped as much as 420% last year, driven by better investment returns and tax relief.(Updates with CICC decline to comment.)\--With assistance from Dong Cao.To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Zhang Dingmin in Beijing at dzhang14@bloomberg.net;Haze Fan in Beijing at hfan40@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Katrina Nicholas at knicholas2@bloomberg.net, Peter VercoeFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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Is Now An Opportune Moment To Examine China Life Insurance Company Limited (HKG:2628)?
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Is China Life Insurance Company Ltd. (LFC) A Good Stock To Buy ?
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- Bloomberg
Insurer Ping An’s Big Tech Adventure Stumbles
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- The world’s second-largest insurer by market value is struggling to reinvent itself as a unicorn hub. Wariness by public investors toward unprofitable companies spells bad news for Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., which has plenty of tech firms it wants to take public at some point.The latest casualty is OneConnect Financial Technology Co., a cloud-based back-end platform for banks and insurers. A planned initial public offering in the U.S. set for Thursday was cut by almost half to just $260 million from a target of $504 million. Ping An didn’t give an official reason. Valuations of the unprofitable fintech company will now fall to half of the $4.4 billion to $5.2 billion range floated when investors were sounded out last week.That’s a blow to Ping An’s “technology-plus-finance” ambitions. Will the insurer lick its wounds or plow ahead? It can have a word with Masayoshi Son, still smarting from the WeWork debacle. His SoftBank Vision Fund bought into OneConnect last year at a valuation of $7.5 billion. All this is a shame, because OneConnect is perhaps the Shenzhen-based company’s strongest spinoff, providing a needed service to financial institutions struggling with legacy computer systems. It operates in a less-competitive space than Ping An’s consumer-focused apps.Ping An Healthcare and Technology Co., the online platform better known as Good Doctor, is a medical portal that competes with Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s WeDoctor. Its Hong Kong post-listing performance has been weak. After languishing for much of the year under its IPO price, the stock has only recently been in the black.Then there’s Lufax, which is more than 40% owned by Ping An and is also struggling. The world’s most valuable financial technology startup just three years ago, Lufax was caught up in Beijing’s clampdown on peer-to-peer lenders and is now reshaping itself as a consumer-finance company. It’s safe to say it won’t be listing anytime soon.Even China’s hottest companies have struggled to raise capital. OneConnect’s travails don’t bode well for another of Ping An’s B2B firms, HealthKonnect. The cloud platform for the healthcare sector was valued at $8.8 billion after a fundraising early last year. Now, the unprofitable startup will have to push any potential IPO plans further down the road. Ping An’s tech ambitions have allowed it to trade at 2.35 times book value versus 1.44 times for rival China Life Insurance Co., though the state firm has outperformed it in the past 12 months. Ping An trails only Berkshire Hathaway Inc. in market value as an insurer globally, but it’s a lot more expensive than Warren Buffett’s firm, which trades at 1.4 times book.The 31-year-old company set up OneConnect only in 2015, and perhaps one day it will be more a tech giant than an insurer. But fintech and “healthtech” made up just 4.1% of third-quarter revenue. Investors should remember that. To contact the author of this story: Nisha Gopalan at ngopalan3@bloomberg.netTo contact the editor responsible for this story: Patrick McDowell at pmcdowell10@bloomberg.netThis column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the editorial board or Bloomberg LP and its owners.Nisha Gopalan is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering deals and banking. She previously worked for the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones as an editor and a reporter.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com/opinion©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
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Does China Life Insurance Company Limited (HKG:2628) Create Value For Shareholders?
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- South China Morning Post
China Life's profit jumps almost three fold in first nine months on investment gains
China Life Insurance, the nation's second-largest insurer, posted an almost threefold increase in profit for the first nine months, as a run-up in stocks bolstered investment gains and premium incomes rose.Net income for the first three quarters jumped 190 per cent from a year ago to 57.7 billion yuan (US$8.2 billion) based on the Chinese accounting standard, the insurer said in an exchange statement. The value of new business, a gauge of future profitability, grew by 20 per cent in the period, it said. China Life did not provide data for the third quarter alone in the report.A turnaround on China's Shanghai Composite Index significantly boosted profits of insurance companies, which are allowed to invest as much as 30 per cent of their assets in equities. The benchmark has risen 18 per cent so far this year, reversing an annual loss of 25 per cent in 2018, as policymakers loosen policies to offset the fallout of the China-US trade war and foreign inflows accelerate.China Life's investment yield was 5.72 per cent in the nine-month period, an increase of 2.31 percentage points from a year earlier, it said in the quarterly report. Premium incomes increased 6.1 per cent from a year ago to 497 billion yuan and the number of sales people rose by 10 per cent, to 1.95 million, it said. China Life looks to new technology to boost insurance sales as interim profit misses forecastsShares of China Life have surged 51 per cent this year in Shanghai and its Hong Kong-traded stock has risen 19 per cent.In July, China eased rules for foreign insurance companies looking to enter the country.China's insurance market is dominated by domestic players despite years of reforms. Foreign insurers have an 8.1 per cent share, a level that would suggest mainland consumers have yet to reap benefits that come with greater market competition, according to Moody's Investors Service.This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2019 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2019. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.
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- InvestorPlace
Alibaba Stock is a Strong Buy Now — More Than Ever Before
When it comes to diversified tech giant Alibaba (NYSE:BABA), being an investor comes with its share of harassment. Nevertheless, it's time to watch for a capitalist opportunity now that a key battle line has been crossed.Source: zhu difeng / Shutterstock.com For U.S. investors, profiting in Chinese stocks has been more challenging these days. Many large-cap stocks and industry leaders in China ranging from Tencent (OTCMKTS:TCEHY), to China Mobile (NYSE:CHL), China Life Insurance Company (NYSE:LFC) or China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (NYSE:SNP) have produced lackluster or negative returns in their U.S.-listed American Depository Receipts. And certainly the trade war has been a drag on stock performance.But Alibaba stock has been different. That's not to say it's been easy. Still, the fact is BABA has gained about 23% in 2019. The return is more than the S&P 500's climb of 18% and towers above U.S. tech giant Amazon's (NASDAQ:AMZN) 13% year-to-date increase.InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips Why is Alibaba Stock Different?So, what is the deal with shares of BABA? Alibaba stock has and continues to defeat investors' fears within this macro-charged environment. Most recently BABA stock toppled Street profit and sales forecasts in mid-August. * 7 Beverage Stocks to Buy Now To be certain, there's always going to be something or someone trying to get investors to back away from buying Alibaba despite its successes. For some that might include recent reports the U.S. is considering delisting Chinese stocks. And that threat can't be entirely ignored. Or maybe fake merchandise sales in the past or allegations of accounting shenanigans have prevented investors from taking action in BABA stock?Okay, so there's plenty of reasons not to buy BABA shares. But obviously those arguments don't include price performance. Most important, Alibaba stock continues to come out on top despite headline warnings and a challenging market for Chinese stocks. Now and with BABA crossing an important battle line on the price chart, it's time to put shares on the radar for a well-timed purchase. BABA Stock Weekly ChartAs noted above, capturing BABA stock's gains of around 23% hasn't been a walk in the park. And as expressed, bad press isn't likely to just disappear. The better news is I also don't believe Alibaba's impressive rally is finished. I see a solid entry for a risk-adjusted purchase of BABA stock.The weekly chart shows that since failing from a breakout attempt to new highs last year, Alibaba stock has established a corrective symmetrical triangle base. It's not perfectly formed with clear-cut pivots to define the pattern, but the essence of this bullish formation is there.Following last week's price action, shares of Alibaba are in position to confirm a bullish engulfing candlestick which puts BABA stock back above the 50% retracement level of the base, as well as the triangle's apex line. With stochastics in a pullback set-up in neutral territory and on the verge of signaling a bullish crossover, the situation looks all the more promising. How to Trade AlibabaI'd recommend buying Alibaba shares above $174.88. This entry waits for the BABA stock price to confirm last week's candlestick and reinforces the bias for continued upside in the bullish triangle pattern. If BABA rallies, a breakout through angular resistance near $185 might be watched for adding shares on strength and before looking to take partial profits in-between $195-$215.For containing downside exposure in Alibaba stock, I'd keep an eye on the weekly stochastics to continue to support the position and set a modified stop-loss beneath $165 for a stronger risk-adjusted exit that offers sufficient evidence off and on the price chart for closing the trade.Investment accounts under Christopher Tyler's management do not currently own positions in any securities mentioned in this article. The information offered is based upon Christopher Tyler's observations and strictly intended for educational purposes only; the use of which is the responsibility of the individual. . For additional market insights and related musings, follow Chris on Twitter @Options_CAT and StockTwits. More From InvestorPlace * 2 Toxic Pot Stocks You Should Avoid * 7 Beverage Stocks to Buy Now * 10 Groundbreaking Technologies Created by Universities * 5 Semiconductor Stocks Worth Your Time The post Alibaba Stock is a Strong Buy Now -- More Than Ever Before appeared first on InvestorPlace.
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Is China Life Insurance Company Limited (LFC) A Good Stock To Buy?
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- Reuters
BRIEF-China Life Insurance's Q1 Premium Up 11.9 Pct Y/Y
April 25 (Reuters) - China Life Insurance Co Ltd : * SAYS Q1 PREMIUM UP 11.9 PERCENT Y/Y AT 272.35 BILLION YUAN ($40.40 billion) Source text in Chinese: https://bit.ly/2Vp0aFR Further company coverage: ...
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China Life 2018 profit plunges on poor stock market returns
* China Life annual profit falls 64.7 pct y/y * Gross investment returns drop 30 pct y/y amid weak stock market (Adds bullet points, details) SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, March 27 (Reuters) - China Life Insurance ...
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BRIEF-China Life Insurance's 2018 Net Profit 11.395 Bln Yuan Versus 32.253 Bln Yuan Year Earlier
(Refiles to fix formatting in headline) March 27 (Reuters) - China Life Insurance Co Ltd : * SAYS 2018 NET PROFIT 11.395 BILLION YUAN ($1.69 billion) VERSUS 32.253 BILLION YEAR AGO Source text in Chinese: ...
