This year, the amount of M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong has reached 38 billion US dollars, which has triggered a rare bidding war. This year is expected to be the busiest year for M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong in the past decade, with industries ranging from skin care products to logistics real estate, and the bidding war has also warmed up. It is reported that China Mobile's bid for Hongkong Broadband may face competition from American private equity firm I Squared Capital. Bi Hua, chairman of Fenmei Packaging, is negotiating with Qihao Capital to jointly counter the privatization offer of Shandong Xinjufeng. The data shows that the scale of M&A transactions for listed companies in Hong Kong has reached $38 billion this year, the highest level since 2017, including the merger of Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, a smaller competitor, to become the largest brokerage firm in China.Mei Ansen signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shuguang Network Technology Co., Ltd. According to Mei Ansen, recently, Mei Ansen and Shuguang Network Technology Co., Ltd. held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Chongqing. The two sides reached a strategic cooperation to jointly build smart mine bases and comprehensive solutions. Shuguang Network Technology Co., Ltd. is a holding subsidiary of Zhongke Shuguang (603019).Speaker of South Korea's National Assembly: Yin Xiyue will never tolerate declaring martial law in order to warn the National Assembly. On the 12th, South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Yu Yuanzhi said that Yin Xiyue "declared emergency martial law in order to warn the National Assembly, which is absolutely intolerable in the constitutional order, because it means that the democratic constitutional order can be destroyed for political purposes, and the basic rights of the people can also be used as a means for political purposes". Yu Yuanzhi also said that today's presidential talk cannot lead to other misjudgments or social chaos, and Congress will deal with all possible situations.
Thai Prime Minister: Energy prices will fall next year.The dividend index has performed better for a long time, and the allocation value of Standard & Poor's dividend ETF(562060) has attracted much attention. By midday on December 12, the standard & poor's dividend ETF(562060) had increased by 0.44%, with a turnover of 10.1606 million yuan. The constituent stocks are mixed. In terms of rising, Yongxing Materials led the gains, and Voice Holdings followed suit. In terms of decline, Luan Huan was able to lead the decline, while Orchid Science and Technology fell. In the news, as of December 11, 940 listed companies have thrown out 994 single and medium-term cash dividend plans this year, with a year-on-year increase of 269.41%; The total amount of dividends involved was 667.519 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 166.24%. According to the analysis of Xingzheng Securities, the long-term performance of dividend strategy in the US stock market is significantly better than that of the S&P 500 index, and its stability is higher. From 2003 to 2022, the annualized rate of return of the S&P 500 high-quality and high-dividend index reached 12.0%, which was higher than the S&P 500 index's 10.5%. Donghai securities said that under the downward trend of risk-free interest rate, dividend stability and growth potential have become important considerations, and we are optimistic about the investment value of dividend plate.Institution: The battery price stabilized in November, and it is expected to rise slightly in 2025. On December 12, according to the latest research of TrendForce Jibang Consulting, in November 2024, the sales of electric vehicles in China continued to increase, which boosted the demand for power batteries, and the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate batteries remained stable, while the ternary batteries declined slightly. The demand for batteries in the energy storage market maintained the peak season characteristics, and with the price advantage of large-capacity batteries, the proportion of shipments increased. However, the average price of energy storage batteries continued to decline in November due to the slowdown in demand for orders at the end of the year. The agency expects that the price of some lithium battery materials may rise slightly in the peak season of 2025, which is expected to repair the serious losses of the company in the early stage. However, due to the fact that the relationship between supply and demand has not changed from surplus to shortage, the expected increase in material prices is limited, and battery manufacturers actively control costs, the battery price trend will be stable next year.
Another member of South Korea's ruling party said he would vote to impeach President Yoon.Goldman Sachs: The Bank of Japan has not reached the level where it can judge that it has enough confidence in the future. In this case, it is expected that the Bank of Japan will keep its policy interest rate unchanged at 0.25% at its meeting in December.Ethereum hit $3,900/piece, up 1.81% in the day.