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.Sumeida: The first batch of production equipment was shipped out of Malaysia's sunscreen series products project. According to Sumeida, in the fourth quarter of 2024, Sumeida went all out to sprint the annual target and task, and the project of Malaysia's sunscreen series products with an annual output of 10,000 tons cooperated with Nanjing Kesi Chemical Co., Ltd. realized the first batch of production equipment delivery, adding more help to escort domestic customers to the sea. The equipment shipped this time includes storage tanks, reaction vessels, distillation columns, dryers, etc. The total cargo volume is estimated to be nearly 80,000 cubic meters, which will be used for the production of various sunscreens in customers' factories in Malaysia. In recent years, technology companies have kept up with the upsurge of enterprises going to sea in China, and are committed to providing comprehensive service solutions for Chinese enterprises going to sea. In the first three quarters of this year, the cumulative amount of mechanical and electrical equipment shipped by technology companies increased by 363% year-on-year.The International Monetary Fund reviewed the funding of 808.5 million US dollars for Cô te d 'Ivoire, and the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the review of its loan arrangement with Cô te d 'Ivoire. The IMF indicated that about $808.5 million could be allocated under the EFF/ECF and RSF arrangements immediately after the review.
Shanghai Minhang issued 50 opinions to promote high-quality industrial development and strengthen high-quality financial empowerment. The Minhang District People's Government of Shanghai issued the Policy Opinions on High-quality Industrial Development in Minhang District (Trial) on December 12, aiming at improving the basic industrial capacity and the modernization level of industrial chain, accelerating the concentration of various advanced production factors to the development of new-quality productive forces, and promoting the high-quality industrial development in Minhang District. The opinion proposes to strengthen the empowerment of high-quality finance, form a 30 billion yuan "special loan for high-quality development of enterprises in Minhang District", give preferential interest rates to loans, and give subsidies according to a certain proportion of loan interest. Form a credit line of 20 billion yuan "Minhang District Special Loan for Supporting New Infrastructure Construction" to give gradient support to various fixed assets projects.Ministry of Water Resources: A number of projects to fully promote the construction of the national water network are accelerating. On December 12, the State Council Office held a press conference to introduce the tenth anniversary of the first phase of the East Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Zhang Xiangwei, director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the Ministry of Water Resources has made every effort to promote the construction of the national water network according to the overall deployment of the Outline of the National Water Network Construction Plan, focusing on networking, supplementing the network and strengthening the chain. Judging from the main artery of the national water network, the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is accelerating. From the point of view of the backbone water transport and drainage channels of the national water network, a number of major inter-basin water diversion projects have been completed, such as connecting the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting the Han River and Weihe River, and allocating water resources in the Pearl River Delta. At the same time, the water resources allocation around the Beibu Gulf, the backbone project of Jilin water network, the second phase of Huaihe River's waterway into the sea and other projects that have been demonstrated for many years have all started construction and are actively promoting the implementation of the projects.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).
Japan's housing prices exceed the annual income by 10 times and Tokyo's by 18 times. According to the Nikkei News, in Japan, the price of new residential buildings has risen faster than the increase of wages, making it increasingly difficult for the actual demand class to afford. As an investment target, the popularity is deeply rooted, and developers also supply a large number of houses with over 100 million yen. Especially in Tokyo, the average price is 18 times of the annual income, and it is becoming a market that ignores the actual demand level. According to the prefectures and counties in Japan, the highest ratio of house price to income is 17.78 times that of Tokyo. The average annual income is 5.92 million yen, and the price of residential buildings reaches 105.26 million yen.China's assets ETF and China Stock Exchange rose by nearly 5% when they were rich, China's assets ETF and China Stock Exchange rose by nearly 5% when they were rich, and China's ETF rose by nearly 5% when they were rich three times. China's overseas Internet ETF rose by nearly 2%; Bili Bili rose nearly 4%, Xpeng Motors rose nearly 3%, Pinduoduo and Baidu rose over 2%, and Ali and Weilai rose nearly 2%.The FBI director said that his resignation was the best way to avoid friction. Christopher Babers, the FBI director who decided to resign, explained his decision, saying that it was the best way to avoid further friction against the background of criticism from President-elect Trump who was seeking to appoint his cronies as the head of the intelligence department. The FBI quoted Lei as saying: "My purpose is to continue to focus on our mission-the irreplaceable work we do on behalf of Americans every day. I think this is the best way to avoid getting the FBI involved in more friction. " He added that the decision to resign was not easy for him.