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Iris Tan
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

China Life Insurance's restructuring pace is hampered by its large scale.

No-moat China Life posted 98% year-on-year net profit growth for the first nine months, driven by accelerating premium growth, better investment returns, and lower claim costs in the past quarter. We maintain our fair value estimate of CNY 21 for the A shares and will increase our fair value estimate to HKD 25 per share from HKD 24 to reflect a 1.56% appreciation in the yuan against the Hong Kong dollar since our last update.
Better investment returns were the primary contributor for the strong ...
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China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. Class H

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Iris Tan

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