Yonhap News Agency: South Korean police special investigation team raided the presidential palace on martial law.Volvo Cars: The Daqing plant has rolled off 500,000 vehicles.Liu Yi, the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association, was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment in the first instance. According to Xianning Intermediate People's Court, on the morning of December 11, the Intermediate People's Court of Xianning City, Hubei Province publicly pronounced the case of accepting bribes by Liu Yi, the former deputy head of the preparatory group for the change of the Chinese Football Association and the former secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association. The defendant Liu Yi was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment for accepting bribes and fined RMB 3.6 million. The property obtained from bribery shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury, and the insufficient part shall continue to be recovered.
Treasury futures closed in early trading, with the main contract of 2-year Treasury futures (TS) falling by 0.06%, 5-year Treasury futures (TF) falling by 0.13%, 10-year Treasury futures (T) falling by 0.15% and 30-year Treasury futures (TL) falling by 0.26%.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.Hong Kong stocks fell, while the Hang Seng Index and Hang Seng Technology Index both fell.
China Overseas Development: The annual interest of "23 Zhonghai 04" will be paid on December 12th. On December 10th, China Overseas Development (00688.HK) announced that China Overseas Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, will pay the annual interest of "23 Zhonghai 04" on December 12th, totaling 96 million yuan. The total amount of bonds issued in this issue is 3 billion yuan, and the issuance period is 5 years. The coupon rate of bonds in this issue is 3.20%.Knight Frank: It is expected that Hong Kong's property prices will rise by up to 5% next year. Knight Frank released the "China Mainland and Hong Kong Property Market Outlook in 2025". It is estimated that Hong Kong's general residential property prices will rise by 5% and rents will rise by 3% to 5% next year; The property price of luxury houses remained stable, and the rent was flat to rise by 3%. Wang Zhaoqi, senior director of Knight Frank and head of the research and consulting department in Greater China, said that the Hong Kong property market is slightly affected by external factors. At present, the factors affecting the property market mainly come from domestic demand and supply. It is expected that the tone of the property market will be better in 2025 than this year, but because the cargo volume is still at a high level, the developer's goal is still to destock. With the interest rate falling further, it is expected that developers will accelerate the pace of pushing new offers and attract buyers with more concessions and financial plans.Business community: The melamine market with insufficient demand is mainly weak and volatile. According to the commodity market analysis system of business community, the price of melamine is weak and volatile recently. As of December 11th, the benchmark price of melamine in the business community was 6,412.5 yuan/ton, which was 0.12% lower than 6,420 yuan/ton at the beginning of this month. This week, the overall price of melamine showed a stable trend, although there were small fluctuations, but there was no sharp rise or fall. This week, the production capacity of the melamine industry remained relatively stable, and there was no large-scale increase or decrease in production, which helped to maintain the smooth operation of the market. Some melamine production enterprises may adjust their inventory to cope with the fluctuation of raw material prices, thus stabilizing the market price to some extent. This week, the demand for melamine in downstream industries such as plates and coatings remained stable, and there was no obvious increase or decrease, which supported the melamine market to some extent. In the future, enterprises need to pay close attention to market dynamics and policy changes and formulate reasonable business strategies to deal with potential market risks.