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Standard Chartered Group: Independent non-executive director David Conner will step down as a member of the board of directors, and Standard Chartered Group (02888) will announce that independent non-executive director David Conner will step down as a member of the board of directors, as well as a member of the audit committee, the risk committee and the remuneration committee of the board of directors, with effect from December 30, 2024. Diane Jurgens and Jackie Hunt, independent non-executive directors, will join the Risk Committee of the Board of Directors with effect from January 1, 2025, while David Tang, independent non-executive director, will retire as a member of the Committee from the same date.The Israeli Prime Minister said that he hoped to "establish relations" with the Syrian transitional government. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video speech on the evening of the 10th that Israel hopes to "establish relations" with the Syrian transitional government, but if Syria poses a threat to Israel, Israel will not hesitate to launch an attack.Allianz's investment in national pension has been approved, and the pace of foreign investment in China's insurance market has accelerated. The State Financial Supervision and Administration recently approved the change of registered capital of national pension, and agreed that Allianz Investment Co., Ltd. will subscribe for 2% of the shares of national pension for about 284 million yuan, becoming the first foreign shareholder of national pension, thus increasing the registered capital of national pension to about 11.378 billion yuan. Since the beginning of this year, a number of foreign investors have increased the insurance market in China. Analysts said that this aspect shows that China's insurance industry has further deepened its opening to the outside world, providing a more relaxed policy environment for foreign investors to overweight China's insurance market; On the other hand, it shows that it has confidence in the development of insurance industry in China and will attract more foreign-funded institutions to enter the insurance market in China. (SSE)

US Treasury Secretary Yellen: Trump's widely implemented tariff policy may undermine the progress made on inflation and increase costs. He talked with Trump's nominee for finance minister, Besant, and discussed the broad responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance.The first intellectual property securitization product in Henan was issued, and the first special plan for supporting intellectual property assets in Henan Province (Huatai-Luoyang Guohong Industrial and Financial Intellectual Property Assets Support Special Plan [Specializing in Expertise and Innovating]) with Luoyang Industrial and Financial Group as the original owner was issued in the capital market, with the issuance scale of 133 million yuan and coupon rate accounting for 2.67%, which indicated that the intellectual property securitization business in Henan Province had achieved a "zero breakthrough". This special plan takes the intellectual property pledge loan claims of 25 scientific and technological innovation enterprises in Luoyang as the underlying assets, covering scientific and technological enterprises in many important fields such as high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, electronic information, energy conservation and environmental protection, providing financial support for scientific and technological enterprises from research and development to industrialization, and boosting the transformation and application of intellectual property value from "intellectual property" to "assets". (Dahe Finance Cube)The report shows that the current situation in the Arctic intensifies global warming. On December 10th, local time, according to the latest report released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Arctic region is experiencing significant climate change, and its warming rate is two to four times that of the global average. 2024 was recorded as the second hottest year in the Arctic history, and the melting of permafrost transformed the region from a "carbon sink" to a "carbon source", releasing a lot of methane and carbon dioxide, further aggravating global warming. The report pointed out that the ecosystem and natural environment in the Arctic region are undergoing profound changes, with the continuous reduction of snow and sea ice, the intensification of tundra greening, and the significant increase in the number and scale of wildfires. (CCTV)

The Israeli Prime Minister said that he hoped to "establish relations" with the Syrian transitional government. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video speech on the evening of the 10th that Israel hopes to "establish relations" with the Syrian transitional government, but if Syria poses a threat to Israel, Israel will not hesitate to launch an attack.Wall Street consultants expect the deal-making business to heat up in the Trump era. Wall Street M&A consultants said that the expected regulatory relaxation will promote M&A activities and initial public offerings in the coming year, and companies are regaining the transaction manual. Christina Minnis, head of global credit financing and global acquisitions at Goldman Sachs, said that given Donald Trump's policy commitments during the presidential campaign, "I think the outside world may think that M&A activities in the United States may be slightly strengthened."Jinggu Forestry: The application for issuing A shares to a specific target was accepted by Shanghai Stock Exchange. Jinggu Forestry announced that the company received the Notice on Accepting the Application for Issuing Securities by Listed Companies on the Main Board of Yunnan Jinggu Forestry Co., Ltd. in Shanghai Stock Exchange on December 11, 2024. The Shanghai Stock Exchange checked the prospectus and related application documents submitted by the company for the issuance of securities by listed companies on the main board of Shanghai Stock Exchange, and considered that the application documents were complete and in line with the statutory form, and decided to accept them and conduct audit according to law. The company's issue of A shares to a specific target needs to be examined and approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange and approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission before it can be implemented.