Articles by Bei Hu

Asia’s Top-Performing Hedge Fund Bullish About China Insurers

Asia’s top-performing hedge fund is holding on to yuan shares of Chinese insurance and utilities companies, even after the Shanghai Composite Index surged 53 percent in 2014. Monetary easing in China will help bolster investment-linked insurance sales and make the …

AIA Group’s New Business Growth Up 23%

AIA Group Ltd., the second-largest insurer by market value based in Asia, posted a higher-than- expected value of new business growth of 23 percent in the third quarter, aided by expansion in its largest markets. The measure of projected future …

AIA First-Half New Business Value Rises 23%, Led by China

AIA Group Ltd., the second-largest Asia-based insurer, posted a 23 percent increase in new business value in the first half, beating analyst estimates and exceeding the full-year figure for 2010 when it went public. The gauge of projected profitability of …