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Shenzhen Holdings: Auditor replacement: PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned and Ernst & Young took over. On December 10th, Shenzhen Holdings (00604.HK) announced that according to Rule 13.51(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to resign as the auditor of Shenzhen Holdings with effect from December 10th, 2024. At the same time, the board of directors of Shenzhen Holdings decided to appoint Ernst & Young as the new auditor of the company, which will also take effect from December 10, 2024 until the end of the next annual general meeting.Goldman Sachs: I don't agree that gold can't reach $3,000 under a strong dollar. Goldman Sachs said that we don't agree with the view that the price of gold can't rise to $3,000 per ounce by the end of 2025 when the dollar remains strong for a long time. We predict that gold will reach $3,000 per ounce by the end of 2025, and the reduction of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve (rather than the strengthening of the US dollar) is the downside risk of this prediction.Bank of America: Resume the coverage of Lilly and give it a "buy" rating with a target price of $997.

Shenzhen Holdings: Auditor replacement: PricewaterhouseCoopers resigned and Ernst & Young took over. On December 10th, Shenzhen Holdings (00604.HK) announced that according to Rule 13.51(4) of the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited, PricewaterhouseCoopers agreed to resign as the auditor of Shenzhen Holdings with effect from December 10th, 2024. At the same time, the board of directors of Shenzhen Holdings decided to appoint Ernst & Young as the new auditor of the company, which will also take effect from December 10, 2024 until the end of the next annual general meeting.The second meeting of the Global Foreign Exchange Market Committee in 2024 was successfully held. From December 5 to December 6, 2024, the second meeting of the Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC) in 2024 was held online. The meeting discussed the promotion and implementation of global standards, the second round of three-year review of global standards, the operation of foreign exchange market and related market hot issues. Representatives from China Foreign Exchange Market Steering Committee (CFXC) attended the meeting. This meeting discussed the final results of the second round of three-year review of global standards. The Working Group on Foreign Exchange Settlement Risk and the Working Group on Foreign Exchange Data respectively introduced the final revision suggestions of the relevant provisions of the global standards, and how the Working Group continuously improved according to the public comments and feedback from the local foreign exchange market committees and in October 2024. The revision of the Global Standards aims to strengthen the relevant principles of foreign exchange settlement risk management and enhance the transparency of specific types of foreign exchange transactions and the use of customer-generated data on electronic trading platforms. GFXC members strongly support this.Qujiang Wenlv: It received a warning letter from Shaanxi Supervision Bureau, and Qujiang Wenlv announced that the company received the Decision on Taking Measures to Issue Warning Letters to Xi 'an Qujiang Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd., Xie Xiaoning and Xi 'an Qujiang Tourism Investment Co., Ltd. issued by Shaanxi Supervision Bureau of China Securities Regulatory Commission on December 10, 2024. After investigation, the company delayed the disclosure of the major event that 8.23% of the company's shares held by the controlling shareholder Xi 'an Qujiang Tourism Investment Co., Ltd. were to be disposed of by the judiciary, which violated the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Information Disclosure of Listed Companies. According to Article 52 of the Measures, Shaanxi Supervision Bureau decided to take administrative supervision measures to issue warning letters to the company, Xie Xiaoning, the relevant responsible person, and Qujiang Travel Investment, the controlling shareholder. The company will seriously rectify, strengthen information disclosure and corporate governance, and improve the operation level and information disclosure quality.

In November, the scale of wealth management exceeded expectations, and the scale of 14 wealth management companies increased by over 420 billion yuan. In November, the product scale of wealth management companies ushered in a general increase. According to the obtained data, in November, there were 6 state-owned wealth management companies and 8 joint-stock wealth management companies (CMB, Xingyin, Everbright, Xinyin, Ping 'an, Huaxia, Puyin and Minsheng), totaling 14 wealth management companies, with a survival scale of nearly 22.6 trillion yuan, an increase of more than 420 billion yuan compared with October, and the growth rate was slightly lower than the impact of capital backflow in October. (21st century business herald)Zhou Liwei has served as the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization Department. According to the website of Shandong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, on December 11th, the 12th Anti-corruption Coordination Group of the Provincial Party Committee held its fourth meeting to convey the spirit of studying the anti-corruption work of the CPC Central Committee, comprehensively summarize the anti-corruption work in Shandong Province, and study and deploy key tasks. Xia Hongmin, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, secretary of the Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission, director of the Provincial Supervision Commission and leader of the provincial anti-corruption coordination group, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhou Liwei, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, director of the Organization Department and deputy head of the provincial anti-corruption coordination group, Li Wei, deputy governor and director of the provincial public security department, Huo Min, president of the provincial court, Gu Xuefei, chief procurator of the provincial procuratorate, Lei Yun, deputy secretary of the provincial discipline inspection commission and deputy director of the provincial supervision commission, and other members of the provincial anti-corruption coordination group attended the meeting. This shows that Zhou Liwei has served as the Standing Committee of Shandong Provincial Party Committee and Minister of Organization Department.Lian Ping, president of the Chief Industry Research Institute of Guangkai, believes that it is expected to reduce the RRR by about 100 basis points in 2025, releasing more than 3 trillion yuan of liquidity. Among them, there is limited room for reducing the deposit reserve ratio of small and medium-sized financial institutions, and the expected RRR reduction is about 50 basis points.