Movement Alert｜AIA Intraday Rise 3.56% in Regular Trading, Third-Quarter VONB Decline Was Tempered by Margin Expansion and September Rebound

Market Focus10-30

On October 30, AIA rose 3.56% in Regular Trading, trading at HK$74.25, with turnover of HK$460 million.

The move followed its latest operating update: third-quarter value of new business fell 5% year on year at constant exchange rates to US$1.415 billion, while annualized new premiums declined 13% to US$2.237 billion. Even so, VONB margin improved by 5.3 percentage points to 63.5%, total weighted premium income rose 7% to US$12.892 billion, and first-nine-month VONB increased to US$4.627 billion.

Recent market expectations had already pointed to a softer quarter because of a high base in Hong Kong and mainland China and tighter mainland bancassurance regulation. The update also said September alone delivered VONB growth of more than 25%, helping support a sequential recovery narrative and likely explaining why the shares rose despite the year-on-year third-quarter decline.

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