EQUITY RESEARCH | May 19, 2025 | 4:03PM EDT CLEAN ENERGY: NUCLEAR The Nuclear Playbook for Energy Transition Nuclear Energy has been a viable and proven technology since first being pioneered in the 1950s. But a volatile history of shifts in policy, as well as public support, in the midst of cost and safety challenges has led to inconsistent growth over time. Today, increasing momentum in innovation, investment, and policy support has nuclear technology poised to see a significant growth inflection at a tim ...

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21 May 2025 | 12:53PM JST Automobiles: Tariff responses: Automakers plan to offset about 30% of negative tariff impact; tire makers expect to fully offset it Kota Yuzawa +81(3)4587-9863 | kota.yuzawa@gs.com Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. Ken Kawamoto +81(3)4587-1921 | ken.kawamoto@gs.com Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. Goldman Sachs does and seeks to do business with companies covered in its research reports. As a result, investors should be aware that the firm may have a conflict of interest that could affect ...

25 May 2025 | 11:12AM HKT Lenovo (0992.HK): Generative AI to drive AI PCs, AI servers, AI projects services in coming years; Buy We remain positive on Lenovo post Mar-Q results (report link). Despite the PC production sites diversifying into Vietnam affecting OPM, and non-cash items (e.g. fair value loss on derivative financial liabilities relating to warrants, notional interest of convertible bonds) dragging the net income (down 64% YoY to US$90m), the company's non-HKFRS net income increased by 22% YoY, d ...

23 May 2025 | 10:05AM BST Ferrous Analyst Global Steel: Lower China Exports To Lift Global Prices In 2026 Aurelia Waltham +44(20)7051-2547 | aurelia.waltham@gs.com Goldman Sachs International Eoin Dinsmore +65-6889-2401 | eoin.dinsmore@gs.com Goldman Sachs (Singapore) Pte Daan Struyven +1(212)357-4172 | daan.struyven@gs.com Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Samantha Dart +1(212)357-9428 | samantha.dart@gs.com Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC Investors should consider this report as only a single factor in making their investm ...

23 May 2025 | 5:31PM HKT Alibaba Group (BABA): TechNet China 2025 — Key Takeaways: Continued cloud acceleration; healthy Taobao-Tmall CMR growth; Buy We hosted Alibaba's Investor Relations team at our GS TechNet China in Shanghai. Key investor focuses/topics discussed include: 1) Cloud: Strong visibility in revenue acceleration on the back of AI computing demand (strong growth in inference, MaaS, and AI agent in the long-term), with unchanged AI capex target of Rmb380bn through its one cloud multiple chips ...

24 May 2025 | 4:11AM HKT We hosted Lithography expert, Axera (Private)'s Chairperson, and SICC (688234.SS, Buy)'s CTO at the panel, Semiconductors: Completing the Self-Sufficiency Chain, on May 21 during our TechNet Conference China 2025. Key discussions were about China's efforts in developing semiconductor technologies (from lithography, IC design to materials) as well as the outlook for semiconductor capex and R&D investment in China. Overall, the expert/ management see continuous R&D progress in technol ...

GS China Economic Outlook Leaning Against the Wind (逆风前行) May 2025 | Hui Shan | | --- | | Lisheng Wang | | Xinquan Chen | | Yuting Yang | | Chelsea Song | Hui Shan Chief China Economist Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. +852-2978-6634 Hui.Shan@gs.com Lisheng Wang China Economist Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. +852-3966-4004 Lisheng.Wang@gs.com Xinquan Chen China Economist Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. +852-2978-2418 Xinquan.Chen@gs.com Yuting Yang China Economist Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C. +852-2978-7283 Yuting.y.Yan ...

21 May 2025 | 4:09PM BST Global Markets Daily: The Case for Relative EM Local Rate Resilience to US Back-End Pressures (Gedminas) The Case for Relative EM Local Rate Resilience to US Back-End Pressures Concerns Over US Long-End Spillovers Come at a Time of Tight EM Local Spreads The US-China tariff relief brought a sharp recovery in cyclical and risk assets, as the market priced out some of the downside risks to global growth. This shift puts EM local rate markets in an awkward position, as the front-end-le ...

20 May 2025 | 7:01AM CST China Property Weekly Wrap Week 20 Wrap - Transactions rebounded with more upbeat performance from export-oriented cities Key highlights for the week: Our tariff impact assessment (Exhibit 1 to Exhibit 4, more details on methodology) showcases more upbeat performance from export-reliant cities: 1) transaction: under web-registration metrics, the most export-reliant cities outperformed in primary (+26% wow in aggregated volume vs. flattish for rest cities) but lagged peers in seconda ...