HTSC·2025-05-11 07:30Investment Rating - The report maintains an "Overweight" rating for banks and securities [10] Core Insights - The report highlights a recovery in wealth management product yields and an increase in the scale of bank wealth management products, with a total scale of 30.95 trillion yuan as of April 2025, up by 2.06 trillion yuan month-on-month [2][3][17] - The report suggests focusing on high-quality individual stocks, recommending China Merchants Bank (招商银行) and securities firms with strong advantages in the wealth management industry, such as Guangfa Securities (广发证券) and Dongfang Securities (东方证券) [2][17] Summary by Sections Bank Wealth Management - In April 2025, the total number of wealth management products issued was 5,985, a decrease of 3.2% month-on-month, while the total scale of bank wealth management products reached 30.95 trillion yuan, an increase of 7.15% month-on-month [3][38] - The overall yield of wealth management products has increased, driven by a strong bond market, although equity product yields have declined due to market volatility [3][18] Public Funds - As of the end of April 2025, the total scale of public funds reached 31.92 trillion yuan, up by 0.99% month-on-month and 9.84% year-on-year [4][17] - The issuance of public funds in April was 92.5 billion units, a decrease of 8.36% month-on-month, while stock ETF shares and net asset values increased by 4% to 2.03 trillion units and 2.95 trillion yuan, respectively [4][17] Securities Asset Management - As of Q4 2024, the scale of securities asset management was 6.10 trillion yuan, down by 3% quarter-on-quarter, with new issuance in April 2025 totaling 2.322 billion units, a decrease of 8.57% [5][17] Private Funds - As of the end of March 2025, the total scale of private funds was 19.97 trillion yuan, with a slight month-on-month increase of 0.17% [6][17] - The newly registered scale of private securities investment funds increased significantly year-on-year, with a total of 329.78 billion yuan, up by 232.74% [6][17] Insurance Asset Management - As of Q4 2024, the balance of insurance funds reached 33.26 trillion yuan, an increase of 15.08% year-on-year, with investments in bonds and stocks both increasing [7][17] Trusts - As of Q2 2024, the total asset scale of the trust industry was 27.00 trillion yuan, an increase of 12.87% year-to-date and 24.52% year-on-year [8][17] - In April 2025, the issuance scale of trust products was 20.555 billion yuan, a significant decrease of 78.84% month-on-month [8][17]