Report Summary 1. Report Industry Investment Rating No industry investment rating is provided in the report. 2. Core Viewpoints - Currently, it's difficult to say that the bond market has returned to fundamental pricing. Policy expectations, asset price - to - value ratios, and institutional behavior may still be the dominant factors. However, in the long run, the influence of fundamentals on bond market pricing is expected to increase in 2026, with price signals being the key [25]. - After the clarification of the Central Economic Work Conference content, the bond market within the year will revolve around the equity market and institutional behavior, and is expected to be mainly volatile. The direction of the volatility is affected by the stock - bond seesaw effect. If the sentiment in the equity market warms up, the yield curve may steepen and rise. It's not advisable to overly expect a front - running market [26]. 3. Summary by Directory 3.1 Important Event点评 - **Import and Export Data**: In November 2025, in US dollars, China's exports increased by 5.9% year - on - year, and imports increased by 1.9% year - on - year, with a trade surplus of $111.676 billion. The year - on - year export growth rebounded, and the influence of non - US regions continued to expand. Looking ahead, trade uncertainty has further eased, but the year - on - year export growth in December may decline slightly due to the higher base [9]. - **Inflation Data**: In November 2025, CPI increased by 0.7% year - on - year, and PPI decreased by 2.2% year - on - year. The month - on - month decline in CPI was mainly affected by the seasonal cooling of the travel chain and the decline in energy prices; PPI continued to rise slightly month - on - month, mainly driven by the increased winter demand in industries such as coal and gas. It's expected that the month - on - month CPI growth rate in December will be around 0%, and PPI will continue to rise slightly month - on - month [10][11]. 3.2 Funding Price - Overnight funding rates dropped to 1.28%. During the statistical period, the central bank's open - market operations had a net withdrawal of 137.5 billion yuan. DR001 and DR007 remained at low levels, and certificate of deposit yields were basically flat. Since December, certificate of deposit yields have increased significantly due to the large maturity scale and high roll - over pressure on banks [12]. 3.3 Primary Market - The 2025 national debt issuance plan is about to be completed. During the statistical period, 96 interest - rate bonds were issued, with an actual issuance volume of 454.2 billion yuan and a net financing amount of 68 billion yuan. On December 12, the last two national debts in the 2025 issuance plan will be issued, indicating that the supply of government bonds in 2025 is approaching the end [15]. 3.4 Secondary Market - The yield curve flattened and repaired. During the statistical period, the bond market showed a repair market, with ultra - long bonds rebounding from oversold conditions, mainly driven by news of relaxed ΔEVE restrictions and sentiment. After the release of the content of the two important meetings, bond yields accelerated their decline at the end of the trading day, but the interest rates turned upward the next day. The key to the subsequent impact on the bond market lies in the intensity and scale of policy implementation [16][17]. 3.5 Market Outlook - **Fundamentals**: Currently, it's hard to say that the bond market has returned to fundamental pricing, but in 2026, the influence of fundamentals on bond market pricing is expected to increase [25]. - **Policy**: The Central Economic Work Conference continued to set the tone of a "more proactive" fiscal policy, emphasizing the need to "maintain the necessary fiscal deficit, total debt, and total expenditure." The tone of monetary policy remained "moderately loose," with a greater emphasis on its role in stabilizing prices. It's expected that the timing of reserve requirement ratio cuts and interest rate cuts in 2026 may be earlier [25]. - **Funding**: Positive factors include the central bank's open - market operation support, increased fiscal spending, and decreased government bond supply. Risk factors are the high roll - over pressure on bank inter - bank certificates of deposit. It's expected that DR007 will continue to fluctuate at a low level, and inter - bank certificate of deposit yields will remain flat or rise slightly [25]. - **Investment Suggestion**: One can moderately grasp the spreads between China Development Bank bonds and national debts with maturities of 7 years and below, the spreads between Export - Import Bank of China bonds and national debts with a 3 - year maturity, and the term spreads of national debts (5Y - 3Y) [26].

1. Report Industry Investment Rating No relevant content provided. 2. Core Views of the Report - In the past three years, the re - allocation of insurance funds may have been an important factor in the flattening of the interest rate curve. When the supply of high - yield assets such as non - standard assets shrank, insurance funds favored ultra - long - term interest - rate bonds [5][28]. - The impact of the "premium开门红" on the bond market has weakened. Premium income is not the only factor determining the rhythm of insurance bond allocation. Insurance institutions often time their bond allocations, and high new premiums do not necessarily lead to high bond - allocation scales [5][34]. - After the reduction of the scheduled interest rate, the cost of new insurance liabilities will decrease, and the criteria for high - dividend assets to enter the pool may be lowered. Insurance may gradually focus on overseas income - generating assets [6][61]. - Due to the change in accounting standards and the pursuit of risk - return ratio and profit - smoothing mechanisms, insurance funds prefer high - dividend assets. Under the new accounting standards, most bonds are placed in the FVOCI account, and the trading attributes and the characteristic of realizing profits at the end of the quarter have been amplified [6][86]. - The "Solvency II" has higher requirements for the duration and transparency of insurance assets, but for most insurance institutions, the level of risk factors alone is difficult to affect the allocation preference of insurance funds [6][118]. - The net secondary - market purchases of treasury bonds, policy - bank bonds, local government bonds, and financial bonds (excluding policy - bank bonds) by insurance institutions are highly correlated with the actual changes in their holdings, which is worthy of tracking [6]. 3. Summary According to the Table of Contents 3.1 In recent years, insurance funds may have been an important factor in the flattening of the interest rate curve - Premiums are an important source of insurance funds. The long - term nature of insurance liabilities makes insurance funds prefer long - term assets. The proportion of life insurance premiums in total premiums has increased from 52% in 2022 to 56% in 2024 [25]. - When the supply of high - yield non - standard assets shrank, insurance funds re - allocated to ultra - long - term interest - rate bonds, resulting in the flattening of the interest rate curve. From 2022Q2 to 2025Q1, the proportion of non - standard assets in total insurance funds decreased from 26.9% to 19.3%, and the term spread between 30Y and 10Y treasury bonds changed from "mean - reversion" to "downward - trend" after 2020 [28]. 3.2 The impact of the "premium开门红" on the bond market has weakened, and currently, insurance asset allocation values the risk - return ratio more - In the past, due to the lack of long - term government bond issuance in January, insurance funds flowed into the secondary market in the early part of the year. However, in recent years, the supply of long - term government bonds in the primary market has increased, and the influence on the secondary market has weakened [34]. - Premium income is not the only factor determining the rhythm of insurance bond allocation. The reasons include sufficient primary - market supply, relatively high deposit returns, and the importance of timing bond allocation to increase returns in a low - interest - rate environment [41]. - Before the reduction of the scheduled interest rate, insurance institutions usually try to boost premiums but time their bond allocations. Although the reduction of the scheduled interest rate on August 31, 2025, was greater than expected, the "premium - boosting" phenomenon was not obvious, and the preference for bond market allocation weakened. After the reduction, the cost of new insurance liabilities decreased, and the attractiveness of 30Y treasury bonds and 20Y and above local government bonds increased when their YTM was higher than 2% [51][61]. - Insurance may focus on overseas fixed - income assets. The expansion of the scope of eligible investors for the Southbound Bond Connect is imminent, which may increase the proportion of overseas investment by insurance institutions and help improve investment returns [64]. 3.3 Stock - bond rebalancing and the switch between old and new accounting standards make high - dividend assets more popular - As the domestic long - term bond yield may remain low for a long time, insurance companies may seek high - yield fixed - income assets overseas and increase their allocation of equities [73]. - Under the new accounting standards, most bonds are placed in the FVOCI account, and the trading attributes and the characteristic of realizing profits at the end of the quarter have been amplified. Insurance institutions prefer to buy high - dividend assets and re - classify them into the FVOCI account to smooth profit fluctuations [86][97]. - High - dividend equity assets can support investment returns when bond yields are low. Their full - return index has performed better than ultra - long - term treasury bonds since 2019 [103]. 3.4 "Solvency II" has higher requirements for the duration and transparency of insurance assets - Since 2023, the solvency adequacy ratio of insurance institutions has been steadily increasing. As of 2025Q1, the comprehensive solvency adequacy ratio of Chinese insurance companies reached 204.5%, and the core solvency adequacy ratio reached 146.5% [110]. - "Solvency II" requires a higher degree of matching between asset and liability durations. If the asset duration is less than the liability duration, the minimum capital for interest - rate risk will increase rapidly under stress - testing scenarios [113]. - Holding assets such as trusts, real estate, and non - standard assets will increase the risk factor, raise the minimum risk capital, and lower the solvency adequacy ratio. However, for most insurance institutions, the level of risk factors alone is difficult to affect their asset - allocation preferences [118]. 3.5 Insurance focuses on primary - market subscriptions and supplements with secondary - market transactions 5.1 Which types of bonds in the cash - bond trading data of insurance institutions are worthy of high - frequency tracking - The net secondary - market purchases of treasury bonds, policy - bank bonds, local government bonds, and financial bonds (excluding policy - bank bonds) by insurance institutions are highly correlated with the actual changes in their holdings. In 2024, insurance institutions showed more obvious trading behaviors in the secondary market [119]. 5.2 Rules for insurance trading of treasury bonds - Insurance institutions tend to increase their net purchases of long - term treasury bonds at the end of the quarter and sell them at the beginning of the next quarter. Since 2023, their net purchases of 30Y treasury bonds have increased significantly [125]. - Although there are obvious rules for insurance institutions' trading of treasury bonds at the end of the quarter, it is difficult for a single type of investor to affect the bond - market trend [136]. 5.3 Insurance trading of local government bonds: The spread can be used as a leading indicator - The supply pressure of local government bonds affects the spread, which in turn affects the net secondary - market purchases of local government bonds by insurance institutions. The spread of local government bonds is an important indicator for judging the net - buying power of insurance institutions in the secondary market. When the spread increases by 5 - 6bp within a month, the net - buying scale of insurance institutions may increase significantly [138]. 5.4 Insurance trading strategy for Tier 2 and perpetual bonds - Since May 2024, insurance institutions have continuously sold medium - and long - term Tier 2 and perpetual bonds because these bonds cannot pass the cash - flow test and most are re - classified into the FVTPL account, which has a greater impact on current profits [152].