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On July 15th, NIO became a strategic investor in Changxin Technology, committing to a subscription amount of 158 million yuan with a lock-up period of 18 months. The two companies will engage in strategic cooperation on existing automotive-grade LPDDR4X and LPDDR5X products, aiming to build a stable and mutually trusting strategic supply relationship. In recent years, NIO has continuously invested in core technologies such as chips, intelligent driving, and energy, and has deepened its strategic cooperation with key partners in the industry chain.July 15th - Anta Sports (02020.HK) announced that its former CEO, Xu Yang, has resigned due to family reasons. The group has approved his resignation and he will be reassigned. Lai Shixian, Executive Director and Co-CEO of Anta Group, will assume the role of acting CEO of the Anta brand, effective immediately, and will be fully responsible for the brands daily operations and management. Anta emphasized that its established long-term development strategy remains unchanged.On July 15th, Yonhap News Agency reported that South Korean retail investors purchased approximately 400 billion won worth of SK Hynixs American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on their first day of trading on Nasdaq. SK Hynix ADRs began trading on Nasdaq on July 10th, with approximately 84,000 investors purchasing the stock through nine major South Korean securities firms. South Korean investors collectively held 1.36 million shares that day, representing 0.76% of the total 177.9 million shares issued. Based on the issue price, this holding was worth approximately 338.9 billion won. If clients of other securities firms not included in the statistics are taken, the number of South Korean investors who purchased the stock is estimated to be close to 100,000, with a total holding of approximately 400 billion won. The strong buying by South Korean retail investors was also reflected in the domestic stock market. On July 10th, individual investors made net purchases of 788,510 SK Hynix shares in the South Korean stock market, amounting to approximately 1.7 trillion won. Even with the stock falling 16.15% on the 13th, retail investors continued to increase their holdings, buying approximately 3 trillion won.On July 15, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao met with Solomon Islands Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Honipwela on July 14, and they held friendly exchanges on issues such as China-China economic and trade relations. Wang Wentao stated that China is willing to work with the Solomon Islands to continue expanding mutually beneficial economic and trade cooperation and promote new developments in the China-China comprehensive strategic partnership for a new era. Honipwela stated that since the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Solomon Islands and China, bilateral relations have continuously developed and improved, and he looks forward to further deepening cooperation with China in various fields. After the meeting, Wang Wentao and Honipwela jointly signed the "Framework Agreement on Enhancing the Economic Partnership." Both sides will conduct flexible and pragmatic negotiations based on this agreement to reach mutually beneficial institutional arrangements for expanding bilateral trade, investment, and practical cooperation, better promote regional supply chain cooperation, and elevate China-China economic and trade relations to a new level.On July 15th, the China Electricity Council (CEC) released the "Annual Development Report of Chinas Power Industry 2026" on the 14th, showing that the national electricity consumption is expected to increase by 5%-6% year-on-year in 2026, with approximately 400 million kilowatts of new power generation capacity added throughout the year. New energy sources will remain the main source of new power capacity, with approximately 100 million kilowatts of new conventional power capacity added, roughly in line with the maximum load increase. "The ultimate goal of computing power is electricity. Promoting computing-electricity synergy is an inevitable path for my country to gain a global competitive advantage in the computing power industry," said Zhang Lin, Director of the Planning and Development Department of the CEC. He added that during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the national electricity consumption for computing power is expected to increase by more than 100 billion kilowatt-hours annually, reaching 800 billion kilowatt-hours by 2030, accounting for about 6% of the total electricity consumption. Zhang Lin stated that in the future, the approach should be "strengthening computing with electricity and promoting electricity with computing," coordinating energy resource allocation and computing infrastructure construction, and promoting computing-electricity synergy in multiple dimensions. In terms of planning and layout, for computing facilities in the western region, the layout of national computing hubs and the planning of large-scale new energy bases will be coordinated, and the collaborative construction of computing facilities and power facilities will be promoted; for computing facilities in the eastern region, the collaborative planning of distributed computing power, distributed power sources, microgrids, and virtual power plants will be promoted to respond to computing power needs nearby.

High Mortgage Rates Force First-time Buyers to Rent, According to Rightmove

Aria Thomas

Nov 25, 2022 14:27

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The property website Rightmove (OTC:RTMVY) said on Friday that the demand for rental homes in the United Kingdom surged in October as prospective first-time buyers postponed their purchases owing to rising mortgage rates.


However, the total number of renters and purchasers on the market declined by 1% compared to the same period previous year.


In recent months, mortgage rates in the United Kingdom have risen beyond 6%, increasing after the "mini-budget" of former prime minister Liz Truss on September 23 rattled financial markets.


Since then, rates have fallen due to Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement, which guaranteed stamp duty reductions through March 31, 2025.


According to Britain's largest property marketplace, first-time buyers have been significantly impacted by the hike, prompting them to consider renting in the near future while they await the inevitable stability of mortgage rates.


Tim Bannister, a property expert at Rightmove, commented, "It is very understandable why some buyers, especially first-time buyers, are waiting for better financial stability."


Now that there are indicators that mortgage rates are stabilizing, it is probable that they will settle at a higher level than buyers in the past have experienced.


42% of prospective first-time buyers who intend to enter the property market over the next several years have already amassed their entire down payment while awaiting a reduction in interest rates. 43% more were engaged in savings.


Tenants are already facing a large increase in expenses owing to the rising costs of electricity, fuel, food, and council tax, which are reflected in the statistics.


As a result of the highest rate of inflation in 41 years, real wages are decreasing, placing incomes under the most severe pressure in decades.