Recently, FWD Group CMO Wang Junjie emphasized in an exclusive interview that FWD Capital is sufficient and "does not want to sell cheaply", and whether it is listed or not will not affect the group's operation, but in order to provide shareholders with potential cash-out methods, FWD will still break through again in the future. FWD's shareholders are strong and have ample capital to expand, so they are not in a hurry to go public.
It is reported that since 2021, FWD Group has submitted several listing applications in the United States and Hong Kong, but all of them have failed. Ma pointed out that FWD's decision not to list in the United States was correct, and since the group's business has little to do with the United States, it was a wise decision to return to Hong Kong to list. In recent years, Hong Kong's new ** market has blown a weak wind, and the amount of new shares raised has plummeted, he said frankly, such a market situation is difficult to do, if the Hang Seng Index has 30,000 points next year, the valuation will improve, and the funds will come back, or then consider the timing of listing.
According to the prospectus, FWD Group is a fast-growing pan-Asian life insurance company, providing customers with participating life insurance, non-participating life insurance, medical insurance, investment-linked insurance, group insurance and other life insurance products, and the company's business covers ten markets in Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia. For the 12 months ended June this year, the Group had total premium income of US$6.3 billion and total assets of US$51.8 billion.
According to the company's report, Wang Junjie, graduated from the University of Hong Kong Chinese with a bachelor's degree in business administration, is now the chief marketing officer of FWD Hong Kong and Macau, and has the professional qualifications and recognized licenses of International Life Insurer (CLU), International Financial Planner (CHFC), Insurance Financial Planner (IFPC), Chartered Financial Planner (CHFP), Certified Financial Adviser (RFC) and Chartered Life Manager (CIAM). In 2015, he was awarded the "Outstanding Insurance Salesperson" by the Hong Kong Federation of InsurersIn 2023, he won the Industry Achievement Award of the Hong Kong Life Underwriters AssociationHe has also served as a tutor for various professional certificate courses, and has been invited to speak in Chinese mainland, Southeast Asia and the United States.
From the perspective of shareholder structure, the controlling shareholder of FWD Group is Li Zekai, who holds 7769% of the shares. Other significant investors include: Athene holds a 679%, 305%, Canada Pension ** Investment Company holds 255% and 127% and 509% etc. (Cheng Yun).