- VONB up 25 per cent to US$1,476 million, a record for the third quarter
- VONB margin of 58.2 per cent, up by 5.7 pps
- Broad-based double-digit VONB growth in Hong Kong, Mainland China, ASEAN and India
- Agency VONB growth of 19 per cent with very strong recruitment up 18 per cent
VALUE OF NEW BUSINESS UP 25 PER CENT TO US$1,476 MILLION
| US$ millions, unless otherwise stated | Three months ended 30 September | Nine months ended 30 September | ||||||
| 
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 | YoY | YoY  | 
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 | YoY | YoY  | |
| VONB | 1,476 | 1,161 | 25% | 27% | 4,314 | 3,616 | 18% | 19% | 
| VONB margin | 58.2% | 52.2% | 5.7 pps | 6.0 pps | 57.9% | 53.3% | 4.2 pps | 4.6 pps | 
| ANP | 2,550 | 2,212 | 14% | 15% | 7,492 | 6,758 | 10% | 11% | 
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| US$ billions | Participating funds and other participating business with distinct portfolios | Other | Total policyholder and shareholder | 
| Fixed income | 71.0 | 116.0 | 186.9 | |||||
| Government and government agency bonds | 29.1 | 80.0 | 109.1 | |||||
| Corporate bonds | 41.2 | 28.4 | 69.5 | |||||
| Structured securities | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |||||
| Loans and deposits | 0.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | |||||
| Equities | 56.0 | 18.5 | 74.6 | |||||
| Interests in investment funds and | ||||||||
| exchangeable loan notes | 50.1 | 12.9 | 63.0 | |||||
| Equity shares | 5.9 | 5.6 | 11.6 | |||||
| Real estate | 3.6 | 4.9 | 8.4 | |||||
| Others | 2.6 | 7.2 | 9.8 | |||||
| Total invested assets | 133.2 | 146.6 | 279.8 | |||||
| 
 | Participating | Other	 | Total | AAA | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 
| AA | 2.8 | 2.0 | 4.8 | |||
| A | 20.6 | 13.5 | 34.1 | |||
| BBB | 16.9 | 11.5 | 28.4 | |||
| Below investment grade and not rated | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | |||
| Total | 41.2 | 28.4 | 69.5 | |||
| US$ billions | % of total | BBB+ | 4.6 | 40% | ||
| BBB | 4.9 | 43% | ||||
| BBB- | 1.9 | 17% | ||||
| Total | 11.5 | 100% | ||||
| US$ billions | % of total | Asia Pacific | 18.6 | 65% | ||
| United States | 5.6 | 20% | ||||
| Other | 4.2 | 15% | ||||
| Total | 28.4 | 100% | ||||
| US$ billions | % of total | Energy | 2.6 | 9% | ||
| Materials | 1.2 | 4% | ||||
| Industrials | 3.9 | 14% | ||||
| Consumer discretionary | 1.2 | 4% | ||||
| Consumer staples | 0.8 | 3% | ||||
| Healthcare | 0.9 | 3% | ||||
| Financials – Banks | 5.4 | 19% | ||||
| Financials – Financial services | 4.1 | 14% | ||||
| Financials – Insurance | 1.0 | 4% | ||||
| Real Estate | 2.3 | 8% | ||||
| Information technology | 1.0 | 4% | ||||
| Communication services | 2.0 | 7% | ||||
| Utilities | 2.0 | 7% | ||||
| Total | 28.4 | 100% | ||||
| US$ billions | % of total | Fixed income | 33.6 | 80% | ||
| Government and government agency bonds | 31.1 | 74% | ||||
| Corporate bonds | 2.2 | 5% | ||||
| Structured securities and loans and deposits | 
 | 0.3 | 1% | |||
| Equities | 7.0 | 17% | ||||
| Real estate | 0.9 | 2% | ||||
| Others | 0.5 | 1% | ||||
| Total invested assets | 42.0 | 100% | ||||

