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Citigroup said it was surprised by Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) selling down its stake in Kuaishou (01024.HK), noting Tencent had earlier signalled it might use its investment portfolio to fund shareholder returns. The bank flagged Kuaishou’s low valuation and that Kuaishou portfolio company Keling recently completed a private round in which Tencent invested about $200m for a 1.12% stake, suggesting Tencent may be reallocating older holdings into new AI investments. Citigroup said the sell-down could hurt Kuaishou market sentiment and prompt concern about further disposals of Kuaishou or other investee stakes; nevertheless, with Kuaishou’s fundamentals unchanged and Keling showing potential, Citigroup maintains a Buy rating and PT HK$72.

HSBC plans to increase its Hong Kong gold storage to about 200 tonnes within months to support Hong Kong’s 2,000-tonne storage capacity target, the bank said. HSBC holds roughly 600 tonnes in London and more than $100bn of gold globally. Hong Kong has launched a gold central clearing and settlement system, and the Hong Kong Treasury and Shanghai Gold Exchange have begun the first phase of a physical connect to boost liquidity and link Asian, mainland and global markets. On the pilot day HSBC arranged initial client trades, completed full lifecycle processing and executed the first physical-connect transaction.