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Cameron Hurst
Prudential Financial Inc
PRU-N
DON'T BUY
Mar 02, 2016
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An Asian pure-play in insurance. The overall Asian market was down last year. They achieved all their growth goals in the past year, though. They will benefit from long-term secular trends in Asia. He expects good penetration rates in China where the middle is growing, so PRU is well-positioned. Today, he heard that Sun-Life is taking a trip to China to learn about that market.
(US banks or lifecos?) He would be cautious with both US lifecos and banks. Both have a lot of pitfalls. This one is certainly well run and has a global footprint, but it is just tough on their balance sheet right now with where yields are.