Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Asustek Guides for 20%+ YoY PC Revenue Growth in 4Q24E;  Lenovo Delivers 17% YoY PC Revenue Growth in CY3Q24</li>
<li>AI PCs: A Multi-Year Upgrade Cycle with Rising Average Selling Prices; AI PCs 80% of the PC Market by 2027E</li>
<li>Maintain Structural Long View for AI PC Up-Cycle; Asustek, Acer, &amp; Lenovo Well-Positioned Through 2025E</li>
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Asustek Guides for 20%+ YoY PC Revenue Growth in 4Q24E;  Lenovo Delivers 17% YoY PC Revenue Growth in CY3Q24
AI PCs: A Multi-Year Upgrade Cycle with Rising Average Selling Prices; AI PCs 80% of the PC Market by 2027E
Maintain Structural Long View for AI PC Up-Cycle; Asustek, Acer, &amp; Lenovo Well-Positioned Through 2025E


PC Monitor: Asustek & Lenovo Signal Strong PC Growth, AI PC Expansion in Process

Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

<ul><li>Smart mobility is driving up demand for parking spaces, raising concerns about the availability and sustainability of parking infrastructure in urban areas.</li><li>Silverstone's high-tech innovations are extending beyond the racing industry, impacting various sectors with its advancements and technological breakthroughs.</li><li>Challenges faced by generative AI, including limited data, resource constraints, and material shortages like copper, are causing bottlenecks in the development and adoption of this technology.</li></ul>

Smart mobility is driving up demand for parking spaces, raising concerns about the availability and sustainability of parking infrastructure in urban areas.Silverstone's high-tech innovations are extending beyond the racing industry, impacting various sectors with its advancements and technological breakthroughs.Challenges faced by generative AI, including limited data, resource constraints, and material shortages like copper, are causing bottlenecks in the development and adoption of this technology.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Nov-2024): Smart mobility impacts parking.

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 18th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD20.7bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin Financial, Century Iron And Steel Industrial, Quanta Computer, Wistron, Via Technologies, Mediatek.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 18th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD20.7bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin Financial, Century Iron And Steel Industrial, Quanta Computer, Wistron, Via Technologies, Mediatek.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 18th): Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin Financial

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

Sinopec Engineering Group H / Index Rebalance

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<li>The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of small cap stocks within Emerging Markets.</li>
<li>The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.</li>
<li>There are 8 trading days to implementation and there are a bunch of stocks with over 2x ADV to trade.</li>
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The WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of small cap stocks within Emerging Markets.
The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.
There are 8 trading days to implementation and there are a bunch of stocks with over 2x ADV to trade.


WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index Rebalance: US$1bn to Trade

<ul><li>APAC offshore wind market faces regional competition as Typhoon Krathon spurs AI models to compete for accurate forecasting.</li><li>Ford Lio Ho revamps Kuga lineup in Taiwan's SUV market post-Krathon, focusing on supply chain resilience amid labor strikes and geopolitical tensions.</li><li>Hyundai Motor plans ambitious battery production strategy while DIGITIMES Research forecasts significant growth in global and Taiwan AI healthcare markets from 2023 to 2030.</li></ul>

APAC offshore wind market faces regional competition as Typhoon Krathon spurs AI models to compete for accurate forecasting.Ford Lio Ho revamps Kuga lineup in Taiwan's SUV market post-Krathon, focusing on supply chain resilience amid labor strikes and geopolitical tensions.Hyundai Motor plans ambitious battery production strategy while DIGITIMES Research forecasts significant growth in global and Taiwan AI healthcare markets from 2023 to 2030.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Oct-2024): APAC offshore wind market at crossroads.

Taiwan

Acer Inc. manufactures and distributes semiconductor products, personal computers, computer peripherals, multimedia products, and computer software. The Company also provides maintenance and repair services to customers.  In addition, Acer Inc. operates real estate business. The Company markets its products under the Acer brand name.

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PC Monitor: Asustek & Lenovo Signal Strong PC Growth, AI PC Expansion in Process

Asustek, Acer, and Lenovo well-positioned for AI PC market growth, with Asus guiding for 20%+ YoY PC revenue growth in 4Q24E. AI PCs expected to...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Nov-2024): Smart mobility impacts parking.

Smart mobility raises concerns about parking infrastructure, Silverstone drives innovation across industries, generative AI faces challenges,...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 18th): Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin Financial

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index Rebalance: US$1bn to Trade

There are 370 adds/257 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index. Round-trip trade is around US$1bn. There is big impact...

Brian Freitas

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Oct-2024): APAC offshore wind market at crossroads.

APAC offshore wind market faces competition, Typhoon Krathon sparks battle among AI models. Taiwan's Ford Lio Ho ups SUV lineup, supply chain...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

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PC Monitor: Asustek & Lenovo Signal Strong PC Growth, AI PC Expansion in Process

​Asustek, Acer, and Lenovo well-positioned for AI PC market growth, with Asus guiding for 20%+ YoY PC revenue growth in 4Q24E. AI PCs expected to...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Nov-2024): Smart mobility impacts parking.

Smart mobility raises concerns about parking infrastructure, Silverstone drives innovation across industries, generative AI faces challenges,...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 18th): Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin Financial

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Ase Industrial, Asia Vital Components, Taishin...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index Rebalance: US$1bn to Trade

There are 370 adds/257 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index. Round-trip trade is around US$1bn. There is big impact...

Brian Freitas

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (05-Oct-2024): APAC offshore wind market at crossroads.

APAC offshore wind market faces competition, Typhoon Krathon sparks battle among AI models. Taiwan's Ford Lio Ho ups SUV lineup, supply chain...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Asustek, Acer, and Lenovo well-positioned for AI PC market growth, with Asus guiding for 20%+ YoY PC revenue growth in 4Q24E. AI PCs expected to...