Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Equity Bottom-Up

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Since inception (May 15th), our Model Portfolio has appreciated 17.0% - same as MSCI Asia-ex Japan.  Since the last rebalancing (7th November) our Portfolio declined 2.5% vs MXASJ's 1.3% drop.</li>
<li>The recent underperformance came from drawdowns in Tencent Music, Tencent, Alibaba, Hynix, Hyundai Rotem, TSMC. We reduce the first two slightly, exclude BBCA, include Adani Ports, SCB, MAPI, HK Land.</li>
<li>We remain Overweight HK/China and Korea. We upgrade India to Overweight from Neutral, Thailand from Underweight to Neutral, and downgrade Indonesia to Underweight from Neutral. Stay Underweight Taiwan, Neutral Singapore.</li>
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Since inception (May 15th), our Model Portfolio has appreciated 17.0% - same as MSCI Asia-ex Japan.  Since the last rebalancing (7th November) our Portfolio declined 2.5% vs MXASJ's 1.3% drop.
The recent underperformance came from drawdowns in Tencent Music, Tencent, Alibaba, Hynix, Hyundai Rotem, TSMC. We reduce the first two slightly, exclude BBCA, include Adani Ports, SCB, MAPI, HK Land.
We remain Overweight HK/China and Korea. We upgrade India to Overweight from Neutral, Thailand from Underweight to Neutral, and downgrade Indonesia to Underweight from Neutral. Stay Underweight Taiwan, Neutral Singapore.


Asian Equities: Rebalancing Our Model Portfolio - More to India and ASEAN

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone / Credit

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<li>In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports</li>
<li>UST yields rose slightly yesterday led by the long-end, as the lower-than-expected initial jobless claims marginally pared market expectations for Fed easing. The UST curve bear-steepened, with the yield on the 2Y UST rising 1 bp to 3.56%, while that of the 10Y UST was up 2 bps at 4.11%.</li>
<li>Equities rallied to fresh record highs, supported by the dovish interest-rate environment. The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq climbed 0.5% and 0.9% to 6,632 and 22,471, respectively.</li>
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In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports
UST yields rose slightly yesterday led by the long-end, as the lower-than-expected initial jobless claims marginally pared market expectations for Fed easing. The UST curve bear-steepened, with the yield on the 2Y UST rising 1 bp to 3.56%, while that of the 10Y UST was up 2 bps at 4.11%.
Equities rallied to fresh record highs, supported by the dovish interest-rate environment. The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq climbed 0.5% and 0.9% to 6,632 and 22,471, respectively.


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<li>India's spectacular underperformance over the past 12 months relative to Asia has been driven primarily by dismal earnings delivery by corporates, leading to persistent EPS estimate downgrades.</li>
<li>We identify stocks with strong earnings delivery, i.e. EPS estimate upgrades over past 1, 3 and 6 months, forecast EPS growth &gt;10%, net D/E &lt; 1 and PEG &lt; 1.4x.</li>
<li>We screen 11 stocks from industrials, healthcare, materials and property. Most have appreciated significantly over 6- and 12-month timeframes, establishing that the market tends to reward superior earnings delivery.</li>
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India's spectacular underperformance over the past 12 months relative to Asia has been driven primarily by dismal earnings delivery by corporates, leading to persistent EPS estimate downgrades.
We identify stocks with strong earnings delivery, i.e. EPS estimate upgrades over past 1, 3 and 6 months, forecast EPS growth &gt;10%, net D/E &lt; 1 and PEG &lt; 1.4x.
We screen 11 stocks from industrials, healthcare, materials and property. Most have appreciated significantly over 6- and 12-month timeframes, establishing that the market tends to reward superior earnings delivery.


Eleven Indian Stocks with Strong Earnings Delivery, Healthy Balance Sheet and Reasonable Valuations

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meesho-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35872:1" rel="noopener">Meesho (1546271D IN) </a>is looking to raise around US$607m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Meesho is an e-commerce marketplace, offering a wide assortment of products ranging from low cost unbranded products, regional and national brands at affordable prices to consumers.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance earlier. In this note, we talk about the implied valuations in the price range.</li>
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Meesho (1546271D IN) is looking to raise around US$607m in its upcoming India IPO.
Meesho is an e-commerce marketplace, offering a wide assortment of products ranging from low cost unbranded products, regional and national brands at affordable prices to consumers.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance earlier. In this note, we talk about the implied valuations in the price range.


Meesho Ltd IPO - Value-Led Play, Moderately Priced

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<li>In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports, Softbank Group</li>
<li>UST yields rose 1-2 bps yesterday, with the UST curve bear flattening slightly, following weak demand for a 30Y notes auction that tailed by 2 bps. The yields on the 2Y and 10Y UST both rose by 2 bps to 3.73% and 4.25%, respectively.</li>
<li>Equities ended mixed, halting a rally earlier in the day. The S&amp;P 500 fell 0.1% to 6,340, while the Nasdaq was up 0.3% at 21,243. US President Donald Trump has said he will nominate Stephen Miran as a temporary Fed governor, replacing Adriana Kugler (who resigned last week).</li>
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In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports, Softbank Group
UST yields rose 1-2 bps yesterday, with the UST curve bear flattening slightly, following weak demand for a 30Y notes auction that tailed by 2 bps. The yields on the 2Y and 10Y UST both rose by 2 bps to 3.73% and 4.25%, respectively.
Equities ended mixed, halting a rally earlier in the day. The S&amp;P 500 fell 0.1% to 6,340, while the Nasdaq was up 0.3% at 21,243. US President Donald Trump has said he will nominate Stephen Miran as a temporary Fed governor, replacing Adriana Kugler (who resigned last week).


India

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone operates a shipping port on the west coast of India.  The Company's port provides services for bulk and container cargo, crude oil, and railway and other added services.

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Eleven Indian Stocks with Strong Earnings Delivery, Healthy Balance Sheet and Reasonable Valuations

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Meesho Ltd IPO - Value-Led Play, Moderately Priced

Meesho Ltd (ML) is looking to raise around US$607m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s implied valuations in the...

Akshat Shah

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports, Softbank Group

Lucror Analytics

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Asian Equities: Rebalancing Our Model Portfolio - More to India and ASEAN

​Our Model Portfolio has risen 17% since inception, same as MXASJ. Drops in tech & defense stocks drove recent underperformance. We adjust our...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports UST yields rose slightly...

Lucror Analytics

Eleven Indian Stocks with Strong Earnings Delivery, Healthy Balance Sheet and Reasonable Valuations

​India has underperformed due to poor earnings delivery, but stocks with stable EPS est revision, strong EPS growth & healthy balance sheets are...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Meesho Ltd IPO - Value-Led Play, Moderately Priced

Meesho Ltd (ML) is looking to raise around US$607m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s implied valuations in the...

Akshat Shah

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Adani Ports, Softbank Group

Lucror Analytics

Our Model Portfolio has risen 17% since inception, same as MXASJ. Drops in tech & defense stocks drove recent underperformance. We adjust our...

India has underperformed due to poor earnings delivery, but stocks with stable EPS est revision, strong EPS growth & healthy balance sheets are...