Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The S&amp;P/ASX A-REIT 200 Index has returned -22% in FY22, underperforming the ASX 200 Index by ~17% basis points.</li>
<li>REIT performance is typically negatively correlated with bond yield movements, however, long-dated government bond yields <em>may</em> be approaching their peak.</li>
<li>The asset deflation bear market in FY22 has improved the REIT valuation. A basket of REITs is currently at 0.8x, versus the five-year average of 1.05x, and 1.1x pre-Covid. </li>
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The S&amp;P/ASX A-REIT 200 Index has returned -22% in FY22, underperforming the ASX 200 Index by ~17% basis points.
REIT performance is typically negatively correlated with bond yield movements, however, long-dated government bond yields may be approaching their peak.
The asset deflation bear market in FY22 has improved the REIT valuation. A basket of REITs is currently at 0.8x, versus the five-year average of 1.05x, and 1.1x pre-Covid. 


Australia REITs:  Asset Deflation Bear Market

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a> has proposed the de-stapling of Abacus Storage King (ASK), the self-storage assets, along with the proposed A$225.0 million equity raising in ASK.</li>
<li>A key logic of the de-stapling is the potential unlocking of the large, implied discount to NTA in the commercial portfolio. The EGM on the de-stapling proposal is in July.</li>
<li>The equity raise is a key headwind to the rerating. Our SoTP valuation is A$3.10 per unit, which is a 20% upside to the last close price.</li>
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Abacus Property (ABP AU) has proposed the de-stapling of Abacus Storage King (ASK), the self-storage assets, along with the proposed A$225.0 million equity raising in ASK.
A key logic of the de-stapling is the potential unlocking of the large, implied discount to NTA in the commercial portfolio. The EGM on the de-stapling proposal is in July.
The equity raise is a key headwind to the rerating. Our SoTP valuation is A$3.10 per unit, which is a 20% upside to the last close price.


Abacus Property (ABP AU): Abacus Storage King De-Stapling to Unlock Value

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

National Storage REIT / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-storage-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13762:1" rel="noopener">National Storage REIT (NSR AU)</a> (NSREIT) aims to raise around US$200m (A$300m) via an institutional placement.</li>
<li>Past deals have ended up doing well, however, the stock now appears toppish and it's unclear if the deal was well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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National Storage REIT (NSR AU) (NSREIT) aims to raise around US$200m (A$300m) via an institutional placement.
Past deals have ended up doing well, however, the stock now appears toppish and it's unclear if the deal was well flagged.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


National Storage REIT Placement - Past Deals Have Done Well but Stock Looks Toppish

Travis Lundy

Australian Unity Office Fund / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australian-unity-office-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24077:1" rel="noopener">Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF AU)</a> was the subject of six successive bids by Starwood between 2018-2020 and a bid by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/charter-hall-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5593:1" rel="noopener">Charter Hall (CHC AU)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a>.</li>
<li>Large AOF shareholder Hume knocked back the ABP/CHC bid and Starwood never got to the final stages. But Aliro Group's (CEO is ex-CHC) bid at A$2.45 got Hume's support. </li>
<li>Then on 25 July, Aliro walked. And the shares fell. From A$2.21 to A$1.80. Ouch. </li>
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Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF AU) was the subject of six successive bids by Starwood between 2018-2020 and a bid by Charter Hall (CHC AU) and Abacus Property (ABP AU).
Large AOF shareholder Hume knocked back the ABP/CHC bid and Starwood never got to the final stages. But Aliro Group's (CEO is ex-CHC) bid at A$2.45 got Hume's support. 
Then on 25 July, Aliro walked. And the shares fell. From A$2.21 to A$1.80. Ouch. 


Australian Unity Office: Crushed as Aliro Walks, But Actively Seeking Situations

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<li>A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea and Chinese ADRs.</li>
<li>On the ECM front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tianqi-lithium-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27789:1" rel="noopener">Tianqi Lithium (9696 HK)</a> listed its H Shares, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wcp-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36076:1" rel="noopener">WCP (WCP KS)</a> plans to launch a KRW900 billion (US$692 million) IPO in August. </li>
<li>Event-Driven developments at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-administration-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:970:1" rel="noopener">Link Administration (LNK AU)</a>, DTAC/True, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20962:1" rel="noopener">BYD (1211 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/genting-singapore-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:439:1" rel="noopener">Genting Singapore (GENS SP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tassal-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16234:1" rel="noopener">Tassal (TGR AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/narhex-life-sciences-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9728:1" rel="noopener">Resapp Health (RAP AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-dongzheng-automotive-finance-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27984:1" rel="noopener">Dongzheng Automotive Finance (2718 HK)</a>.      </li>
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A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea and Chinese ADRs.
On the ECM front, Tianqi Lithium (9696 HK) listed its H Shares, WCP (WCP KS) plans to launch a KRW900 billion (US$692 million) IPO in August. 
Event-Driven developments at Link Administration (LNK AU), DTAC/True, BYD (1211 HK), Genting Singapore (GENS SP), Tassal (TGR AU), Resapp Health (RAP AU), Dongzheng Automotive Finance (2718 HK).      


Weekly Deals Digest (17 Jul): WCP, BYD, Link, Genting Singapore, DTAC/True, AOF, ResApp

Australia

Australian Unity Office Fund operates as a real estate investment trust. The Trust wholly owns a diversified portfolio of office properties located across Australian metropolitan and CBD markets in Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Canberra.

Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF AU)

Australia REITs: Asset Deflation Bear Market

The asset deflation bear market in FY22 has improved the overall REIT valuation. A basket of REITs is currently at 0.8x, versus the five-year...

David Blennerhassett

Abacus Property (ABP AU): Abacus Storage King De-Stapling to Unlock Value

A key logic of the de-stapling is the potential unlocking of the large, implied discount to NTA in the commercial portfolio. Our SoTP valuation is...

Arun George

National Storage REIT Placement - Past Deals Have Done Well but Stock Looks Toppish

National Storage REIT (NSR AU) (NSREIT) aims to raise around US$200m (A$300m) via an institutional placement. In this note, we run the deal through...

Sumeet Singh

Australian Unity Office: Crushed as Aliro Walks, But Actively Seeking Situations

AOF shares got crushed Monday after Aliro decided walked as market conditions worsened. Now AOF is going to solicit interest again. At 0.81 newly...

Travis Lundy

Weekly Deals Digest (17 Jul): WCP, BYD, Link, Genting Singapore, DTAC/True, AOF, ResApp

Last week, notable developments occurred in Event-Driven (BYD, Genting Singapore, Link Admin, DTAC/True, ResApp, Tassal, Uniti) and ECM (WCP,...

Arun George