ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> reported a 9M2021 Net Profit of IDR797bn, up +20% YoY, driven by revenue growth of +24% YoY to IDR17,250bn, and tight control over operating expenses.  Volumes and prices were positive drivers.</p>
<p>The company delivered strong revenue growth in the Trading &amp; Distribution business segment supported by volume growth, and higher chemical prices.</p>
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<p>Petroleum product volumes saw especially strong volumes reaching one of the highest monthly volume numbers in September on record, mainly driven by demand from mining. </p>
<p>The company's JV with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bp-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21847:1" rel="noopener">BP PLC (BP/ LN)</a> on filling stations is back to a normalized level. The JV now has 19 gas stations with plans to open another 10 by the end of the year and even more in 2022.</p>
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<p><span data-preserver-spaces="true">The Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate (JIIPE) was one of the key pillars for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a>'s performance for 3Q2021, with r</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">evenue from industrial land during the 3Q2021 recording  a significant increase of +51.7% YoY.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> continues to focus on improving operational efficiencies with total G&amp;A expenses down  and selling expenses only seeing growth of +1.8% YoY.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> also expects a positive impact of a rising commodity price cycle, with higher demand for energy and chemicals from its customers.  </p>
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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> is trading on 16.9x FY21E PER and 15.0x FY22E PER versus its 5-year average forward PER of 17.2x, which makes it look attractive from a valuation perspective. The company is an interesting proxy to the recovery in the Indonesian economy through its petroleum and chemical distribution, with the additional kicker of its increasingly productive JIIPE industrial estate in Gresik. Analyst expectations continue to look too low for FY21E, making upgrades to earnings another potential catalyst, especially after the positive JIIPE newsflow.</p>
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AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) reported a 9M2021 Net Profit of IDR797bn, up +20% YoY, driven by revenue growth of +24% YoY to IDR17,250bn, and tight control over operating expenses.  Volumes and prices were positive drivers.
The company delivered strong revenue growth in the Trading &amp; Distribution business segment supported by volume growth, and higher chemical prices.

Petroleum product volumes saw especially strong volumes reaching one of the highest monthly volume numbers in September on record, mainly driven by demand from mining. 
The company's JV with BP PLC (BP/ LN) on filling stations is back to a normalized level. The JV now has 19 gas stations with plans to open another 10 by the end of the year and even more in 2022.


The Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate (JIIPE) was one of the key pillars for AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)'s performance for 3Q2021, with revenue from industrial land during the 3Q2021 recording  a significant increase of +51.7% YoY.
AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) continues to focus on improving operational efficiencies with total G&amp;A expenses down  and selling expenses only seeing growth of +1.8% YoY.


AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) also expects a positive impact of a rising commodity price cycle, with higher demand for energy and chemicals from its customers.  

AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) is trading on 16.9x FY21E PER and 15.0x FY22E PER versus its 5-year average forward PER of 17.2x, which makes it look attractive from a valuation perspective. The company is an interesting proxy to the recovery in the Indonesian economy through its petroleum and chemical distribution, with the additional kicker of its increasingly productive JIIPE industrial estate in Gresik. Analyst expectations continue to look too low for FY21E, making upgrades to earnings another potential catalyst, especially after the positive JIIPE newsflow.




AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) - Chemical and Smelter Driven Growth

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

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<p>Our biggest concerns have stemmed from a handful of large-cap China internet names, which have held back the MSCI EM and Hang Seng indexes. We are also getting a breakout above $93.50-93.75 on the US dollar, a concerning risk-off signal. Still, our list of concerns remains short, and our outlook remains neutral yet constructive overall.</p>

Our biggest concerns have stemmed from a handful of large-cap China internet names, which have held back the MSCI EM and Hang Seng indexes. We are also getting a breakout above $93.50-93.75 on the US dollar, a concerning risk-off signal. Still, our list of concerns remains short, and our outlook remains neutral yet constructive overall.

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Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
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<p>Over 50% of allocations are in the US with the bulk of the remainder split between Japan, China &amp; HK and the major European nations.  The EMEA overweight is comprised mainly of the UK, Netherlands, France and Germany, with active managers running underweights in the US, China &amp; HK, Australia and Japan.</p><p>UK allocations hover around their lowest levels in history, though managers remain stubbornly overweight compared to the MSCI AC World index.  A total of 62% of managers are overweight the UK at an average +1.88% above benchmark.  Global Value investors are approaching their largest ever overweight in UK stocks of 3.64% above benchmark.</p><p>Another month, another slump in Japan exposure.  Average weights in Japan stand at an all-time low of 5.06% with 85.5% of funds exposed (another low). <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sony-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:563:1" rel="noopener">Sony Corp (6758 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1" rel="noopener">KDDI Corp (9433 JP)</a> are the most widely held stocks, with 23% and 21% of funds holding a position.</p><p>Tech exposure is at record highs, though this is matched by a record underweight of -0.47%.  Indeed, the percentage of funds who are overweight technology has fallen to below 50% for the first time since the end of 2018, a sign that Global managers are tilting their portfolios away from Tech.</p><p>German Industrials allocations have hit a 4-year high as more Global investors add exposure to the sector. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/deutsche-post-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21608:1" rel="noopener">Deutsche Post AG (DPW GR)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/siemens-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21713:1" rel="noopener">Siemens AG (SIE GR)</a> were the key stocks behind the move, with 4.2% and 2.4% of funds adding exposure over the last 6-months.</p><p>Alibaba has seen closures by some of the larger holders in our analysis, led by American Funds Capital World Fund (-$1.1bn) and New Economy Fund (-$451m).  Though closures have dominated, selected funds have opened exposure during this period of volatility, including Invesco's Global Focus Fund and Liontrust's Global Income Fund.</p>

Over 50% of allocations are in the US with the bulk of the remainder split between Japan, China &amp; HK and the major European nations.  The EMEA overweight is comprised mainly of the UK, Netherlands, France and Germany, with active managers running underweights in the US, China &amp; HK, Australia and Japan.UK allocations hover around their lowest levels in history, though managers remain stubbornly overweight compared to the MSCI AC World index.  A total of 62% of managers are overweight the UK at an average +1.88% above benchmark.  Global Value investors are approaching their largest ever overweight in UK stocks of 3.64% above benchmark.Another month, another slump in Japan exposure.  Average weights in Japan stand at an all-time low of 5.06% with 85.5% of funds exposed (another low). Sony Corp (6758 JP) and KDDI Corp (9433 JP) are the most widely held stocks, with 23% and 21% of funds holding a position.Tech exposure is at record highs, though this is matched by a record underweight of -0.47%.  Indeed, the percentage of funds who are overweight technology has fallen to below 50% for the first time since the end of 2018, a sign that Global managers are tilting their portfolios away from Tech.German Industrials allocations have hit a 4-year high as more Global investors add exposure to the sector. Deutsche Post AG (DPW GR) and Siemens AG (SIE GR) were the key stocks behind the move, with 4.2% and 2.4% of funds adding exposure over the last 6-months.Alibaba has seen closures by some of the larger holders in our analysis, led by American Funds Capital World Fund (-$1.1bn) and New Economy Fund (-$451m).  Though closures have dominated, selected funds have opened exposure during this period of volatility, including Invesco's Global Focus Fund and Liontrust's Global Income Fund.

Global Fund Positioning Update:  Japan Lows, US Highs, UK Value Rotation, Tencent & Alibaba Exit

Smartkarma Research Team, Smartkarma

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<p>For our next Smartkarma Webinar, we are thrilled to welcome back Insight Provider <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/kyle-rudden" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:4495" rel="noopener">Kyle Rudden</a>, who continues his series on ESG investing.</p><p>On this session, Kyle will give an overview of the “Metrics and Materiality” issue and debate, explore its implications for Corporate ESG Reporting and ESG Investing, and examine Metrics and Materiality in practice through examples and case studies.</p><p>This webinar is organised jointly by Smartkarma and SGX.</p><h3>The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 17:00 SGT/HKT.</h3><div class="content-highlight"><h2><a href="https://share.hsforms.com/1H9pFZOB-RF2J00kbvMmxcw2c5gj?zoom_webinar_id=88191048159" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register for the Webinar here</a></h2></div><p>Kyle Rudden is an ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) analyst with an alpha-centric approach to ESG research. After all, ESG investing is, first and foremost, investing. "Alpha-centric" does not mean apathetic, however. Quite the contrary. Kyle believes global sustainability – i.e., environmental stewardship, social equality, and economic prosperity – is imperative, and private-sector capital is its cornerstone. Private-sector capital still has fiduciary responsibilities. Profitability is necessary for sustained impact. The Triple Bottom Line. People, Planet, AND Profit.</p>

For our next Smartkarma Webinar, we are thrilled to welcome back Insight Provider Kyle Rudden, who continues his series on ESG investing.On this session, Kyle will give an overview of the “Metrics and Materiality” issue and debate, explore its implications for Corporate ESG Reporting and ESG Investing, and examine Metrics and Materiality in practice through examples and case studies.This webinar is organised jointly by Smartkarma and SGX.The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 17:00 SGT/HKT.Register for the Webinar hereKyle Rudden is an ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) analyst with an alpha-centric approach to ESG research. After all, ESG investing is, first and foremost, investing. "Alpha-centric" does not mean apathetic, however. Quite the contrary. Kyle believes global sustainability – i.e., environmental stewardship, social equality, and economic prosperity – is imperative, and private-sector capital is its cornerstone. Private-sector capital still has fiduciary responsibilities. Profitability is necessary for sustained impact. The Triple Bottom Line. People, Planet, AND Profit.

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<p>American mining giant <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freeport-mcmoran-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12491:1" rel="noopener">Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US)</a> will not proceed with plans to build a new copper smelter with China’s Tsingshan Holding Group in Indonesia, according to PT Freeport Indonesia.</p>
<p>The fact that this deal will not go ahead is a positive for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freeport-mcmoran-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12491:1" rel="noopener">Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US)</a> is scheduled to build a smelter at its JIIPE (Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate) Industrial estate, and this news cements that deal.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freeport-mcmoran-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12491:1" rel="noopener">Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US)</a> has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to build a new smelter near its existing copper refining operations at the JIIPE Industrial estate in Gresik and has signed an EPC contract with Japanese engineering company <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chiyoda-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6232:1" rel="noopener">Chiyoda Corp (6366 JP)</a> to build the plant.</p>
<p>This is a significant development for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> to have this confirmation of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freeport-mcmoran-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12491:1" rel="noopener">Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US)</a> as an anchor tenant for JIIPE as it will draw many more investors in industries related to copper like electric vehicle (EV) batteries to the JIIPE Estate.</p>
<div>JIIPE should also see more focus given its recently granted special economic zone status (KEK) status, with healthy land enquiries which should enable the company to increase marketing sales for this year, currently forecast at 35 ha. </div>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener">AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ)</a> is due to announce 1H2021 results toward the end of July, with the expectation of a strong set of numbers similar to Q12021 with profit growth of more than +25%.</div>
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<p>The company<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akr-corporindo-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13338:1" rel="noopener"></a> is trading on 11.1x FY21E PER and 11.0x FY22E PER versus its 5-year average forward PER of 17.2x, which makes it look attractive from a valuation perspective.</p>
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American mining giant Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US) will not proceed with plans to build a new copper smelter with China’s Tsingshan Holding Group in Indonesia, according to PT Freeport Indonesia.
The fact that this deal will not go ahead is a positive for AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) as Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US) is scheduled to build a smelter at its JIIPE (Java Integrated Industrial and Port Estate) Industrial estate, and this news cements that deal.
Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US) has confirmed it will go ahead with plans to build a new smelter near its existing copper refining operations at the JIIPE Industrial estate in Gresik and has signed an EPC contract with Japanese engineering company Chiyoda Corp (6366 JP) to build the plant.
This is a significant development for AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) to have this confirmation of Freeport Mcmoran (FCX US) as an anchor tenant for JIIPE as it will draw many more investors in industries related to copper like electric vehicle (EV) batteries to the JIIPE Estate.
JIIPE should also see more focus given its recently granted special economic zone status (KEK) status, with healthy land enquiries which should enable the company to increase marketing sales for this year, currently forecast at 35 ha. 


AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) is due to announce 1H2021 results toward the end of July, with the expectation of a strong set of numbers similar to Q12021 with profit growth of more than +25%.





The company is trading on 11.1x FY21E PER and 11.0x FY22E PER versus its 5-year average forward PER of 17.2x, which makes it look attractive from a valuation perspective.






AKR Corporindo (AKRA IJ) - Freeport Smelter a Boon for JIIPE

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BP plc is an oil and petrochemicals company.  The Company explores for and produces oil and natural gas, refines, markets, and supplies petroleum products, generates solar energy, and manufactures and markets chemicals.  BP's chemicals include terephthalic acid, acetic acid, acrylonitrile, ethylene and polyethylene.

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