Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

AviChina Industry & Technology H / Event-Driven

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<li>As a PRC aviation/defense play, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avichina-industry-technology-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16315:1" rel="noopener">AviChina Industry &amp; Technology H (2357 HK)</a>'s fundamentals are undemanding. </li>
<li>Preceding my comments on AviChina are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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As a PRC aviation/defense play, AviChina Industry &amp; Technology H (2357 HK)'s fundamentals are undemanding. 
Preceding my comments on AviChina are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

AviChina Industry & Technology H / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avichina-industry-technology-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16315:1" rel="noopener">AviChina Industry &amp; Technology (2357 HK)</a> remains cheap with 3-year earnings CAGR of 17.4% but only 11x PER. It also trades on 55% discount to value of its A-share subsidiaries.</li>
<li>Aggregate earnings for its four A-share listed subsidiaries grew a solid 26.8% in 1Q23, even faster than AviChina Industry's FY23F earnings growth of 21.5%. </li>
<li>China is expected to increase military spending to narrow the gap against the US going forward. AviChina stays best exposed to such growth in defense demand.</li>
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AviChina Industry &amp; Technology (2357 HK) remains cheap with 3-year earnings CAGR of 17.4% but only 11x PER. It also trades on 55% discount to value of its A-share subsidiaries.
Aggregate earnings for its four A-share listed subsidiaries grew a solid 26.8% in 1Q23, even faster than AviChina Industry's FY23F earnings growth of 21.5%. 
China is expected to increase military spending to narrow the gap against the US going forward. AviChina stays best exposed to such growth in defense demand.


AviChina Industry (2357 HK): Benefiting from the Geopolitical Turmoil

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>China's defense budget will reach Rmb1.55trn in 2023, a 7.2% YoY increase and up from 7.1% in 2022. This also equals to 1.22% of GDP, vs. 1.2% in 2022. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avichina-industry-technology-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16315:1" rel="noopener">AviChina Industry &amp; Technology H (2357 HK)</a> has the most direct exposure to China's aerospace and defense developments given its holdings in A-share defense stocks.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avic-shenyang-aircraft-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12150:1" rel="noopener">Avic Shenyang Aircraft (600760 CH)</a> will benefit from its unique position as the key manufacturer of aircraft, parts and components for China's combat fighter fleet.</li>
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China's defense budget will reach Rmb1.55trn in 2023, a 7.2% YoY increase and up from 7.1% in 2022. This also equals to 1.22% of GDP, vs. 1.2% in 2022. 

AviChina Industry &amp; Technology H (2357 HK) has the most direct exposure to China's aerospace and defense developments given its holdings in A-share defense stocks.

Avic Shenyang Aircraft (600760 CH) will benefit from its unique position as the key manufacturer of aircraft, parts and components for China's combat fighter fleet.


China Aerospace & Defense Industry: Ways to Play the Rise in Defense Spending

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

In this edition of the Smartkarma North Asia Weekly, it summarizes some of the top insights on Smartkarma in the past week covering Japan, HK/China, and the Korean stock markets. The top topics are below:1) POTUS Executive Order: Updated List of Chinese Stocks to Be Deleted by Major Indices2) Kanzhun IPO3) Angelalign IPO 4) China: Allows Families to Have Three Children5) HYBE Rights Offering6) China Infrastructure REITs7) Aihuishou IPO8) Full Truck Alliance IPO9) Enjin IPO10) Xpeng: Positive Momentum Back11) Tesla China Losing Market Share12) CStone Pharma (2616.HK) - Time for a Revaluation13) JD Health Lock-Up Expiration14) Passive Money Tracking KOSPI15) SK IE Tech KOSPI 200 Fast-Entry16) DL Holdings with Recent Tender’s Increased Shares: Index Treatment 17) WH Group (288 HK)

In this edition of the Smartkarma North Asia Weekly, it summarizes some of the top insights on Smartkarma in the past week covering Japan, HK/China, and the Korean stock markets. The top topics are below:1) POTUS Executive Order: Updated List of Chinese Stocks to Be Deleted by Major Indices2) Kanzhun IPO3) Angelalign IPO 4) China: Allows Families to Have Three Children5) HYBE Rights Offering6) China Infrastructure REITs7) Aihuishou IPO8) Full Truck Alliance IPO9) Enjin IPO10) Xpeng: Positive Momentum Back11) Tesla China Losing Market Share12) CStone Pharma (2616.HK) - Time for a Revaluation13) JD Health Lock-Up Expiration14) Passive Money Tracking KOSPI15) SK IE Tech KOSPI 200 Fast-Entry16) DL Holdings with Recent Tender’s Increased Shares: Index Treatment 17) WH Group (288 HK)

Smartkarma North Asia Weekly: POTUS Order, Kanzhun, Angelalign, & 3 Children Policy in China

Civil-aviation and defense play <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avichina-industry-tech-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16315:1" rel="noopener">Avichina Industry &amp; Tech H (2357 HK)</a> is trading at a steep 68% discount to NAV. The implied stub, netting off listed holdings, is also at a multi-year low.
In the <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2020/0918/2020091800348.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2020 interim report</a>, AviChina stated:
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During the first half of 2020, with the strategic goal of building an aviation power in the new era in all respects, the Company has been dedicated to becoming a flagship company to provide high-tech aviation products and services for both military and civil purposes.
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<h3>The Fifth Plenum</h3>
China concluded a four-day meeting, known as the fifth plenum, on the 29th October, in which the 14th five-year plan and the development goals for 2035 were discussed.
One of the key goals from the communique of the plenum was to turn the People‘s Liberation Army into a modern military force (one on par with the US) by 2027 - in time to mark the centennial founding of the PLA. 
Concurrent with China's "dual circularity" development - discussed in <a href="https://skr.ma/ANkER" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China's Dual Circulation: Hedged Integration</a> - wherein China will primarily depend on “domestic circulation” buttressed by external resources or “international circulation”, timing appears favourable for Chinese defense stocks.
Put another way: why provide spending transparency in a sensitive industry via a listed vehicle? At this multiyear low discount to NAV, AviChina is cheap on a standalone basis. And potentially a take-private candidate. 
More below the fold.
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Civil-aviation and defense play Avichina Industry &amp; Tech H (2357 HK) is trading at a steep 68% discount to NAV. The implied stub, netting off listed holdings, is also at a multi-year low.
In the 2020 interim report, AviChina stated:

During the first half of 2020, with the strategic goal of building an aviation power in the new era in all respects, the Company has been dedicated to becoming a flagship company to provide high-tech aviation products and services for both military and civil purposes.


The Fifth Plenum
China concluded a four-day meeting, known as the fifth plenum, on the 29th October, in which the 14th five-year plan and the development goals for 2035 were discussed.
One of the key goals from the communique of the plenum was to turn the People‘s Liberation Army into a modern military force (one on par with the US) by 2027 - in time to mark the centennial founding of the PLA. 
Concurrent with China's "dual circularity" development - discussed in China's Dual Circulation: Hedged Integration - wherein China will primarily depend on “domestic circulation” buttressed by external resources or “international circulation”, timing appears favourable for Chinese defense stocks.
Put another way: why provide spending transparency in a sensitive industry via a listed vehicle? At this multiyear low discount to NAV, AviChina is cheap on a standalone basis. And potentially a take-private candidate. 
More below the fold.


AviChina (2357 HK): Buy The Modern Army Narrative

China

China Aviation Optical-Electrical Technology Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures electric connectors, optical device and cable components.

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