Research and consultancy, Tabbush Report

Daniel Tabbush

Research and consultancy

Tabbush Report

We provide research and consultancy on Asian banks. Our focus is on what we call “Asian bank research, without the noise.” We are interested in the most critical swing-factors for banks, the NPL and credit cycle, and where we believe there is a gap between perception and reality. We often focus on the less studied components of bank financial statements.  Our research is highly thematic, sometimes examining unlisted banks and companies as a window on mainstream banks. 

Being independent allows us to look at smaller banks, often overlooked by others. Analysis of BIS bank guidelines in the context of Asia, is also a focal point, while we also analyze global banks operating in the region. We use what we believe is the most comprehensive, reliable financials database, SNL Financial. S&P Capital IQ augments our database, with corporate data and CEIC, with economics. 

Asian bank research, without the noise.

Equity Bottom-Up

Bank Of Ningbo Co Ltd A / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Despite worsening doubtful, loss loans, the bank opted to lower impairment costs in 2Q23 YoY</li>
<li>There is almost no profit growth without the bank's provision cost decline, in 1H23 and 2Q23</li>
<li>Loans more than doubled since FY19, but against this LLR/loans continues to decline</li>
</ul>


Despite worsening doubtful, loss loans, the bank opted to lower impairment costs in 2Q23 YoY
There is almost no profit growth without the bank's provision cost decline, in 1H23 and 2Q23
Loans more than doubled since FY19, but against this LLR/loans continues to decline


Bank of Ningbo - Doubtful Loans +59%, Loss Loans +38%, Impairment Costs -16%, With Falling LLR/Loans

China Merchants Bank A / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>New results detail from CMB shows divergence with credit quality and actual credit costs</li>
<li>The bank saw its credit costs decline 25% YoY despite higher Loss and Doubtful Loans YoY</li>
<li>Property development NPLs surged from 4.1% to 5.5% at 1H23 HoH, to RMB19.6bn in total</li>
</ul>


New results detail from CMB shows divergence with credit quality and actual credit costs
The bank saw its credit costs decline 25% YoY despite higher Loss and Doubtful Loans YoY
Property development NPLs surged from 4.1% to 5.5% at 1H23 HoH, to RMB19.6bn in total


China Merchants Bank - New Results: Property Dev. NPLs at 5.5% from 4.1%...  25% Lower Credit Costs

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 analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of August 25th.</li>
<li>We estimate the weekly outflows to be US$3,207.8 million, led by consumer staples, industrials, and offset by communication services.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai, CMB, Ping An Insurance, Longi Green, Mindray, Wuliangye, ZTE, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial, Luxshare Precision, Ping An Bank.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of August 25th.
We estimate the weekly outflows to be US$3,207.8 million, led by consumer staples, industrials, and offset by communication services.
We highlight flows for Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai, CMB, Ping An Insurance, Longi Green, Mindray, Wuliangye, ZTE, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial, Luxshare Precision, Ping An Bank.


Northbound Flows (Aug 25th): Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai, CMB

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

Event-Driven

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<li>The premium of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-insurance-group-co-of-c2975d60-47cd-4246-a7a6-25297586242b" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24682:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Insurance Group of (601318 CH)</a> to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-insurance-grp-co-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12880:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK)</a> has jumped from 4% to 14% in the space of a week.</li>
<li>There has also been a jump in the Hang Seng Stock Connect China AH Premium Index and big inflows to mainland China ETF raising the possibility of National Team buying.</li>
<li>A stabilisation in onshore China markets could lead to the AH premium dropping back towards parity and we would gradually scale out of long A/ short H positions.</li>
</ul>


The premium of Ping An Insurance Group of (601318 CH) to Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK) has jumped from 4% to 14% in the space of a week.
There has also been a jump in the Hang Seng Stock Connect China AH Premium Index and big inflows to mainland China ETF raising the possibility of National Team buying.
A stabilisation in onshore China markets could lead to the AH premium dropping back towards parity and we would gradually scale out of long A/ short H positions.


Ping An A/​H Premium: Sell the A's, Buy the H's; National Team at Work?

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Consumer Discretionary (inflows of $2,146 million), Financials (inflows of $1,619 million), Consumer Staples (inflows of $1,100 million) led the inflows while led the outflows.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Moutai, CATL, BYD, Wuliangye, East Money, Haitian Flavoring, Luxshare, Longi Green, Wus Printed, Yonyou Network.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Consumer Discretionary (inflows of $2,146 million), Financials (inflows of $1,619 million), Consumer Staples (inflows of $1,100 million) led the inflows while led the outflows.
We highlight flows for Moutai, CATL, BYD, Wuliangye, East Money, Haitian Flavoring, Luxshare, Longi Green, Wus Printed, Yonyou Network.


Northbound Flows Monthly (July): $7.3bn Inflows

China

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. operates as a commercial bank. The Company provides deposits, loans, wealth management, asset custody, finance leasing, investment banking, and other banking services. China Merchants Bank conducts businesses domestically and internationally.

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China Merchants Bank A (600036 CH)

Bank of Ningbo - Doubtful Loans +59%, Loss Loans +38%, Impairment Costs -16%, With Falling LLR/Loans

The bank is seeing worsening growth in the worst two loan buckets, of doubtful loans and loss loans, but is limiting its impairment costs - the...

Daniel Tabbush

China Merchants Bank - New Results: Property Dev. NPLs at 5.5% from 4.1%... 25% Lower Credit Costs

CMB shows surging property development NPLs, and overdue loans by 1-3 years, which is completely at odds with its 25% lower provision expenses in...

Daniel Tabbush

Northbound Flows (Aug 25th): Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai, CMB

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Ping An A/H Premium: Sell the A's, Buy the H's; National Team at Work?

The AH premium on Ping An has increased from 4% to 14% in a week and the HSAHP Index has jumped too. Mainland China ETFs have taken in US$13bn+...

Brian Freitas

Northbound Flows Monthly (July): $7.3bn Inflows

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for July and highlight flows for Moutai, CATL, BYD, Wuliangye, East Money, Haitian Flavoring,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Bank of Ningbo - Doubtful Loans +59%, Loss Loans +38%, Impairment Costs -16%, With Falling LLR/Loans

​The bank is seeing worsening growth in the worst two loan buckets, of doubtful loans and loss loans, but is limiting its impairment costs - the...

Daniel Tabbush

China Merchants Bank - New Results: Property Dev. NPLs at 5.5% from 4.1%... 25% Lower Credit Costs

CMB shows surging property development NPLs, and overdue loans by 1-3 years, which is completely at odds with its 25% lower provision expenses in...

Daniel Tabbush

Northbound Flows (Aug 25th): Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai, CMB

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for last week and highlight flows for Wuxi Apptec, Iflytek, Foxconn Industrial Internet, Moutai,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Ping An A/​H Premium: Sell the A's, Buy the H's; National Team at Work?

The AH premium on Ping An has increased from 4% to 14% in a week and the HSAHP Index has jumped too. Mainland China ETFs have taken in US$13bn+...

Brian Freitas

Northbound Flows Monthly (July): $7.3bn Inflows

We analyzed the Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Scheme for July and highlight flows for Moutai, CATL, BYD, Wuliangye, East Money, Haitian Flavoring,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

The bank is seeing worsening growth in the worst two loan buckets, of doubtful loans and loss loans, but is limiting its impairment costs - the...

Ping An A/H Premium: Sell the A's, Buy the H's; National Team at Work?