Director, Head of Research, Smartkarma

Pranav Rao

Director, Head of Research

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

Event-Driven

Agricultural Bank Of China / Event-Driven

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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma</li>
<li>In this cut, we explore A-H share trading dynamics, consider copper market dynamics and plays, and China's bottoming/stabilizing real estate market</li>
<li>Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next</li>
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Welcome to Curator’s Cut, a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ Insights published over the past two weeks on Smartkarma
In this cut, we explore A-H share trading dynamics, consider copper market dynamics and plays, and China's bottoming/stabilizing real estate market
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you’d like to see highlighted next


Curator's Cut: Arbs Go A-H, Copper Plays & China's Property Pulse

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Although 5% GDP growth target for 2023 is at the low end of market speculation of 5.5-6%, we think this reflects the government's conservative stance amid post-COVID recovery. </li>
<li>A 0.2pp higher budget deficit and a special purpose bond quota of Rmb3.8trn suggested that government spending will stay as important economic driver.</li>
<li>Consumption is another major stimulus for economic growth, and more supportive measures will be rolled out - we have seen many cities planning to hand out consumption vouchers.</li>
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Although 5% GDP growth target for 2023 is at the low end of market speculation of 5.5-6%, we think this reflects the government's conservative stance amid post-COVID recovery. 
A 0.2pp higher budget deficit and a special purpose bond quota of Rmb3.8trn suggested that government spending will stay as important economic driver.
Consumption is another major stimulus for economic growth, and more supportive measures will be rolled out - we have seen many cities planning to hand out consumption vouchers.


China NPC: Implications of Government Working Report 2023

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.

Evergrande Property Services / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/evergrande-property-services" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30921:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande Property Services (6666 HK)</a> is in a trading halt “<em>pending the release of an announcement pursuant to the Code on Takeovers and Mergers which contains inside information of the Company.</em>” </li>
<li>The trading halt likely relates to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-evergrande-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:479:1" rel="noopener">Evergrande (3333 HK)</a> liquidators’ efforts to sell Evergrande Group’s majority interest in Evergrande Services.</li>
<li>The sale is likely to trigger an unconditional mandatory general offer. I estimate the potential offer price to be around HK$1.08 per share, a 17.8% premium to the last close.</li>
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Evergrande Property Services (6666 HK) is in a trading halt “pending the release of an announcement pursuant to the Code on Takeovers and Mergers which contains inside information of the Company.” 
The trading halt likely relates to Evergrande (3333 HK) liquidators’ efforts to sell Evergrande Group’s majority interest in Evergrande Services.
The sale is likely to trigger an unconditional mandatory general offer. I estimate the potential offer price to be around HK$1.08 per share, a 17.8% premium to the last close.


Evergrande Services (6666 HK): Liquidation of Evergrande’s Stake to Trigger an Unconditional MGO?

Listed Real Estate Asia, KT Capital Group

Jacob Cheng

Listed Real Estate Asia

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

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<li>We initiated research on the China property management sector.  The PMC sector is characterized by its asset light nature, stable recurring revenue as well as net cash balance sheet</li>
<li>The relationship between PMCs and parent developer is multi-faceted.  Although PMCs are fundamentally safer, we think investors need to restore their confidence in developers first for re-rating to occur</li>
<li>For investors with higher risk tolerance, we think LONG CR MixC and LONG COPL (both backed by SOE developers) offer a favourable risk-reward profile</li>
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We initiated research on the China property management sector.  The PMC sector is characterized by its asset light nature, stable recurring revenue as well as net cash balance sheet
The relationship between PMCs and parent developer is multi-faceted.  Although PMCs are fundamentally safer, we think investors need to restore their confidence in developers first for re-rating to occur
For investors with higher risk tolerance, we think LONG CR MixC and LONG COPL (both backed by SOE developers) offer a favourable risk-reward profile


China Property Management Sector: Navigating Turbulence for Investment Opportunities

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
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

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<li>Real Estate exposure among active Emerging Market funds is rebounding after a decade-long bear market from 2012-2022.</li>
<li>Average weights are at their highest levels in 10 years. Despite this recovery, Real Estate remains a "non-essential" sector, with 23% of funds avoiding exposure entirely.</li>
<li>Country-Level trends highlight a rotation from China into the U.A.E, driven by record-high fund ownership in names like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/emaar-properties-pjsc-004c637d-b17a-4c9b-849b-0c89d3b1f6b4" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25955:1" rel="noopener">Emaar Properties Pjsc (EMAAR UH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aldar-properties-pjsc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27654:1" rel="noopener">Aldar Properties PJSC (ALDAR UH)</a>
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Real Estate exposure among active Emerging Market funds is rebounding after a decade-long bear market from 2012-2022.
Average weights are at their highest levels in 10 years. Despite this recovery, Real Estate remains a "non-essential" sector, with 23% of funds avoiding exposure entirely.
Country-Level trends highlight a rotation from China into the U.A.E, driven by record-high fund ownership in names like Emaar Properties Pjsc (EMAAR UH) and Aldar Properties PJSC (ALDAR UH)



Real Estate:  Recovery Among Active GEM Funds

China

China Overseas Property Holdings Limited operates as a property management firm. The Company manages residential communities, commercial properties and government properties in Hong Kong and Macau.

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China Overseas Property (2669 HK)

Curator's Cut: Arbs Go A-H, Copper Plays & China's Property Pulse

In this cut, we explore A-H share trading dynamics, consider copper market dynamics and plays, and China's bottoming/stabilizing real estate market.

Pranav Rao

China NPC: Implications of Government Working Report 2023

A 0.2pp higher budget deficit and a Rmb3.8trn special purpose bond quota suggested government spending will remain important economic driver. More...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Evergrande Services (6666 HK): Liquidation of Evergrande’s Stake to Trigger an Unconditional MGO?

The trading halt likely relates to Evergrande liquidators’ efforts to sell Evergrande Group’s majority interest in Evergrande Services, which could...

Arun George

China Property Management Sector: Navigating Turbulence for Investment Opportunities

We like PMCs due to its asset light model, stable recurring income, as well as net cash positions. However, investors need to restore confidence...

Jacob Cheng

Real Estate: Recovery Among Active GEM Funds

Real Estate exposure among active Emerging Market funds is rebounding after a decade-long bear market from 2012-2022, with the U.A.E leading the...

Steven Holden

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