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.

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Equity Bottom-Up

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Welcome to Curator’s Cut - a fortnightly roundup of standout themes from the 1,200+ insights shared on Smartkarma.</li>
<li>In this cut, we survey the consumer staples sector at historic positioning lows, follow the rotation into (Asian) financials, and assess the sometimes mixed track record of spin-offs. </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 shared on Smartkarma.
In this cut, we survey the consumer staples sector at historic positioning lows, follow the rotation into (Asian) financials, and assess the sometimes mixed track record of spin-offs. 
Want to dig deeper? Comment or message with the themes you'd like to see highlighted next.


Curator's Cut: Few Want Consumer Staples, Many Want Financials, & Spin-Off Lessons

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-sheet-glass-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9013:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Sheet Glass (5202 JP)</a> is now down to "pure arb." All approvals are in. All financing done. The remaining trade is to buy and hold until the cash settles.</li>
<li>I see no startling revelation when inspecting <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guotai-junan-international-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13438:1" rel="noopener">Guotai Junan International (1788 HK)</a>'s s329 investigative reports.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/resonac-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1496:1" rel="noopener">Resonac (4004 JP)</a> is spinning off 80+% of its petrochemical division. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crasus-chemical" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:58630:1" rel="noopener">Crasus Chemical</a> is unlikely to stay in MSCI. Definitely not Nikkei 225. Big selling on Day 1 at the close likely.</li>
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Nippon Sheet Glass (5202 JP) is now down to "pure arb." All approvals are in. All financing done. The remaining trade is to buy and hold until the cash settles.
I see no startling revelation when inspecting Guotai Junan International (1788 HK)'s s329 investigative reports.

Resonac (4004 JP) is spinning off 80+% of its petrochemical division. Crasus Chemical is unlikely to stay in MSCI. Definitely not Nikkei 225. Big selling on Day 1 at the close likely.


Last Week In Event SPACE: Nippon Sheet Glass, Guotai Junan, Resonac, Skyworth, Fosun, Austal

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Equity Capital Markets

ClubMed Lifestyle Group / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>ClubMed, a premium all-inclusive resort operator, has filed its prospectus with the HKEX. BNP Paribas, HSBC, and JPM are the joint sponsors.</li>
<li>We look at the company's core segments: Club Med resort operations and vacation scenario services.</li>
<li>We then look at the company's financial profile, profit decline, ownership structure and pre-IPO backing.</li>
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ClubMed, a premium all-inclusive resort operator, has filed its prospectus with the HKEX. BNP Paribas, HSBC, and JPM are the joint sponsors.
We look at the company's core segments: Club Med resort operations and vacation scenario services.
We then look at the company's financial profile, profit decline, ownership structure and pre-IPO backing.


Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

Debt Capital Markets

Asia High Yield Bond Index / Debt Capital Markets

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<li>What has changed since our July ABM is that the ceasefire we carefully described did not hold, and oil has round-tripped roughly halfway back toward war-peak levels.</li>
<li>Fixed rate bonds that rely on discretionary spending should underperform floating rate bonds while the beneficiaries of the trade have shifted from energy exposure toward carry and short-duration positioning.</li>
<li>We remain positive on Asian credit fundamentals and, for those who must invest in fixed rate bonds, we list 9 bonds which we like at the time of this report</li>
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What has changed since our July ABM is that the ceasefire we carefully described did not hold, and oil has round-tripped roughly halfway back toward war-peak levels.
Fixed rate bonds that rely on discretionary spending should underperform floating rate bonds while the beneficiaries of the trade have shifted from energy exposure toward carry and short-duration positioning.
We remain positive on Asian credit fundamentals and, for those who must invest in fixed rate bonds, we list 9 bonds which we like at the time of this report


Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>AI / Special Report: China’s AI charge. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. </li><li>Bridge / Mainland roads opened to more cars from Hong Kong</li><li>Soccer / Two more former top China soccer officials ensnared in corruption dragnet</li></ul>

AI / Special Report: China’s AI charge. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Bridge / Mainland roads opened to more cars from Hong KongSoccer / Two more former top China soccer officials ensnared in corruption dragnet

China

Fosun International Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate operating across four primary business segments: Health, Happiness, Wealth, and Intelligent Manufacturing. The company's diverse portfolio includes pharmaceuticals, healthcare services, tourism, fashion, insurance, banking, and intelligent manufacturing. It was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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Fosun International (656 HK)

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David Blennerhassett

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Bondcritic

CX Daily: China’s AI Charge

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Caixin Global

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