Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

The central premise of Giftee could hardly be more straightforward. It’s all about appealing to our innate desire to receive presents or win prizes. That could be a simple personal thank you gift in recognition of a job well done or a marking campaign by a global brand. Giftee’s platform enables both individuals and consumers to distribute gifts and rewards digitally.     Around two-thirds of Giftee’s sales are to business users; companies looking to boost sales from marketing activities. Incentive marketing is one of many strings to a marketer’s bow. Its principle is simple; take the action we want, and we will give you something in return. The action and reward depends on the kind of business: it may be buying a product, signing up to an email list, completing a survey, or downloading an eBook.  If I were not such a Scrooge, I could even send you a digital latte for hitting the like button below this insight....bah humbug. Giftee for business has been a high growth opportunity for the company since launch. It has slowed this year as businesses have curtailed their advertising budgets due to Covid-19. The stock could be a good way to get exposure to a resumption of corporate advertising.  <section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/177/380/original/c9HTp--giftee-for-business-sales-.png?1607478084" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="177380"></figure></section>

The central premise of Giftee could hardly be more straightforward. It’s all about appealing to our innate desire to receive presents or win prizes. That could be a simple personal thank you gift in recognition of a job well done or a marking campaign by a global brand. Giftee’s platform enables both individuals and consumers to distribute gifts and rewards digitally.     Around two-thirds of Giftee’s sales are to business users; companies looking to boost sales from marketing activities. Incentive marketing is one of many strings to a marketer’s bow. Its principle is simple; take the action we want, and we will give you something in return. The action and reward depends on the kind of business: it may be buying a product, signing up to an email list, completing a survey, or downloading an eBook.  If I were not such a Scrooge, I could even send you a digital latte for hitting the like button below this insight....bah humbug. Giftee for business has been a high growth opportunity for the company since launch. It has slowed this year as businesses have curtailed their advertising budgets due to Covid-19. The stock could be a good way to get exposure to a resumption of corporate advertising.  

Small Cap Growth: Giftee (4449) - All Wrapped Up

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quantitative Analysis

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When Japanese small-cap stocks listed on JASDAQ, MOTHERS, and the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange aim at the big leagues and apply for reassignment to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are accepted, it causes significant events to occur. This triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index which means passive funds tracking TOPIX need to buy on an inclusion event. This opens up several interesting trading opportunities for investors. 
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In this insight, I have provided performance updates for 7 "Live" event stocks which are expected to have Inclusion Events at the end of December 2020 or January 2021 and 8 "Post" event stocks that completed their Inclusion Events at the end of October 2020 and November 2020. Furthermore, I have also highlighted some interesting Pre-event situations involving stocks that are likely to become TSE1-promotion candidates in the near future. 
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When Japanese small-cap stocks listed on JASDAQ, MOTHERS, and the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange aim at the big leagues and apply for reassignment to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are accepted, it causes significant events to occur. This triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index which means passive funds tracking TOPIX need to buy on an inclusion event. This opens up several interesting trading opportunities for investors. 


In this insight, I have provided performance updates for 7 "Live" event stocks which are expected to have Inclusion Events at the end of December 2020 or January 2021 and 8 "Post" event stocks that completed their Inclusion Events at the end of October 2020 and November 2020. Furthermore, I have also highlighted some interesting Pre-event situations involving stocks that are likely to become TSE1-promotion candidates in the near future. 


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When Japanese small-cap stocks listed on JASDAQ, MOTHERS, and the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange aim at the big leagues and apply for reassignment to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are accepted, it causes significant events to occur.
This triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index which means passive funds tracking TOPIX need to buy on an inclusion event. This opens up several interesting trading opportunities for investors. 
In this insight, I have provided performance updates for 3 "Live" event stocks which have announced their TSE1 move in  October 2020 and 5 "Post" event stocks that completed their Inclusion Events today and some Pre-event trades involving stocks that are likely to become TSE1-promotion candidates in the near future. 
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When Japanese small-cap stocks listed on JASDAQ, MOTHERS, and the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange aim at the big leagues and apply for reassignment to the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and are accepted, it causes significant events to occur.
This triggers inclusion into the TOPIX Index which means passive funds tracking TOPIX need to buy on an inclusion event. This opens up several interesting trading opportunities for investors. 
In this insight, I have provided performance updates for 3 "Live" event stocks which have announced their TSE1 move in  October 2020 and 5 "Post" event stocks that completed their Inclusion Events today and some Pre-event trades involving stocks that are likely to become TSE1-promotion candidates in the near future. 


In late July 2020, the Tokyo Stock Exchange issued Revisions to Listing Rules to Enhance Functions for Raising Funds through the Capital Market. These were discussed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/travis-lundy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:25" rel="noopener">Travis Lundy</a> in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/the-tse-s-listing-criteria-revisions-part-i" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:43150" rel="noopener">The TSE's Listing Criteria Revisions - Part I</a>.These revisions have very important implications to Pre-event trades in the TOPIX Inclusions Universe as fewer candidates will be able to meet these more-stringent new requirements. In this insight, we take a look at how these new requirements will influence our Pre-event trades. In addition, I have also provided performance updates for 5 "Live" events which have announced their TSE1 move in September 2020 and 6 "Post" events that involves stocks which have already had their Inclusion events in August 2020. As noted last month, unusually there were no inclusions for September due to section/segment reassignment.As always, there is more below the fold.

In late July 2020, the Tokyo Stock Exchange issued Revisions to Listing Rules to Enhance Functions for Raising Funds through the Capital Market. These were discussed by Travis Lundy in The TSE's Listing Criteria Revisions - Part I.These revisions have very important implications to Pre-event trades in the TOPIX Inclusions Universe as fewer candidates will be able to meet these more-stringent new requirements. In this insight, we take a look at how these new requirements will influence our Pre-event trades. In addition, I have also provided performance updates for 5 "Live" events which have announced their TSE1 move in September 2020 and 6 "Post" events that involves stocks which have already had their Inclusion events in August 2020. As noted last month, unusually there were no inclusions for September due to section/segment reassignment.As always, there is more below the fold. 

The month of August has been a fairly quiet one as far as TSE1 promotion announcements go. At the time of writing, there has been only one TSE1 promotion so far this month - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/topix-inclusion-7059-jp-copro-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:42694" rel="noopener">TOPIX Inclusion (7059 JP): COPRO Holdings</a> (though another was announced after the close today).  
In this month's summary, I have provided performance updates for our "Pre-event" strategies and discussed 9 "Post" events which involve stocks which had their Inclusion Events at the end of July and August 2020. 
As always, there is more below the fold.

The month of August has been a fairly quiet one as far as TSE1 promotion announcements go. At the time of writing, there has been only one TSE1 promotion so far this month - TOPIX Inclusion (7059 JP): COPRO Holdings (though another was announced after the close today).  
In this month's summary, I have provided performance updates for our "Pre-event" strategies and discussed 9 "Post" events which involve stocks which had their Inclusion Events at the end of July and August 2020. 
As always, there is more below the fold. 

Japan

giftee, Inc. provides electronic gift services. The Company gives electronic gifts for free from online with small thanks. giftee also provides gift tickets from shops to customers.

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