Forensic Analyst

Jason Yap, CFA

Forensic Accounting

Gree Electric Appliances / Forensic Accounting

Founded in 1991 by Chairlady Dong Mingzhu, Gree manufactures air-conditioners under the “Gree” brand and primarily leverages on its strong offline retail network.  Relative to its peers like Midea and Hai Er, Gree has struggled to re-invent itself in terms of product innovation, channel reform and e-commerce adoption, particularly in the wake of the pandemic disruptions in H1 2020.This article examines the organisation structure and corporate governance environment at Gree and how these factors might have contributed to Gree's business lagging its peers, particularly in relation to Chairlady Dong's domineering personality and Gree's longstanding and closely intertwined relationship with its offline distributors.

Founded in 1991 by Chairlady Dong Mingzhu, Gree manufactures air-conditioners under the “Gree” brand and primarily leverages on its strong offline retail network.  Relative to its peers like Midea and Hai Er, Gree has struggled to re-invent itself in terms of product innovation, channel reform and e-commerce adoption, particularly in the wake of the pandemic disruptions in H1 2020.This article examines the organisation structure and corporate governance environment at Gree and how these factors might have contributed to Gree's business lagging its peers, particularly in relation to Chairlady Dong's domineering personality and Gree's longstanding and closely intertwined relationship with its offline distributors.  

Gree Electric Appliances - Common Interests in Uncommon Areas

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

In our weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Ideas series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the northbound Shanghai and Shenzhen Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine and highlight interesting trade ideas. In this insight, we will have an overview of the weekly inflows into the A-share market via Shanghai/Shenzhen connect, top inflow and top three outflow stocks. We will also cover inflows and holdings by sectors, after which we will highlight top five inflows and outflows on a relative basis for large-cap and mid-cap stocks: stocks with a market capitalization above $5 bn, and those between $1 bn and $5 bn. In this insight, we will highlight inflows into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27092:1" rel="noopener">WuXi AppTec Co Ltd (603259 CH)</a>, as well as outflows from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gree-electric-appliances-inc-of-zhuhai" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7622:1" rel="noopener">Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-tourism-group-duty-free-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12278:1" rel="noopener">China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH)</a>.

In our weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Ideas series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the northbound Shanghai and Shenzhen Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine and highlight interesting trade ideas.  In this insight, we will have an overview of the weekly inflows into the A-share market via Shanghai/Shenzhen connect, top inflow and top three outflow stocks. We will also cover inflows and holdings by sectors, after which we will highlight top five inflows and outflows on a relative basis for large-cap and mid-cap stocks: stocks with a market capitalization above $5 bn, and those between $1 bn and $5 bn.  In this insight, we will highlight inflows into WuXi AppTec Co Ltd (603259 CH), as well as outflows from Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH) and China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH).

SH/​​SZ Connect Flows: Wuxi Apptec, Gree, China Tourism

In our weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Ideas series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the northbound Shanghai and Shenzhen Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine and highlight interesting trade ideas.
In this insight, we will have an overview of the weekly inflows into the A-share market via Shanghai/Shenzhen connect, top inflow and top three outflow stocks. We will also cover inflows and holdings by sectors, after which we will highlight top five inflows and outflows on a relative basis for large-cap and mid-cap stocks: stocks with a market capitalization above $5 bn, and those between $1 bn and $5 bn.
In this insight, we will highlight inflows into Gree Electric Appliances,Inc.Of Zhuhai Co.,Ltd  (000651 CH) and outflows from Kweichow Moutai Co.,Ltd.  (600519 CH). We note that Moutai has experienced consecutive 10 weeks of outflows.

In our weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect Ideas series, we aim to highlight key stocks and sectors which the mainland investors traded via the northbound Shanghai and Shenzhen Connect, as analyzed by our proprietary data engine and highlight interesting trade ideas.
In this insight, we will have an overview of the weekly inflows into the A-share market via Shanghai/Shenzhen connect, top inflow and top three outflow stocks. We will also cover inflows and holdings by sectors, after which we will highlight top five inflows and outflows on a relative basis for large-cap and mid-cap stocks: stocks with a market capitalization above $5 bn, and those between $1 bn and $5 bn.
In this insight, we will highlight inflows into Gree Electric Appliances,Inc.Of Zhuhai Co.,Ltd  (000651 CH) and outflows from Kweichow Moutai Co.,Ltd.  (600519 CH). We note that Moutai has experienced consecutive 10 weeks of outflows. 

SH/​​SZ Connect Flow: 10 Weeks of Outflow from Moutai

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

Cross Asset Strategy

Last month saw China allocations hit record levels across Asia Ex-Japan, Emerging Market and Global active long-only funds.  The average China weight in Asia Ex-Japan funds stands at a record 50.96%, in active GEM funds a record 37.63% and in active Global funds an all-time high of 5.33%However, these increases have come at the expense of greater concentration.  Among Global managers, the top 10 largest China stock holdings now account for 62% of total China allocations, among GEM and Asia Ex-Japan funds just under 50% - an all-time high across all 3 investor groups. Dedicated China managers, however, are more diversified.  In this analysis, we look at the differences between dedicated China funds and their regional peers.  We find that Asia, GEM and Global managers are more concentrated in the Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services sectors, whereas dedicated China managers are more diversified across Technology, Industrials and Health Care stocks.  Regional funds are also underinvested in China A-Shares compared to dedicated China managers, who are running significant overweights vs the MSCI China benchmark.We identify the next generation of Chinese stocks outside of the big index names by following the lead of dedicated managers in the region.  We provide a list of 40 stocks, identified as 'Next Generation' stocks due to their widespread investment in dedicated China funds, but that are currently underowned by Asia Ex-Japan, GEM and Global investors.The list is headed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-medicine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14128:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH)</a>, one of the standout domestic holdings within the Health Care sector, followed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-tourism-group-duty-free-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12278:1" rel="noopener">China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/luxshare-precision-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12310:1" rel="noopener">Luxshare Precision Industry (002475 CH)</a> .Analysis taken from our Global, GEM, Asia Ex-Japan and China fund universes.  Global:  386 Active Funds, combined AUM $750bn                                                                                        GEM:  242 Active Funds, combined AUM $370bn                                                                                          Asia Ex-Japan: 98 Active Funds, combined AUM $70bn                                                                              China:  119 Active Funds, combined AUM $50bn

Last month saw China allocations hit record levels across Asia Ex-Japan, Emerging Market and Global active long-only funds.  The average China weight in Asia Ex-Japan funds stands at a record 50.96%, in active GEM funds a record 37.63% and in active Global funds an all-time high of 5.33%However, these increases have come at the expense of greater concentration.  Among Global managers, the top 10 largest China stock holdings now account for 62% of total China allocations, among GEM and Asia Ex-Japan funds just under 50% - an all-time high across all 3 investor groups. Dedicated China managers, however, are more diversified.  In this analysis, we look at the differences between dedicated China funds and their regional peers.  We find that Asia, GEM and Global managers are more concentrated in the Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services sectors, whereas dedicated China managers are more diversified across Technology, Industrials and Health Care stocks.  Regional funds are also underinvested in China A-Shares compared to dedicated China managers, who are running significant overweights vs the MSCI China benchmark.We identify the next generation of Chinese stocks outside of the big index names by following the lead of dedicated managers in the region.  We provide a list of 40 stocks, identified as 'Next Generation' stocks due to their widespread investment in dedicated China funds, but that are currently underowned by Asia Ex-Japan, GEM and Global investors.The list is headed by Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH), one of the standout domestic holdings within the Health Care sector, followed by China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd (601888 CH) and Luxshare Precision Industry (002475 CH) .Analysis taken from our Global, GEM, Asia Ex-Japan and China fund universes.  Global:  386 Active Funds, combined AUM $750bn                                                                                        GEM:  242 Active Funds, combined AUM $370bn                                                                                          Asia Ex-Japan: 98 Active Funds, combined AUM $70bn                                                                              China:  119 Active Funds, combined AUM $50bn

China's Next Generation:  Diversifying Away from Tencent and Alibaba.

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

Zhuhai Holdings Investment / Equity Bottom-Up

Our Zhuhai visit to property projects by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/country-garden-holdings-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5225:1" rel="noopener">Country Garden Holdings Co (2007 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shimao-property-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8375:1" rel="noopener">Shimao Property Holdings (813 HK)</a> last weekend revealed the encouraging prospects of the city as a major player in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Improving infrastructure, competitive property price, convenient transportation and enriching leisure and entertainment facilities are key attractiveness of the city.We listed out some of the key companies in the city including <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gree-electric-appliances-inc-of-zhuhai" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7622:1" rel="noopener">Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/huafa-industrial-co-ltd-zhuhai" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2329:1" rel="noopener">Huafa Industrial Co., Ltd. Zhuhai (600325 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhuhai-port-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15664:1" rel="noopener">Zhuhai Port Co Ltd A (000507 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhuhai-holdings-investment-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17863:1" rel="noopener">Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK)</a> as options for gaining exposure to the city. Along with our visit, we also observed a likely improvement in Zhuhai-Macau tourist traffic and this should be positive to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sands-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:182:1" rel="noopener">Sands China Ltd (1928 HK)</a>.

Our Zhuhai visit to property projects by Country Garden Holdings Co (2007 HK) and Shimao Property Holdings (813 HK) last weekend revealed the encouraging prospects of the city as a major player in the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. Improving infrastructure, competitive property price, convenient transportation and enriching leisure and entertainment facilities are key attractiveness of the city.We listed out some of the key companies in the city including Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH), Huafa Industrial Co., Ltd. Zhuhai (600325 CH), Zhuhai Port Co Ltd A (000507 CH) and Zhuhai Holdings Investment (908 HK) as options for gaining exposure to the city. Along with our visit, we also observed a likely improvement in Zhuhai-Macau tourist traffic and this should be positive to Sands China Ltd (1928 HK). 

China on the Ground: Visit to Zhuhai - Exploring Investment Ideas in the Greater Bay Area

China

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai manufactures and sells a series of air conditioners.  The different series of air conditioners include window type, split type, floor type, mobile type, mobile split type and ceiling type.  The Company also produces air purifier.

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Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH)

Gree Electric Appliances - Common Interests in Uncommon Areas

This article discusses the lagged performance of Gree relative to peers and how this stems from corporate governance issues such as the Founder's...

Jason Yap, CFA

SH/SZ Connect Flows: Wuxi Apptec, Gree, China Tourism

We highlight inflows into WuXi AppTec Co Ltd (603259 CH), as well as outflows from Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH) and China Tourism Group...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

SH/SZ Connect Flow: 10 Weeks of Outflow from Moutai

We highlight inflows into Gree Electric (000651 CH) and outflows from Kweichow Moutai (600519 CH). We note that Moutai has experienced consecutive...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China's Next Generation: Diversifying Away from Tencent and Alibaba.

China exposure is becoming more concentrated in a small number of large cap stocks. We identify the next generation of China stocks by analyzing...

Steven Holden

China on the Ground: Visit to Zhuhai - Exploring Investment Ideas in the Greater Bay Area

Our visit to property projects of Country Garden and Shimao in Zhuhai revealed the city's prospects as a key player in the Greater Bay Area. We...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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Gree Electric Appliances - Common Interests in Uncommon Areas

This article discusses the lagged performance of Gree relative to peers and how this stems from corporate governance issues such as the Founder's...

Jason Yap, CFA

SH/​​SZ Connect Flows: Wuxi Apptec, Gree, China Tourism

We highlight inflows into WuXi AppTec Co Ltd (603259 CH), as well as outflows from Gree Electric Appliances (000651 CH) and China Tourism Group...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

SH/​​SZ Connect Flow: 10 Weeks of Outflow from Moutai

We highlight inflows into Gree Electric (000651 CH) and outflows from Kweichow Moutai (600519 CH). We note that Moutai has experienced consecutive...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China's Next Generation: Diversifying Away from Tencent and Alibaba.

China exposure is becoming more concentrated in a small number of large cap stocks. We identify the next generation of China stocks by analyzing...

Steven Holden

China on the Ground: Visit to Zhuhai - Exploring Investment Ideas in the Greater Bay Area

Our visit to property projects of Country Garden and Shimao in Zhuhai revealed the city's prospects as a key player in the Greater Bay Area. We...

Osbert Tang, CFA

SH/SZ Connect Flows: Wuxi Apptec, Gree, China Tourism

SH/SZ Connect Flow: 10 Weeks of Outflow from Moutai