Asian bank research and consultancy, Tabbush Report

Daniel Tabbush

Asian bank 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

It was bad enough in 1H15 when STAN had three regions reporting losses and some were small. Now it has essentially all regions reporting losses for year 2015, the second half particularly bad, with far higher impairment costs and not only credit related, but also for goodwill. Only Greater China is now reporting a reasonable profit, with ASEAN just above zero, and all others in a net loss.  This though must be bittersweet; we are not sure how this region – which includes HK, China, Taiwan and…

It was bad enough in 1H15 when STAN had three regions reporting losses and some were small. Now it has essentially all regions reporting losses for year 2015, the second half particularly bad, with far higher impairment costs and not only credit related, but also for goodwill. Only Greater China is now reporting a reasonable profit, with ASEAN just above zero, and all others in a net loss.  This though must be bittersweet; we are not sure how this region – which includes HK, China, Taiwan and…

It’s as if the bank had no idea about the credit cycle in the first few quarters of last year. HSBC was expensing about US$700 million a quarter very steadily – which is also curious. It feels to us the bank was caught out, trying to keep profit respectable, but the economics of its clients made it impossible to continue.

It’s as if the bank had no idea about the credit cycle in the first few quarters of last year. HSBC was expensing about US$700 million a quarter very steadily – which is also curious. It feels to us the bank was caught out, trying to keep profit respectable, but the economics of its clients made it impossible to continue.

The results for DBS could have been a lot worse. This is often a recurring theme with banks, as credit costs are limited in the hope of an ensuing recovery. But even so, the details of the data released by DBS are telling, even if not yet dire.  The bank’s Greater China region turned to loss of S$5 million in 4Q15. This was mostly due to less top line, rather than credit costs though. The limit in credit costs is already a red flag. It is unclear how the bank’s China lending requires only…

The results for DBS could have been a lot worse. This is often a recurring theme with banks, as credit costs are limited in the hope of an ensuing recovery. But even so, the details of the data released by DBS are telling, even if not yet dire.  The bank’s Greater China region turned to loss of S$5 million in 4Q15. This was mostly due to less top line, rather than credit costs though. The limit in credit costs is already a red flag. It is unclear how the bank’s China lending requires only…

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media, CM Research

Cyrus Mewawalla

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media

Thematic TMT investing

CM Research

CM Research is an independent research house based in London, England. We provide global thematic research in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) sectors. 

Our focus is on disruptive technologies: how will they unfold; which industries will be impacted; and who will be the ultimate winners and losers. 

Our aim is to help investors predict share prices and corporate executives stay one step ahead of the technology trends that are shaping their industry. 

We research technology investment themes in detail and then feed the results into a scorecard system to quantify the impact of several conflicting themes on individual stocks. 

Recent themes covered include internet TV, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Mobile payments, crowdfunding, artificial intelligence, the cloud, software defined networking and Generation Hashtag.

We cover the top 500 global TMT stocks by market capitalisation and several technology start-ups and pre-IPO companies too. 

In 2015, CM Research analysts outperformed the Bloomberg Benchmark Analyst Index - which measures how good analysts are at predicting stock prices - by 7.1%.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Banking profits are under attack from FinTech Over the next five years, banks will no longer enjoy the oligopolistic profits of the past. Their scale is now working against them. Nimbler financial technology (or “FinTech”) companies are eating into their market share. Banking profits in segments such as enterprise lending and wealth management will decline by up to 35% by 2025, according to McKinsey.Crowdfunding is the most potent FinTech threat.

Banking profits are under attack from FinTech Over the next five years, banks will no longer enjoy the oligopolistic profits of the past. Their scale is now working against them. Nimbler financial technology (or “FinTech”) companies are eating into their market share. Banking profits in segments such as enterprise lending and wealth management will decline by up to 35% by 2025, according to McKinsey.Crowdfunding is the most potent FinTech threat.

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Smartkarma

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

Research Reinvented

Equity Capital Markets

IMAX China Holding / Equity Capital Markets

As part of our IPO coverage, we closely followed Hong Kong IPOs over 2015, and wrote on most of the larger deals. In this insight, we've used the data from our deal coverage to highlight a few interesting analytics about the deals that we saw over the past year.We've analysed 53 IPO deals and keyed in on 5 charts: the overall performance distribution, and IPO performance based on sector, market cap, lead broker and retail participation. <div class="content-remarks">For our analysis we have selected listings in Hong Kong…</div>

As part of our IPO coverage, we closely followed Hong Kong IPOs over 2015, and wrote on most of the larger deals. In this insight, we've used the data from our deal coverage to highlight a few interesting analytics about the deals that we saw over the past year.We've analysed 53 IPO deals and keyed in on 5 charts: the overall performance distribution, and IPO performance based on sector, market cap, lead broker and retail participation. For our analysis we have selected listings in Hong Kong…

5 Key Charts to Wrap-Up 2015 HK IPO - Broker, Sector, and Retail Analytics

United Kingdom

HSBC Holdings plc is the holding company for the HSBC Group. The Company provides a variety of international banking and financial services, including retail and corporate banking, trade, trusteeship, securities, custody, capital markets, treasury, private and investment banking, and insurance.  The Group operates worldwide.

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Almost All Regions in Loss at STAN

It was bad enough in 1H15 when STAN had three regions reporting losses and some were small. Now it has essentially all regions reporting losses for...

Daniel Tabbush

Spectacular Loss for HSBC

It’s as if the bank had no idea about the credit cycle in the first few quarters of last year. HSBC was expensing about US$700 million a quarter...

Daniel Tabbush

DBS Moves to Loss in Greater China

The results for DBS could have been a lot worse. This is often a recurring theme with banks, as credit costs are limited in the hope of an ensuing...

Daniel Tabbush

Crowdfunding as an Investment Theme

Banking profits are under attack from FinTechOver the next five years, banks will no longer enjoy the oligopolistic profits of the past. Their...

CM Research

5 Key Charts to Wrap-Up 2015 HK IPO - Broker, Sector, and Retail Analytics

As part of our IPO coverage, we closely followed Hong Kong IPOs over 2015, and wrote on most of the larger deals. In this insight, we've used the...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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