Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia, Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Evolve Capital Research

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>On 15th May 2025, 3HA Capital (a consortium formed by HHH Group,Hanwa Co, AYS and Thor Capital) launched a takeover offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cosmosteel-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15964:1" rel="noopener">Cosmosteel Holdings (CSMS SP)</a> at S$0.20/share.</li>
<li>After the offer was deemed unfair but unreasonable, 3HA Capital revised the offer upwards to S$0.25/share on 23rd Jun 2025 but also announced that it was final.</li>
<li>We opine it would not be in the minority shareholders’ interests to continue holding onto their stakes.  We advise shareholders to accept the deal or sell in the open market.
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On 15th May 2025, 3HA Capital (a consortium formed by HHH Group,Hanwa Co, AYS and Thor Capital) launched a takeover offer for Cosmosteel Holdings (CSMS SP) at S$0.20/share.
After the offer was deemed unfair but unreasonable, 3HA Capital revised the offer upwards to S$0.25/share on 23rd Jun 2025 but also announced that it was final.
We opine it would not be in the minority shareholders’ interests to continue holding onto their stakes.  We advise shareholders to accept the deal or sell in the open market.



Cosmosteel Holdings Special Report - Decent Premium Above the 10Y Average

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/isoteam-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6201:1" rel="noopener">Isoteam Ltd (ISO SP)</a> is a SGX-Catalist listed company with a focus on Singapore’s building maintenance and estate upgrading industry, providing solutions across the entire lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure. </li>
<li>Since inception, the firm has completed over 900 projects on more than 7,500 buildings. Its projects are mainly based in Singapore, with approximately 70% derived from public sector contracts. </li>
<li>We initiate non-rated coverage on ISOTeam. Post-COVID, the firm's order book has rebounded and profitability is back in the black since FY23. </li>
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Isoteam Ltd (ISO SP) is a SGX-Catalist listed company with a focus on Singapore’s building maintenance and estate upgrading industry, providing solutions across the entire lifecycle of buildings and infrastructure. 
Since inception, the firm has completed over 900 projects on more than 7,500 buildings. Its projects are mainly based in Singapore, with approximately 70% derived from public sector contracts. 
We initiate non-rated coverage on ISOTeam. Post-COVID, the firm's order book has rebounded and profitability is back in the black since FY23. 


ISOTeam Initiation - Order Book Close to Record High

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/alimentation-couche-tard-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25103:1" rel="noopener">Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD CN)</a> walks away from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seven-i-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1041:1" rel="noopener">Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP)</a>, and accuses 7&amp;i's Board, management, and the Special Committee of bad faith and bad governance.</li>
<li>Buy <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/krungthai-card-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20097:1" rel="noopener">Krungthai Card (KTC TB)</a> with both hands as pledged sharesfall to 3.5% of shares outstanding from 16.3% the previous month.</li>
<li>If you have borrow on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gmo-internet-inc-919fd60b-ad2a-4c5f-b333-167a849b67b0" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9029:1" rel="noopener">GMO Internet (4784 JP)</a>, use it. Otherwise, avoid like the plague. It would not be surprising if the TSE were to ding someone on manipulation. </li>
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Alimentation Couche-Tard (ATD CN) walks away from Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP), and accuses 7&amp;i's Board, management, and the Special Committee of bad faith and bad governance.
Buy Krungthai Card (KTC TB) with both hands as pledged sharesfall to 3.5% of shares outstanding from 16.3% the previous month.
If you have borrow on GMO Internet (4784 JP), use it. Otherwise, avoid like the plague. It would not be surprising if the TSE were to ding someone on manipulation. 


Last Week In Event SPACE: Seven & I, Krungthai Card, GMO Internet, Jardine Matheson

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

<ul><li>SIA Engineering, UOL, Sheng Siong, Raffles Medical, and DFI Retail Group led FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25. </li><li>Sheng Siong maintains the highest ROE at 26.7% among FTSE ST Mid Cap Index constituents as of June 25, 2025. </li><li>ParkwayLife REIT achieved a 10.5% total return in 2025, driven by new acquisitions and step-up leases.</li></ul>

SIA Engineering, UOL, Sheng Siong, Raffles Medical, and DFI Retail Group led FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25.  Sheng Siong maintains the highest ROE at 26.7% among FTSE ST Mid Cap Index constituents as of June 25, 2025.  ParkwayLife REIT achieved a 10.5% total return in 2025, driven by new acquisitions and step-up leases.

Five Stocks that Led the FTSE ST Mid Cap Index in 1H25

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/old-chang-kee-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10465:1" rel="noopener">Old Chang Kee (OCK SP)</a> is a SGX-Catalist listed company, specializing in grab-and-go finger food such as its signature curry puff as well as skewered seafood offerings. </li>
<li>It also offers chicken-based products such as chicken wings and chicken balls as a halal-certified food operator.</li>
<li>We initiate non-rated coverage on Old Chang Kee. Post-COVID, the firm’s revenue had steadily recovered to pre-COVID levels by FY23, with a notable shift in its sales mix.</li>
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Old Chang Kee (OCK SP) is a SGX-Catalist listed company, specializing in grab-and-go finger food such as its signature curry puff as well as skewered seafood offerings. 
It also offers chicken-based products such as chicken wings and chicken balls as a halal-certified food operator.
We initiate non-rated coverage on Old Chang Kee. Post-COVID, the firm’s revenue had steadily recovered to pre-COVID levels by FY23, with a notable shift in its sales mix.


Old Chang Kee Initiation - Defying the Dip, Resilience Amidst F&B Headwinds

Singapore

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a multinational enterprise with a portfolio of businesses focused on the Asia-Pacific region. The Group's activities include financial services, supermarkets, consumer marketing, engineering and construction, automobile trading, insurance broking, property investment, and hotels.

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Jardine Matheson Holdings (JM SP)

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Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

ISOTeam Initiation - Order Book Close to Record High

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Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

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