Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Tracking Traffic

Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

Equity Bottom-Up

ZIM Integrated Shipping Services / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Our proprietary index shows price momentum has continued to weaken in Q3</li>
<li>Some carriers have tightened FY25 earnings ranges, but mood mostly downbeat</li>
<li>We remain -ive on the sector; stay SHORT ZIM against LONG CM PORTS pair</li>
</ul>


Our proprietary index shows price momentum has continued to weaken in Q3
Some carriers have tightened FY25 earnings ranges, but mood mostly downbeat
We remain -ive on the sector; stay SHORT ZIM against LONG CM PORTS pair


Monthly Container Shipping Tracker | Rates, Earnings, Cash Flow All Collapsing (August 2025)

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

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jun 6th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,477m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Advantest, Sbi Sumishin Net Bank, Toyota Industries, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial, Softbank, Toyota Motor, Skylark, Keyence, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jun 6th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,477m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Advantest, Sbi Sumishin Net Bank, Toyota Industries, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial, Softbank, Toyota Motor, Skylark, Keyence, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jun 6th): Advantest, Sbi Sumishin Net Bank, Toyota Industries

<ul>
<li>Shares of container carriers have surged on expectations of a strong recovery in volume</li>
<li>But April data show pricing continued to soften despite solid North American demand</li>
<li>The carriers themselves and other industry players remain downbeat; SHORT the carriers</li>
</ul>


Shares of container carriers have surged on expectations of a strong recovery in volume
But April data show pricing continued to soften despite solid North American demand
The carriers themselves and other industry players remain downbeat; SHORT the carriers


Monthly Container Shipping Tracker | Pricing Still Weak | No Signs of a Recovery | SHORT (May 2025)

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Buybacks are a central part of Corporate Japan's effort to improve corporate/capital governance. Lots of cross-holders want/need to sell. Lots of companies want to reduce excess equity.</li>
<li>This earnings season has seen a LOT of new buybacks announced. ¥7.3trln in the last month and that doesn't even include the biggest buybacks extant by March-end companies.</li>
<li>We are experimenting with new ways of displaying data/analytics for buybacks in Japan. To that end, we have a new tool. We hope users find it useful. We invite feedback.</li>
</ul>


Buybacks are a central part of Corporate Japan's effort to improve corporate/capital governance. Lots of cross-holders want/need to sell. Lots of companies want to reduce excess equity.
This earnings season has seen a LOT of new buybacks announced. ¥7.3trln in the last month and that doesn't even include the biggest buybacks extant by March-end companies.
We are experimenting with new ways of displaying data/analytics for buybacks in Japan. To that end, we have a new tool. We hope users find it useful. We invite feedback.


[Japan Buybacks] ¥7.3trln of Buybacks Announced In the Last Month - Data on Each, Plus History

AP Moeller - Maersk A/S / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Maersk's Q125 results slightly beat expectations, but earnings momentum continues to wane</li>
<li>Financial guidance for FY25 unchanged, but there are notable tweaks to key assumptions</li>
<li>Q125 likely carriers' best financial period of FY25 (by far), profits set to erode rest of year</li>
</ul>


Maersk's Q125 results slightly beat expectations, but earnings momentum continues to wane
Financial guidance for FY25 unchanged, but there are notable tweaks to key assumptions
Q125 likely carriers' best financial period of FY25 (by far), profits set to erode rest of year


Maersk Q125 Results: Solid Q1 Numbers | But Mgmt Retains Negative View on FY25, Citing Uncertainty

Japan

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. operates marine cargo and passenger transportation around the world.  The Company provides ocean liner, bulk carrier, car carrier, unscheduled specialized carrier, and energy transportation services. The Company also offers insurance, warehousing, and land transportation services.  Items transported include automobile, grain, petroleum, coal, iron ore, and wood chip.

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Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (9107 JP)

Monthly Container Shipping Tracker | Rates, Earnings, Cash Flow All Collapsing (August 2025)

Container shipping price, earnings, and cash flow all remain weak in Q3. We expect conditions to remain challenging in the medium-term, and our...

Tracking Traffic

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jun 6th): Advantest, Sbi Sumishin Net Bank, Toyota Industries

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Advantest (6857 JP), Sbi Sumishin Net Bank (7163 JP), Toyota...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Monthly Container Shipping Tracker | Pricing Still Weak | No Signs of a Recovery | SHORT (May 2025)

Pricing remains weak, and carriers kept FY25 guidance downbeat despite decent Q125 results (and US claims of progress on tariffs). We view the...

Tracking Traffic

[Japan Buybacks] ¥7.3trln of Buybacks Announced In the Last Month - Data on Each, Plus History

Japan saw ¥7.3trln of buybacks announced in the March-end earnings season. Here we offer a tool to see them all, and past buyback patterns of each...

Travis Lundy

Maersk Q125 Results: Solid Q1 Numbers | But Mgmt Retains Negative View on FY25, Citing Uncertainty

Maersk reported solid Q1 results on Thursday in Copenhagen, and its downbeat FY25 guidance is unchanged. That guidance implies a dramatic erosion...

Tracking Traffic

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