Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Despite the topline growth of 20%, <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingsoft-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:492:1" rel="noopener">Kingsoft Corp (3888 HK)</a></strong> recorded a loss in FY22 after a large impairment for its holding in <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingsoft-cloud" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28835:1" rel="noopener">Kingsoft Cloud (KC US)</a></strong>.</li>
<li>Preceding my comments on Kingsoft are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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Despite the topline growth of 20%, Kingsoft Corp (3888 HK) recorded a loss in FY22 after a large impairment for its holding in Kingsoft Cloud (KC US).
Preceding my comments on Kingsoft are the weekly setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


StubWorld: Impairments Weigh Down Kingsoft Solid Results

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We recently conducted a round of interviews of Chinese start-up gaming companies, and we see an overall loosening in the regulatory environment, although near-term hit titles are still absent.</li>
<li>We are positive on Tencent because of the increasing possibility of DNF mobile launch. We raise NetEase’s TP to US$ 99, and it’s one of our top picks now</li>
<li>Other gaming companies that have upward trends include Kingsoft, Lingxi Games (under Alibaba), Koei Tecmo, Nexon, and Mihoyo. Companies with a downward trend include BILI and Garena (under SEA).  </li>
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We recently conducted a round of interviews of Chinese start-up gaming companies, and we see an overall loosening in the regulatory environment, although near-term hit titles are still absent.
We are positive on Tencent because of the increasing possibility of DNF mobile launch. We raise NetEase’s TP to US$ 99, and it’s one of our top picks now
Other gaming companies that have upward trends include Kingsoft, Lingxi Games (under Alibaba), Koei Tecmo, Nexon, and Mihoyo. Companies with a downward trend include BILI and Garena (under SEA).  


[Gaming Sector Update]: Top Picks Are Tencent and NetEase, Positive to Kingsoft, Koei Tecmo, Nexon.

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China just announced game approval for January batch. The number of games approved is slightly higher than the previous three months.</li>
<li>Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.</li>
<li>Both Tencent and Netease received approval for one game each. Overall Tencent is still behind its peers since the approval resumed.</li>
</ul>


China just announced game approval for January batch. The number of games approved is slightly higher than the previous three months.
Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.
Both Tencent and Netease received approval for one game each. Overall Tencent is still behind its peers since the approval resumed.


Tencent/Netease: January Game Approval Shows Tencent Playing Catching Up

<ul>
<li>China just announced game approval for December batch. The number of games approved is slightly higher than the previous three months.</li>
<li>Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.</li>
<li>In both December batch, as well as over the past year, we see Tencent behind its smaller peers in terms of receiving game approval. </li>
</ul>


China just announced game approval for December batch. The number of games approved is slightly higher than the previous three months.
Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.
In both December batch, as well as over the past year, we see Tencent behind its smaller peers in terms of receiving game approval. 


Tencent/Netease: Tencent Behind Smaller Peers in This Year Game Approval

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Nov 11th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in AIA, Li Ning, SHK PPT, CSPC Pharma, Fosun Pharma, Kingsoft.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Nov 11th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in AIA, Li Ning, SHK PPT, CSPC Pharma, Fosun Pharma, Kingsoft.


HK Short Interest Weekly: AIA, Li Ning, SHK PPT, CSPC Pharma, Fosun Pharma, Kingsoft

China

Kingsoft Corporation Ltd. develops and markets computer software.  The Company develops role-playing computer games and security, word processing, and spreadsheet software.

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Kingsoft Corp (3888 HK)

StubWorld: Impairments Weigh Down Kingsoft Solid Results

The market is assigning HK$28bn less to Kingsoft's stub ops over the past year - however, deconsolidated stub EBITDA is up. As is (~HK$21/share)...

David Blennerhassett

[Gaming Sector Update]: Top Picks Are Tencent and NetEase, Positive to Kingsoft, Koei Tecmo, Nexon.

We recently conducted a round of interviews of Chinese start-up gaming companies. Our top picks are Tencent and NetEase. We are also positive to...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Tencent/Netease: January Game Approval Shows Tencent Playing Catching Up

We analyzed the latest domestic game approval in China. Tencent and Netease received approval for one game each. Overall Tencent is still behind...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Tencent/Netease: Tencent Behind Smaller Peers in This Year Game Approval

China just announced game approval for December batch. We see Tencent behind its smaller peers in terms of receiving game approval for both...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: AIA, Li Ning, SHK PPT, CSPC Pharma, Fosun Pharma, Kingsoft

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Nov 11th and highlight short interest changes in AIA, Li Ning, SHK PPT,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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