Partner, River Valley Asset Management

River Valley Asset Management

Partner

Singapore-based boutique asset management firm

River Valley Asset Management is a Singapore-based boutique asset management firm. Our team at RVAM strongly believes in being a trusted steward of our clients' wealth across generations.

Each of our fund managers has years of rich portfolio management experience over multiple market cycles at world-class investment houses. We bring our clients the combined strength of our investment team to manage their financial portfolios and to provide bespoke guidance on all aspects of their financial health.

We offer multi-asset class expert investment advice to accredited investors who are family offices, high net worth individuals and institutional investors to preserve and grow our clients' wealth.

The fund management team of the company includes Homiyar Vasania, Anand Ramachandran and Jamshed Desai.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

We often get asked to compare the quantum, source and quality of the return from the US market and the return from Asian markets (<a href="http://www.rivervalleyasset.com/" target="_blank">River Valley Asset's </a>home market) from the perspective of where more wealth has been created over time, how investors can participate in this wealth creation and the sustainability of this wealth creation. With diverging performance of Asian &amp; US markets this year, it is a topical question and in this short analysis we try to address some of the issues. We look at long run returns in each market, the earnings growth, the valuation and how it has changed over two decades. While it is easy to get caught up in the headlines, facts are what they are the numbers actually tell their own story, which from an Asian context looks compelling.

We often get asked to compare the quantum, source and quality of the return from the US market and the return from Asian markets (River Valley Asset's home market) from the perspective of where more wealth has been created over time, how investors can participate in this wealth creation and the sustainability of this wealth creation. With diverging performance of Asian &amp; US markets this year, it is a topical question and in this short analysis we try to address some of the issues. We look at long run returns in each market, the earnings growth, the valuation and how it has changed over two decades. While it is easy to get caught up in the headlines, facts are what they are the numbers actually tell their own story, which from an Asian context looks compelling.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

As discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tuesday-and-wednesday-big-days-for-japan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:18815">Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Days for Japan</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/your-scorecard-for-tuesday-wednesday-in-japan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:18844">Your Scorecard for Tuesday &amp; Wednesday in Japan</a>, there is a significant phenomenon in Japan around what happened today and what happens tomorrow. This was discussed in an outright manner in the first two pieces. This brief followup shows how there is slight rotation during these two days.The first set of tables showed that after Tuesday and Wednesday, there was a pullback in performance as well in the few days afterward historically.But there's a trick there.

As discussed in Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Days for Japan and Your Scorecard for Tuesday &amp; Wednesday in Japan, there is a significant phenomenon in Japan around what happened today and what happens tomorrow. This was discussed in an outright manner in the first two pieces. This brief followup shows how there is slight rotation during these two days.The first set of tables showed that after Tuesday and Wednesday, there was a pullback in performance as well in the few days afterward historically.But there's a trick there.

Tuesday Done, Wednesday Coming. Watch Passive Tracking Vs Non-Passive Tracking Indices

ESG Research Specialist, Lightbulb Capital

Simon Peladeau

ESG Research Specialist

Lightbulb Capital

Directly engaging with companies is often the solution to better understand risks, cultures and operational performance. In instances of ESG nondisclosure, poor performance on material ESG factors, not enough disclosure, or where factors do not provide the full picture, further analysis is required. Below is a list of key ESG engagement questions within the Financial sector.

Directly engaging with companies is often the solution to better understand risks, cultures and operational performance. In instances of ESG nondisclosure, poor performance on material ESG factors, not enough disclosure, or where factors do not provide the full picture, further analysis is required. Below is a list of key ESG engagement questions within the Financial sector.

Key ESG Engagement Questions - Financial Sector

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

Msci Ac Asia Pacific Index / Technical Analysis

Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below it. More importantly, support levels have held and long-term uptrends are intact. While we expect to see continued heightened volatility and consolidation, our long-term outlook for global equities remains bullish.  In today’s report we put a spotlight on Japan, broad Europe, Germany, and the UK, where small-caps are outperforming large-caps.

Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below it. More importantly, support levels have held and long-term uptrends are intact. While we expect to see continued heightened volatility and consolidation, our long-term outlook for global equities remains bullish.  In today’s report we put a spotlight on Japan, broad Europe, Germany, and the UK, where small-caps are outperforming large-caps.

Cross-Asset Liquidity Strategist, CrossBorder Capital

Michael J. Howell

Cross-Asset Liquidity Strategist

Implementing Research Using Alt Data & AI

CrossBorder Capital

CrossBorder Capital is a London-based independent investment advisory firm. Founded in 1996, it exploits a gap in the investment arena by focusing on Central bank liquidity. 

It specialises in the monitoring and analysis of global liquidity flows - an important determinant of asset prices, from currencies through to bonds, equities and real estate.

CrossBorder Capital implements its investment strategy and currently manages over US$ 350m.


Macroeconomics

Ahead of Chinese New Year, 'liquidity-sensitive' Chinese bank stocks are breaking higher. Alongside, the Chinese yield curve, a sound barometer of bank margins, is trying to bottom and steepen. Meanwhile, as flagged by our databases, Chinese lending growth is robust, while Now-Casts of the Chinese economy show it accelerating into 2018 and not cooling as was widely predicted. Liquidity appears abundant. Is the Wall Street bubble migrating to Asia?Yet concerns over Wall Street and anticipations…

Ahead of Chinese New Year, 'liquidity-sensitive' Chinese bank stocks are breaking higher. Alongside, the Chinese yield curve, a sound barometer of bank margins, is trying to bottom and steepen. Meanwhile, as flagged by our databases, Chinese lending growth is robust, while Now-Casts of the Chinese economy show it accelerating into 2018 and not cooling as was widely predicted. Liquidity appears abundant. Is the Wall Street bubble migrating to Asia?Yet concerns over Wall Street and anticipations…

Is There An Asian Financial Cycle? Look How Chinese Banks Stocks Are Breaking Higher

Japan

The MSCI AC Asia Pacific Index is a free-float weighted equity index. It was developed with a base value of 100 as of December 31, 1987.

Msci Ac Asia Pacific Index (MXAP INDEX)

Tale of Two Markets - Asia & USA

We often get asked to compare the quantum, source and quality of the return from the US market and the return from Asian markets (River Valley...

River Valley Asset Management

Tuesday Done, Wednesday Coming. Watch Passive Tracking Vs Non-Passive Tracking Indices

As discussed in Tuesday and Wednesday - Big Days for Japan and Your Scorecard for Tuesday & Wednesday in Japan, there is a significant...

Travis Lundy

Key ESG Engagement Questions - Financial Sector

Directly engaging with companies is often the solution to better understand risks, cultures and operational performance. In instances of ESG...

Simon Peladeau

Global Equity Strategy

Global equities continue to stabilize, with the MSCI ACWI’s 50-day moving average acting like a magnet as prices have oscillated above and below...

Vermilion Research

Is There An Asian Financial Cycle? Look How Chinese Banks Stocks Are Breaking Higher

Ahead of Chinese New Year, 'liquidity-sensitive' Chinese bank stocks are breaking higher. Alongside, the Chinese yield curve, a sound barometer of...

Michael J. Howell