Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hon-hai-precision-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:745:1" rel="noopener">Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317 TT)</a>  announced today that it will invest up to US$170m into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lordstown-motors-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33123:1" rel="noopener">Lordstown Motors Corp (RIDE US).</a>
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<li>The deal represents favorable terms for Hon Hai in our view, given the conversion price of preferred shares involved in the deal and the after-market price for Lordstown shares.</li>
<li>Germany is expected to block a chip facility acquisition by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/navtech-inc-china" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25361:1" rel="noopener">Navtech Inc/China (300456 CH)</a>; Alibaba and Biren are slowing chip speeds due to U.S. curbs; Lithuan-Taiwan chip partnership.</li>
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Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317 TT)  announced today that it will invest up to US$170m into Lordstown Motors Corp (RIDE US).

The deal represents favorable terms for Hon Hai in our view, given the conversion price of preferred shares involved in the deal and the after-market price for Lordstown shares.
Germany is expected to block a chip facility acquisition by Navtech Inc/China (300456 CH); Alibaba and Biren are slowing chip speeds due to U.S. curbs; Lithuan-Taiwan chip partnership.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Hon Hai U.S. Listco EV Deal, Germany Likely to Block China Co's Factory Purchase

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>System-On-Chip designer and IP purveyor <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/socionext-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36351:1" rel="noopener">Socionext (6526 JP)</a> is a recent IPO in Japan, born from a spinout of Fujitsu and Panasonic system LSI operations 7+ years ago.</li>
<li>Having listed on TSE Prime from the outset, that means it gets TOPIX inclusion at the close of trading 29 November. </li>
<li>Inclusion Float is a bit nebulous. There is a chance we get official company data prior to the TSE announcement, in which case we know more by cob 31 October.</li>
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System-On-Chip designer and IP purveyor Socionext (6526 JP) is a recent IPO in Japan, born from a spinout of Fujitsu and Panasonic system LSI operations 7+ years ago.
Having listed on TSE Prime from the outset, that means it gets TOPIX inclusion at the close of trading 29 November. 
Inclusion Float is a bit nebulous. There is a chance we get official company data prior to the TSE announcement, in which case we know more by cob 31 October.


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

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 30th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Quanta computer, Cathay Financial, Fubon Financial, Largan Precision.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 30th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.0bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Quanta computer, Cathay Financial, Fubon Financial, Largan Precision.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 30th): Evergreen Marine, Quanta, Cathay, Fubon, Largan

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 23rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.3bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Eva Airways, Powerchip Semiconductor, AUO Corp, Formosa Plastics, Realtek, Yageo.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 23rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.3bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Eva Airways, Powerchip Semiconductor, AUO Corp, Formosa Plastics, Realtek, Yageo.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 23rd): Eva Airways, Powerchip

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Yang Ming, Alchip, Catcher, Faraday, Via Tech, Evergreen Marine, Largan. </li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.4bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Yang Ming, Alchip, Catcher, Faraday, Via Tech, Evergreen Marine, Largan. 


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 2nd): Yang Ming, Evergreen, Largan

Taiwan

Novatek Microelectronics Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets integrated circuits (ICs).  The Company's products are used in telecommunication, computer peripherals, and LCD (liquid crystal display) drivers.

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Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Hon Hai U.S. Listco EV Deal, Germany Likely to Block China Co's Factory Purchase

Hon Hai-Lordstown deal represents favorable terms for Hon Hai in our view, given the conversion price of preferred shares involved in the deal.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Socionext (6526) TOPIX Inclusion

Socionext is Japan's top SoC designer. After years of slow growth/low OPMs, both turned higher pre-IPO and will grow bigly this year. Peers trade...

Travis Lundy

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 30th): Evergreen Marine, Quanta, Cathay, Fubon, Largan

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Quanta computer, Cathay...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 23rd): Eva Airways, Powerchip

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Eva Airways, Powerchip Semiconductor, AUO Corp,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 2nd): Yang Ming, Evergreen, Largan

We analyzed short interest in the TWSE market last week and highlight short interest changes in Yang Ming, Alchip, Catcher, Faraday, Via Tech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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