Global Editor, Base Oil News

Iain Pocock

Global Editor

Global Base Oils and Lubricants Markets

Base Oil News

Base Oil News focuses on the interplay between fundamentals and prices in the global base oils and lubricants markets.

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Commodities

<ul><li>Base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices in Asia and Europe, pointing to tighter supply-demand fundamentals.</li><li>US base oils premium to VGO/heating oil stays in narrower range, lagging rise in Asia and Europe.</li><li>Dynamic points to diverging fundamentals between US and other regions.</li></ul>

Base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices in Asia and Europe, pointing to tighter supply-demand fundamentals.US base oils premium to VGO/heating oil stays in narrower range, lagging rise in Asia and Europe.Dynamic points to diverging fundamentals between US and other regions.

Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 10 March

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

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 Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-e-s-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2402:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui E&amp;S Holdings (7003 JP)</a> is looking to raise approximately US$451m through a secondary follow-on offering, via selling approximately 21.9m shares (32% of TSO) of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/modec-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2840:1" rel="noopener">Modec Inc (6269 JP)</a>’s stock. </li>
<li>The deal is a large one to digest at 81 days of three month ADV. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Mitsui E&amp;S Holdings (7003 JP) is looking to raise approximately US$451m through a secondary follow-on offering, via selling approximately 21.9m shares (32% of TSO) of Modec Inc (6269 JP)’s stock. 
The deal is a large one to digest at 81 days of three month ADV. 
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Modec Placement - Deal Seems a Little Opportunistic but Not Particularly Expensive

Silver Point

Thomas J. Monaco

Silver Point is a boutique research firm that focuses on the broader financial services sector, with a particular focus on troubled institutions globally. 

Asia Ex Japan

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

* USD has increased 4.4% quarter-to-date and highlights rising pressure on emerging markets, and the threat of an incredibly painful short squeeze; * With just two fallen angels Argentina and Turkey (as a “one-off” or “two-off”), Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and Nigeria are at least several other likely  potential “three-offs” given the decline in market confidence:<h2>Investment Summary</h2>The Bloomberg Spot Dollar Index, which is comprised of a basket of ten currencies (MXN, EUR, CAD, AUD, KRW, INR…

* USD has increased 4.4% quarter-to-date and highlights rising pressure on emerging markets, and the threat of an incredibly painful short squeeze; * With just two fallen angels Argentina and Turkey (as a “one-off” or “two-off”), Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, and Nigeria are at least several other likely  potential “three-offs” given the decline in market confidence:Investment SummaryThe Bloomberg Spot Dollar Index, which is comprised of a basket of ten currencies (MXN, EUR, CAD, AUD, KRW, INR…

Other Emerging Market Dominoes Set to Fall

Argentina

Petrobras Argentina S.A. explores for, produces, refines, and transports oil and natural gas in South America.  The Company also manufactures styrene and synthetic rubber, polypropylene and polystyrene, and also generates and distributes electricity.

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Global base oils margins outlook: Week of 10 March

Base oils prices extend rise vs feedstock/competing fuel prices in Asia and Europe, pointing to tighter supply-demand fundamentals. US base oils...

Base Oil News

Modec Placement - Deal Seems a Little Opportunistic but Not Particularly Expensive

Books will be closing today (21st May 24) and pricing will be tomorrow (22nd May 24) at the earliest. The stock has fallen by around 15% since we...

Ethan Aw

Other Emerging Market Dominoes Set to Fall

* USD has increased 4.4% quarter-to-date and highlights rising pressure on emerging markets, and the threat of an incredibly painful short...

Thomas J. Monaco

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