HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Pharmaron’s performance has shown a clear downward trend this year, and the growth in 23Q4 may be even lower. That means this year's results could fall short of management's expectations.</li>
<li>The essence of unsatisfactory profit margin is due to low capacity utilization/management efficiency.The underlying reason is the sharp decline in drug R&amp;D demand due to the deterioration of financing environment.</li>
<li>Pharmaron seems ill-prepared in peptide CDMO, and its performance would further lag behind Wuxi AppTec in the future. Pharmaron may not be able to contribute alpha during industry downturns.</li>
</ul>


Pharmaron’s performance has shown a clear downward trend this year, and the growth in 23Q4 may be even lower. That means this year's results could fall short of management's expectations.
The essence of unsatisfactory profit margin is due to low capacity utilization/management efficiency.The underlying reason is the sharp decline in drug R&amp;D demand due to the deterioration of financing environment.
Pharmaron seems ill-prepared in peptide CDMO, and its performance would further lag behind Wuxi AppTec in the future. Pharmaron may not be able to contribute alpha during industry downturns.


Pharmaron Beijing (3759.HK/300759.CH) - Share Price Would Continue to Underperform

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The New and Better (5mos old) A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.</li>
<li>Hs with H/A pairs under-perform their As on average by 70+bp. Liquid HK H/A Pairs saw H/As -66bp. H/A Pair intracorrelation is down but it feels like liquidation.</li>
<li>SOUTHBOUND and NORTHBOUND flows were buys, and sells, respectively, but Hs have had two bad weeks in a row, and high premia A/H pairs have seen premia rise significantly.</li>
</ul>


The New and Better (5mos old) A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.
Hs with H/A pairs under-perform their As on average by 70+bp. Liquid HK H/A Pairs saw H/As -66bp. H/A Pair intracorrelation is down but it feels like liquidation.
SOUTHBOUND and NORTHBOUND flows were buys, and sells, respectively, but Hs have had two bad weeks in a row, and high premia A/H pairs have seen premia rise significantly.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 8 Dec 23): H Down Vs A, Again, Despite SOUTHBOUND Buying; Pharmas Weak

David Blennerhassett

<ul>
<li>
Tax-Loss Selling's a subject of interest in Australia. Retail investors will take gains on stocks which run up in price, or get taken over, then look for losses to offset.</li>
<li>Investors are caught out as the Aussie government "approves" <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hanwha-ocean-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12531:1" rel="noopener">Hanwha Ocean (042660 KS)</a> buyng <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/austal-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14420:1" rel="noopener">Austal Ltd (ASB AU)</a>. There is evidently a lot more going on in the background. </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/west-japan-railway-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12077:1" rel="noopener">West Japan Railway Co (9021 JP)</a> announces a biggish buyback. One could buy dips, but one should probably not chase. For that, suggest this acts as a range trade.</li>
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Tax-Loss Selling's a subject of interest in Australia. Retail investors will take gains on stocks which run up in price, or get taken over, then look for losses to offset.
Investors are caught out as the Aussie government "approves" Hanwha Ocean (042660 KS) buyng Austal Ltd (ASB AU). There is evidently a lot more going on in the background. 

West Japan Railway Co (9021 JP) announces a biggish buyback. One could buy dips, but one should probably not chase. For that, suggest this acts as a range trade.


Last Week in Event SPACE: Aussie Tax-Loss Selling, Austal, West Japan Railway, PICC/PICC P&C

Joinn Laboratories China  Lt / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>The "Monkey Price Index" could be a direct indicator of the fervor of biopharmaceutical development, and the accounting treatment of biological assets would have a big impact on Joinn’s performance.</li>
<li>The current business layout, strategy, revenue structure, CXO industry trend as well as the domestic negative policy impact would cast doubts on Joinn’s future development.</li>
<li>Based on our analysis, Joinn still lacks the strong logic to support its long-term growth and high valuation. Therefore, we are conservative about Joinn’s outlook at the current stage.</li>
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The "Monkey Price Index" could be a direct indicator of the fervor of biopharmaceutical development, and the accounting treatment of biological assets would have a big impact on Joinn’s performance.
The current business layout, strategy, revenue structure, CXO industry trend as well as the domestic negative policy impact would cast doubts on Joinn’s future development.
Based on our analysis, Joinn still lacks the strong logic to support its long-term growth and high valuation. Therefore, we are conservative about Joinn’s outlook at the current stage.


Joinn Laboratories (6127.HK) - Concerns Begin to Arise when the Monkeys Become More Expensive

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>From peak allocations of over 8% at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, China &amp; HK Health Care allocations have fallen back in to their long-term range</li>
<li>Greater China managers have actively rebalanced portfolios away from China &amp; HK Health Care over the last 6-months, with Taiwan Tech the key beneficiary</li>
<li>Venus MedTech and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine led the exodus, but it wasn't completely one-sided, with Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics and Aier Eye Hospital Group capturing new investment from Greater China managers.</li>
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From peak allocations of over 8% at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, China &amp; HK Health Care allocations have fallen back in to their long-term range
Greater China managers have actively rebalanced portfolios away from China &amp; HK Health Care over the last 6-months, with Taiwan Tech the key beneficiary
Venus MedTech and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine led the exodus, but it wasn't completely one-sided, with Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics and Aier Eye Hospital Group capturing new investment from Greater China managers.


Greater China Funds: China Health Care Reversal

China

Pharmaron Beijing Co., Ltd. engages in discovery, development, and manufacturing spectrum for small molecule drugs, cell therapies, and gene therapies as well as providing testing services for medical devices and clinic research. The Company offers laboratory, clinical development, chemistry manufactory and control, and other services. Pharmaron Beijing conducts businesses based in China.

Pharmaron Beijing (3759 HK)

A/H Premium Tracker (To 8 Dec 23): H Down Vs A, Again, Despite SOUTHBOUND Buying; Pharmas Weak

Hs in H/A Pairs have underperformed their As by nearly 3% in two weeks despite SOUTHBOUND buying. This week sectors were mixed (last week every one...