Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

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<li>In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Water Affairs, Rakuten Group, Nickel Industries</li>
<li>UST yields declined for a third straight day, albeit there were few macro catalysts. The yield on the 2Y and 10Y UST declined 3 bps each to 3.83% and 4.35%, respectively. Equities were mixed, as tech stocks retreated ahead of their earnings releases next week.</li>
<li>The S&amp;P 500 rose 0.1% to 6,310, while the Nasdaq declined 0.4% to 20,893.</li>
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In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Water Affairs, Rakuten Group, Nickel Industries
UST yields declined for a third straight day, albeit there were few macro catalysts. The yield on the 2Y and 10Y UST declined 3 bps each to 3.83% and 4.35%, respectively. Equities were mixed, as tech stocks retreated ahead of their earnings releases next week.
The S&amp;P 500 rose 0.1% to 6,310, while the Nasdaq declined 0.4% to 20,893.


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<li>In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Jinmao, Nissan Motor, Rakuten Group</li>
<li>Front-end UST yields rose yesterday, albeit the long end was stable on the back of a good auction of 30Y notes. The UST curve bear flattened, with the yield on the 2Y UST rising 3 bps to 3.87%, while that on the 10Y UST was up 2 bps at 4.35%.</li>
<li>Equities climbed, with the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq advancing 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively, to fresh record highs.</li>
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In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Jinmao, Nissan Motor, Rakuten Group
Front-end UST yields rose yesterday, albeit the long end was stable on the back of a good auction of 30Y notes. The UST curve bear flattened, with the yield on the 2Y UST rising 3 bps to 3.87%, while that on the 10Y UST was up 2 bps at 4.35%.
Equities climbed, with the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq advancing 0.3% and 0.1%, respectively, to fresh record highs.


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 margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jun 27th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,399m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Mcdonald'S, Softbank, Fujikura, Fast Retailing, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Sumitomo Forestry, Sanrio, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jun 27th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,399m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Mcdonald'S, Softbank, Fujikura, Fast Retailing, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Sumitomo Forestry, Sanrio, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jun 27th): Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Mcdonald'S, Softbank, Fujikura

Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

Debt Capital Markets

Asia High Yield Bond Index / Debt Capital Markets

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<li>Inflation will remain sticky but we expect the recession headline to keep a lid on consumer spending which should also limit the possibility of a future rate hike.</li>
<li>We believe fixed rate bonds should be the instrument of choice toward the end of this year. </li>
<li>Rising default and a lack of growth in developed markets should also bode well for Asian US Dollar (USD) bonds.</li>
</ul>


Inflation will remain sticky but we expect the recession headline to keep a lid on consumer spending which should also limit the possibility of a future rate hike.
We believe fixed rate bonds should be the instrument of choice toward the end of this year. 
Rising default and a lack of growth in developed markets should also bode well for Asian US Dollar (USD) bonds.


Asian Bond Monitor: Asian Bonds for the Upcoming Recession

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kitazato-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45255:1" rel="noopener">Kitazato (368A JP)</a> manufactures and sells medical devices and products for fertility treatment. It raised around US$130m in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>Kitazato specializes in artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, cell cryopreservation and reproductive engineering technologies in regenerative medicine</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at its past performance and the deal dynamics. In this note, look at the trading dynamics.</li>
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Kitazato (368A JP) manufactures and sells medical devices and products for fertility treatment. It raised around US$130m in its Japan IPO.
Kitazato specializes in artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, cell cryopreservation and reproductive engineering technologies in regenerative medicine
In our previous note, we looked at its past performance and the deal dynamics. In this note, look at the trading dynamics.


Japan

Rakuten Group, Inc. provides Internet services. The Company offers Internet finance services which including "Rakuten Card" and "Rakuten Bank". Rakuten Group also provides digital content services including electronic book services.

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Rakuten (4755 JP)

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Water Affairs, Rakuten Group, Nickel...

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Jinmao, Nissan Motor, Rakuten Group

Lucror Analytics

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jun 27th): Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Mcdonald'S, Softbank, Fujikura

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Skylark (3197 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP), Mcdonald'S (2702...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asian Bond Monitor: Asian Bonds for the Upcoming Recession

Inflation remains high but recession fears will limit consumer spending and future rate hikes. Fixed rate bonds and Asian USD bonds are...

Bondcritic

Kitazato IPO Trading - Demand Was Strong

Kitazato (368A JP) manufactures and sells medical devices and products for fertility treatment. It raised around US$130m in its Japan IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

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52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

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Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Water Affairs, Rakuten Group, Nickel...

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: China Jinmao, Nissan Motor, Rakuten Group

Lucror Analytics

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jun 27th): Skylark, Tokyo Electron, Mcdonald'S, Softbank, Fujikura

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Skylark (3197 JP), Tokyo Electron (8035 JP), Mcdonald'S (2702...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asian Bond Monitor: Asian Bonds for the Upcoming Recession

​Inflation remains high but recession fears will limit consumer spending and future rate hikes. Fixed rate bonds and Asian USD bonds are...

Bondcritic

Kitazato IPO Trading - Demand Was Strong

Kitazato (368A JP) manufactures and sells medical devices and products for fertility treatment. It raised around US$130m in its Japan IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Inflation remains high but recession fears will limit consumer spending and future rate hikes. Fixed rate bonds and Asian USD bonds are...