Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contact-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13136:1" rel="noopener">Contact Energy (CEN NZ)</a> is acquiring <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/manawa-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35969:1" rel="noopener">Manawa Energy Ltd (MNW NZ)</a> for NZ$1.12/share in cash and 0.583 <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contact-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13136:1" rel="noopener">Contact Energy</a> shares for each share of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/manawa-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35969:1" rel="noopener">Manawa Energy</a>.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/manawa-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35969:1" rel="noopener">Manawa Energy (MNW NZ)</a> is expected to stop trading after the close on 7 July. There will be passive inflows for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contact-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13136:1" rel="noopener">Contact Energy (CEN NZ)</a> due to increased index shares.</li>
<li>As a replacement for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/manawa-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35969:1" rel="noopener">Manawa Energy Ltd (MNW NZ)</a>, there will be an ad hoc inclusion to the S&amp;P/NZX 50 Index at the close of 7 July.</li>
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Contact Energy (CEN NZ) is acquiring Manawa Energy Ltd (MNW NZ) for NZ$1.12/share in cash and 0.583 Contact Energy shares for each share of Manawa Energy.

Manawa Energy (MNW NZ) is expected to stop trading after the close on 7 July. There will be passive inflows for Contact Energy (CEN NZ) due to increased index shares.
As a replacement for Manawa Energy Ltd (MNW NZ), there will be an ad hoc inclusion to the S&amp;P/NZX 50 Index at the close of 7 July.


Contact Energy/Manawa Energy: Index Flows as Deal Nears Completion

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Sharekhan

Sharekhan

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Restaurant Brand Asia’s (RBA’s) Q2FY2025 performance was affected by negative SSSG in the India business and sustained weakness in Indonesia; EBITDA margins rose y-o-y aided by better profitability of the India delivery business and multiple initiatives in Indonesia.</li><li>For India business, focus continues to be on increasing dine-in traffic, making delivery business profitable and digital transformation.</li><li>It is eyeing 69% gross margins from the India biz by FY2027. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Restaurant Brand Asia’s (RBA’s) Q2FY2025 performance was affected by negative SSSG in the India business and sustained weakness in Indonesia; EBITDA margins rose y-o-y aided by better profitability of the India delivery business and multiple initiatives in Indonesia.For India business, focus continues to be on increasing dine-in traffic, making delivery business profitable and digital transformation.It is eyeing 69% gross margins from the India biz by FY2027. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd - India Biz Margins Improve; Weak Indonesia

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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/guzman-y-gomez" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43656:1" rel="noopener">Guzman Y Gomez</a> plans to raise around US$160m in its Australian IPO.</li>
<li>GYG is a quick service restaurant business with more than 200 restaurants globally. It mainly focuses on fresh, made-to-order, Mexican-inspired food.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s prior performance and future prospects.</li>
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Guzman Y Gomez plans to raise around US$160m in its Australian IPO.
GYG is a quick service restaurant business with more than 200 restaurants globally. It mainly focuses on fresh, made-to-order, Mexican-inspired food.
In this note, we look at the company’s prior performance and future prospects.


Guzman Y Gomez IPO - The Positives - Network Growing, Sales Have Outpaced Network Growth

New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm, Forsyth Barr

Forsyth Barr

New Zealand Professional Investment Services Firm

We are proud to be a New Zealand owned firm, with 21 offices throughout the country and over 300 employees. We assist personal, institutional and corporate clients providing a full range of investment services.

Forsyth Barr is a foundation New Zealand Exchange firm (NZX) and accredited market participant. We have been confirmed by the Financial Markets Authority as a Qualifying Financial Entity (QFE).

Research is the cornerstone of our advice. We have one of New Zealand's leading teams of analysts. Our global affiliations ensure comprehensive research coverage of all major investment markets.

<ul><li>We upgrade Restaurant Brands (RBD) to NEUTRAL from UNDERPERFORM. </li><li>RBD's 4Q23 trading update reiterated FY23 NPAT guidance of NZ$12m to NZ$16m, suggesting a strong recovery in 2H23 margins and providing some reassurance that input cost pressures may be past their peak.</li><li>While near-term risks remain elevated, including signs of weakening Australian consumer demand, minimum wage increases in California (from April), and the two KFC class action lawsuits in Australia, these are somewhat mitigated by improving gross margins and consumer sentiment in RBD's core New Zealand market. </li></ul>

We upgrade Restaurant Brands (RBD) to NEUTRAL from UNDERPERFORM. RBD's 4Q23 trading update reiterated FY23 NPAT guidance of NZ$12m to NZ$16m, suggesting a strong recovery in 2H23 margins and providing some reassurance that input cost pressures may be past their peak.While near-term risks remain elevated, including signs of weakening Australian consumer demand, minimum wage increases in California (from April), and the two KFC class action lawsuits in Australia, these are somewhat mitigated by improving gross margins and consumer sentiment in RBD's core New Zealand market. 

Restaurant Brands NZ - Back in the Kitchen — Upgrade to NEUTRAL

<ul><li>Restaurant Brands (RBD) has released a disappointing 1H23 result which was below our and consensus expectations. Key negatives included (1) significant ingredient cost inflation impacting EBITDA margins, particularly in the core NZ market, (2) difficulty raising prices without impacting sales volume as consumers appear to be more price-sensitive across all markets, and (3) higher expenses across non-operating items including depreciation and interest.</li><li>RBD reiterated its FY23 NPAT guidance range of NZ$12m to NZ$16m, implying a significant uplift in 2H23 profitability is required to meet guidance.</li><li>Our FY23 NPAT forecast is ~NZ$10m. This reflects our view that challenging macro-economic conditions and cost pressures are likely to persist over the next six months. </li></ul>

Restaurant Brands (RBD) has released a disappointing 1H23 result which was below our and consensus expectations. Key negatives included (1) significant ingredient cost inflation impacting EBITDA margins, particularly in the core NZ market, (2) difficulty raising prices without impacting sales volume as consumers appear to be more price-sensitive across all markets, and (3) higher expenses across non-operating items including depreciation and interest.RBD reiterated its FY23 NPAT guidance range of NZ$12m to NZ$16m, implying a significant uplift in 2H23 profitability is required to meet guidance.Our FY23 NPAT forecast is ~NZ$10m. This reflects our view that challenging macro-economic conditions and cost pressures are likely to persist over the next six months. 

Restaurant Brands NZ - 1H23 Result — From Sizzle to Fizzle

New Zealand

Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited operates fast food restaurant chains in New Zealand & Australia. The Company operates close to 300 stores which operate under the KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks restaurant names.

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Contact Energy/Manawa Energy: Index Flows as Deal Nears Completion

Manawa Energy is expected to stop trading after 7 July. There will be an increase in index shares for Contact Energy in global/local indices and...

Brian Freitas

Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd - India Biz Margins Improve; Weak Indonesia

Restaurant Brand Asia’s (RBA’s) Q2FY2025 performance was affected by negative SSSG in the India business and sustained weakness in Indonesia

Sharekhan

Guzman Y Gomez IPO - The Positives - Network Growing, Sales Have Outpaced Network Growth

Guzman Y Gomez plans to raise around US$160m in its Australian IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Restaurant Brands NZ - Back in the Kitchen — Upgrade to NEUTRAL

We upgrade Restaurant Brands (RBD) to NEUTRAL from UNDERPERFORM. RBD's 4Q23 trading update reiterated FY23 NPAT guidance of NZ$12m to NZ$16m

Forsyth Barr

Restaurant Brands NZ - 1H23 Result — From Sizzle to Fizzle

RBD reiterated its FY23 NPAT guidance range of NZ$12m to NZ$16m, implying a significant uplift in 2H23 profitability is required to meet guidance.

Forsyth Barr

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