TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Nike is all in on Roblox-centric NFTs based on its recent acquisition of Artifact...pronounced RTFKT...</li>
<li>Softbank is all in on the Metaverse based on its investment in Naver's Zepeto</li>
<li>Metaverse real estate is so hot right now....so hot right now.</li>
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Nike is all in on Roblox-centric NFTs based on its recent acquisition of Artifact...pronounced RTFKT...
Softbank is all in on the Metaverse based on its investment in Naver's Zepeto
Metaverse real estate is so hot right now....so hot right now.


Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Japan/Asia Long-Short

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

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<li>We have been arguing that significant collaboration between Sony and Epic is likely in forming the key infrastructure for the metaverse. </li>
<li>The recent Matrix Awakens demo starts to reveal some of the possibilities. </li>
<li>And it demonstrates why we believe popular metaverse theme names like Facebook and Roblox have no realistic chance of competing.</li>
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We have been arguing that significant collaboration between Sony and Epic is likely in forming the key infrastructure for the metaverse. 
The recent Matrix Awakens demo starts to reveal some of the possibilities. 
And it demonstrates why we believe popular metaverse theme names like Facebook and Roblox have no realistic chance of competing.


Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this report, we review our IPO investment research in 2021, including the performance of our calls.</li>
<li>We made 37 investment calls on IPOs this year, of which 28 had positive ratings on the IPOs and 9 had negative ratings.</li>
<li>The 28 stocks (positive ratings) were up 26.1% on average from their IPO prices. The 9 stocks (negative ratings) were up only 4.9% on average from their IPO prices.</li>
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In this report, we review our IPO investment research in 2021, including the performance of our calls.
We made 37 investment calls on IPOs this year, of which 28 had positive ratings on the IPOs and 9 had negative ratings.
The 28 stocks (positive ratings) were up 26.1% on average from their IPO prices. The 9 stocks (negative ratings) were up only 4.9% on average from their IPO prices.


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.

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime Group (1475539D HK)</a>  is looking to raise about US$2bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>STG was the market leading computer vision software provider in China for various industries in FY2020. But we estimate that the company has been losing market share.</li>
<li>We think that it is the price to pay for STG’s blanket approach to growth; trying its hands in everything and anything.</li>
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SenseTime Group (1475539D HK)  is looking to raise about US$2bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
STG was the market leading computer vision software provider in China for various industries in FY2020. But we estimate that the company has been losing market share.
We think that it is the price to pay for STG’s blanket approach to growth; trying its hands in everything and anything.


SenseTime Group (商汤集团) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison & Industry - Paying the Price of Diversification

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<li>Roblox is early days in so many new TAMs: advertising, music, commerce, education.</li>
<li>The advertising opportunity is enormous, given the amount of hours spent on the platform, one can easily see Roblox building a $2B+ ad business.</li>
<li>Roblox is still early in building out the infrastructure to support many new forms of monetization, and they are doing so in a thoughtful fashion.</li>
</ul>


Roblox is early days in so many new TAMs: advertising, music, commerce, education.
The advertising opportunity is enormous, given the amount of hours spent on the platform, one can easily see Roblox building a $2B+ ad business.
Roblox is still early in building out the infrastructure to support many new forms of monetization, and they are doing so in a thoughtful fashion.


United States

Roblox Corporation provides entertainment products and services. The Company designs and develops a wide range of online games such as internet three-dimensional and tutorial games for kids, teens, and adults. Roblox serves customers worldwide.

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Metaverse Musings

We wanted to step outside the obvious metaverse newsflownstead survey some recent newsflow that speaks to the overall activity in all things...

Aaron Gabin

Sony – An Epic Partner

We have been arguing that collaboration between Sony and Epic is likely in forming the key infrastructure for the metaverse. The recent Matrix...

Mio Kato

Review of Our IPO Research in 2021

We review our IPO investment research in 2021. The 28 stocks (positive ratings) were up 26.1% (average) from IPO prices. The 9 stocks (negative...

Douglas Kim

SenseTime Group (商汤集团) Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison & Industry - Paying the Price of Diversification

SenseTime Group (1475539D HK) is looking to raise about US$2bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. We estimate that the company has been losing market...

Sumeet Singh

Roblox Analyst Day: TAM Unlimited

We wrote about Roblox after its most recent earnings in early November and our general take was… great quarter, but was it really worth a 30%...

Aaron Gabin

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