Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Asian headline indices are almost at pre-war levels. However, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Korea are significantly below and Taiwan significantly above the pre-war peaks. Hong Kong, Singapore are at parity.</li>
<li>Utilities, consumer services, consumer durables are prominent decliners. Industrials, health tech (pharmaceuticals), process industries and technology are above pre-war levels. The market seems concerned about fuel and industrial input shortage.</li>
<li>After this relative valuation churn, Korea, Indonesia and Philippines appear the cheapest on PE vs EPS growth and P/BV vs ROE. We remain overweight Korea, HK/China and Singapore.</li>
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Asian headline indices are almost at pre-war levels. However, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Korea are significantly below and Taiwan significantly above the pre-war peaks. Hong Kong, Singapore are at parity.
Utilities, consumer services, consumer durables are prominent decliners. Industrials, health tech (pharmaceuticals), process industries and technology are above pre-war levels. The market seems concerned about fuel and industrial input shortage.
After this relative valuation churn, Korea, Indonesia and Philippines appear the cheapest on PE vs EPS growth and P/BV vs ROE. We remain overweight Korea, HK/China and Singapore.


Asian Equities: Headline Indices Back to Pre-War, but Not All Markets or Sectors Are

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Xiaomi and Stepfun all shipped model updates, with price cuts and open weights at the center of the week.</li>
<li>AI infrastructure financing stayed active across Akamai, Nscale, Firmus, Oracle-linked data centers, CoreWeave facilities and SoftBank debt.</li>
<li>Regulatory and security news focused on Pentagon supply-chain controls, OpenAI evaluation incidents and US review before UK model testing.</li>
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Anthropic, OpenAI, xAI, Xiaomi and Stepfun all shipped model updates, with price cuts and open weights at the center of the week.
AI infrastructure financing stayed active across Akamai, Nscale, Firmus, Oracle-linked data centers, CoreWeave facilities and SoftBank debt.
Regulatory and security news focused on Pentagon supply-chain controls, OpenAI evaluation incidents and US review before UK model testing.


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Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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<li>KRX-Listed 2x daily leveraged ETFs on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a> have suffered from volatile mean-reverting moves, with the leverage index down sharply since launch.</li>
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AUM is starting to feel the pressure, declining in the first half of July after peaking on 25 June, while several consecutive days of outflows suggest investor demand has weakened.</li>
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ETF flows remain relevant for underlying liquidity, while the inverse 2x product has gained AUM in July as Samsung Elec declined, highlighting a shift toward downside exposure.</li>
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KRX-Listed 2x daily leveraged ETFs on Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) have suffered from volatile mean-reverting moves, with the leverage index down sharply since launch.

AUM is starting to feel the pressure, declining in the first half of July after peaking on 25 June, while several consecutive days of outflows suggest investor demand has weakened.

ETF flows remain relevant for underlying liquidity, while the inverse 2x product has gained AUM in July as Samsung Elec declined, highlighting a shift toward downside exposure.


Samsung Electronics (005930 KS): Leveraged ETF AUM Comes Under Pressure

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<li>Sharp dislocations in Asian markets have opened up relative value trade opportunities. Many Asian markets' valuations are near long-term averages, but some are far more expensive, and some far cheaper.</li>
<li>Going by likely mean reversion, we conclude that Taiwan should correct more while Korea should rerate. The other markets are close to their long-term means, and hence, difficult to call.</li>
<li>In ASEAN, going long Indonesia and Philippines and shorting Singapore could be profitable. Shorting Thailand could be an option too, from the perspective of earnings pressure due to tourism slowdown.</li>
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Sharp dislocations in Asian markets have opened up relative value trade opportunities. Many Asian markets' valuations are near long-term averages, but some are far more expensive, and some far cheaper.
Going by likely mean reversion, we conclude that Taiwan should correct more while Korea should rerate. The other markets are close to their long-term means, and hence, difficult to call.
In ASEAN, going long Indonesia and Philippines and shorting Singapore could be profitable. Shorting Thailand could be an option too, from the perspective of earnings pressure due to tourism slowdown.


Asian Equities: Relative Value Trades After This Dislocation

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities, Mint Finance

Raghav Vashisht

AI | Semiconductors | Commodities

Deep Fundamental Analysis

Mint Finance

Mint Finance's investment research blends deep fundamental analysis with technical & quant insights. Investment strategies straddle across multiple asset classes with risk management embedded into every trade to deliver an outsized reward-to-risk ratio.

Mint Finance's research is centered around three key themes. First, energy transition and climate change. Second, artificial intelligence. Third, shifting world order with its impact across politics and monetary economics.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Gaia is likely a high-powered PCIe companion card aiming to replace Nvidia's discrete workstation GPUs by leveraging Processing-in-Memory (PIM).</li>
<li>We estimate Gaia must target an 800-1,200 TOPS envelope to displace Nvidia’s workstation GPUs, specifically leveraging PIM to bypass the severe data bottlenecks of standard PCIe interfaces.</li>
<li>The PC-level integration is a Trojan horse to potentially pitch custom hyperscaler ASICs against incumbents, providing long-term optionality ahead of a pivotal (because ADRs) and potentially soft SKHynix earnings print.</li>
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Gaia is likely a high-powered PCIe companion card aiming to replace Nvidia's discrete workstation GPUs by leveraging Processing-in-Memory (PIM).
We estimate Gaia must target an 800-1,200 TOPS envelope to displace Nvidia’s workstation GPUs, specifically leveraging PIM to bypass the severe data bottlenecks of standard PCIe interfaces.
The PC-level integration is a Trojan horse to potentially pitch custom hyperscaler ASICs against incumbents, providing long-term optionality ahead of a pivotal (because ADRs) and potentially soft SKHynix earnings print.


Samsung's Gaia: A PIM Trojan Horse and the Case for Structural Outperformance

South Korea

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures a wide range of consumer and industrial electronic equipment and products such as semiconductors, personal computers, peripherals, monitors, televisions, and home appliances including air conditioners and microwave ovens. The Company also produces Internet access network systems and telecommunications equipment including mobile phones.

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Asian markets present relative value trade opportunities due to sharp dislocations in valuations. TW may correct more, KR could rerate. Long Indo...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Samsung's Gaia: A PIM Trojan Horse and the Case for Structural Outperformance

Gaia, a high-powered PCIe companion card, aims to replace Nvidia's discrete workstation GPUs by leveraging Processing-in-Memory (PIM) to bypass...

Mint Finance

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Asian Equities: Headline Indices Back to Pre-War, but Not All Markets or Sectors Are

​In Asia post-war, some markets are below pre-war levels & others above. Market concerns include fuel and industrial input shortage. KR, INDO,...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

This Week in AI (Sep 20-26): Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Launch Cheaper; Data Center IPO Delays

This week in AI: Anthropic and OpenAI cut frontier-model costs, Grok 4.7 entered major coding channels, and financing stress hit infrastructure.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Samsung Electronics (005930 KS): Leveraged ETF AUM Comes Under Pressure

Samsung Electronics’ leveraged ETF AUM is coming under pressure as volatility bites, outflows emerge, and inverse exposure gains traction.

Gaudenz Schneider

Asian Equities: Relative Value Trades After This Dislocation

​Asian markets present relative value trade opportunities due to sharp dislocations in valuations. TW may correct more, KR could rerate. Long Indo...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Samsung's Gaia: A PIM Trojan Horse and the Case for Structural Outperformance

​Gaia, a high-powered PCIe companion card, aims to replace Nvidia's discrete workstation GPUs by leveraging Processing-in-Memory (PIM) to bypass...

Mint Finance

In Asia post-war, some markets are below pre-war levels & others above. Market concerns include fuel and industrial input shortage. KR, INDO,...

Asian markets present relative value trade opportunities due to sharp dislocations in valuations. TW may correct more, KR could rerate. Long Indo...

Gaia, a high-powered PCIe companion card, aims to replace Nvidia's discrete workstation GPUs by leveraging Processing-in-Memory (PIM) to bypass...