M&A Reporting, CTFN

Jonathan Spitzer

M&A Reporting

CTFN

Bringing the marketplace leading coverage of mergers, events, and major corporate actions, CTFN has a team of seasoned reporters from Los Angeles to London, publishing news that advances stories that matter to event-driven investors and deal professionals.

Event-Driven

Within the next week or so, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce the names of wireless carriers bidding for spectrum in the incentive auction, two sector bankers told <a href="http://ctfn.news" target="_blank">CTFN</a>.The announcement will “probably” be made next week, according to the first banker, who said that the agency has not set the exact date.The FCC did not return phone calls requesting comment.The auction of 600-megahertz spectrum is slated to begin on March 29, when television broadcasters submit initial…

Within the next week or so, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce the names of wireless carriers bidding for spectrum in the incentive auction, two sector bankers told CTFN.The announcement will “probably” be made next week, according to the first banker, who said that the agency has not set the exact date.The FCC did not return phone calls requesting comment.The auction of 600-megahertz spectrum is slated to begin on March 29, when television broadcasters submit initial…

FCC Expected to Announce Bidders for Spectrum Shortly

Leading Independent Investment Research, Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar

Leading Independent Investment Research

Morningstar, Inc.

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. We offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors. 

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

The Morningstar® Exponential Technology Index is designed to provide exposure to equities identified by Morningstar’s Equity Research team as positioned to experience meaningful economic benefits as a user or producer of promising technologies.The index consists of 200 stocks that are equally weighted. It is reconstituted annually in December. This report was originally published in December following the reconstitution, but is being republished here as a fork of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/346" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:346">CM Research</a> latest note <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/big-data-as-an-investment-theme" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:2975">Big Data as an Investment Theme</a>, to highlight ways to get exposure to this and other important themes.In addition to details of the Index constituents, subscribers will find a presentation on the index methodology attached.

The Morningstar® Exponential Technology Index is designed to provide exposure to equities identified by Morningstar’s Equity Research team as positioned to experience meaningful economic benefits as a user or producer of promising technologies.The index consists of 200 stocks that are equally weighted. It is reconstituted annually in December. This report was originally published in December following the reconstitution, but is being republished here as a fork of CM Research latest note Big Data as an Investment Theme, to highlight ways to get exposure to this and other important themes.In addition to details of the Index constituents, subscribers will find a presentation on the index methodology attached.

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media, CM Research

Cyrus Mewawalla

Thematic Investing in Tech and Media

Thematic TMT investing

CM Research

CM Research is an independent research house based in London, England. We provide global thematic research in the Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) sectors. 

Our focus is on disruptive technologies: how will they unfold; which industries will be impacted; and who will be the ultimate winners and losers. 

Our aim is to help investors predict share prices and corporate executives stay one step ahead of the technology trends that are shaping their industry. 

We research technology investment themes in detail and then feed the results into a scorecard system to quantify the impact of several conflicting themes on individual stocks. 

Recent themes covered include internet TV, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Mobile payments, crowdfunding, artificial intelligence, the cloud, software defined networking and Generation Hashtag.

We cover the top 500 global TMT stocks by market capitalisation and several technology start-ups and pre-IPO companies too. 

In 2015, CM Research analysts outperformed the Bloomberg Benchmark Analyst Index - which measures how good analysts are at predicting stock prices - by 7.1%.

During this decade, the digital data universe is expected to grow 75-fold from 1.2 zettabytes to 90 zettabytes. (1 zettabyte = 1 trillion gigabytes).Ask any CEO how he expects to sell more products and cut more costs and he will tell you that Big Data features prominently in his strategy. Big Data refers to the technology processes by which companies can profit from the large amounts of data to which they have access.But investors who want to ride the Big Data wave are finding that it is not that easy to identify where to invest.In this report, we delve deep down into the Big Data supply chain and look at where the investment opportunities really lie.&nbsp;

During this decade, the digital data universe is expected to grow 75-fold from 1.2 zettabytes to 90 zettabytes. (1 zettabyte = 1 trillion gigabytes).Ask any CEO how he expects to sell more products and cut more costs and he will tell you that Big Data features prominently in his strategy. Big Data refers to the technology processes by which companies can profit from the large amounts of data to which they have access.But investors who want to ride the Big Data wave are finding that it is not that easy to identify where to invest.In this report, we delve deep down into the Big Data supply chain and look at where the investment opportunities really lie.&nbsp;

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Equity Bottom-Up

NTT (Nippon Telegraph & Telephone) / Equity Bottom-Up

After the close today, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1089" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1089">NTT Docomo</a><a href="https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/corporate/ir/binary/pdf/irnews/160308/notice_160308_e.pdf" target="_blank">announced</a> that it had repurchased 120.867 million shares for a total of 307.5 billion yen. 117.9mm of those shares were repurchased from parent <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/623" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:623">NTT</a>.The buyback program as announced on January 29th authorized a share repurchase up to a prescribed maximum limit (under Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied pursuant to Article 165 (3) of the Companies Act), of 220 million shares (5.67% of outstanding) up to JPY 500 billion (the rule which applies is…

After the close today, NTT Docomoannounced that it had repurchased 120.867 million shares for a total of 307.5 billion yen. 117.9mm of those shares were repurchased from parent NTT.The buyback program as announced on January 29th authorized a share repurchase up to a prescribed maximum limit (under Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied pursuant to Article 165 (3) of the Companies Act), of 220 million shares (5.67% of outstanding) up to JPY 500 billion (the rule which applies is…

NTT Docomo & NTT: First Stage of Docomo Buyback Completed- Implications Going Forward

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/391" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:391">Sharp</a> now trades with Interpretation Risk. Two months ago, Hon Hai quite clearly tossed its hat into the ring as a potential savior of Sharp. As discussed last year by Hao Wang and myself, Sharp was in dire condition. I have since discussed the situation at length (see right hand margin).We finally got a situation where Hon Hai's significantly greater cash offer (and significantly lower hit to banks) won the day, and then last Thursday it was all thrown into question again as Sharp's board…

Sharp now trades with Interpretation Risk. Two months ago, Hon Hai quite clearly tossed its hat into the ring as a potential savior of Sharp. As discussed last year by Hao Wang and myself, Sharp was in dire condition. I have since discussed the situation at length (see right hand margin).We finally got a situation where Hon Hai's significantly greater cash offer (and significantly lower hit to banks) won the day, and then last Thursday it was all thrown into question again as Sharp's board…

Japan

SoftBank Group Corp provides telecommunication services.  The Company also operates ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and fiber optic high-speed Internet connection, e-Commerce businesses, and Internet based advertising and auction businesses.

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Softbank Group (ADR) (SFTBY US)

FCC Expected to Announce Bidders for Spectrum Shortly

Within the next week or so, the Federal Communications Commission is expected to announce the names of wireless carriers bidding for spectrum in...

CTFN

Morningstar Exponential Technology Index

The Morningstar® Exponential Technology Index is designed to provide exposure to equities identified by Morningstar’s Equity Research team as...

Morningstar, Inc.

Big Data as an Investment Theme

During this decade, the digital data universe is expected to grow 75-fold from 1.2 zettabytes to 90 zettabytes. (1 zettabyte = 1 trillion...

CM Research

NTT Docomo & NTT: First Stage of Docomo Buyback Completed- Implications Going Forward

After the close today, NTT Docomoannounced that it had repurchased 120.867 million shares for a total of 307.5 billion yen. 117.9mm of those shares...

Travis Lundy

Sharp: Interpretation Risk

Sharp now trades with Interpretation Risk. Two months ago, Hon Hai quite clearly tossed its hat into the ring as a potential savior of Sharp. As...

Travis Lundy

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