Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>News reports indicate venture capital firms are sitting in cash reserves 2x normal levels and that needs to be put to work</li>
<li>We expected a narrowing of public v private valuation levels was needed for Softbank to pivot from recent defensive but competition for deals may be more relevant</li>
<li>Access to investment capital is easier after settling of Alibaba-linked derivative contracts and Softbank has showed as recently as 2020 asset sales that it can lever up quickly</li>
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News reports indicate venture capital firms are sitting in cash reserves 2x normal levels and that needs to be put to work
We expected a narrowing of public v private valuation levels was needed for Softbank to pivot from recent defensive but competition for deals may be more relevant
Access to investment capital is easier after settling of Alibaba-linked derivative contracts and Softbank has showed as recently as 2020 asset sales that it can lever up quickly


Softbank Group - A Surplus of VC Cash Could Re-Energize Vision Fund’s Investment Pace

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

Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologie / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1.0bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015.</li>
<li>As of end Jun 22, it had delivered a total of 104,829 cars with most of its sales coming from its mini units, T03.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>


Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1.0bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015.
As of end Jun 22, it had delivered a total of 104,829 cars with most of its sales coming from its mini units, T03.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.


Leapmotor IPO - Peers Recent Down Move Won’t Help

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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The Europe HY Trade Book for September 2022 includes high-conviction trade ideas drawn from our European HY coverage universe, along with relative-value scatter plots and tables by industry.

  The Europe HY Trade Book for September 2022 includes high-conviction trade ideas drawn from our European HY coverage universe, along with relative-value scatter plots and tables by industry. 

Europe HY Trade Book - September 2022 - Lucror Analytics

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<li>Press reports indicate <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> is considering a third Vision Fund which seems to conflict with its more defensive posture at Q1 results last month</li>
<li>Softbank can re-accelerate investment at any time without VF3 so talk of a new fund is not a signal change. Perceptions of private equity value are more important</li>
<li>And a key message over the last six months is founders are too optimistic and that seems unlikely to shift suddenly. We have updated our SB performance tables below</li>
</ul>


Press reports indicate Softbank Group (9984 JP) is considering a third Vision Fund which seems to conflict with its more defensive posture at Q1 results last month
Softbank can re-accelerate investment at any time without VF3 so talk of a new fund is not a signal change. Perceptions of private equity value are more important
And a key message over the last six months is founders are too optimistic and that seems unlikely to shift suddenly. We have updated our SB performance tables below


Softbank Group - An Acceleration in Investment Does Not Require a Third Vision Fund

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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