Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sharp-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:391:1" rel="noopener">Sharp Corp (6753 JP)</a> has a valuation disconnect: Free Cash Flow, Reported Earnings and Share Price. </li>
<li>Sharp's heavy capex business model shrank its Free cash flow over time, leading to an underperformance while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/panasonic-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:222:1" rel="noopener">Panasonic Corp (6752 JP)</a> has pivoted to new industries. </li>
<li>The management of Sharp will need to pivot to AI or any asset light business but it may not come any time soon. </li>
</ul>



Sharp Corp (6753 JP) has a valuation disconnect: Free Cash Flow, Reported Earnings and Share Price. 
Sharp's heavy capex business model shrank its Free cash flow over time, leading to an underperformance while Panasonic Corp (6752 JP) has pivoted to new industries. 
The management of Sharp will need to pivot to AI or any asset light business but it may not come any time soon. 


Sharp (6753) Vs. Panasonic (6752): Gap Will Not Narrow Soon

Market Intelligence, ORTEX

ORTEX Market Intel

Market Intelligence

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

<ul><li>Short interest shifted sharply this week across Brazilian financials, energy ETFs, and a clutch of mid-cap US names.</li><li>The biggest stories were a 56% surge in Bradesco shorts despite a JP Morgan upgrade, a 52% collapse in Nomura short interest, and a 41% single-day spike in a space ETF.</li><li>Borrow markets tightened across several names, signalling active repositioning on both sides.</li></ul>

Short interest shifted sharply this week across Brazilian financials, energy ETFs, and a clutch of mid-cap US names.The biggest stories were a 56% surge in Bradesco shorts despite a JP Morgan upgrade, a 52% collapse in Nomura short interest, and a 41% single-day spike in a space ETF.Borrow markets tightened across several names, signalling active repositioning on both sides.

Bears Scramble: Brazil Names and ETFs Dominate This Week's Short Moves

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)

<ul>
<li>We tracked AI models, infrastructure, and funding this week: DeepSeek raised V4 pricing, while Anthropic showed profit before listing.</li>
<li>China labs pushed pricing, agents, and device subscriptions; US labs added OpenAI Ultrafast, Gemini Flash, Meta Glimmer, and Grok releases.</li>
<li>Nvidia lined up financing platforms, Anthropic signed compute capacity, DayOne filed for a US IPO, and OpenRouter revenue shifted toward Anthropic.</li>
</ul>


We tracked AI models, infrastructure, and funding this week: DeepSeek raised V4 pricing, while Anthropic showed profit before listing.
China labs pushed pricing, agents, and device subscriptions; US labs added OpenAI Ultrafast, Gemini Flash, Meta Glimmer, and Grok releases.
Nvidia lined up financing platforms, Anthropic signed compute capacity, DayOne filed for a US IPO, and OpenRouter revenue shifted toward Anthropic.


This Week in AI (Aug 9-15): DeepSeek Hikes V4 Prices; Anthropic Shows Profit Before Listing

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Sony Group Corporation reported a strong financial performance for the latest quarter with record sales and operating income figures.</li><li>Sales from continuing operations increased by 5% year-on-year to JPY 3,107.9 billion, with a 10% rise in operating income to JPY 429 billion.</li><li>Net income rose by 7% to JPY 311.4 billion.</li></ul>

Sony Group Corporation reported a strong financial performance for the latest quarter with record sales and operating income figures.Sales from continuing operations increased by 5% year-on-year to JPY 3,107.9 billion, with a 10% rise in operating income to JPY 429 billion.Net income rose by 7% to JPY 311.4 billion.

Sony Is Reinventing Gaming, Sensors, & Sports—How Far Can This Strategy Go?

Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

<ul>
<li>Should still be more upside after Micron’s AH numbers yesterday with many Japanese SPE names still a ways from their recent highs after correcting earlier in the week.</li>
<li>Still yet to see Furukawa, SEI and SWCC play catch up to Fujikura after strong guidance revision this week.</li>
<li>A negative read for JP game developers such as Nintendo and Sony after Microsoft announced price hikes for its Xbox.</li>
</ul>


Should still be more upside after Micron’s AH numbers yesterday with many Japanese SPE names still a ways from their recent highs after correcting earlier in the week.
Still yet to see Furukawa, SEI and SWCC play catch up to Fujikura after strong guidance revision this week.
A negative read for JP game developers such as Nintendo and Sony after Microsoft announced price hikes for its Xbox.


Japan Morning Connection: Room to Run with SPEs Still Below Recent Highs

Japan

Sony Group Corporation manufactures and distributes electronics products and provides related solutions. The Company produces televisions, cameras, mobiles, audio and video products. game equipment, and more. Sony Group also engages in game production,  movie production, music production, and other businesses.

Price Gauge
52-week Range	0.00 - 0.00
Market Cap (USDm)	0.00
P/E	0.00
Dividend (Yield)	0.00

Sony Corp (SONY US)

Sharp (6753) Vs. Panasonic (6752): Gap Will Not Narrow Soon

Sharp Co is still suffering from the legacy business that is asset heavy and eroding free cash flow while Panasonic has moved on to growth...

Henry Soediarko

Bears Scramble: Brazil Names and ETFs Dominate This Week's Short Moves

Short interest shifted sharply this week across Brazilian financials, energy ETFs, and a clutch of mid-cap US names. The biggest stories were a...

ORTEX Market Intel

This Week in AI (Aug 9-15): DeepSeek Hikes V4 Prices; Anthropic Shows Profit Before Listing

This week in AI: DeepSeek raised V4 pricing; Anthropic showed profit before listing; Nvidia financed data centers, and DayOne filed.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Sony Is Reinventing Gaming, Sensors, & Sports—How Far Can This Strategy Go?

Sony Group Corporation reported a strong financial performance for the latest quarter with record sales and operating income figures. Sales from...

Baptista Research

Japan Morning Connection: Room to Run with SPEs Still Below Recent Highs

Japanese SPEs have room to run as AI rally yet to be fully priced in, with relative s/t laggards including Lasertec, TEL and Resonac.

Andrew Jackson

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)