Japan TMT Analyst

Pelham Smithers

Market Intel on Asian Tech with a Japan focus

Pelham Smithers Associates

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

Research is provided by the following:
Pelham Smithers: Macro, consumer electronics, telecoms & pharma
Joel Scheiman: Electronics materials / components
Julie Boote: Autos
Will Nestuk: Capital goods, machinery & transportation equipment parts
Thao Nguyen: eCommerce, internet content, marketing & advertising

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Generally speaking, if Stanley Druckenmiller says something is a bad thing and Donald Trump suggests it is a good thing, or at least is an idea worth considering, there's a tendency to think that it is a suboptimal suggestion (and probably nine times out of ten it is). However, the suggestion that listed companies in the US should move to semi-annual reporting to save money and encourage longer-term investing is worthy of more than a quip that the President should try semi-annual tweeting (not…

Generally speaking, if Stanley Druckenmiller says something is a bad thing and Donald Trump suggests it is a good thing, or at least is an idea worth considering, there's a tendency to think that it is a suboptimal suggestion (and probably nine times out of ten it is). However, the suggestion that listed companies in the US should move to semi-annual reporting to save money and encourage longer-term investing is worthy of more than a quip that the President should try semi-annual tweeting (not…

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

Kokusai Electric  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>KKR is looking to raise around US$960m through an accelerated secondary offering for around 10% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kokusai-electric-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40152:1" rel="noopener">Kokusai Electric (6525 JP)</a>’s (KE) stock.</li>
<li>KE had seen a number of selldowns in the past from KKR and Applied Materials, with mixed results.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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KKR is looking to raise around US$960m through an accelerated secondary offering for around 10% of Kokusai Electric (6525 JP)’s (KE) stock.
KE had seen a number of selldowns in the past from KKR and Applied Materials, with mixed results.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Kokusai Electric Placement - Past Deals Have Been Mixed but Its a US$1bn Cleanup

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

YTD sideways congestion for the MSCI ACWI ex-US and an intact downtrend for the MSCI EM index continue to point to a risk-off environment for international equity markets, and supports our neutral outlook. We continue to recommend avoiding broad indexed exposure in favor of selectivity. In today’s report we highlight actionable country- and Sector-specific themes within Norway, India, Japan and Australia.

YTD sideways congestion for the MSCI ACWI ex-US and an intact downtrend for the MSCI EM index continue to point to a risk-off environment for international equity markets, and supports our neutral outlook. We continue to recommend avoiding broad indexed exposure in favor of selectivity. In today’s report we highlight actionable country- and Sector-specific themes within Norway, India, Japan and Australia.

Global Ex-U.S. & EM Continue to Point to Risk-Off Environment

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Last week was a week of earnings releases for Japan analysts in this Smartkarma community. I have picked up several earnings insights from the Japan side, which I strongly feel you should check out if you already haven't read yet. But my headline insight of the week from Japan side is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/25" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:25">Travis Lundy</a>'s another thought-provoking piece on his Japan Passive theme: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/japan-passive-dovish-meeting-boj-to-buy-less-nikkei-225" target="_blank">JAPAN PASSIVE - Dovish Meeting; BOJ to Buy Less Nikkei 225</a>. As for our Korean insights, we didn't have as many earnings insights as Japan…

Last week was a week of earnings releases for Japan analysts in this Smartkarma community. I have picked up several earnings insights from the Japan side, which I strongly feel you should check out if you already haven't read yet. But my headline insight of the week from Japan side is Travis Lundy's another thought-provoking piece on his Japan Passive theme: JAPAN PASSIVE - Dovish Meeting; BOJ to Buy Less Nikkei 225. As for our Korean insights, we didn't have as many earnings insights as Japan…

Smartkarma's Week That Was in JP/KR: BOJ Again, JP/KR Earnings! & SK Telecom

Actionable Charts from Smart Karma’s Most-Searched Tickers.We ran through a list of the most frequently searched tickers on the SmartKarma platform using the Discovery Tool.  See the attached report for a complete list of our recommendations from this list.

Actionable Charts from Smart Karma’s Most-Searched Tickers.We ran through a list of the most frequently searched tickers on the SmartKarma platform using the Discovery Tool.  See the attached report for a complete list of our recommendations from this list.

Japan

Sony Corporation manufactures audio, home video game consoles, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.  The Company's other businesses include music, pictures, computer entertainment, and online businesses.

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Sony Corp (6758 JP)

The Case for Semi-Annual Reporting

Generally speaking, if Stanley Druckenmiller says something is a bad thing and Donald Trump suggests it is a good thing, or at least is an idea...

Pelham Smithers Associates

Aequitas: Kokusai Electric Placement - Past Deals Have Been Mixed but Its a US$1bn Cleanup

KKR is looking to raise around US$960m through an accelerated secondary offering for around 10% of Kokusai Electric (6525 JP)’s (KE) stock. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Global Ex-U.S. & EM Continue to Point to Risk-Off Environment

YTD sideways congestion for the MSCI ACWI ex-US and an intact downtrend for the MSCI EM index continue to point to a risk-off environment for...

Vermilion Research

Smartkarma's Week That Was in JP/KR: BOJ Again, JP/KR Earnings! & SK Telecom

Last week was a week of earnings releases for Japan analysts in this Smartkarma community. I have picked up several earnings insights from the...

Sanghyun Park

Popular Stocks, Attractive Charts

Actionable Charts from Smart Karma’s Most-Searched Tickers.We ran through a list of the most frequently searched tickers on the SmartKarma platform...

Vermilion Research

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