Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

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<ul><li>GlobalWafers secures $400M of CHIPS Act funding; boosting semiconductor production capacity and technological advancements.</li><li>Acer targets India's booming smartphone market with a white-label strategy; aiming to capitalize on the growing demand.</li><li>Qualcomm collaborates with Microsoft to revolutionize PCs in the AI era; promising groundbreaking advancements in affordable chip designs.</li></ul>

GlobalWafers secures $400M of CHIPS Act funding; boosting semiconductor production capacity and technological advancements.Acer targets India's booming smartphone market with a white-label strategy; aiming to capitalize on the growing demand.Qualcomm collaborates with Microsoft to revolutionize PCs in the AI era; promising groundbreaking advancements in affordable chip designs.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (17-Jul-2024): GlobalWafers gets $400M CHIPS Act funding.

Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

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<li>TSMC: +17.9% Premium; Rebounds After Brief Breakdown; Wait for Better Levels</li>
<li>UMC: +1.8% Premium; Can Consider Shorting the Premium at Current Level</li>
<li>ASE: +5.5% Premium Represents a Major Breakdown; Can Consider Going Long</li>
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TSMC: +17.9% Premium; Rebounds After Brief Breakdown; Wait for Better Levels
UMC: +1.8% Premium; Can Consider Shorting the Premium at Current Level
ASE: +5.5% Premium Represents a Major Breakdown; Can Consider Going Long


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Rebounds After Sharp Breakdown; ASE Major Premium Breakdown

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Average active fund returns of 3.91% fail to beat the iShares MSCI EM ETF return of 4.39%, with 54% of funds underperforming.</li>
<li>Consensus overweights in Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia proved costly, though Materials underweights, Saudi underweights and strong stock selection in South Korea stemmed relative losses.</li>
<li>Tencent and TSMC underweights costly: Both stocks are among the top underweights among active GEM investors. Strong performance this quarter contributed to underperformance.</li>
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Average active fund returns of 3.91% fail to beat the iShares MSCI EM ETF return of 4.39%, with 54% of funds underperforming.
Consensus overweights in Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia proved costly, though Materials underweights, Saudi underweights and strong stock selection in South Korea stemmed relative losses.
Tencent and TSMC underweights costly: Both stocks are among the top underweights among active GEM investors. Strong performance this quarter contributed to underperformance.


Active GEM Fund Q2 Performance Update.  Mexico & Indonesia Overweights Cost Investors

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<li>Average active fund returns of 6.75% match the iShares Asia Ex-Japan benchmark, with 50.8% of funds outperforming.</li>
<li>Technology Sector Again Drives Returns: Taiwan Technology contributes the most to absolute returns, aided by China &amp; HK and India positions.</li>
<li>Key Stock Overweights Pay Off: Overweights in SK Hynix, Tencent Holdings and HDFC Bank helped offset the drag from Cash holdings over the quarter.</li>
</ul>


Average active fund returns of 6.75% match the iShares Asia Ex-Japan benchmark, with 50.8% of funds outperforming.
Technology Sector Again Drives Returns: Taiwan Technology contributes the most to absolute returns, aided by China &amp; HK and India positions.
Key Stock Overweights Pay Off: Overweights in SK Hynix, Tencent Holdings and HDFC Bank helped offset the drag from Cash holdings over the quarter.


Active Asia Ex-Japan Q2 Performance Review:  Taiwan Tech Drives Returns, but Indonesia Costly

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 12th which has an aggregated holding worth USD1,035.6bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,431mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Umc, Alchip Tech, Quanta Computer, Chung-Hsin, Cathay Financial, TSMC, Hon Hai, Ctbc Financial, ASE.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 12th which has an aggregated holding worth USD1,035.6bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,431mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Umc, Alchip Tech, Quanta Computer, Chung-Hsin, Cathay Financial, TSMC, Hon Hai, Ctbc Financial, ASE.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 12th): Umc, Alchip Tech, Quanta Computer, Chung-Hsin, TSMC

Taiwan

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. manufactures and markets integrated circuits. The Company provides the following services: wafer manufacturing, wafer probing, assembly and testing, mask production, and design services. TSMC's ICs are used in computer, communication, consumer electronics, automotive, and industrial equipment industries.

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) (2330 TT)

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

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Tech Supply Chain Tracker (17-Jul-2024): GlobalWafers gets $400M CHIPS Act funding.

GlobalWafers secures $400M from CHIPS Act, Samsung targets wearable sales, ASML sees high demand, Acer eyes India market, Qualcomm/Microsoft...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Rebounds After Sharp Breakdown; ASE Major Premium Breakdown

We analyze the premium and discount levels of dual-listed Taiwan companies, suggesting potential spread trading levels based on historical trends.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Active GEM Fund Q2 Performance Update. Mexico & Indonesia Overweights Cost Investors

Average active fund returns of 3.91% fail to beat the iShares MSCI EM ETF return of 4.39%, with 54% of funds underperforming.

Steven Holden

Active Asia Ex-Japan Q2 Performance Review: Taiwan Tech Drives Returns, but Indonesia Costly

Average active fund returns of 6.75% match the iShares Asia Ex-Japan benchmark, with 50.8% of funds outperforming on the quarter.

Steven Holden

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 12th): Umc, Alchip Tech, Quanta Computer, Chung-Hsin, TSMC

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Umc, Alchip Tech, Quanta Computer, Chung-Hsin,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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