Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

The S&amp;P Global Clean Energy Index is designed to measure the performance of 30 companies from around the world that are involved in clean energy-related businesses, comprising a diversified mix of clean energy production and clean energy equipment and technology companies.There are two ETFs that are benchmarked to the index and these ETFs have seen massive inflows over the last year. This has caused liquidity issues in the underlying stocks and has led to S&amp;P having multiple market consultations to reduce constituent concentration, easy liquidity limitations and improve index replication.The changes due to these market consultations will cause large passive flows on the stocks. A few stocks have moved substantially over the last couple of months but there could be more in store for a few of them.Depending on the which proposals are implemented, one-way turnover for the review could be in the range of 30-50% and there are a lot of stocks that will have more than 10 days of ADV to trade.In this Insight we look at the index, the inflows on the ETFs, the various market consultations and the impact on the stocks that constitute the index and those that could be added to the index in the April rebalance.

The S&amp;P Global Clean Energy Index is designed to measure the performance of 30 companies from around the world that are involved in clean energy-related businesses, comprising a diversified mix of clean energy production and clean energy equipment and technology companies.There are two ETFs that are benchmarked to the index and these ETFs have seen massive inflows over the last year. This has caused liquidity issues in the underlying stocks and has led to S&amp;P having multiple market consultations to reduce constituent concentration, easy liquidity limitations and improve index replication.The changes due to these market consultations will cause large passive flows on the stocks. A few stocks have moved substantially over the last couple of months but there could be more in store for a few of them.Depending on the which proposals are implemented, one-way turnover for the review could be in the range of 30-50% and there are a lot of stocks that will have more than 10 days of ADV to trade.In this Insight we look at the index, the inflows on the ETFs, the various market consultations and the impact on the stocks that constitute the index and those that could be added to the index in the April rebalance.

Global Clean Energy Index: MASSIVE Changes Coming Up; 30-50% One-Way Turnover

Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Japan/Asia Long-Short

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<h2>Summary and Conclusion</h2>
What's Original?
This insight is an in-depth look into the Asian wind energy industry, covering the value chain and related companies at each key stage of the value chain. Our research includes the following:
Industry Background: This includes an in-depth analysis on the wind energy sector with an overview of wind energy, including the growth of global installed capacity wind energy and analysis of the Asian wind energy market.
We examine both global onshore and offshore wind energy and differences in installation costs, annual investments, levelised cost of electricity (LCoE) and the declining trend in installation costs.
The potential capacity level of offshore wind energy is higher than onshore, though installation costs, O&amp;M and transportation costs are currently higher for offshore which is clearly reflected in the LCoE of the two categories.
When comparing total global wind capacity against the Asian market alone, over the last decade the Asian market’s growth rate was higher than the global rate and 51% of global new capacity additions were made in the Asian region.
The majority of Asian new capacity installed in Asian market was in APAC and China remained the world’s largest onshore market accounting for 37% of total onshore installations in 2019 while in the offshore market China accounted for a slightly more modest 23% of installations, trailing the UK and Germany.
The total installed capacity of onshore wind is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.2% and to reach 1,787 GW globally in 2030 and then 5,044 GW by 2050. Furthermore, Asia (mostly China) should continue to dominate the onshore wind power industry, with more than 50% of global installations by 2050. Offshore wind energy in Asia should grow at a CAGR of 28% during 2018-30 and reach 613 GW while the Asian onshore market is expected to grow at a 13% CAGR and reach 2,646 GW. We examine the leading Asian countries (India, Japan and China) in the sector and their growth potential.
We believe that, over the next decade, the Asian market will outperform in wind energy growth compared to Europe and the US. Further, the trend towards offshore wind energy development in the Asian region will start to gather steam. The growth will be still mainly driven by China, India and Japan, however, apart from those countries South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam also demonstrate some potential to develop wind energy.
Value Chain Analysis: We detail the value chain for wind energy highlighting the critical stages of the value chain (raw material supply, design and development services, component supply, wind turbine manufacturers, construction &amp; installation services and wind farm developers) and the leading players in those stages.
Wind Farm Owners - By the end of 2019, the top 15 wind farm owner-operators held over 1/3 of the total 650 GW of onshore and offshore assets globally.  Chinese utilities continue to dominate the top 15 ranking of wind asset owners as China is the leader in the market. We believe that this situation will continue as wind energy installation in China is expected to grow at higher rate than other leading countries in the world.
Original Equipment Manufacturing - OEMs usually manufacture some of the critical components such as the nacelle in-house, and blades and towers are produced either by the OEM or fabricated to the OEM's specifications by a supplier. The tower, gearbox, shafts, bearings, blades, generator, power converter and control systems accounted more than 80% of total costs.
Although most Asian suppliers have historically relied on turbine technologies licensed from Europe to enter the wind industry, the Asia Pacific has now become the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing hub after a decade of development. In 2019, some 33 wind turbine manufacturers installed an estimated 22,893 wind turbines globally with a combined capacity of 63,076 MW. Of the 33 suppliers, 20 are from APAC.
Further, we have noticed that Chinese and Indian players have maintained their leading market position in the Asian region while international players like Siemens Gamesa and GE were able to obtain market share in the region.
Rotors - Turbine rotor diameters have been getting larger as a result of greater pressure for turbine OEMs to reduce the LCOE by launching new turbines with larger rotors that allow for better capacity factors and an improvement in AEP (Annual Energy Production). China is the key driver behind the trend of larger wind turbine rotors as out of the 6,691 units of 2.0 MW wind turbines installed globally in 2018, nearly 80% are located in China, of which more than half the turbines installed are equipped with rotors that are 120m or larger. We see the trend of building larger and light weight rotors continuing, especially with Asian market started to develop more offshore wind projects.
Blades - Blade core material balsa shortages have prompted turbine OEMs and blade manufacturers to switch to PET and hybrid designs with Balsa and PET. Wood Mackenzie forecasts the share of PET to increase from 20% in 2018 to more than 55% by 2023.
Gearboxes - GWEC predicted that annual global wind gearbox demand is likely to reach 56.4 GW in 2019 and then peak in 2020 at 59.1GW driven by the installation rush in China and the US. Regionally, around 40-48% of total demand is likely to be produced in South East Asia between 2019-2023. Furthermore, around 75 GW of gearbox manufacturing capacity is available globally, thus GWEC does not expect any major bottleneck. Around 70% of the global market share is represented by three main players, Winergy, NGC and ZF. Winergy and NGC have maintained similar levels of wind turbine gear box market share over a decade while ZF was increase its market share by acquiring other leading companies around the globe.
Towers - The tower has low technical requirements compared to other components and is thus usually sourced locally. A considerable percentage of Asian tower manufacturers ship their wind towers to North American and European countries, as production costs are lower in Asian countries and they are able to offer towers at competitive prices. Some players like Suzlon have invented lower cost hybrid tower structures which can be built at much lower cost than traditional designs.
Services &amp; Support Opportunities – Broadly speaking, the services opportunities can be categorised into: Project development Geotechnical services Logistics support for wind farm Construction opportunities Operations and maintenance. These service providing companies generate higher margins compared to OEMs and wind turbine manufactures and as with solar power, we see a trend for OEM and component manufactures to expand services segments by introducing new technological innovation.

Summary and Conclusion
What's Original?
This insight is an in-depth look into the Asian wind energy industry, covering the value chain and related companies at each key stage of the value chain. Our research includes the following:
Industry Background: This includes an in-depth analysis on the wind energy sector with an overview of wind energy, including the growth of global installed capacity wind energy and analysis of the Asian wind energy market.
We examine both global onshore and offshore wind energy and differences in installation costs, annual investments, levelised cost of electricity (LCoE) and the declining trend in installation costs.
The potential capacity level of offshore wind energy is higher than onshore, though installation costs, O&amp;M and transportation costs are currently higher for offshore which is clearly reflected in the LCoE of the two categories.
When comparing total global wind capacity against the Asian market alone, over the last decade the Asian market’s growth rate was higher than the global rate and 51% of global new capacity additions were made in the Asian region.
The majority of Asian new capacity installed in Asian market was in APAC and China remained the world’s largest onshore market accounting for 37% of total onshore installations in 2019 while in the offshore market China accounted for a slightly more modest 23% of installations, trailing the UK and Germany.
The total installed capacity of onshore wind is expected to grow at a CAGR of 9.2% and to reach 1,787 GW globally in 2030 and then 5,044 GW by 2050. Furthermore, Asia (mostly China) should continue to dominate the onshore wind power industry, with more than 50% of global installations by 2050. Offshore wind energy in Asia should grow at a CAGR of 28% during 2018-30 and reach 613 GW while the Asian onshore market is expected to grow at a 13% CAGR and reach 2,646 GW. We examine the leading Asian countries (India, Japan and China) in the sector and their growth potential.
We believe that, over the next decade, the Asian market will outperform in wind energy growth compared to Europe and the US. Further, the trend towards offshore wind energy development in the Asian region will start to gather steam. The growth will be still mainly driven by China, India and Japan, however, apart from those countries South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam also demonstrate some potential to develop wind energy.
Value Chain Analysis: We detail the value chain for wind energy highlighting the critical stages of the value chain (raw material supply, design and development services, component supply, wind turbine manufacturers, construction &amp; installation services and wind farm developers) and the leading players in those stages.
Wind Farm Owners - By the end of 2019, the top 15 wind farm owner-operators held over 1/3 of the total 650 GW of onshore and offshore assets globally.  Chinese utilities continue to dominate the top 15 ranking of wind asset owners as China is the leader in the market. We believe that this situation will continue as wind energy installation in China is expected to grow at higher rate than other leading countries in the world.
Original Equipment Manufacturing - OEMs usually manufacture some of the critical components such as the nacelle in-house, and blades and towers are produced either by the OEM or fabricated to the OEM's specifications by a supplier. The tower, gearbox, shafts, bearings, blades, generator, power converter and control systems accounted more than 80% of total costs.
Although most Asian suppliers have historically relied on turbine technologies licensed from Europe to enter the wind industry, the Asia Pacific has now become the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturing hub after a decade of development. In 2019, some 33 wind turbine manufacturers installed an estimated 22,893 wind turbines globally with a combined capacity of 63,076 MW. Of the 33 suppliers, 20 are from APAC.
Further, we have noticed that Chinese and Indian players have maintained their leading market position in the Asian region while international players like Siemens Gamesa and GE were able to obtain market share in the region.
Rotors - Turbine rotor diameters have been getting larger as a result of greater pressure for turbine OEMs to reduce the LCOE by launching new turbines with larger rotors that allow for better capacity factors and an improvement in AEP (Annual Energy Production). China is the key driver behind the trend of larger wind turbine rotors as out of the 6,691 units of 2.0 MW wind turbines installed globally in 2018, nearly 80% are located in China, of which more than half the turbines installed are equipped with rotors that are 120m or larger. We see the trend of building larger and light weight rotors continuing, especially with Asian market started to develop more offshore wind projects.
Blades - Blade core material balsa shortages have prompted turbine OEMs and blade manufacturers to switch to PET and hybrid designs with Balsa and PET. Wood Mackenzie forecasts the share of PET to increase from 20% in 2018 to more than 55% by 2023.
Gearboxes - GWEC predicted that annual global wind gearbox demand is likely to reach 56.4 GW in 2019 and then peak in 2020 at 59.1GW driven by the installation rush in China and the US. Regionally, around 40-48% of total demand is likely to be produced in South East Asia between 2019-2023. Furthermore, around 75 GW of gearbox manufacturing capacity is available globally, thus GWEC does not expect any major bottleneck. Around 70% of the global market share is represented by three main players, Winergy, NGC and ZF. Winergy and NGC have maintained similar levels of wind turbine gear box market share over a decade while ZF was increase its market share by acquiring other leading companies around the globe.
Towers - The tower has low technical requirements compared to other components and is thus usually sourced locally. A considerable percentage of Asian tower manufacturers ship their wind towers to North American and European countries, as production costs are lower in Asian countries and they are able to offer towers at competitive prices. Some players like Suzlon have invented lower cost hybrid tower structures which can be built at much lower cost than traditional designs.
Services &amp; Support Opportunities – Broadly speaking, the services opportunities can be categorised into: Project development Geotechnical services Logistics support for wind farm Construction opportunities Operations and maintenance. These service providing companies generate higher margins compared to OEMs and wind turbine manufactures and as with solar power, we see a trend for OEM and component manufactures to expand services segments by introducing new technological innovation.

Asian Wind Energy: Efficiency and Cost Reduction in Focus as Players Eye a Post FiT Future

Global energy equity and oil & gas macro analyst

Anish Kapadia

Akap Energy

<div class="content-highlight">
<h2>We run through our views on the main themes that will impact the oil and gas market in 2019 and the stocks to play these through. We outline the 10 key themes including oil demand, US oil supply growth, OPEC+ policy, base production decline rates, exploration potential and the outlook for new project final investment decisions. We also look at the refining market, LNG supply and demand, the M&amp;A prospects and the impact of the energy transition. We outline 12 stocks (7 bullish and 5 bearish calls) that we think you can play the themes through.</h2>
</div>
We examine some of the key drivers of the oil price and on the whole we are relatively bullish as although we see some risk to demand growth forecasts in 2019, in the absence of a recession we think that supply has more room to surprise to the downside. Geopolitics and financial markets will play a huge role in prices. We think that US oil supply growth will be lower y/y in 2019, OPEC+ compliance with cuts will be high and maybe helped by unplanned disruptions and base production will decline more rapidly than forecast. Companies will accelerate the sanctioning of new projects in 2019 and also will increase exploration spending, despite a number of years of poor success rates - overall the trend should be positive for the offshore oil service companies. We expect strong LNG supply growth in 2019 to hit spot pricing but still expect a large number of projects to be sanctioned helping the LNG engineering and construction companies. It will be a very interesting year for the refining industry as new regulations limiting shipping sulphur emissions should lead to a spike in diesel and to some extent gasoline margins towards the end of the year, helping complex refiners. Major oil companies will continue to embrace renewables as investors continue to push for companies to plan for the energy transition.
The main stocks that we come out positive on are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/12835" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12835:1">Hess Corp (HES US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/12530" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12530:1">Valero Energy (VLO US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/27505" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27505:1">TechnipFMC PLC (FTI FP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/5780" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5780:1">Kosmos Energy (KOS US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/9675" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9675:1">Transocean Ltd (RIG US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4324" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4324:1">Golar Lng Ltd (GLNG US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/21364" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21364:1">Galp Energia Sgps Sa (GALP PL)</a>.
We are more negative on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/24253" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24253:1">Cenovus Energy Inc (CVE CN)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/22108" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22108:1">Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA LN)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16683" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16683:1">Cheniere Energy (LNG US)</a>; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11153" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11153:1">Eog Resources (EOG US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/27640" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27640:1">Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL CB)</a> .


We run through our views on the main themes that will impact the oil and gas market in 2019 and the stocks to play these through. We outline the 10 key themes including oil demand, US oil supply growth, OPEC+ policy, base production decline rates, exploration potential and the outlook for new project final investment decisions. We also look at the refining market, LNG supply and demand, the M&amp;A prospects and the impact of the energy transition. We outline 12 stocks (7 bullish and 5 bearish calls) that we think you can play the themes through.

We examine some of the key drivers of the oil price and on the whole we are relatively bullish as although we see some risk to demand growth forecasts in 2019, in the absence of a recession we think that supply has more room to surprise to the downside. Geopolitics and financial markets will play a huge role in prices. We think that US oil supply growth will be lower y/y in 2019, OPEC+ compliance with cuts will be high and maybe helped by unplanned disruptions and base production will decline more rapidly than forecast. Companies will accelerate the sanctioning of new projects in 2019 and also will increase exploration spending, despite a number of years of poor success rates - overall the trend should be positive for the offshore oil service companies. We expect strong LNG supply growth in 2019 to hit spot pricing but still expect a large number of projects to be sanctioned helping the LNG engineering and construction companies. It will be a very interesting year for the refining industry as new regulations limiting shipping sulphur emissions should lead to a spike in diesel and to some extent gasoline margins towards the end of the year, helping complex refiners. Major oil companies will continue to embrace renewables as investors continue to push for companies to plan for the energy transition.
The main stocks that we come out positive on are Hess Corp (HES US), Valero Energy (VLO US), TechnipFMC PLC (FTI FP), Kosmos Energy (KOS US), Transocean Ltd (RIG US), Golar Lng Ltd (GLNG US) and Galp Energia Sgps Sa (GALP PL).
We are more negative on Cenovus Energy Inc (CVE CN) , Royal Dutch Shell (RDSA LN) , Cheniere Energy (LNG US); Eog Resources (EOG US) and Ecopetrol SA (ECOPETL CB) . 

2019 Energy Market Themes & Stocks with Exposure: Focus on Oil, Refining, LNG, M&A & Renewables

Equity Capital Markets

On Wed 22 Aug after the close <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/11796" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11796:1">Daido Metal (7245 JP)</a> announced a large secondary offering including new and treasury shares. The offering size is large representing 19.4% of shares outstanding (adjusted for treasury stock) and about 82 days ADV. Trouble with falling margins as the company conducted an extremely rapid overseas expansion led to a weakening balance sheet, and as the company continues to invest to try and generate growth drivers to see it past the eventual decline ICE volumes, a capital raise has become necessary.We discuss the following below:<ul>
<li>Company business model and industry structure</li>
<li>Growth initiatives and the rationale behind them</li>
<li>Recent margin trends and likely trajectory</li>
<li>Valuation</li>
</ul><table class="table table-striped"><tbody>
<tr>
<td>Details</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Shares</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,558,400</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Treasury Shares to be Sold</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">5,141,600</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Overallotment</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,005,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total Shares Offered</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7,705,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Existing Shares Excluding Treasury Stock</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">39,815,253</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Final Shares Outstanding</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">47,520,253</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Implied Dilution vs. Existing Shares Excluding Treasury Stock</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">19.4%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pricing Date (X)</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">29 Aug-4 Sep</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subscription Date</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">X+1 to X+2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Payment Date</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">X+5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Delivery Date</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">X+6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Discount </td>
<td style="text-align: right;">0-10%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Average 30 day ADV</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">94,143</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Days ADV including Overallotment</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">81.8</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table><table class="table table-striped"><tbody>
<tr>
<td>Use of Funds</td>
<td>JPY m</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Expansion of capacity for automotive bearings</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,875</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Installation of production and sales management system</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">932</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Purchase of European automotive engine bearing affiliates stock to turn the company into a subsidiary</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">820</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Investment in aluminium die casts capacity</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,634</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Investment in wind turbing bearing factory</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">1,867</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">7,128</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td style="text-align: right;"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Funds raised at 10% discount to Friday's close</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">6,796</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Shortfall</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">332</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Required price for zero shortfall</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">926</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Implied discount for zero shortfall</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">5.7%</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

On Wed 22 Aug after the close Daido Metal (7245 JP) announced a large secondary offering including new and treasury shares. The offering size is large representing 19.4% of shares outstanding (adjusted for treasury stock) and about 82 days ADV. Trouble with falling margins as the company conducted an extremely rapid overseas expansion led to a weakening balance sheet, and as the company continues to invest to try and generate growth drivers to see it past the eventual decline ICE volumes, a capital raise has become necessary.We discuss the following below:
Company business model and industry structure
Growth initiatives and the rationale behind them
Recent margin trends and likely trajectory
Valuation


Details



New Shares
1,558,400


Treasury Shares to be Sold
5,141,600


Overallotment
1,005,000


Total Shares Offered
7,705,000


Existing Shares Excluding Treasury Stock
39,815,253


Final Shares Outstanding
47,520,253


Implied Dilution vs. Existing Shares Excluding Treasury Stock
19.4%






Pricing Date (X)
29 Aug-4 Sep


Subscription Date
X+1 to X+2


Payment Date
X+5


Delivery Date
X+6






Discount 
0-10%






Average 30 day ADV
94,143


Days ADV including Overallotment
81.8



Use of Funds
JPY m


Expansion of capacity for automotive bearings
1,875


Installation of production and sales management system
932


Purchase of European automotive engine bearing affiliates stock to turn the company into a subsidiary
820


Investment in aluminium die casts capacity
1,634


Investment in wind turbing bearing factory
1,867


Total
7,128






Funds raised at 10% discount to Friday's close
6,796


Shortfall
332


Required price for zero shortfall
926


Implied discount for zero shortfall
5.7%



Daido Metal: Heavy Investment Burden Prompts Capital Raise but Can the Company Restore Margins?

Founder and Strategist, Entext Economics & Strategy

Sean Maher

Founder and Strategist

Entext Economics & Strategy

Entext provides institutional investors with distinctive, actionable asset allocation and thematic research, which typically challenges the market consensus. Our clients range from credit, equity and multi-asset hedge and pension funds to family offices and sovereign funds. 
 
We focus on identifying key inflection points in macro data and relative asset performance amid the 'groupthink'  and confirmation bias that characterizes most investment bank analysis.

Macro Driven Investment Insight

<ul>
<li>I’ve been a cyclical bull on crude oil and the global energy sector, but the longer-term transition toward a renewables led and distributed power generation model is gaining momentum.</li>
<li>Onshore wind and solar are now the cheapest forms of new electricity generation in the US, with the DOE forecasting their unsubsidized levelized cost of energy at or below 2.5 cents/kWh.</li>
<li>Wind and solar costs have fallen so dramatically that in many markets they are now half the cost per MW hour of large-scale new…</li>
</ul>


I’ve been a cyclical bull on crude oil and the global energy sector, but the longer-term transition toward a renewables led and distributed power generation model is gaining momentum.
Onshore wind and solar are now the cheapest forms of new electricity generation in the US, with the DOE forecasting their unsubsidized levelized cost of energy at or below 2.5 cents/kWh.
Wind and solar costs have fallen so dramatically that in many markets they are now half the cost per MW hour of large-scale new…


Energy Rally Accelerates, But So Does Renewables Threat...

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Vestas Wind Systems A/S develops, manufactures, and markets wind turbines that generate electricity. The Company installs and maintenance turbines. Vestas Wind Systems serves customers worldwide.

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Global Clean Energy Index: MASSIVE Changes Coming Up; 30-50% One-Way Turnover

The huge inflows into ETFs tracking the S&P Global Clean Energy Index have led to many market consultations and there will be massive flows in/out...

Brian Freitas

Asian Wind Energy: Efficiency and Cost Reduction in Focus as Players Eye a Post FiT Future

This Smartkarma Original is an in-depth look into the Asian wind energy industry, covering the value chain and related companies at each key stage...

Mio Kato

2019 Energy Market Themes & Stocks with Exposure: Focus on Oil, Refining, LNG, M&A & Renewables

We run through our views on the main themes that will impact the oil and gas market in 2019 and the stocks to play these through. We outline the...

Anish Kapadia

Daido Metal: Heavy Investment Burden Prompts Capital Raise but Can the Company Restore Margins?

On Wed 22 Aug after the close Daido Metal (7245 JP) announced a large secondary offering including new and treasury shares. The offering size is...

Mio Kato

Energy Rally Accelerates, But So Does Renewables Threat...

I’ve been a cyclical bull on crude oil and the global energy sector, but the longer-term transition toward a renewables led and distributed power...

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