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Daily Brief Industrials: Benefit One Inc, Keisei Electric Railway Co and more

By | Daily Briefs, Industrials

In today’s briefing:

  • Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price
  • Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction
  • The Goose that Takes Out the Golden Egg Dies. Manager Should Explain How the Goose Can Grow Bigger


Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price

By Arun George

  • Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP)‘s pre-conditional tender offer for Benefit One Inc (2412 JP) has a total value of JPY285,733 million (JPY1,800 per share).
  • The offer structure is that Pasona Group (2168 JP) will receive JPY1,800 less TOB tax benefits. Minorities will receive JPY1,800 plus the proportionate share of Pasona’s TOB tax benefits. 
  • Our estimated minority offer price is JPY2,086 per share, which is 15.9% higher than the JPY1,800 floor price and 9.1% higher than the last close price.

Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction

By David Blennerhassett


The Goose that Takes Out the Golden Egg Dies. Manager Should Explain How the Goose Can Grow Bigger

By Aki Matsumoto

  • In the long run, making Oriental Land, which is more profitable, a consolidated subsidiary through TOB would contribute to expanding Keisei’s corporate value.
  • Keisei’s foreign shareholder ratio is 27.4%. It seems premature for the rotating president to change at once the company’s tradition of maintaining 40-year relationship with Oriental Land as an affiliate.
  • Keisei should explain how it will develop its relationship with affiliate to increase corporate value, and what its business strategy would be if it were to sell its shareholding instead.

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Daily Brief Equity Bottom-Up: [Blue Lotus Sector Update]: Solid Companies Starting to Rise from the Ashes and more

By | Daily Briefs, Equity Bottom-Up

In today’s briefing:

  • [Blue Lotus Sector Update]: Solid Companies Starting to Rise from the Ashes
  • GUC (3443.TT): Why the Company Did Show a Bit Cautious Attitude with the Market Price?
  • China Healthcare Weekly (Dec.8) – Important Trends in Pharma, Big Discount Sale of Equity, Topchoice


[Blue Lotus Sector Update]: Solid Companies Starting to Rise from the Ashes

By Eric Wen

  • China’s innovative drug sector remains a liquidity driven sector, as investible choices are limited, which include Akeso and BeiGene as our BUY ideas.
  • We also notice positive change in Innovent but opt to keep rating unchanged;
  • We upgrade BeiGene from SELL to BUY and maintain SELL on RemeGen, Innovent, JUNSHI and ZaiLab. We discontinued coverage on Legend Biotech.

GUC (3443.TT): Why the Company Did Show a Bit Cautious Attitude with the Market Price?

By Patrick Liao

  • On December 8th, GUC reached its daily limit at the closing price, but the company did not consistently demonstrate an agreeable attitude.
  • The “AI” is an explicit knowledge for today, while GUC is a company of project based. 
  • GUC’s monthly revenue decreased by 22.15% YoY in November 2023.

China Healthcare Weekly (Dec.8) – Important Trends in Pharma, Big Discount Sale of Equity, Topchoice

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

  • We summarized some important opportunities and trends that we think would emerge in the pharmaceutical industry in the future.
  • Considering the current unfavorable financing situation of Biotech in the domestic primary market, we anticipate that there would be significant discounts in the sale of equity in the future.
  • Topchoice has not yet out of trouble. Most of its business diversification could end in failure. It is difficult to support high valuation only by one hospital and one region.

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Daily Brief Health Care: Akeso Biopharma Inc, Topchoice Medical and more

By | Daily Briefs, Healthcare

In today’s briefing:

  • [Blue Lotus Sector Update]: Solid Companies Starting to Rise from the Ashes
  • China Healthcare Weekly (Dec.8) – Important Trends in Pharma, Big Discount Sale of Equity, Topchoice


[Blue Lotus Sector Update]: Solid Companies Starting to Rise from the Ashes

By Eric Wen

  • China’s innovative drug sector remains a liquidity driven sector, as investible choices are limited, which include Akeso and BeiGene as our BUY ideas.
  • We also notice positive change in Innovent but opt to keep rating unchanged;
  • We upgrade BeiGene from SELL to BUY and maintain SELL on RemeGen, Innovent, JUNSHI and ZaiLab. We discontinued coverage on Legend Biotech.

China Healthcare Weekly (Dec.8) – Important Trends in Pharma, Big Discount Sale of Equity, Topchoice

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

  • We summarized some important opportunities and trends that we think would emerge in the pharmaceutical industry in the future.
  • Considering the current unfavorable financing situation of Biotech in the domestic primary market, we anticipate that there would be significant discounts in the sale of equity in the future.
  • Topchoice has not yet out of trouble. Most of its business diversification could end in failure. It is difficult to support high valuation only by one hospital and one region.

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Daily Brief Consumer: REPT BATTERO Energy, Rakuten Group and more

By | Consumer, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

  • Rept Battero IPO: The Bear Case
  • ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) – Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero


Rept Battero IPO: The Bear Case

By Arun George

  • REPT BATTERO Energy (1998104D CH), a leading EV battery manufacturer, has launched an HKEx IPO to raise up to US$306 million. Pricing is on 14 December.   
  • In Rept Battero IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
  • The bear case rests on market share losses, high related party revenue, weak outlook, EV battery weak performance, FCF burn, high impairments and receivable financing. 

ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) – Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
  • In the IPO space, Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology (9663 HK) and Dekon Food didn’t do much even as other are lining up to try their luck.
  • On the placements front, Japan and India flows continue like there is no tomorrow.

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Daily Brief Thematic (Sector/Industry): Under the Hood of Tesla’s Cybertruck – Hype or Reality? and more

By | Daily Briefs, Thematic (Sector/Industry)

In today’s briefing:

  • Under the Hood of Tesla’s Cybertruck – Hype or Reality?
  • GEMWeekly (8 Dec 2023): China Macro; PDD, Tencent, Naver


Under the Hood of Tesla’s Cybertruck – Hype or Reality?

By Amrutha Raj

  • Cybertruck was first conceptualized by Elon Musk in 2012. Its design epitomizes the Tesla spirit of achieving jaw-dropping engineering feats. How will it impact Tesla’s financials?
  • The Cybertruck offers unique value proposition through its eye-catching design while also offering rapid pickup, large towing capacity, and a compelling battery architecture.
  • Cybertruck is unlikely to affect Tesla’s financial top-line and bottom-line anytime soon. The truck is slated to be cash-flow negative for the next two years.

GEMWeekly (8 Dec 2023): China Macro; PDD, Tencent, Naver

By Wium Malan, CFA

  • The Global Emerging Markets Weekly summarizes the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of the Global Emerging Markets equity indices.
  • Macro data points: Chinese credit ratings, exports, and imports growth.
  • Companies mentioned:PDD Holdings (PDD US), Tencent (700 HK), Naver Corp (035420 KS)

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Daily Brief ECM: Rept Battero IPO: The Bear Case and more

By | Daily Briefs, ECM

In today’s briefing:

  • Rept Battero IPO: The Bear Case
  • Recap of Our IPO Research in 2023
  • ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) – Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero


Rept Battero IPO: The Bear Case

By Arun George

  • REPT BATTERO Energy (1998104D CH), a leading EV battery manufacturer, has launched an HKEx IPO to raise up to US$306 million. Pricing is on 14 December.   
  • In Rept Battero IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
  • The bear case rests on market share losses, high related party revenue, weak outlook, EV battery weak performance, FCF burn, high impairments and receivable financing. 

Recap of Our IPO Research in 2023

By Douglas Kim

  • In this report, we review our IPO investment research in 2023, including the performance of our calls.
  • The accuracy rate of our calls on IPOs this year was 76% (16 calls right, 5 calls wrong), slightly below our average accurate rate of 77% from 2017 to 2022.
  • The average accuracy rate of our calls from 2017 to 2023 is 77%. We made 42 investment calls in 2020, 37 in 2021, 19 in 2022, and 21 in 2023.

ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) – Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
  • In the IPO space, Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology (9663 HK) and Dekon Food didn’t do much even as other are lining up to try their luck.
  • On the placements front, Japan and India flows continue like there is no tomorrow.

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Daily Brief Event-Driven: Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price and more

By | Daily Briefs, Event-Driven

In today’s briefing:

  • Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price
  • Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction
  • Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, TW Div+, ASX200, NZX50, Mom30, Top10EW, MVW, Rakuten Bank
  • (Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Perpetual, Weiqiao Textile,Tokyo Rakutenchi,Toyo, Chindata
  • Weekly Deals Digest (10 Dec) – CPMC, Weiqiao, Benefit One, Tokyo Rakutenchi, Eoflow, Rept Battero


Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price

By Arun George

  • Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP)‘s pre-conditional tender offer for Benefit One Inc (2412 JP) has a total value of JPY285,733 million (JPY1,800 per share).
  • The offer structure is that Pasona Group (2168 JP) will receive JPY1,800 less TOB tax benefits. Minorities will receive JPY1,800 plus the proportionate share of Pasona’s TOB tax benefits. 
  • Our estimated minority offer price is JPY2,086 per share, which is 15.9% higher than the JPY1,800 floor price and 9.1% higher than the last close price.

Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction

By David Blennerhassett


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, TW Div+, ASX200, NZX50, Mom30, Top10EW, MVW, Rakuten Bank

By Brian Freitas

  • There were a lot of rebalance implementations in China on Friday, plus a few upcoming index changes that were announced during the week.
  • There are a lot of implementations this week, with KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 on Thursday and then others across a bunch of countries on Friday.
  • There were big inflows to Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (2800 HK) during the week taking units outstanding to a new high. ETF inflows continue even as the market drops.

(Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Perpetual, Weiqiao Textile,Tokyo Rakutenchi,Toyo, Chindata

By David Blennerhassett


Weekly Deals Digest (10 Dec) – CPMC, Weiqiao, Benefit One, Tokyo Rakutenchi, Eoflow, Rept Battero

By Arun George


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Daily Brief South Korea: ASICLAND and more

By | Daily Briefs, South Korea

In today’s briefing:

  • Recap of Our IPO Research in 2023


Recap of Our IPO Research in 2023

By Douglas Kim

  • In this report, we review our IPO investment research in 2023, including the performance of our calls.
  • The accuracy rate of our calls on IPOs this year was 76% (16 calls right, 5 calls wrong), slightly below our average accurate rate of 77% from 2017 to 2022.
  • The average accuracy rate of our calls from 2017 to 2023 is 77%. We made 42 investment calls in 2020, 37 in 2021, 19 in 2022, and 21 in 2023.

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Most Read: Uber Technologies , AMP Ltd, NTPC Ltd, Kia Corp, Bharat Heavy Electricals, Benefit One Inc and more

By | Daily Briefs, Most Read

In today’s briefing:

  • Dai-Ichi Life (8750) Proposes a Full Takeover of Benefit One (2412), Overbidding M3
  • New Benefit One Deal Recalculated, More Benefit for All, Less for One
  • S&P500 Index Rebalance: Calling an UBER
  • Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: KWEB, CSI300/500, STAR50, SSE50, ChiNext, SET50, Chips, Denso, SPX
  • MVIS Australia Equal Weight Index Rebalance Preview: Stocks Close to Deletion Zone
  • NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: 58% Turnover & Strong Momentum
  • FnGuide Top10 Equal Weight Index Rebalance Preview: Kia Corp Could Replace Posco Future M
  • NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: 18 Changes a Side, 58% Turnover, Momentum Intact
  • Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price
  • Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction


Dai-Ichi Life (8750) Proposes a Full Takeover of Benefit One (2412), Overbidding M3

By Travis Lundy


New Benefit One Deal Recalculated, More Benefit for All, Less for One

By Travis Lundy

  • The deal from Dai-Ichi Life for Benefit One Inc (2412 JP) appears language I did not get the first time around. The JPY 1800/share price is a proposed combined value.
  • The deal would then lower the TOB price to Pasona, and share the benefits from that lower price to Benefit One minorities. 
  • That suggests more upside to Benefit One than I originally thought, and less upside (but still a chunk) to Pasona.

S&P500 Index Rebalance: Calling an UBER

By Brian Freitas


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: KWEB, CSI300/500, STAR50, SSE50, ChiNext, SET50, Chips, Denso, SPX

By Brian Freitas

  • The announcement of the inclusion of Uber Technologies (UBER US) in the S&P 500 INDEX was a big one last week. There were announcements for some other indices too.
  • There are many indices in China that will be rebalanced at the close on Friday, the biggest being the CSI 300, CSI 500, STAR50, SSE50 and KWEB US.
  • Relatively quiet in ETF world with net inflows to China focused ETFs and net outflows for Japan.

MVIS Australia Equal Weight Index Rebalance Preview: Stocks Close to Deletion Zone

By Brian Freitas

  • AMP Ltd (AMP AU) and A2 Milk Co Ltd (A2M AU) could be deleted as the lowest ranked current index constituents.
  • There are three other stocks that are close to the deletion threshold and a change in the free float could result in the stocks being deleted.
  • With the exception of A2 Milk Co Ltd (A2M AU), shorts have been increasing on nearly all the potential and close deletions.

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: 58% Turnover & Strong Momentum

By Brian Freitas

  • There could be 18 changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 28 December.
  • If all changes are on expected lines, one-way turnover is estimated at 58.2% and that will result in a one-way trade of INR 20bn (US$240m).
  • Since July, the potential adds to the index have outperformed the index and the potential deletes by a big margin. Momentum could keep the outperformance going till implementation date.

FnGuide Top10 Equal Weight Index Rebalance Preview: Kia Corp Could Replace Posco Future M

By Brian Freitas


NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance: 18 Changes a Side, 58% Turnover, Momentum Intact

By Brian Freitas

  • There are 18 changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 28 December. We had forecast all the index changes.
  • Estimated one-way turnover is 57.7% resulting in a one-way trade of INR 21.75bn (US$261m). 8 stocks have over 1x ADV to trade; 21 stocks have atleast 0.5x ADV to trade.
  • The adds have continued to outperform the deletes and the index and there could be further outperformance heading into year-end and buying from passive trackers.

Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price

By Arun George

  • Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP)‘s pre-conditional tender offer for Benefit One Inc (2412 JP) has a total value of JPY285,733 million (JPY1,800 per share).
  • The offer structure is that Pasona Group (2168 JP) will receive JPY1,800 less TOB tax benefits. Minorities will receive JPY1,800 plus the proportionate share of Pasona’s TOB tax benefits. 
  • Our estimated minority offer price is JPY2,086 per share, which is 15.9% higher than the JPY1,800 floor price and 9.1% higher than the last close price.

Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction

By David Blennerhassett


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Daily Brief Japan: Benefit One Inc, DISCO Corp, Rakuten Group , Keisei Electric Railway Co and more

By | Daily Briefs, Japan

In today’s briefing:

  • Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price
  • Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction
  • Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, TW Div+, ASX200, NZX50, Mom30, Top10EW, MVW, Rakuten Bank
  • ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) – Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero
  • The Goose that Takes Out the Golden Egg Dies. Manager Should Explain How the Goose Can Grow Bigger


Benefit One (2412 JP): Thoughts on the Potential Minority Offer Price

By Arun George

  • Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP)‘s pre-conditional tender offer for Benefit One Inc (2412 JP) has a total value of JPY285,733 million (JPY1,800 per share).
  • The offer structure is that Pasona Group (2168 JP) will receive JPY1,800 less TOB tax benefits. Minorities will receive JPY1,800 plus the proportionate share of Pasona’s TOB tax benefits. 
  • Our estimated minority offer price is JPY2,086 per share, which is 15.9% higher than the JPY1,800 floor price and 9.1% higher than the last close price.

Last Week in Event SPACE: Pasona/Benefit One, EOFlow, Swire Pacific, Hankook & Co, Toyo Construction

By David Blennerhassett


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, TW Div+, ASX200, NZX50, Mom30, Top10EW, MVW, Rakuten Bank

By Brian Freitas

  • There were a lot of rebalance implementations in China on Friday, plus a few upcoming index changes that were announced during the week.
  • There are a lot of implementations this week, with KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 on Thursday and then others across a bunch of countries on Friday.
  • There were big inflows to Tracker Fund of Hong Kong (2800 HK) during the week taking units outstanding to a new high. ETF inflows continue even as the market drops.

ECM Weekly (10th Dec 2023) – Toyota, Denso, Rakuten, Evolution, IRCON, REPT, UBTech, Entero

By Sumeet Singh

  • Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
  • In the IPO space, Sino-Synergy Hydrogen Energy Technology (9663 HK) and Dekon Food didn’t do much even as other are lining up to try their luck.
  • On the placements front, Japan and India flows continue like there is no tomorrow.

The Goose that Takes Out the Golden Egg Dies. Manager Should Explain How the Goose Can Grow Bigger

By Aki Matsumoto

  • In the long run, making Oriental Land, which is more profitable, a consolidated subsidiary through TOB would contribute to expanding Keisei’s corporate value.
  • Keisei’s foreign shareholder ratio is 27.4%. It seems premature for the rotating president to change at once the company’s tradition of maintaining 40-year relationship with Oriental Land as an affiliate.
  • Keisei should explain how it will develop its relationship with affiliate to increase corporate value, and what its business strategy would be if it were to sell its shareholding instead.

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