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Most Read: Pidilite Industries, Socionext, Ming Yuan Cloud Group, Recruit Holdings, Blibli, Shandong Fengxiang, Henderson Land Development, Mitsubishi Estate Logistics, Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index and more

By | Daily Briefs, Most Read

In today’s briefing:

  • HDFC/HDFCB Merger in the Home Stretch: Potential Changes to NIFTY50, NIFTY100 & SENSEX Indices
  • Smartkarma Webinar | China EVs: Sales Strong, Stocks Weak?! 🤨
  • Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: CSI500, SSE180, KOSPI2, Sensex, MSCI IN/KR, TW Div+, Socionext
  • Ming Yuan Cloud (909 HK): Potential Multiple Index Deletions
  • Recruit (6098) Launches ANOTHER Big Buyback
  • Blibli IPO: Offering Details & Index Inclusion
  • Fengxiang (9977 HK): Unconditional MGO Imminent
  • Stamp Duty Relief For Hong Kong Foreigners. But Wait …
  • Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Placement – Decent Track Record but Lacks Accretion
  • Thailand SET50 and SET100: Quiddity Index Rebalance Primer

HDFC/HDFCB Merger in the Home Stretch: Potential Changes to NIFTY50, NIFTY100 & SENSEX Indices

By Brian Freitas


Smartkarma Webinar | China EVs: Sales Strong, Stocks Weak?! 🤨

By Smartkarma Research

In our next Webinar, we welcome Analysts Chris Redl (SC Capital) and Sameer Taneja (Investics Research), who will be joined by Smartkarma CEO Raghav Kapoor in an exciting discussion on the EV landscape in China.

The webinar will be hosted on Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:00 SGT/HKT.

Chris Redl has over 20 years’ experience covering the global automotive industry both on the Sell-side (UBS & Morgan Stanley) and Buy-side (Och-Ziff). His current focus is on electric vehicle stocks & their supply chains, aiming is to identify the winners and losers from a long/short perspective. This includes close coverage of legacy automakers as well.

Sameer Taneja is the founder of Investics Research, a firm that engages in bottom-up sectoral research, fundamental research of publicly listed companies as well as forensic analysis. He started his career as a sell-side analyst in a stockbroking firm called B&K Securities (India) from 2004-07, covering the ferrous sector. From 2007-16 he worked as an investment analyst in a hedge fund called Kelusa Capital, covering the materials, utilities, construction & heavy machinery, and the auto sector. He continued to work on the buy-side from 2017-19 in a firm called Skale Investments (with similar sectoral coverage), before founding Investics Research in 2019.

Raghav is the co-founder and CEO of Smartkarma.


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: CSI500, SSE180, KOSPI2, Sensex, MSCI IN/KR, TW Div+, Socionext

By Brian Freitas

  • The review period for the MSCI November SAIR starts this week and will run till 31 October. We also near the end of the review period for many local indices.
  • AIPL has announced a S&P BSE SENSEX Index market consultation while FTSE has announced the result of the FTSE TWSE Taiwan Dividend+ Index market consultation.
  • There were big weekly inflows to ETFs that track China, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong equities.

Ming Yuan Cloud (909 HK): Potential Multiple Index Deletions

By Brian Freitas

  • Ming Yuan Cloud Group (909 HK) listed in September 2020 and was included in major indices (MSCI, FTSE, HSTECH) over the next few months.
  • The stock price slide over the last few months could lead to the deletion of the stock from the MSCI China Index and Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX)
  • Deletion and downward migration could result in an increase in the real float of the stock by 15% and add further downward pressure. Short interest has been increasing steadily.

Recruit (6098) Launches ANOTHER Big Buyback

By Travis Lundy

  • In January 2022, Recruit Holdings (6098 JP) launched a Tender Offer buyback to buy back shares from NTT Data, Hakuhodo, and TBS. 
  • Today, Recruit announced another buyback of up to 42mm shares (2.57% of shares out) spending up to ¥150bn, to go from now until 14 March 2023 (5mos).
  • This time the buyback should have better traction and market impact, but it is not overwhelming, and the impact will likely lessen at higher share prices.

Blibli IPO: Offering Details & Index Inclusion

By Brian Freitas

  • Blibli (1437710D IJ) is offering 17.77bn shares in its IPO at a price range of IDR 410-460/share. That could raise up to US$530m and value the company up to US$3.64bn.
  • The stock will not get Fast Entry to the IDX30, LQ45, MSCI and FTSE indices, so no near-term support from passive buying.
  • The stock could make it into the MSCI Small Cap Index in February and the FTSE All-World/All-Cap Index in June. Earliest inclusion in IDX30/IDX80/LQ45 indices could be in July.

Fengxiang (9977 HK): Unconditional MGO Imminent

By David Blennerhassett

  • Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK) is a company engaged in chicken breeding, slaughtering, and processing.
  • Its controlling shareholder with 70.9% of shares out, via domestic shares,  was unable to meet its debts, and had been forced into a judicial auction to sell its holding.
  • The auction has completed. This forced stake sale should trigger an MGO, one that is likely to be unconditional. Expect an official announcement shortly. 

Stamp Duty Relief For Hong Kong Foreigners. But Wait …

By David Blennerhassett

  • Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will deliver his inaugural policy address on the 19 October, where he is expected to announce a number of “ground-breaking” measures.
  • One such measure is non-residents who have owned property in Hong Kong for 3+ years may get their extra stamp duty refunded – if they take up permanent residency.
  • Secondary home prices have declined  8% year-to-date, and are approaching a five-year low. Goldman Sachs expects home prices to decline 30% in 2023 from last year’s levels.  

Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Placement – Decent Track Record but Lacks Accretion

By Clarence Chu

  • Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP) (MEL) is looking to raise US$145m from its primary follow-on offering to acquire eight properties.
  • The offering is a large one, resulting in a 10.2% dilution, and would represent 34 days of three month ADV.
  • In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics, and run the deal through our framework.

Thailand SET50 and SET100: Quiddity Index Rebalance Primer

By Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

  • Thailand SET Index (SET INDEX) is a composite index which represents the price movement for all common stocks trading on the SET.
  • SET50 and SET100 indices are calculated, respectively, from the stock prices of the top 50 and 100 listed companies on SET in terms of market capitalization and liquidity.
  • In this insight, we take a look at the selection criteria and the historical price performance of past Rebalance Events.

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Daily Brief Credit: Morning Views Asia: CIFI Holdings and more

By | Credit, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

  • Morning Views Asia: CIFI Holdings, Fosun International, Kawasan Industri Jababeka

Morning Views Asia: CIFI Holdings, Fosun International, Kawasan Industri Jababeka

By Charles Macgregor

Lucror Analytics Morning Views comprise our fundamental credit analysis, opinions and trade recommendations on high yield issuers in the region, based on key company-specific developments in the past 24 hours. Our Morning Views include a section with a brief market commentary, key market indicators and a macroeconomic and corporate event calendar.


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Daily Brief Equity Bottom-Up: HYBE: Korean Govt Mandates BTS Members to Enlist in Military – 50% Further Downside Risk Ahead and more

By | Daily Briefs, Equity Bottom-Up

In today’s briefing:

  • HYBE: Korean Govt Mandates BTS Members to Enlist in Military – 50% Further Downside Risk Ahead
  • Money Forward – Q3 22 Results Reaction: Revenue Is Growing but so Are EBITDA Losses
  • Money Forward (3994) | Major Improvement in Corporate Client Acquisition
  • Money Forward: Top Line Beats Consensus but Losses Widen Further
  • Fast Retailing – The New Medium-Term Plan For Europe Is As Ambitious As The North America Plan
  • Why Roblox’s September Metrics Are Even Better Than They Appear
  • Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ) – Solid MSME Dominator with a Digital Edge
  • Taiwan Tech Weekly: Hon Hai Tech Day Today, Apple Drops China Supplier; Shows Severity of New Rules

HYBE: Korean Govt Mandates BTS Members to Enlist in Military – 50% Further Downside Risk Ahead

By Douglas Kim

  • On 17 October, the Korean government made a final official decision to have the BTS members serve in the mandatory military service.
  • We believe this will have a major negative impact on the sales and profits of HYBE in the next several years.
  • As a result of the Korean government formalizing the BTS members to enlist in the military, we believe that HYBE’s share price could fall more than 50% from current levels.

Money Forward – Q3 22 Results Reaction: Revenue Is Growing but so Are EBITDA Losses

By Kirk Boodry

  • Revenue growth rebounded in Q4 and was the best in six quarters as corporate sales accelerated, particularly in the medium business segment
  • But EBITDA losses accelerated and whilst management says this is the peak quarter, this is the first time since 2019 that EBITDA excluding advertising costs was negative
  • Guidance for Q4 is mixed with a conservative revenue target and a only a modest reduction in EBITDA losses

Money Forward (3994) | Major Improvement in Corporate Client Acquisition

By Mark Chadwick

  • Money Forward Q3 sales rose +42% YoY to Y5.5bn driven by corporate ARR (+54% YoY)
  • Net sales, ARR, and EBITDA loss of -Y1.9bn all in line with company guidance
  • Growth investment starting to pay off as Corporate Client acquisition rate DOUBLES

Money Forward: Top Line Beats Consensus but Losses Widen Further

By Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

  • Money Forward reported 3QFY11/2022 results. Revenue increased 42.2% YoY to JPY5.45bn (vs consensus JPY5.40bn) while adjusted op.losses further widened to JPY2.5bn vs JPY449m in the same period a year ago.
  • Though top line growth has resumed following a slowdown in 2QFY11/2022, MF’s margins have further worsened with increased investment in advertising, staff and subsidies.
  • MF’s share price fell almost 8% following earnings announcement as investors are concerned over deteriorating profitability.

Fast Retailing – The New Medium-Term Plan For Europe Is As Ambitious As The North America Plan

By Oshadhi Kumarasiri

  • Fast Retailing (9983 JP)’s 4QFY22 was yet again a surprise to the upside as revenue grew 23.2% YoY to ¥536.0bn while OP grew 24.3% YoY to ¥26.2bn.
  • Having rallied close to 60% following an earnings beat in 3QFY22, we were bearish on the company expecting weak guidance for FY23, but the company surprised with optimistic FY23 guidance.
  • With China struggling to maintain the historical growth momentum and North-America falling short of its medium-term plan, we anticipate downside to Fast Retailing’s FY23 guidance over the next 12 months.

Why Roblox’s September Metrics Are Even Better Than They Appear

By Aaron Gabin

  • Roblox is proving out management’s assertion that bookings growth would reaccelerate in the back half of the year.
  • The company extended its average user life from 25 to 28 months. Signal of falling churn.
  • Roblox usage continues to dwarf all other social media; DAUs spend 2.5x more time per day than TikTok or Instagram users.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ) – Solid MSME Dominator with a Digital Edge

By Angus Mackintosh

  • Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ) remains the best proxy for Indonesia’s huge and underbanked MSME sector, which accounts for around 60% of the country’s economy. 
  • The bank now has over 83% of loans exposed to the micro segment and has a long-track record operating in the micro space, with a sound record of managing risk. 
  • Bank Rakyat continues to increasingly utilise digital channels utilise digital channels to expand its network and reduce costs. Valuations remain attractive and a an ongoing recovery in place. 

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Hon Hai Tech Day Today, Apple Drops China Supplier; Shows Severity of New Rules

By Vincent Fernando, CFA

  • Major milestones for Hon Hai’s EV platform could be unveiled at today’s Hon Hai Tech Day.
  • Apple’s dropping of a key China supplier shows how international players may want to just avoid even non-restricted products from China.
  • Senior semiconductor executives across the industry are halting work for China-based firms, including some leading Chinese execs.

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Daily Brief ECM: Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Placement – Decent Track Record but Lacks Accretion and more

By | Daily Briefs, ECM

In today’s briefing:

  • Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Placement – Decent Track Record but Lacks Accretion
  • Blibli IPO: The Bull Case
  • Giant Biogene Pre-IPO – Peer Comparison – Might Need to Spend a Lot More Online
  • BioNote IPO Valuation Analysis

Mitsubishi Estate Logistics REIT Placement – Decent Track Record but Lacks Accretion

By Clarence Chu

  • Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP) (MEL) is looking to raise US$145m from its primary follow-on offering to acquire eight properties.
  • The offering is a large one, resulting in a 10.2% dilution, and would represent 34 days of three month ADV.
  • In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics, and run the deal through our framework.

Blibli IPO: The Bull Case

By Arun George

  • Blibli (1437710D IJ), a leading Indonesian e-commerce player, has launched an IDR8.2 trillion (US$530 million) Indonesian IPO. Bookbuilding is from 17 to 24 October.
  • According to Frost & Sullivan, Blibli.com was No. 1 in the fresh food category and 1P consumer electronics in the B2C omnichannel among e-commerce players in Indonesia in 2021. 
  • The key elements of the bull case rest on a large and growing addressable market, strong ecosystem, high order values, rising cohort spending and fast-paced growth. 

Giant Biogene Pre-IPO – Peer Comparison – Might Need to Spend a Lot More Online

By Sumeet Singh

  • Giant Biogene Holding (GBH HK)  aims to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO.
  • GB is a leader in the bioactive ingredient-based professional skin treatment product industry in China.
  • We had looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we’ll undertake a peer comparison.

BioNote IPO Valuation Analysis

By Douglas Kim

  • Our base case valuation is target price of 16,182 won per share, which is 10% lower than the low end of the IPO price range. 
  • We estimate BioNote to generate sales of 535.2 billion won (down 14% YoY) in 2022 and 349 billion won (down 34.8% YoY) in 2023. 
  • Given the downside risk relative to the IPO price range, we have a Negative View of the BioNote IPO. 

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Daily Brief Event-Driven: Recruit (6098) Launches ANOTHER Big Buyback and more

By | Daily Briefs, Event-Driven

In today’s briefing:

  • Recruit (6098) Launches ANOTHER Big Buyback
  • Blibli IPO: Offering Details & Index Inclusion
  • Stamp Duty Relief For Hong Kong Foreigners. But Wait …
  • Thailand SET50 and SET100: Quiddity Index Rebalance Primer
  • Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: October ‘22 Report
  • Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs Peers Like Last Time
  • China VAST: Pre-Condition Fulfilled for the China Jinmao Offer
  • SZSE1000 Index Rebalance Preview: Stock Connect & MSCI/​FTSE Eligibility
  • EQD | Tesla (TSLA US): How to Play Earnings Via Options

Recruit (6098) Launches ANOTHER Big Buyback

By Travis Lundy

  • In January 2022, Recruit Holdings (6098 JP) launched a Tender Offer buyback to buy back shares from NTT Data, Hakuhodo, and TBS. 
  • Today, Recruit announced another buyback of up to 42mm shares (2.57% of shares out) spending up to ¥150bn, to go from now until 14 March 2023 (5mos).
  • This time the buyback should have better traction and market impact, but it is not overwhelming, and the impact will likely lessen at higher share prices.

Blibli IPO: Offering Details & Index Inclusion

By Brian Freitas

  • Blibli (1437710D IJ) is offering 17.77bn shares in its IPO at a price range of IDR 410-460/share. That could raise up to US$530m and value the company up to US$3.64bn.
  • The stock will not get Fast Entry to the IDX30, LQ45, MSCI and FTSE indices, so no near-term support from passive buying.
  • The stock could make it into the MSCI Small Cap Index in February and the FTSE All-World/All-Cap Index in June. Earliest inclusion in IDX30/IDX80/LQ45 indices could be in July.

Stamp Duty Relief For Hong Kong Foreigners. But Wait …

By David Blennerhassett

  • Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu will deliver his inaugural policy address on the 19 October, where he is expected to announce a number of “ground-breaking” measures.
  • One such measure is non-residents who have owned property in Hong Kong for 3+ years may get their extra stamp duty refunded – if they take up permanent residency.
  • Secondary home prices have declined  8% year-to-date, and are approaching a five-year low. Goldman Sachs expects home prices to decline 30% in 2023 from last year’s levels.  

Thailand SET50 and SET100: Quiddity Index Rebalance Primer

By Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

  • Thailand SET Index (SET INDEX) is a composite index which represents the price movement for all common stocks trading on the SET.
  • SET50 and SET100 indices are calculated, respectively, from the stock prices of the top 50 and 100 listed companies on SET in terms of market capitalization and liquidity.
  • In this insight, we take a look at the selection criteria and the historical price performance of past Rebalance Events.

Liquid Universe of European Ordinary and Preferred Shares: October ‘22 Report

By Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

  • Since mid-September, spreads have shown a mixed performance across our liquid universe with a slight bias towards widening.
  • Trade recommendations long ords / short prefs: BMW, Fuchs Petrolub, Handelsbanken, SSAB Svenska Stal.
  • Recommendations Long prefs / short ords: Sixt, VW, MFE-Media for Europe, Grifols, Atlas Copco.

Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs Peers Like Last Time

By Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

  • Last Friday, small-cap logistics JREIT Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP) (“MEL“) announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently-announced property acquisition. 
  • The primary offer quantity is 51,000 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 2,550 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥23bn (~US$157mn). 
  • Below is a closer look at the details of this offering and the potential of this offering to trigger strong secondary market performance in the following weeks.

China VAST: Pre-Condition Fulfilled for the China Jinmao Offer

By Arun George

  • China Vast Industrial Urban Development (6166 HK) announced that all the pre-conditions were fulfilled. China Jinmao Holdings (817 HK)’s offer is HK$2.40 per share.
  • The key condition is approval by at least 75% of disinterested shareholders (<10% of disinterested shareholders rejection). Shareholders with blocking stakes will be supportive.
  • The offer is light, but the headcount test is not applicable. At last close and for a year-end payment, the gross and annualised spread is 0.8% and 4.0%, respectively.

SZSE1000 Index Rebalance Preview: Stock Connect & MSCI/​FTSE Eligibility

By Brian Freitas

  • Nearing the end of the review period for the SZSE1000 Index, we estimate around 50 changes to the index. The first-order impact on the stocks is not large.
  • Stocks that are not currently in Buy/Sell Stock Connect will be added to the list. That makes them eligible for inclusion in the MSCI and FTSE indices in February/March.
  • 5 of the potential adds could be added to the MSCI China Index in February and 34 of the potential adds could be added to the FTSE All-World/All-Cap in March.

EQD | Tesla (TSLA US): How to Play Earnings Via Options

By Simon Harris

  • TS LA reports earnings on October 19th, and we analyse expected moves using the options market
  • Stock has suffered some production issues, but we think company has potential to beat the lowered estimates
  • We identify some option strategies to play the event with goof risk/reward

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Daily Brief Crypto: Sporting Crypto – October 17th 2022: FIFA Make Their Mark on Sports NFTs and more

By | Crypto, Daily Briefs

In today’s briefing:

  • Sporting Crypto – October 17th 2022: FIFA Make Their Mark on Sports NFTs
  • Bitcoin Volatility Matches Nasdaq

Sporting Crypto – October 17th 2022: FIFA Make Their Mark on Sports NFTs

By Sporting Crypto

  • Being an incumbent and moving in any direction when it comes to Web3 is exceptionally difficult.
  • That’s why I always use, to this day, the NBA and Top Shot as a great example of how a simple concept, that requires a blockchain, can succeed in attracting a large scale audience beyond Web3.
  • FIFA + Collect is FIFA’s attempt at digital assets in the same format.

Bitcoin Volatility Matches Nasdaq

By Kaiko

  • Price Movements: Bitcoin falls to its lowest level since 2020 following hot U.S. inflation print but stages modest recovery after. 
  • Market Liquidity: Coinbase regains dominant BTC-USD market share. 
  • Derivatives: Open interest on Binance plummets following dramatic price moves.

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Daily Brief Thematic (Sector/Industry): Smartkarma Webinar | China EVs: Sales Strong and more

By | Daily Briefs, Thematic (Sector/Industry)

In today’s briefing:

  • Smartkarma Webinar | China EVs: Sales Strong, Stocks Weak?! 🤨
  • Japan Fintech – Rule Changes Should Benefit Cashless Apps like PayPay
  • THAI REIT : Rental Apartments REITs Will Gain from Employees Returning to Offices
  • About the Recent Rebound in China Healthcare and the Future Direction (Updated Top Picks)
  • EU’s Challenge, China’s Opportunity?

Smartkarma Webinar | China EVs: Sales Strong, Stocks Weak?! 🤨

By Smartkarma Research

In our next Webinar, we welcome Analysts Chris Redl (SC Capital) and Sameer Taneja (Investics Research), who will be joined by Smartkarma CEO Raghav Kapoor in an exciting discussion on the EV landscape in China.

The webinar will be hosted on Friday, 21 October 2022, 11:00 SGT/HKT.

Chris Redl has over 20 years’ experience covering the global automotive industry both on the Sell-side (UBS & Morgan Stanley) and Buy-side (Och-Ziff). His current focus is on electric vehicle stocks & their supply chains, aiming is to identify the winners and losers from a long/short perspective. This includes close coverage of legacy automakers as well.

Sameer Taneja is the founder of Investics Research, a firm that engages in bottom-up sectoral research, fundamental research of publicly listed companies as well as forensic analysis. He started his career as a sell-side analyst in a stockbroking firm called B&K Securities (India) from 2004-07, covering the ferrous sector. From 2007-16 he worked as an investment analyst in a hedge fund called Kelusa Capital, covering the materials, utilities, construction & heavy machinery, and the auto sector. He continued to work on the buy-side from 2017-19 in a firm called Skale Investments (with similar sectoral coverage), before founding Investics Research in 2019.

Raghav is the co-founder and CEO of Smartkarma.


Japan Fintech – Rule Changes Should Benefit Cashless Apps like PayPay

By Kirk Boodry

  • The Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare is likely to allow funds transfer service providers (cashless apps) to support digital salary payments 
  • That could boost user and transaction volume growth rates although there are challenges like remittance limits and direct access to cash that need to be addressed
  • An expansion in utility is positive although comparable valuations from global peers remains under pressure

THAI REIT : Rental Apartments REITs Will Gain from Employees Returning to Offices

By Pi Research

  • Occupancy rate is improving on the cost of rental rate When Covid-19 restrictions were imposed,work from home was the only solution for companies in Bangkok to continue their operations in2020-2021
  • FY3Q22 (End June 22) result slightly rose QoQ 2Q22 net profit surged to Bt114m (6 times YoY,4 times QoQ) mainly due to asset revaluation.Excluding the unrealized gains of Bt87m, 2Q22 
  • LHPF (NR)is poised for growth and has cheap valuation The occupancy rate had bottomed out in 2Q20 and is increasing continuously from there while the rental rates have fallen significantly

About the Recent Rebound in China Healthcare and the Future Direction (Updated Top Picks)

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

  • The recent rally in healthcare is mainly driven by medical device sector. But investors are advised to exit in time before the truth is revealed.
  • For pharmaceutical sector, it may not be as lucky as medical device sector.Even if it has followed the positive momentum of medical device sector, stock price would diverge after that.
  • We won’t take any chances on CXO due to geographical conflicts and overseas policy risks, with “no reversal signal”. We updated our top picks in various sectors. 

EU’s Challenge, China’s Opportunity?

By Evelyn Zhang

  • The EU traditionally imported a large number of intermediate goods from China, however, as EU economies slow down, the slowing consumer demand will also reduce the demand for intermediate goods.
  • EU’s manufacturers traditionally focus on high end, high margin products while China provides daily consumer products, the substitution effect is limited.
  • China does have advantages in products such as textile, metallurgy and office communication supplies, the business case is subject to prevailing geopolitical factors.

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Daily Brief Macro: Indonesia: 2024 Presidential Election Is Shaping Up Into A 3-Horse Race and more

By | Daily Briefs, Macro

In today’s briefing:

  • Indonesia: 2024 Presidential Election Is Shaping Up Into A 3-Horse Race
  • China: Stimulus Is Flowing Through, But Challenges Abound
  • Singapore Monetary Policy: Another Move In April 2023 Looks Likely
  • The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma – TAC, Sea Ltd, and SCG Packaging
  • UK: Fiscal Oh-Turn
  • The Commodity Report #73

Indonesia: 2024 Presidential Election Is Shaping Up Into A 3-Horse Race

By Nicholas Chia

  • Three key factors will shape the 2024 race: First, the qualities that the candidates themselves bring to the contest.
  • Second, political parties are re-positioning themselves for the 2024 elections. The Gerindra party moved first to nominate Prabowo as its presidential candidate, while non-aligned parties did the same with Anies. 
  • The popular incumbent President Jokowi retains sufficient political clout to have a strong say. He will want to ensure that a candidate who will preserve his reform agenda succeeds him.

China: Stimulus Is Flowing Through, But Challenges Abound

By Nigel Chiang

  • China may finally be inching towards a turnaround, according to the latest data. 
  • The recent monetary data show that stimulus is finally flowing through to the real economy.
  • But whether that is sufficient to offset weak demand, real estate sector weakness and zero-Covid measures remains moot.

Singapore Monetary Policy: Another Move In April 2023 Looks Likely

By Manu Bhaskaran

  • The MAS tightened monetary policy again, responding forcefully to inflationary pressures which have clearly intensified since the off-cycle monetary tightening in July. 
  • Further tightening in April 2023 or even earlier in another off-cycle meeting cannot be ruled out as multiple upside risks to inflation remain, from wage pressures and imported inflation.
  • The SGD1.5bn package to help lower-to-middle income groups cope with inflation will add to inflationary pressures too.

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma – TAC, Sea Ltd, and SCG Packaging

By Angus Mackintosh


UK: Fiscal Oh-Turn

By Phil Rush

  • The embattled UK government has binned almost all its announced tax cuts and its policy platform. Most were reversing previous hikes, so policies go full circle. 
  • Household energy prices will surge for at least some in Apr-23. We hope it will merely cap the units of cheap energy to avoid stoking inflation statistics and monetary policy. 
  • Cancelling fiscal stimulus reduces hawkish pressure on the BoE. It does not negate the realised volatility discouraging UK investments nor fix the macroeconomic outlook.

The Commodity Report #73

By The Commodity Report

  • Respect the trend – inflation continues to trend down but also continues to surprise on the upside in terms of analysts’ expectations.
  • Getting inflation back into the target corridor will be a slow and painful process as inflation is broadly driven by the components of shelter, transportation services, medical services, and not only food and energy, which get the most headlines in the newspaper.
  • On the other hand, we’re on the right track, as the YoY comparisons have declined since July.

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Daily Brief Financials: Nasdaq-100 Stock Index, Hong Kong Hang Seng Index, Federal Bank, Shui On Land, MarketWise and more

By | Daily Briefs, Financials

In today’s briefing:

  • Mechanics of a Late October Cycle Low
  • EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades
  • Federal Bank – Power of LDR
  • Morning Views Asia: Shui On Land
  • Bearish Sentiment

Mechanics of a Late October Cycle Low

By Thomas Schroeder

  • Short basket call on Oct 4/5 and Oct 14. Mid October squeeze rally to recycle shorts unfolded/in line. October 23 and 30 cycle dates linked to a cycle low.
  • The key moving parts to form a cycle low center around a DXY peak, the US 10yr yield new high/top and long equity basket lows holding on an SPX low.
  • New yield and USD high to align with an SPX low with lead signals stemming from our long basket holding support zones (lead relative signal). Manage swings into late Oct.

EQD | Volatility Update: Weekly Review of Vol Changes and Best Trades

By Simon Harris

  • Weekly summary of vol changes and moves across Global Markets
  • Analysing ATM volatility and skew changes over the last 5 days
  • We suggest a few trades to take advantage of the implied vol surfaces

Federal Bank – Power of LDR

By Daniel Tabbush

  • Net interest income growth is exceptional, driven by major LDR expansion
  • One must not only focus on NIM, although with this bank, there is also expansion
  • Credit cost reductions are not a feature here, rather non-interest income supported ROA

Morning Views Asia: Shui On Land

By Charles Macgregor

Lucror Analytics Morning Views comprise our fundamental credit analysis, opinions and trade recommendations on high yield issuers in the region, based on key company-specific developments in the past 24 hours. Our Morning Views include a section with a brief market commentary, key market indicators and a macroeconomic and corporate event calendar.


Bearish Sentiment

By subSPAC

  • The Retail Investing Landscape has changed significantly over the last few years. Pandemic-era stimulus, lockdown restrictions, and the gamification of trading spurred many to enter the markets.
  • This, coupled with the growing distrust in institutional investment advisors, has led many to switch away from traditional research reports from Wall Street to independent research and newsletter-focused content, especially for new investment ideas.
  • Marketwise, which primarily targets individual investors through its research and analytical tools, has seen a meteoric rise over the last few years due to this phenomenon.

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Daily Brief Health Care: Bionote, SD Biosensor, Bloomage Biotechnology Corporation-A and more

By | Daily Briefs, Healthcare

In today’s briefing:

  • BioNote IPO Preview
  • SD Biosensor (137310 KS): Aggressively Investing Windfall Gain From COVID; Adding New Growth Engines
  • Bloomage Biotechnology (688363.CH) – Positioning and Strategic Layout Imply Strong Upside Potential

BioNote IPO Preview

By Douglas Kim

  • BioNote, a Korean company specializing in bio contents and animal diagnostics, is getting ready for an IPO in November.
  • The IPO price range is from 18,000 won to 22,000 won per share. The IPO offering amount is from 234 billion won to 286 billion won.
  • At the high end of IPO price, its market cap would be 2.3 trillion won. Using annualized net profit of 597 billion won, this would suggest a P/E of 3.9x. 

SD Biosensor (137310 KS): Aggressively Investing Windfall Gain From COVID; Adding New Growth Engines

By Tina Banerjee

  • In July 2022, SD Biosensor (137310 KS) in partnership with SJL Partners signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Meridian Bioscience (VIVO US)  for approximately KRW800 billion (~$1.5 billion).
  • The acquisition will strengthen SD Biosensos’s IVD platform to navigate the decline in COVID-19 testing demand and accelerate its U.S. market entry.
  • In September 2021, SD Biosensor acquired ~22% stake in UXN, which aims to launch mini continuous blood glucose meter in domestic market in 2024.

Bloomage Biotechnology (688363.CH) – Positioning and Strategic Layout Imply Strong Upside Potential

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

  • Many interpretations of Bloomage are just looking at the surface of the Company. It is actually a biotechnology and biomaterial company, with business layout covering the whole industrial chain.
  • The biggest advantage is the innovation of raw materials.Based on synthetic biology, Bloomage is more comfortable in the richness of raw materials (hyaluronic acid/collagen etc.) and flexibility of product matrix expansion.
  • The synergy/complementarity of multiple businesses improve the resilience to market/policy changes. If investors cannot have a deep understanding of Bloomage’s positioning/real strategic intentions, they won’t seize the alpha in the future.

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