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Daily Brief Equity Bottom-Up: Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC High Premium Persisting and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC High Premium Persisting, Record Short Interest in Local
  • Monash IVF (MVF AU): Embroiled in Embryo Bungle; Will the Growth Baby Be Delivered?
  • Bright Smart (1428 HK): Bright and Smart FY25
  • Samsung F&M (000815 KS) Vs. Woori (316140 KS): No Mean Reversion (Yet), Time to Reassess the Pair
  • UCO Bank (UCO IN) Vs. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB IN): Trade Closed as Mean Reversion Hits Target
  • PointsBet Holdings Ltd – The Monday Report – 30 June 2025
  • Silvercorp Metals (TSX/NYSEAM: SVM): Diversified Growth with Compelling Valuation


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC High Premium Persisting, Record Short Interest in Local

By Vincent Fernando, CFA

  • TSMC: +23.4% Premium; Consider Shorting ADR Spread at Current Level; Record Short Interest in Local
  • UMC: +1.1% Premium; Wait for More Extreme Premium to Short
  • ASE: +2.9% Premium; Near Level to Go Long the ADR Spread

Monash IVF (MVF AU): Embroiled in Embryo Bungle; Will the Growth Baby Be Delivered?

By Tina Banerjee

  • Monash IVF (MVF AU) announced that an incident occurred at its Brisbane clinic, where embryo of one patient was incorrectly transferred to another patient resulting in birth of a child.
  • The company revised the guidance of FY25 underlying NPAT to be A$27.5M from previous A$30M–31M, announced post H1FY25 results.
  • Consensus estimates predict the company’s FY26 revenue to grow marginally by 1% to A$272M and net profit to decline nearly 5%.

Bright Smart (1428 HK): Bright and Smart FY25

By Osbert Tang, CFA

  • Bright Smart Securities (1428 HK)‘s earnings rebounded solidly by 20.4% YoY in 2H FY25, fueled by higher client accounts and assets, and better HK market turnover.
  • BSS has been an underperformer against peers since May, as other brokerage companies rallied on the back of potential entry into the virtual asset dealing business. 
  • Ant Financial will be able to transform BSS into a sizeable cross-asset house. The share price’s current implied earnings growth and PER valuations are conservative.

Samsung F&M (000815 KS) Vs. Woori (316140 KS): No Mean Reversion (Yet), Time to Reassess the Pair

By Gaudenz Schneider

  • Context: This article provides an update on a previously identified pair trading opportunity between Samsung Fire & Marine Insuranc (000815 KS) and Woori Financial Group (316140 KS).
  • Key Insights: The pair has not mean-reverted.  This Insight discusses the use of a Stop Loss in a statistical pair trading context and why one might be considered at this point.
  • Why Read It: For investors interested in quantitative strategies, this article demonstrates some of the mechanics of statistical arbitrage and which indicators can be used to decide on exiting a position.

UCO Bank (UCO IN) Vs. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB IN): Trade Closed as Mean Reversion Hits Target

By Gaudenz Schneider

  • Context: This article provides an update on a previously identified pair trading opportunity between Uco Bank (UCO IN) and Indian Overseas Bank (IOB IN), based on statistical mean reversion analysis.
  • Key Insights: The trade has now reached its exit signal as the price ratio reverted to its one-standard deviation band, yielding a positive return.
  • Why Read It: For investors interested in quantitative trading strategies, this article demonstrates how statistical arbitrage can generate short-term alpha and highlights actionable similar opportunities in the current market.

PointsBet Holdings Ltd – The Monday Report – 30 June 2025

By FNArena

  • Wrap of events affecting the market on Friday night and the weekend and a preview of the week ahead

Silvercorp Metals (TSX/NYSEAM: SVM): Diversified Growth with Compelling Valuation

By Rahul Jain

  • Over the last few years, Silvercorp has delivered steady revenue and earnings growth, supported by strong margins and consistent free cash flow.
  • It is now expanding beyond China with the development of the El Domo copper-gold project in Ecuador and ramping up investment at Ying and Kuanping.
  • Despite this growth visibility and a net cash balance sheet, the stock trades at a meaningful discount to peers across P/E, EV/EBITDA, and FCF multiples.

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