Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

A Long & Short Investment Ideas generator for Asian Equities with 10 years experience in a Hedge fund focused on bottom-up ideas, searching out mispriced ideas and misunderstood investment thesis. Provides on-the-ground insights in various Asian markets with a sway towards ASEAN. Experienced and survived the Asian Financial Crisis in a family business, as well as the Global Financial Crisis in financial markets where lessons learned. It's all about understanding business drivers and navigating business cycles, which has high applicability in generating investment ideas. 

Investment horizon: Mid to Long term

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

ASEAN Reopening: Tourism and Transport Reboot - Part Deux

Platinum (PLAT): The Shoppers Coming Back

Comfortdelgro (CD): Restriction Easing, Green And Low EV/EBITDA.

Bangkok Expressway (BEM): Ridership Increase

Airport of Thailand (AOT): Prepare to Take Off

BEM: Expect 3Q21 Earnings to Be Bottom of This Year

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Malaysia Airlines / Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<div>In light of the coordinated reopening movement in ASEAN that stems from the high vaccination rate and pent-up demand to restart cross border as well as similar policy in mind (live with COVID rather zero COVID policy), investors will find short notes on each stock related to the reopening theme. While the majority are long ideas, there is a short investment idea on the back of the normalizing freight rate. <br><br>
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<div>The rebound in the travel and tourism-related names is about to hit an inflection point that could torpedo the share price back into the pre-COVID-19 level or even higher as flows may start to come back to this region. </div>

In light of the coordinated reopening movement in ASEAN that stems from the high vaccination rate and pent-up demand to restart cross border as well as similar policy in mind (live with COVID rather zero COVID policy), investors will find short notes on each stock related to the reopening theme. While the majority are long ideas, there is a short investment idea on the back of the normalizing freight rate.   

The rebound in the travel and tourism-related names is about to hit an inflection point that could torpedo the share price back into the pre-COVID-19 level or even higher as flows may start to come back to this region. 

ASEAN Reopening: Tourism and Transport Reboot