HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Osbert Tang is an equity analyst with over 20 years of experience with focuses on China transport, infrastructure, industrials and utilities sectors. He has been based in Shanghai since 2003, accumulated nearly 20 years of on-ground knowledge on the Chinese economy and financial markets, and has a wealth of contacts with China corporates and government entities. 

Osbert has received votes from top-tier institutional investors and has been a highly-ranked transport and infrastructure analyst in the Asiamoney, Institutional Investors and Greenwich surveys. In addition to his extensive experience with international investment banks including RBS, ABN AMRO (both served as Shanghai Chief Representative), Paribas Asia Equity, Maybank Kim Eng and DBS Securities, he has been a senior analyst with Moody’s Investors Service with focus on ratings of China infrastructure and related LGFV issuers. He has also worked in the area of strategic development at Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited. 

Osbert holds a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin and a MSSc in Applied Psychology from the City University of Hong Kong. He was accredited with the CFA charter in 1997, and is a member of both British Psychological Society and Hong Kong Psychological Society.

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China Yangtze Power Co, Ltd. / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-yangtze-power-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3210:1" rel="noopener">China Yangtze Power Co, Ltd. (600900 CH)</a> (CYPC), the world's largest hydropower company, will put forward its GDR issuance proposal for shareholder voting in an EGM on 30 Jun. We take a look on this proposal which may raise up to ~US$3.3bn based on the current share price. We believe the key merits for CYPC are: 1.) largest hydropower company globally with protected franchise; 2.) benefit from government's clean energy initiatives; 3.) track record of stable earnings; and 4.) solid support from parent company.</p><p>Key risks, however, are: 1.) CYPC relies on one single type of generation mode; 2.) capex on acquisitions may further elevate gearing; 3.) slowdown in power demand; and 4.) overseas investment risks. The stock now trades on 17.9x FY20F PER, not excessive relative to the 5-year range of 13-27x, and upside will come from further asset injections from parent China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG).</p>

China Yangtze Power Co, Ltd. (600900 CH) (CYPC), the world's largest hydropower company, will put forward its GDR issuance proposal for shareholder voting in an EGM on 30 Jun. We take a look on this proposal which may raise up to ~US$3.3bn based on the current share price. We believe the key merits for CYPC are: 1.) largest hydropower company globally with protected franchise; 2.) benefit from government's clean energy initiatives; 3.) track record of stable earnings; and 4.) solid support from parent company.Key risks, however, are: 1.) CYPC relies on one single type of generation mode; 2.) capex on acquisitions may further elevate gearing; 3.) slowdown in power demand; and 4.) overseas investment risks. The stock now trades on 17.9x FY20F PER, not excessive relative to the 5-year range of 13-27x, and upside will come from further asset injections from parent China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG).

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