Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Over 15 years analysing Japanese and Asian stocks from a long/short perspective

I focus on cyclically driven sectors such as Gaming, Factory Automation and Autos

An eclectic background as a long-short analyst, upper management at a financial data startup through its listing, and as the founder of a team analysing big/alternative data, all of which supports independent and differentiated views... we hope

An appreciation for Mathematics drives the development of a "Micro-Quantamental" process which can provide a data-driven, historically-informed and semi-automated foundation upon which to layer more qualitative and judgemental analysis, thus improving investment decision-making speed and accuracy

Japan/Asia Long-Short

Will Toshiba Take On Its LNG Commitment, or Simply Pay Up?

Toshiba Finally Discloses "Provisional" Presentation Materials on Website. Not Submitted to TSE

Toshiba Falls >20% As Nikkei Suggests Losses Could Mount to JPY700bn Rather than JPY500bn

Toshiba: Greater or Less Than The Sum of Its Parts?

Japanese and Asian equity long/short strategies

Uzabase

Specialising in Japanese and Asian equity long/short strategies with a focus on rigorous, but targeted quantitative analysis to temper evaluations of company strategy, potential and vision. At Uzabase, our team of analysts provides coverage of industry dynamics with a local Asian flavour on Speeda, our financial information platform. Going forward we are aiming to channel our focus toward thematic research on emerging industries and company research.

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>It appears that interest in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/637" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1">Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)</a> 's proposed sale of a stake in its memory business is starting to wane as the 19.9% limit that Toshiba is targeting may fail to whet the appetite of potential investors. Given the scale of potential losses in the nuclear business and further potential losses from LNG takeoff commitments, we believe that more drastic measures could become necessary in the end. If maximum risk exposure is taken into account, we believe that selling close to a 50%…</p>

It appears that interest in Toshiba Corp (6502 JP) 's proposed sale of a stake in its memory business is starting to wane as the 19.9% limit that Toshiba is targeting may fail to whet the appetite of potential investors. Given the scale of potential losses in the nuclear business and further potential losses from LNG takeoff commitments, we believe that more drastic measures could become necessary in the end. If maximum risk exposure is taken into account, we believe that selling close to a 50%…

Toshiba Plant Systems & Services (1983 JP)

Will Toshiba Be Forced to Sell More Than 20% of Its Memory Business?