SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

Japfa Ltd. operates in the agricultural industry. The Company breeds and processes chicken, pork and beef. Japfa also operates dairy farms.

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, Ortex

Dimitris Ioannidis

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

Ortex

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Event-Driven

FineToday Holdings Co., Ltd. develops, manufactures, and markets personal care products. The Company provides hair care, skin care, body care, and other personal care products. FineToday Holdings sells its products throughout Japan.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/finetoday-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44092:1" rel="noopener">FineToday Holdings Co Ltd (289A JP)</a> is scheduled to be listed on 17 December 2024, at the prime market of TSE at an expected valuation of ~$1.5bn.</li>
<li>Addition to the small-cap segment of both global indices is forecasted to take place at the May and June 2025 quarterly reviews.</li>
<li>Full exercise of the greenshoe can increase free float from 35% to 45% hence the security's passive fund demand upon inclusion.</li>
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FineToday Holdings Co Ltd (289A JP) is scheduled to be listed on 17 December 2024, at the prime market of TSE at an expected valuation of ~$1.5bn.
Addition to the small-cap segment of both global indices is forecasted to take place at the May and June 2025 quarterly reviews.
Full exercise of the greenshoe can increase free float from 35% to 45% hence the security's passive fund demand upon inclusion.


FineToday (289A JP): Fine In May & June 2025 for Global Index Inclusion

Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The Japanese stock market experienced a lacklustre week, with the Nikkei 225 and Topix indexes closing lower by 0.9% and 0.6%, respectively</li>
<li>Kadokawa's stock surged 42% this week following a Reuters' report that Sony is in advanced talks to acquire the company</li>
<li>Tokyo Gas shares rose 19% after Elliott Investment Management disclosed a 5.03% stake in the company</li>
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The Japanese stock market experienced a lacklustre week, with the Nikkei 225 and Topix indexes closing lower by 0.9% and 0.6%, respectively
Kadokawa's stock surged 42% this week following a Reuters' report that Sony is in advanced talks to acquire the company
Tokyo Gas shares rose 19% after Elliott Investment Management disclosed a 5.03% stake in the company


Japan Weekly | Deals and Activism Drive Stocks

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Eric Wen

Blue Lotus China New Economy Research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Atour Lifestyle Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

Atour Lifestyle Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and manages midscale hotel chain through offline and online channels, including mobile application and weixin-wechat mini program. Atour Lifestyle Holdings serves customers in China.

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<li>Atour (ATAT) reported C3Q24 revenue 2.3% lower than our estimate but 4.8% higher than consensus. The net income beat our estimate/consensus by 6.6%/9.5%, thanks to disciplined cost controls.</li>
<li>Although RevPAR weakened in C3Q24 as expected, turnaround is coming already in C4Q24. We also expect moderate RevPAR growth in 2025.</li>
<li>We keep the TP at US$37/ADS and maintain a TOP BUY on Atour.</li>
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Atour (ATAT) reported C3Q24 revenue 2.3% lower than our estimate but 4.8% higher than consensus. The net income beat our estimate/consensus by 6.6%/9.5%, thanks to disciplined cost controls.
Although RevPAR weakened in C3Q24 as expected, turnaround is coming already in C4Q24. We also expect moderate RevPAR growth in 2025.
We keep the TP at US$37/ADS and maintain a TOP BUY on Atour.


[Atour (ATAT US, BUY, TP US$37) Review]: Small Differences Here & There but Overall Case Intact

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Canaccord Genuity

Canaccord Genuity

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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Acusensus Limited provides traffic management solutions. The Company offers road safety and traffic enforcement solutions to address road safety challenges. Acusensus serves customers worldwide.

<div><div><div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><p>ACE held its AGM and released a trading update highlighting ongoing momentum in business performance with the company is tracking ahead of market expectations for FY25.</p></li><li><p>FY25TD revenue of $19.2m (+19% pcp, CGe FY25E revg. +14% to $57m), gross profit of $9.2m (+35% pcp, 48% margin, CGe 45% margin), and adj. EBITDA of $2.8m (+35% pcp, representing an EBITDA margin of 15%, CGe 11%).</p></li><li><p>Observing its trend through 1H25TD highlights strong revenue acceleration in October to +26% pcp, against its 1Q25 revg of +17% pcp, coupled with ongoing sales of its higher-margin products (FT25TD incremental gross profit margin 78%) driving operating leverage/accelerated investment.</p></li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

ACE held its AGM and released a trading update highlighting ongoing momentum in business performance with the company is tracking ahead of market expectations for FY25.FY25TD revenue of $19.2m (+19% pcp, CGe FY25E revg. +14% to $57m), gross profit of $9.2m (+35% pcp, 48% margin, CGe 45% margin), and adj. EBITDA of $2.8m (+35% pcp, representing an EBITDA margin of 15%, CGe 11%).Observing its trend through 1H25TD highlights strong revenue acceleration in October to +26% pcp, against its 1Q25 revg of +17% pcp, coupled with ongoing sales of its higher-margin products (FT25TD incremental gross profit margin 78%) driving operating leverage/accelerated investment.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Acusensus Ltd - Scale Building; Growth Accelerates Through FY25