Equity Capital Markets and Advisory Business, Auctus Advisors

Auctus Advisors

Equity Capital Markets and Advisory Business

Auctus Advisors is a specialist Equity Capital Markets and Advisory business with a focus in the Energy Sector. The partners have complementary skill sets, with decades of experience across Equity Capital Markets, Investment Banking and the Energy industry. We have worked at Société Générale, Canaccord Capital, BMO Capital Markets and Schlumberger. Most recently we have worked together for many years at GMP FirstEnergy. Auctus has been set up at the beginning of a new decade in which we see significant opportunities in the Energy space. Globally, demand for energy is at record levels and continues to grow. Conversely, investment in traditional energy sources has been severely constrained. We believe this imbalance creates opportunities for both companies and investors. Auctus provides Corporate Broking, Equity Research and Investment Banking services.

Equity Bottom-Up

Condor Energies Inc. is an international oil and gas company. The Company engages in exploration, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and NGLs in Kazakhstan and Canada.

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<li>The work-overs of two new existing wells have added 441 boe/d after a combined 20 m of previously unperforated reservoir pay was accessed.</li>
<li>The first well is producing 410 boe/d. It was previously shut-in.</li>
<li>The second well is producing an extra 31 boe/d (+65%) and continues to clean-up. </li>
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The work-overs of two new existing wells have added 441 boe/d after a combined 20 m of previously unperforated reservoir pay was accessed.
The first well is producing 410 boe/d. It was previously shut-in.
The second well is producing an extra 31 boe/d (+65%) and continues to clean-up. 


Condor Energies Inc. (TSX: CDR): Another positive operating update

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<li>The initial result of the workover programme in Uzbekistan has delivered results exceeding the company’s expectations.</li>
<li>Seven made-in-Canada artificial lift systems (plunger lifts) have been installed in existing wells.</li>
<li>The first three wells have been put on production at a much higher flow rates (+100-300%) than prior to the workovers.</li>
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The initial result of the workover programme in Uzbekistan has delivered results exceeding the company’s expectations.
Seven made-in-Canada artificial lift systems (plunger lifts) have been installed in existing wells.
The first three wells have been put on production at a much higher flow rates (+100-300%) than prior to the workovers.


Condor Energies Inc. (TSX: CDR): Positive response from first workovers

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Kaspi.kz's ecosystem connects consumers and merchants, enabling digital payments, e-commerce, and financial services. The Company gateway to its ecosystem is with the mobile app, which is powered by the company's proprietary technology and enables users to seamlessly navigate between interconnected products and services. Kaspi.kz serves customers in Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan.

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<li>On Oct 17th, Kaspi.kz, Kazakhstan's super-app, signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire a 65.4% stake in Hepsiburada, a leading e-commerce platform in Turkey. </li>
<li>The transaction is still subject to regulatory approval; Hepsiburada's share price in the US increased by ~60% on Friday after the announcement.</li>
<li>The acquisition makes a lot of strategic sense which would elevate Kaspi.kz to a position to target a combined market of &gt;100 million population (vs. currently 20 million).</li>
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On Oct 17th, Kaspi.kz, Kazakhstan's super-app, signed a stock purchase agreement to acquire a 65.4% stake in Hepsiburada, a leading e-commerce platform in Turkey. 
The transaction is still subject to regulatory approval; Hepsiburada's share price in the US increased by ~60% on Friday after the announcement.
The acquisition makes a lot of strategic sense which would elevate Kaspi.kz to a position to target a combined market of &gt;100 million population (vs. currently 20 million).


Kaspi.kz: Kazakhstan’s Super-App Acquiring Turkey’s E-Commerce Leader

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<li>Kaspi.kz is the local super-app in Kazakhstan, with payments, marketplace, and Fintech as its three main business segments.</li>
<li>The company has achieved strong topline and bottom line growth since listing with a RoAE &gt;70% over the years and its share price having gone up ~3x.</li>
<li>Key concerns arise from its political ties and future growth potential, given the country's relatively low population/user size.</li>
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Kaspi.kz is the local super-app in Kazakhstan, with payments, marketplace, and Fintech as its three main business segments.
The company has achieved strong topline and bottom line growth since listing with a RoAE &gt;70% over the years and its share price having gone up ~3x.
Key concerns arise from its political ties and future growth potential, given the country's relatively low population/user size.


Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Ingenuity

Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

Semiconductor Analysis & Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Tesla first began to equip its Model S with self-driving technology in October 2014 and announced the launch of its "Autopilot" software to take advantage of those sensors exactly one year later. In separating the sensors from the software, and making that software incrementally available via over-the-air (OTA) updates, the company heralded an entirely new approach to autonomous driving that has since come to be both derided and admired in equal measure. Tesla's autopilot capability was widely regarded as ground-breaking when it was first introduced and many would argue that it was the catalyst for its peers and competitors to rapidly accelerate their autonomous driving investments and roadmaps.Since that time, Tesla's self-driving roadmap has seen many twists and turns. Their partnership with MobilEye, upon whose chips their initial autopilot roll-out critically depended, ended abruptly and acrimoniously in the wake of a fatal crash involving one of their Model S vehicles in May 2016. Their backup plan, the development of a custom ASIC chip to replicate MobilEye's functionality, was still in its infancy, forcing Tesla to turn to NVIDIA for its DRIVE PX platform. That same fatal crash was the impetus for a total redesign of their sensor suite. The new hardware platform was launched in October 2016 with the announcement that all future Tesla cars would be fully equipped with the hardware &amp; sensors required for full self-driving capability.As automobiles equipped with the new self-driving hardware rolled off the production lines, they were missing the software to make them work, meaning that they lacked basic advanced driving features such as automatic emergency braking (AEB), adaptive cruise control (ACC) etc. Tesla promised to deliver those capabilities incrementally in the following months, but inevitably, delays ensued and reliability concerns arose when they were initially released. Only in recent months has Tesla's "Enhanced Autopilot" begun to approach the same level of capability as its original launch version. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's commitment to demonstrating fully autonomous driving from US coast-to-coast by the end of 2017 failed to materialize, although he has recently stated that it should happen within 3-6 months. Meanwhile, the rapidly growing availability of new safety features such as AEB, the launch of competing driver assistance features such as General Motors (GM)"Super Cruise" and the publicly announced plans for driverless taxi pilots by both Waymo and GM have eroded Tesla's leadership. Indeed, one research firm, Navigant, doesn't even rate Tesla in its latest top ten leaders list.   In this Insight, we review the history of autonomous driving at Tesla, tracing its roots from the original autopilot launch to the present day. We examine the technology behind Tesla's self-driving platform and highlight their steadfast refusal to incorporate LIDAR in their sensor suite as every other competitor has done. Finally, in the wake of another fatal Tesla crash, we ask the very important question, how safe is Tesla Autopilot?

Tesla first began to equip its Model S with self-driving technology in October 2014 and announced the launch of its "Autopilot" software to take advantage of those sensors exactly one year later. In separating the sensors from the software, and making that software incrementally available via over-the-air (OTA) updates, the company heralded an entirely new approach to autonomous driving that has since come to be both derided and admired in equal measure. Tesla's autopilot capability was widely regarded as ground-breaking when it was first introduced and many would argue that it was the catalyst for its peers and competitors to rapidly accelerate their autonomous driving investments and roadmaps.Since that time, Tesla's self-driving roadmap has seen many twists and turns. Their partnership with MobilEye, upon whose chips their initial autopilot roll-out critically depended, ended abruptly and acrimoniously in the wake of a fatal crash involving one of their Model S vehicles in May 2016. Their backup plan, the development of a custom ASIC chip to replicate MobilEye's functionality, was still in its infancy, forcing Tesla to turn to NVIDIA for its DRIVE PX platform. That same fatal crash was the impetus for a total redesign of their sensor suite. The new hardware platform was launched in October 2016 with the announcement that all future Tesla cars would be fully equipped with the hardware &amp; sensors required for full self-driving capability.As automobiles equipped with the new self-driving hardware rolled off the production lines, they were missing the software to make them work, meaning that they lacked basic advanced driving features such as automatic emergency braking (AEB), adaptive cruise control (ACC) etc. Tesla promised to deliver those capabilities incrementally in the following months, but inevitably, delays ensued and reliability concerns arose when they were initially released. Only in recent months has Tesla's "Enhanced Autopilot" begun to approach the same level of capability as its original launch version. Tesla CEO Elon Musk's commitment to demonstrating fully autonomous driving from US coast-to-coast by the end of 2017 failed to materialize, although he has recently stated that it should happen within 3-6 months. Meanwhile, the rapidly growing availability of new safety features such as AEB, the launch of competing driver assistance features such as General Motors (GM)"Super Cruise" and the publicly announced plans for driverless taxi pilots by both Waymo and GM have eroded Tesla's leadership. Indeed, one research firm, Navigant, doesn't even rate Tesla in its latest top ten leaders list.   In this Insight, we review the history of autonomous driving at Tesla, tracing its roots from the original autopilot launch to the present day. We examine the technology behind Tesla's self-driving platform and highlight their steadfast refusal to incorporate LIDAR in their sensor suite as every other competitor has done. Finally, in the wake of another fatal Tesla crash, we ask the very important question, how safe is Tesla Autopilot?  

Kazakhstan
Insights on Kazakhstan

Condor Energies Inc. (TSX: CDR): Another positive operating update

The work-overs of two new existing wells have added 441 boe/d after a combined 20 m of previously unperforated reservoir pay was accessed.

Auctus Advisors

Condor Energies Inc. (TSX: CDR): Positive response from first workovers

The initial result of the workover programme in Uzbekistan has delivered results exceeding the company’s expectations.

Auctus Advisors

Kaspi.kz: Kazakhstan’s Super-App Acquiring Turkey’s E-Commerce Leader

Kaspi.kz, Kazakhstan's super-app, to acquire a majority stake in Turkey's leading e-commerce platform, Hepsiburada, enabling it to target a >100...

Alec Tseung

Kaspi.kz: The Super-App of Kazakhstan

Kaspi.kz just announced to acquire a majority stake in Turkey's leading e-commerce platform, Hepsiburada. This transaction immediately puts the...

Alec Tseung

Autonomous Driving- The Tesla Delusion

In the wake of Elon Musk's launch (relaunch?) of Tesla's RoboTaxi yesterday (which tanked the company's share price), you might be interested to...

William Keating

Condor Energies Inc. (TSX: CDR): Another positive operating update

The work-overs of two new existing wells have added 441 boe/d after a combined 20 m of previously unperforated reservoir pay was accessed.

Auctus Advisors

Condor Energies Inc. (TSX: CDR): Positive response from first workovers

The initial result of the workover programme in Uzbekistan has delivered results exceeding the company’s expectations.

Auctus Advisors

Kaspi.kz: Kazakhstan’s Super-App Acquiring Turkey’s E-Commerce Leader

​Kaspi.kz, Kazakhstan's super-app, to acquire a majority stake in Turkey's leading e-commerce platform, Hepsiburada, enabling it to target a >100...

Alec Tseung

Kaspi.kz: The Super-App of Kazakhstan

Kaspi.kz just announced to acquire a majority stake in Turkey's leading e-commerce platform, Hepsiburada. This transaction immediately puts the...

Alec Tseung

Autonomous Driving- The Tesla Delusion

In the wake of Elon Musk's launch (relaunch?) of Tesla's RoboTaxi yesterday (which tanked the company's share price), you might be interested to...

William Keating

Kaspi.kz, Kazakhstan's super-app, to acquire a majority stake in Turkey's leading e-commerce platform, Hepsiburada, enabling it to target a >100...