HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Relying mainly on online channels and successful internationalization strategy, CAROTE’s performance growth showed strong momentum in recent years. However, after the short-term demand outbreak, future performance growth could slow down.</li>
<li>CAROTE adopts a product strategy similar to ZARA, launching a massive product matrix, constantly attracting consumers' interest, but the innovation capability and core competitiveness of products are not high.</li>
<li>Valuation of CAROTE could be higher than <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vesync" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31067:1" rel="noopener">Vesync (2148 HK)</a>.If Trump is elected, the friction/trade war between China and US may escalate, which is detrimental to CAROTE's future valuation performance.</li>
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Relying mainly on online channels and successful internationalization strategy, CAROTE’s performance growth showed strong momentum in recent years. However, after the short-term demand outbreak, future performance growth could slow down.
CAROTE adopts a product strategy similar to ZARA, launching a massive product matrix, constantly attracting consumers' interest, but the innovation capability and core competitiveness of products are not high.
Valuation of CAROTE could be higher than Vesync (2148 HK).If Trump is elected, the friction/trade war between China and US may escalate, which is detrimental to CAROTE's future valuation performance.


Pre-IPO Carote Ltd (PHIP Updates) - High Performance Growth May Not Be Sustainable

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Bajaj Housing Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bajaj-housing-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43675:1" rel="noopener">Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN)</a> raised around US$800m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuation. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) raised around US$800m in its India IPO.
BHF is a non-deposit taking housing finance company engaged in mortgage lending since FY18. Its mortgage products include home loans, loans against property, lease rental discounting and developer financing.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and valuation. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Bajaj Housing Finance IPO - Valuation Might Get Stretched from Demand Overflow

Investment Research - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Investment Research - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

Investory

Investory is a Singapore-based boutique independent equity research firm founded in January 2017 with a primary focus on consumption themes across Asia-Pacific.

We aim to generate investible ideas based on consumption trends and outlook. We screen our ideas on several parameters - product potential, long-term growth and management commitment being the most critical.  We follow a fundamental analysis approach in our stock selection process and are not restricted by market cap.

We aspire to grow into a leading source of unbiased research, free of conflict of interest, for investors yearning for independent and disciplined analysis. 

We also undertake bespoke research mandates to support our Institutional clients’ investment needs.

Our team comprises of professionals with extensive experience in the Asian equity markets, in areas ranging from research, servicing institutional clients and investment management.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Welcome to Consumer Tales &amp; Trends, your weekly roundup of the latest corporate developments, investment reports and sector events in the consumer industry.</li>
<li>Temu, (owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pdd-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27250:1" rel="noopener">PDD US)</a>, and Shein might need to rethink their US strategies if a new rule stops overseas shipments of tariffed products from bypassing US customs duty.</li>
<li>Singapore passed a groundbreaking law last week to protect gig workers. Other countries may follow suit and this could adversely impact margins. Take note: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato (ZOMATO IN)</a>
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Welcome to Consumer Tales &amp; Trends, your weekly roundup of the latest corporate developments, investment reports and sector events in the consumer industry.
Temu, (owned by PDD US), and Shein might need to rethink their US strategies if a new rule stops overseas shipments of tariffed products from bypassing US customs duty.
Singapore passed a groundbreaking law last week to protect gig workers. Other countries may follow suit and this could adversely impact margins. Take note: Meituan (3690 HK) , Zomato (ZOMATO IN)



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Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-tower-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27037:1" rel="noopener">China Tower (788 HK)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-international-capital-corporation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1071:1" rel="noopener">China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-china-large-cap-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:766:1" rel="noopener">iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) (FXI US)</a> at the close on 20 September.</li>
<li>The appears to be a lot more positioning and short interest in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-international-capital-corporation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1071:1" rel="noopener">China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)</a> compared to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-tower-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27037:1" rel="noopener">China Tower (788 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>The listing of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/midea-group-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16185:1" rel="noopener">Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH)</a> H-shares could result in another change for the ETF prior to the next scheduled rebalance in December.</li>
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China Tower (788 HK) will replace China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK) in the iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) (FXI US) at the close on 20 September.
The appears to be a lot more positioning and short interest in China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK) compared to China Tower (788 HK). 
The listing of Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH) H-shares could result in another change for the ETF prior to the next scheduled rebalance in December.


FXI Rebalance: China Tower (788 HK) Will Replace CICC (3908 HK)

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<li>A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.</li>
<li>ECM developments: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/midea-group-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16185:1" rel="noopener">Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH)</a> premarketing its H Share listing, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/terumo-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6708:1" rel="noopener">Terumo Corp (4543 JP)</a> placement and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/99-speed-mart-retail-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40977:1" rel="noopener">99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings (99SPD MK)</a> US$530 million IPO.</li>
<li>Event-Driven developments: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/esr-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27983:1" rel="noopener">ESR Group (1821 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canvest-environmental-protection-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:100:1" rel="noopener">Canvest Environmental Protection Group (1381 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-traditional-chinese-medicine" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:351:1" rel="noopener">China Traditional Chinese Medicine (570 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10427:1" rel="noopener">CPMC Holdings (906 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinko-electric-industries" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15066:1" rel="noopener">Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP)</a>. 
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A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.
ECM developments: Midea Group Co Ltd A (000333 CH) premarketing its H Share listing, Terumo Corp (4543 JP) placement and 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings (99SPD MK) US$530 million IPO.
Event-Driven developments: ESR Group (1821 HK), Canvest Environmental Protection Group (1381 HK), China Traditional Chinese Medicine (570 HK), CPMC Holdings (906 HK), Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP). 



Weekly Deals Digest (01 Sep) - ESR, Canvest, China TCM, CPMC, Shinko, Silverlake, Terumo, Midea

China

Midea Group CO., LTD manufactures, markets and installs household electrical appliances, compressors and components. Midea also provides services in information technology, corporate investment consultation, software and hardware development, property management and corporate engineering supports. Midea Group provides its products worldwide.

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Sumeet Singh

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Devi Subhakesan

FXI Rebalance: China Tower (788 HK) Will Replace CICC (3908 HK)

China Tower will replace CICC in the FXI at the close on 20 Sep. Passives need to buy 2x ADV in China Tower. Cumulative excess volume and short...

Brian Freitas

Weekly Deals Digest (01 Sep) - ESR, Canvest, China TCM, CPMC, Shinko, Silverlake, Terumo, Midea

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Pre-IPO Carote Ltd (PHIP Updates) - High Performance Growth May Not Be Sustainable

​CAROTE's strong growth may slow down due to lack of innovation/core competitiveness of products. Potential friction/trade war between China and...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Bajaj Housing Finance IPO - Valuation Might Get Stretched from Demand Overflow

Bajaj Housing Finance (BHF IN) raised around US$800m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Weekly Consumer Tales: Cross Border Comm Crisis-Midea Upsized-LG Elecs' Upside-Platform Workers Law

PDD owned Temu's US cross border business model could get upended if proposed rule to block products subject to US import tariffs from availing...

Devi Subhakesan

FXI Rebalance: China Tower (788 HK) Will Replace CICC (3908 HK)

China Tower will replace CICC in the FXI at the close on 20 Sep. Passives need to buy 2x ADV in China Tower. Cumulative excess volume and short...

Brian Freitas

Weekly Deals Digest (01 Sep) - ESR, Canvest, China TCM, CPMC, Shinko, Silverlake, Terumo, Midea

Last week, notable developments occurred in Event-Driven (ESR, Canvest, China TCM, CPMC, Shinko, Tohokushinsha, Silverlake Axis) and ECM (Terumo,...

Arun George

CAROTE's strong growth may slow down due to lack of innovation/core competitiveness of products. Potential friction/trade war between China and...