Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>Softbank's Masayoshi Son is seeking a "strategic alliance" between Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) and ARM.</li>
<li>Masayoshi Son plans to visit South Korea next month to meet with Samsung's Lee Jae-Yong to discuss a potential strategic alliance between Samsung and ARM. </li>
<li>Although the exact details of the investment stake in ARM remain uncertain, the probabilities are rising that Samsung could spend billions of dollars to buy a minority stake in ARM</li>
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Softbank's Masayoshi Son is seeking a "strategic alliance" between Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) and ARM.
Masayoshi Son plans to visit South Korea next month to meet with Samsung's Lee Jae-Yong to discuss a potential strategic alliance between Samsung and ARM. 
Although the exact details of the investment stake in ARM remain uncertain, the probabilities are rising that Samsung could spend billions of dollars to buy a minority stake in ARM


Softbank Seeking A "Strategic Alliance" Between Samsung Electronics and ARM?

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Global semi sales for the month of June 2023 amounted to $41.5 billion, +1.7% MoM but still down ~17% YoY.</li>
<li>Nanya reported monthly revenue for July 2023 of NT$ 2,437 million, a slight decrease MoM and still down 44.5% YoY:</li>
<li>For the YTD through July, ASPEED’s revenue is down 47% YoY. This translates into a similar percentage decrease in global server sales YoY in 2023. </li>
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Global semi sales for the month of June 2023 amounted to $41.5 billion, +1.7% MoM but still down ~17% YoY.
Nanya reported monthly revenue for July 2023 of NT$ 2,437 million, a slight decrease MoM and still down 44.5% YoY:
For the YTD through July, ASPEED’s revenue is down 47% YoY. This translates into a similar percentage decrease in global server sales YoY in 2023. 


Semiconductor Events Deserving Your Attention @ 7/8/23

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fadu-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39896:1" rel="noopener">Fadu (440110 KS)</a> raised US$151m in its Korean IPO, after the deal was priced at KRW31,000/share, the top end of its IPO price range.</li>
<li>Fadu is a South Korean fabless semiconductor maker mainly engaged in flash storage technology innovation. Its core products are Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) and Enterprise SSDs. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.</li>
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Fadu (440110 KS) raised US$151m in its Korean IPO, after the deal was priced at KRW31,000/share, the top end of its IPO price range.
Fadu is a South Korean fabless semiconductor maker mainly engaged in flash storage technology innovation. Its core products are Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) and Enterprise SSDs. 
In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.


Fadu IPO Trading - Strong Subscription Rates Compared to Recent Korean IPOs

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

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Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

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Asia HY Monthly - July 2023 - Lucror Analytics

South Korea

SK Hynix Inc. provides products and services for the electronic components industry. The Company manufactures semiconductors, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and static random access memory (SRAM) chips.

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SK Hynix (000660 KS)

Softbank Seeking A "Strategic Alliance" Between Samsung Electronics and ARM?

According to Nikkei newspaper, Apple and Samsung Electronics plan to invest in SoftBank Group owned chip designer Arm at its initial public...

Douglas Kim

Semiconductor Events Deserving Your Attention @ 7/8/23

Global semi sales for June '23 ~$41.5 billion, +1.7% MoM, -17% YoY. Nanya July 2023 revenue NT$ 2,437 million, -1% MoM, -44.5% YoY. ASPEED YTD...

William Keating

Fadu IPO Trading - Strong Subscription Rates Compared to Recent Korean IPOs

Fadu (440110 KS) raised US$151m in its Korean IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.

Ethan Aw

Weekly Wrap - 04 Aug 2023

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