Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>TSMC: +16.7% Premium, Has Remained Rangebound; Watching for Over 20% or Under 15%</li>
<li>UMC: +2% Premium, Upper End of Trading Range, Can Consider Shorting</li>
<li>ASE: +9.9% Premium; Spread Could Have Further Room to Bounce Higher</li>
</ul>


TSMC: +16.7% Premium, Has Remained Rangebound; Watching for Over 20% or Under 15%
UMC: +2% Premium, Upper End of Trading Range, Can Consider Shorting
ASE: +9.9% Premium; Spread Could Have Further Room to Bounce Higher


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium Rangebound; UMC Hits Upper End of Range

<ul>
<li>TSMC: +16.1% Premium, After Sharp Drop, Will Be Interesting to See If Spread Will Remain Within the Recent ~15-25% Range</li>
<li>ASE: +7.4% Premium; Can Consider Going Long the Spread Given Recent Trading Range</li>
<li>ChipMOS: -2.4% Discount Repesents Extreme Low of End of Range; Can Consider Going Long the Spread</li>
</ul>


TSMC: +16.1% Premium, After Sharp Drop, Will Be Interesting to See If Spread Will Remain Within the Recent ~15-25% Range
ASE: +7.4% Premium; Can Consider Going Long the Spread Given Recent Trading Range
ChipMOS: -2.4% Discount Repesents Extreme Low of End of Range; Can Consider Going Long the Spread


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC & ASE Premiums Drop Sharply; ChipMOS Extreme Discount

<ul>
<li>TSMC: +21.3% Premium; Trading at New +15-25% Range This Year</li>
<li>ASE: +12.7% Premium; We Continue to View 14%+ as Fresh Short Level</li>
<li>CHT: +1.2% Premium; Good Level to Short Relative to History</li>
</ul>


TSMC: +21.3% Premium; Trading at New +15-25% Range This Year
ASE: +12.7% Premium; We Continue to View 14%+ as Fresh Short Level
CHT: +1.2% Premium; Good Level to Short Relative to History


Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Historically Extreme Premium Continues; CHT at Short Level Again

<ul>
<li>Apple Announces New AI Features at WDC; Shares Surge to New All-Time Highs</li>
<li>Top Movers: Major Computex Exhibitors See Share Prices Fall Despite Strong Presence</li>
<li>Computex 2024: Chip Companies Notably Competing to Win PC Makers</li>
</ul>


Apple Announces New AI Features at WDC; Shares Surge to New All-Time Highs
Top Movers: Major Computex Exhibitors See Share Prices Fall Despite Strong Presence
Computex 2024: Chip Companies Notably Competing to Win PC Makers


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Apple Unveils New AI Capabilities at WDC; PC Makers Feel the Love from Chip CEOs

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of May 31st which has an aggregated short interest worth USD102.2bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa Telecom, Ctbc Financial, Evergreen Marine, Mitac, Yang Ming Marine.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of May 31st which has an aggregated short interest worth USD102.2bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa Telecom, Ctbc Financial, Evergreen Marine, Mitac, Yang Ming Marine.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (May 31st): Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa Telecom

Taiwan

Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets optoelectronic components.  The Company's main products are surface mount devices light emitting diodes (LEDs), super bright LED lamps, special purpose LEDs, dot matrix displays, photo transistors, and infrared LEDs.

Ardentec Corporation develops and provides IC (integrated circuit) wafer test and IC final test services.

ITE Technology Inc. is a fabless IC design house.  The Company develops, manufactures, and markets various kinds of ICs (Integrated Circuits) for the use in PCs (Personal Computers), IAs (Internet Appliances), and LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays).

Sitronix Technology Corp. designs MCU (Memory Control Unit) ICs (Integrated Circuits) and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) driver ICs.

Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd was established in 2008. The company engages in the semiconductor industry. ShunSin is a dedicated high-tech enterprise for electronic communication products and semiconductor packaging and testing services.

PixArt Imaging Inc. designs, develops, and markets image sensors.

Fitipower Integrated Technology Inc designs and manufactures digital & analog signal mix display drive integrated circuit(IC). The Company's products include Fitipwer Display Driver IC.

Fitipower Integrated Technology (4961 TT)

Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology Inc. manufactures, sells, designs, and develops DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) and SRAM (Static Random Access Memory).  The Company also provides related services.

Elite Semiconductor Memory Technology (3006 TT)

Sigurd Microelectronics Corporation provides integrated circuit (IC) testing and packaging services.  The Company also designs and manufactures ICs.

Foxsemicon Integrated Technology Inc develops, designs, manufactures and sells semi-conductor equipment and system assemblies. The Company manufactures thin film transistor (TFT), liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and semiconductor wafers.

Hana Micron Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor packages for memory and non-memory semiconductor products.  The Company also produces USB flash drive (UFD), a mobile storage devices which can substitute floppy disk drives.

Grinm Advanced Materials Co Ltd. develops and manufactures semiconductor materia ls. The Company's products include monocrystalline silicon, germanium,  compound  semiconductor materials, and other related electronic materials. Grinm Advanced Materials also invests in technology development and provides technical  and processing services.

UT Group Co., Ltd. is a holding company.  The Group specializes in semiconductor and LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) related products and provides outsourcing services to electronics manufacturers.

Tri Chemical Laboratories Inc. develops, produces, and markets semiconductor and optic fiber materials.  The Company also designs and manufactures containers for chemicals.

D&O Green Technologies Bhd, through its subsidiary, manufactures semiconductor components. The Company manufactures and assembles semiconductor components under original equipment manufacturer contract manufacturing and captive line arrangements.  D&O serves multinational corporations.

Ferrotec Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells equipment that incorporates magnetic fluid (ferrofluid) technology. The Company manufactures and processes electronics components, manufactures machine tools, and cleans parts used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment as CMS (contract manufacturing service) business in China.

MIMASU SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY CO., LTD. processes semiconductor materials such as silicon and gallium.  The Company also designs, manufactures, and sells semiconductor material processing machinery and sells various kinds of measuring and testing devices.

Eugene Technology Company Ltd. manufactures tools for wafer fabs.  The Company uses the wafer fabs to produce integrated circuits in volume.

JinkoSolar Holding Company Limited manufactures solar products. The Company produces silicon wafers, solar cells and solar modules.

SHIBAURA MECHATRONICS CORPORATION manufactures and markets manufacturing machines for semiconductors, liquid crystal displays (LCD), and sputtering systems.  The Company also makes industrial automated systems, laser processing equipment, cartesian robots, vending machines, and vacuum pumps.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES INC. offers semiconductor testing and packaging solutions to companies, integrated device manufacturers, and foundries. The Company provides a broad range of back-end testing services for high density memory, mixed-signal and liquid crystal display.

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Chipmos Technologies (8150 TT)

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium Rangebound; UMC Hits Upper End of Range

ASE and ChipMOS premiums have bounced from the lower end of their trading ranges and could have further room to go higher. TSMC has remained...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC & ASE Premiums Drop Sharply; ChipMOS Extreme Discount

TSMC and ASE's ADR premiums have both dropped sharply. It will be interesting to see if TSMC's premium will drop further to below 15%. ChipMOS's...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Historically Extreme Premium Continues; CHT at Short Level Again

Latest analysis for Taiwan ADR premiums including key levels to long or short the ADRs' premium or discount to their respective local Taiwan shares.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Apple Unveils New AI Capabilities at WDC; PC Makers Feel the Love from Chip CEOs

Apple's new AI features at WDC lead to record high shares; major Computex exhibitors see share prices drop despite strong presence; chip companies...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (May 31st): Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa Telecom

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Premium Rangebound; UMC Hits Upper End of Range

ASE and ChipMOS premiums have bounced from the lower end of their trading ranges and could have further room to go higher. TSMC has remained...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC & ASE Premiums Drop Sharply; ChipMOS Extreme Discount

TSMC and ASE's ADR premiums have both dropped sharply. It will be interesting to see if TSMC's premium will drop further to below 15%. ChipMOS's...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Dual-Listings Monitor: TSMC Historically Extreme Premium Continues; CHT at Short Level Again

Latest analysis for Taiwan ADR premiums including key levels to long or short the ADRs' premium or discount to their respective local Taiwan shares.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Apple Unveils New AI Capabilities at WDC; PC Makers Feel the Love from Chip CEOs

​Apple's new AI features at WDC lead to record high shares; major Computex exhibitors see share prices drop despite strong presence; chip companies...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (May 31st): Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa Telecom

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Novatek, Asia Vital, Faraday Tech, Chunghwa...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Apple's new AI features at WDC lead to record high shares; major Computex exhibitors see share prices drop despite strong presence; chip companies...