Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
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Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>UK Fund exposure in Softcat PLC has reached new highs.  The percentage of UK funds invested in Softcat now stands at a record 17.3% with average holding weights of 0.21%</li>
<li>Softcat PLC moves to the 5th most widely held Technology stock in the UK, sharing similar ownership characteristics to Spirent Communications, Halma PLC and Oxford Instruments.</li>
<li>With Softcat approaching the boundaries of FTSE 100 inclusion, it’s not hard to envisage investment levels moving higher from here.</li>
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UK Fund exposure in Softcat PLC has reached new highs.  The percentage of UK funds invested in Softcat now stands at a record 17.3% with average holding weights of 0.21%
Softcat PLC moves to the 5th most widely held Technology stock in the UK, sharing similar ownership characteristics to Spirent Communications, Halma PLC and Oxford Instruments.
With Softcat approaching the boundaries of FTSE 100 inclusion, it’s not hard to envisage investment levels moving higher from here.


Softcat PLC: Record Overweight as UK Managers Buy In

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>The IE considers K1’s A$4.85 offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elmo-software-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24342:1" rel="noopener">Elmo Software (ELO AU)</a> to be fair and reasonable as it is towards the high end of its valuation range of A$4.39-4.98.</li>
<li>K1 has received FIRB and US antitrust approval. The remaining key conditions are shareholders and court approval.</li>
<li>This is a done deal. At the last close price and for the 23 February 2023 payment, the gross and annualised spread is 1.9% and 10.9%, respectively.</li>
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The IE considers K1’s A$4.85 offer for Elmo Software (ELO AU) to be fair and reasonable as it is towards the high end of its valuation range of A$4.39-4.98.
K1 has received FIRB and US antitrust approval. The remaining key conditions are shareholders and court approval.
This is a done deal. At the last close price and for the 23 February 2023 payment, the gross and annualised spread is 1.9% and 10.9%, respectively.


Elmo Software (ELO AU)’s Scheme Meeting on 30 January

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy, Urbem (HK) Limited

Steven Chen

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

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<li>Founder-led Technology One has the capability to earn superior returns on capital while expanding predictably and profitably alongside a massive runaway, in our opinion.</li>
<li>Although the share seems a bit elevated at the moment, we feel that the name should be worth following among long-term, quality-focused investors who can wait patiently.</li>
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Founder-led Technology One has the capability to earn superior returns on capital while expanding predictably and profitably alongside a massive runaway, in our opinion.
Although the share seems a bit elevated at the moment, we feel that the name should be worth following among long-term, quality-focused investors who can wait patiently.


Technology One: Our Top SaaS Pick From APAC

Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

<p><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freee-kk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28424:1" rel="noopener">freee (4478 JP)</a>  provides cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and individuals. </span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}'> </span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto">Freee</span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"> serves over 220,000 clients with an annualized recurring revenue of around $80m. </span><span data-ccp-props='{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}'> </span><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto">In the year ended June, revenue grew 53% YoY. There is a huge opportunity to grow in the nascent cloud accounting market in Japan. With a strong and well-incentivised management team, Freee is well placed to build a strong moat around its business. At 68x TTM revenue, the valuation is way up in the clouds. <br></span></p><p></p><section class="figure"><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/165/623/original/Annual-Recurring-Revenue-ARR_chartbuilder.png?1602902386" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="165623"></figure></section><p></p></section>

freee (4478 JP)  provides cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and individuals.  Freee serves over 220,000 clients with an annualized recurring revenue of around $80m.  In the year ended June, revenue grew 53% YoY. There is a huge opportunity to grow in the nascent cloud accounting market in Japan. With a strong and well-incentivised management team, Freee is well placed to build a strong moat around its business. At 68x TTM revenue, the valuation is way up in the clouds.  

Small Cap Growth: Freee (4478) - Counting Clouds

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/money-forward-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25919:1" rel="noopener">Money Forward (3994 JP)</a> provides online accounting software for Japan's SMEs, providing all of the time-saving tools that small business owners need to grow. It is the Japanese version of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xero-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:390:1" rel="noopener">Xero Ltd (XRO AU)</a> or Quickbooks by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intuit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8235:1" rel="noopener">Intuit Inc (INTU US)</a> </li>
<li>Money Forward (MF) and its domestic peer <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/freee-kk" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28424:1" rel="noopener">freee (4478 JP)</a> dominate the Japanese online market, which is growing in the region of 60-70% YoY.</li>
<li>There is a huge addressable market with low online penetration. MF has the potential to build a strong competitive moat, in the absence of the global majors.</li>
<li>Today, MF looks similar to Xero in 2013. If MF follows the same growth trajectory, investors could be looking at a 9-bagger.  </li>
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Money Forward (3994 JP) provides online accounting software for Japan's SMEs, providing all of the time-saving tools that small business owners need to grow. It is the Japanese version of Xero Ltd (XRO AU) or Quickbooks by Intuit Inc (INTU US) 
Money Forward (MF) and its domestic peer freee (4478 JP) dominate the Japanese online market, which is growing in the region of 60-70% YoY.
There is a huge addressable market with low online penetration. MF has the potential to build a strong competitive moat, in the absence of the global majors.
Today, MF looks similar to Xero in 2013. If MF follows the same growth trajectory, investors could be looking at a 9-bagger.  


Small Cap Growth: Money Forward (3994) - Be Audit You Can Be

United Kingdom

Playtech plc develops unified software platforms and content for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry.  The Company's gaming applications include casino, poker, bingo, sports betting, live gaming, casual and fixed odds games.

GB Group plc develops, sells, and supports business application software.  The Company also provides database management and analysis services, as well as licenses technology.

Kape Technologies PLC provide software solutions. The Company offers security platform to protect from online snoopers, malware, and infected files, as well as solves driver and software problems. Kape Technologies serves customers globally.

Learning Technologies Group plc provides various e-learning services and technologies to corporate and government clients in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Rest of Europe, the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company produces interactive multimedia programmes. It also engages in mobile e-learning, bespoke e-learning, and educational games businesses, as well as operates employee benefit trust. In addition, the company provides gomo learning, a software as a service, which offers clients solution for creating, hosting, updating, and tracking their multi-device learning content, as well as Rustici Software that connects learning software for organizations and vendors. Learning Technologies Group plc was founded in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

FD Technologies PLC provides products and consulting services. The Company offers services encompass consultancy, custom software, systems integration, training, and web designing. FD Technologies serves finance, technology, and energy institutions worldwide.

Idox plc, through its subsidiaries, develops and supplies software solutions and information services for the management of local governments and other organizations worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Public Sector Software and Engineering Information Management. The Public Sector Software segment provides tools to access and manage information and knowledge, documents and content, business processes, and workflow, as well as connecting directly with the citizen through the Web for public-sector organizations. This segment also offers elections management solutions; and decision support content services, such as grants and plans policy information, and corporate compliance services. The Engineering Information Management segment provides engineering document control and project collaboration services to oil and gas, architecture and construction, mining, utilities, pharmaceutical and transportation industries. The company also provides software-as-a-service; integrated intelligence solutions for the management and control of traffic and public transport networks; and digital consultancy services, as well as managed and hosted services, and domain specific solutions. Idox plc was incorporated in 2000 and is based in Reading, the United Kingdom.

dotdigital Group Plc provides intuitive software as a service technology and tools to digital marketing professionals in the United Kingdom. It primarily offers dotMailer, an email and cross-channel marketing automation platform that enables marketers to create, manage, execute, and evaluate targeted campaigns. The company also provides email marketing consultancy and managed services through integrated, multi-channel engagement, conversion, acquisition, and retention; and Web based marketing services to other businesses. dotdigital Group Plc was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Tracsis plc, together with its subsidiaries, provides software, hardware, and associated technology led professional services for resource optimization, rail management, data capture, and reporting. The company provides TRACS-RS, a rolling stock planning software; TrainTRACS and FreightTRACS, which are train crew diagramming software; TRACSRoster, a train crew rostering software; and COMPASS, a performance and safety software. It also offers condition monitoring services, including SA380, a data logger for railway level crossing, interlocking, and monitoring applications; SA380TX, an industrial data acquisition unit for rail applications; SA380TX-L, a data acquisition system designed to connect trackside asset to server-based supervisory and diagnostics systems; and Centrix, a graphical replay and fault prevention software. In addition, the company provides traffic and data services, such as collection, collation, and analytical services of traffic and passenger/customer data within rail, traffic, and pedestrian environments; and data capture and data entry services. Further, it offers rail consultancy and related professional services in the areas of network planning and management, timetable development and performance modelling, rolling stock diagramming, train crew diagramming, and rostering. The company serves transport operators, transport authorities, and infrastructure operators, as well as other engineering/infrastructure companies in the United Kingdom, Australia, and rest of the world. Tracsis plc was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom.

Netcall plc designs, develops, sells, and markets communications, workforce management, and business process management software and services to the healthcare, public, and private sectors in the United Kingdom and internationally. It offers multichannel contact center solutions, including response management, IVR and speech recognition, call back and queue management, unified agent desktop, wallboard reporting, streamlined and integrated workflows and systems, and automated and personalized bi-directional process driven communication and alerts. The company also provides workforce optimization solutions, such as workforce management, quality management, agent evaluation, screen and voice recording, customer survey, and speech analytics, as well as resource management services; and customer and patient self-services through assisted channels comprising email, Web forms, two way SMS, live chat, Web chat, social chat, call back, and social media. In addition, it offers case, records, and document management; patient appointment management cycle; and interactive voice response payment solutions, as well as front desk operator services. Further, the company provides professional, deployment, and support services. Netcall plc was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Hemel Hempstead, the United Kingdom.

Bango PLC develops, markets, and sells technology to enable mobile phone users to make payments for digital content and media on smartphones and tablets. The company offers Bango Payment Platform, a carrier billing solution; Bango Grid that enables the planning, launch, and management of app store carrier billing; and Bango Boost, a measurement and comparative analysis technology that enables maximizing billing revenues by analyzing how payment conversion rates can be increased. It also provides Bango Dashboard, an online analytics tool, which offers a unified view of carrier billing performance to various app stores or operators; Bango 24/7, a comparative monitoring system; and Bango Care for fast customer query resolution. The company operates in the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Indonesia, and internationally. Bango PLC was founded in 1999 and is based in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Xero Limited offers an online accounting system.  The software features bank transaction importing, a cashbook, a general ledger, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial reporting, and management of expense claims.

CAPCOM CO., LTD. develops consumer video game software.  The Company also develops, manufactures, markets, and leases arcade game machines.  Capcom also operates amusement facilities.

Aspen Technology, Inc. provides software solutions. The Company offers asset optimization software that optimizes asset design, operations, and maintenance in complex, industrial environments to enable organizations to meet their business goals for sustainability and profitability. Aspen Technology serves customers worldwide.

Paycom Software Inc provides cloud-based HCM software solution delivered as Software-as-a-Service.  The Company provides functionality and data analytics that businesses need to manage the complete employment life cycle from recruitment to retirement.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. develops, markets and supports a range of software and hardware products and services for information technology (IT) security and offers its customers a network and gateway security solutions, data and endpoint security solutions and management solutions.

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. develops and markets computer software for financial services providers.  The software enables trading and modeling, portfolio management and reporting, accounting, performance measurement, reconciliation, reporting, processing, and clearing.

Manhattan Associates, Inc. provides information technology solutions for distribution centers.  The solutions are designed to enable the efficient movement of goods through the supply chain.  The Company's solutions optimize the receipt, storage, and distribution of inventory, as well as manage equipment and personnel within a distribution center.

Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd. provides comprehensive information technology solutions to the financial services industry worldwide. The Company provides transaction processing and accounting software for banks, investment managers and mutual funds. Oracle Financial also provides internet delivery of financial services as well as business intelligence and analytical applications.

Globant S.A. is a software solutions company. The Company provides engineering, design, and innovation services for clients throughout North America and Europe.

Konami Holdings Corporation provides digital entertainment, health and fitness and gaming products. The Company develops and sells video games, mobile games and computer games, gaming machines, pachislot and pachinko machines, and fitness machines as well as operates health and fitness clubs.

The Sage Group plc is a software publishing company. The Group develops, publishes and distributes accounting and payroll software for personal computer systems. Via its subsidiaries, Sage also maintains a registered user database which provides a market for their related products and services, including computer forms, software support contracts, program upgrades and training.

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Softcat PLC: Record Overweight as UK Managers Buy In

UK active long-only fund exposure in Softcat PLC has hit record highs as it approaches the boundaries of FTSE 100 inclusion.

Steven Holden

Elmo Software (ELO AU)’s Scheme Meeting on 30 January

This is a done deal. At the last close price and for the 23 February 2023 payment, the gross and annualised spread is 1.9% and 10.9%, respectively.

Arun George

Technology One: Our Top SaaS Pick From APAC

Although the share seems a bit elevated at the moment, we feel that Technology One should be worth following among long-term, quality-focused...

Steven Chen

Small Cap Growth: Freee (4478) - Counting Clouds

Small Cap Growth: Freee is Japan's number one provider of cloud accounting software. Early stage growth with large TAM. Visionary management team;...

Mark Chadwick

Small Cap Growth: Money Forward (3994) - Be Audit You Can Be

Money Forward (3994 JP) is the Japanese

Mark Chadwick

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