Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The Global Emerging Markets weekly provides a summary of the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of the Global Emerging Markets equity indices.</li>
<li>In our final weekly for the year, we look back at 2022 to see which stocks, countries, and currencies out and underperformed in the Global Emerging Markets.</li>
<li>We also look forward to 2023F to see what’s expected for the major GEM economies next year.  </li>
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The Global Emerging Markets weekly provides a summary of the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of the Global Emerging Markets equity indices.
In our final weekly for the year, we look back at 2022 to see which stocks, countries, and currencies out and underperformed in the Global Emerging Markets.
We also look forward to 2023F to see what’s expected for the major GEM economies next year.  


External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<ul><li>NBS released (15 December) November online retail sales data.</li><li>YoY growth of online physical goods GMV slowed to 1.2% YoY amid soft consumption sentiment, but online retail sales penetration rate of physical goods reached 27.1% in 11M22 at a historical high, which we attribute to further constrained offline activities and further commerce adoption of new online format.</li><li>The high online penetration could sustain into December, in our view, as offline activities will remain constrained and continue to shift online.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

NBS released (15 December) November online retail sales data.YoY growth of online physical goods GMV slowed to 1.2% YoY amid soft consumption sentiment, but online retail sales penetration rate of physical goods reached 27.1% in 11M22 at a historical high, which we attribute to further constrained offline activities and further commerce adoption of new online format.The high online penetration could sustain into December, in our view, as offline activities will remain constrained and continue to shift online.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Internet – November Online Retail Sales Recap

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>This is our first report on Chinese internet giant, Pinduoduo.</li><li>In the past few months, various product categories of Pinduoduo, such as beauty and cosmetics, consumer electronics, and agriculture, have performed particularly well.</li><li>During the harvest festival, Pinduoduo worked with CCTV as well as assembled professors from China Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy for Agricultural Sciences to promote agricultural products.</li></ul>

This is our first report on Chinese internet giant, Pinduoduo.In the past few months, various product categories of Pinduoduo, such as beauty and cosmetics, consumer electronics, and agriculture, have performed particularly well.During the harvest festival, Pinduoduo worked with CCTV as well as assembled professors from China Agricultural University and the Chinese Academy for Agricultural Sciences to promote agricultural products.

Pinduoduo: Initiation of Coverage – Growth Story & Recent Developments

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history.</li>
<li>This was on back of the Aug 2022 agreement between PCAOB, CSRC and MOF, which was followed up with a Hong Kong visit by PCAOB officials over Sep-Nov 2022.</li>
<li>We wrote about this on 14th Dec 2022 and expected the results to be out on Friday (16th Dec), they have come out a day earlier than we expected.</li>
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Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history.
This was on back of the Aug 2022 agreement between PCAOB, CSRC and MOF, which was followed up with a Hong Kong visit by PCAOB officials over Sep-Nov 2022.
We wrote about this on 14th Dec 2022 and expected the results to be out on Friday (16th Dec), they have come out a day earlier than we expected.


China ADRs Delisting - Christmas Came a Day Earlier than We Expected - No Delisting Risk for Now

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

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<li>Chinese e-commerce companies have underperformed in the last couple of years with immense regulatory-pressure. Although, there’s been a resurgence lately, we are not expecting a complete change of fortunes next-year.</li>
<li>Regulatory crackdowns have already had their stab at curtailing Chinese e-commerce valuations but the effects of Common Prosperity and a State-Dominated-Economy will continue to impact the industry over-medium-long term.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, the Chinese economy looks fragile with high unemployment among youths and many local governments on the brink of bankruptcy.</li>
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Chinese e-commerce companies have underperformed in the last couple of years with immense regulatory-pressure. Although, there’s been a resurgence lately, we are not expecting a complete change of fortunes next-year.
Regulatory crackdowns have already had their stab at curtailing Chinese e-commerce valuations but the effects of Common Prosperity and a State-Dominated-Economy will continue to impact the industry over-medium-long term.
Meanwhile, the Chinese economy looks fragile with high unemployment among youths and many local governments on the brink of bankruptcy.


China E-Commerce 2023: Fortunes Unlikely To Change With China Moving To a State-Dominated Economy

China

PDD Holdings Inc. is a multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. The Company focuses on digital economy so that local communities and small businesses can benefit from the increased productivity and new opportunities. PDD Holdings has built a network of sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities for its underlying businesses.

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PDD Holdings (PDD US)

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Wium Malan, CFA

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The high online penetration could sustain into December, in our view, as offline activities will remain constrained and continue to shift online.

CMB International

Pinduoduo: Initiation of Coverage – Growth Story & Recent Developments

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Baptista Research

China ADRs Delisting - Christmas Came a Day Earlier than We Expected - No Delisting Risk for Now

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Sumeet Singh

China E-Commerce 2023: Fortunes Unlikely To Change With China Moving To a State-Dominated Economy

Even though there appears to be a revival in Chinese e-commerce stocks lately, driven by rigorous cost-cutting and hopes of ending Zero COVID, we...

Oshadhi Kumarasiri

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