External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

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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.

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<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Consumption sentiment and offline activities’ recovery pace continued to weigh on internet sector’s 3Q financials performance.</li><li>Looking into 4Q and 2023, business model robustness, operating leverage improvement, and ability to expand into new revenue streams will be the key stock alpha drivers, while the heavily under-owned China Internet sector will remain sensitive to policies and other sentiment related beta drivers.</li><li>We expect leading technology companies will play vital role in building digital infrastructure and empowering enterprise digital transformation. </li></ul></div></div></div></div><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>

Consumption sentiment and offline activities’ recovery pace continued to weigh on internet sector’s 3Q financials performance.Looking into 4Q and 2023, business model robustness, operating leverage improvement, and ability to expand into new revenue streams will be the key stock alpha drivers, while the heavily under-owned China Internet sector will remain sensitive to policies and other sentiment related beta drivers.We expect leading technology companies will play vital role in building digital infrastructure and empowering enterprise digital transformation. 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 Sector – 3Q22 preview: near term bumpy recovery

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<ul><li>TME will continue to focus on improving operating efficiency in 2H22 to combat macro uncertainty and intensifying competition in social entertainment sector.</li><li>We forecast total revenue to drop by 11.2% YoY to RMB27.7bn in 2022E, due to the soft performance of social entertainment and ad businesses, before recovering by 7.1/6.5% YoY to RMB29.7/31.7bn in 2023/2024E.</li><li>Although non- IFRS net profit was down by 16.1% YoY to RMB1.9bn in 1H22, we expect non- IFRS net profit to recover to 30.9% YoY to RMB2.4bn in 2H22E, driven by effective cost control initiatives and recovery of core music business.</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>

TME will continue to focus on improving operating efficiency in 2H22 to combat macro uncertainty and intensifying competition in social entertainment sector.We forecast total revenue to drop by 11.2% YoY to RMB27.7bn in 2022E, due to the soft performance of social entertainment and ad businesses, before recovering by 7.1/6.5% YoY to RMB29.7/31.7bn in 2023/2024E.Although non- IFRS net profit was down by 16.1% YoY to RMB1.9bn in 1H22, we expect non- IFRS net profit to recover to 30.9% YoY to RMB2.4bn in 2H22E, driven by effective cost control initiatives and recovery of core music business.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.

TME (TME US) – Resilience in the evolving industry

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Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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<li>TME’s shares are due to start trading on HKEx tomorrow once it carries out a secondary listing by introduction. The company neither issues new shares nor raise any proceeds.</li>
<li>The company’s earnings growth has started decelerating with having to end exclusive music licensing agreements with WMG, UMG and Sony Music a year ago as part of a SAMR probe.</li>
<li>TME’s 2Q2022 results show recovery in its earnings, however, we would recommend waiting until regulatory crackdown on tech platforms eases off.</li>
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TME’s shares are due to start trading on HKEx tomorrow once it carries out a secondary listing by introduction. The company neither issues new shares nor raise any proceeds.
The company’s earnings growth has started decelerating with having to end exclusive music licensing agreements with WMG, UMG and Sony Music a year ago as part of a SAMR probe.
TME’s 2Q2022 results show recovery in its earnings, however, we would recommend waiting until regulatory crackdown on tech platforms eases off.


Tencent Music – Earnings Show Recovery but Do Not Rush to Make an Entry

Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

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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>
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<em><strong>Macro data points:</strong></em> Chinese industrial production, retail sales, and fixed asset investment</li>
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<em><strong> Companies mentioned:</strong></em><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/netease" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29030:1" rel="noopener">NetEase (9999 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11230:1" rel="noopener">Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (2330 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-music-entertainment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27255:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Music (TME US)</a>
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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.

Macro data points: Chinese industrial production, retail sales, and fixed asset investment

 Companies mentioned:Tencent (700 HK), NetEase (9999 HK), Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (2330 TT), Tencent Music (TME US)



GEM Weekly (9 Sep 2022): China Macro Activity Data; Tencent, NetEase, TSMC, Tencent Music

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Tencent Music Entertainment operates an online music entertainment platform in China. The Company offers platform that comprises of online music, recording, music-centric live streaming enabling users to discover, listen, sing, watch, perform, and socialize music.

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China Internet Sector – 3Q22 preview: near term bumpy recovery

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CMB International

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TME will continue to focus on improving operating efficiency in 2H22 to combat macro uncertainty and intensifying competition in social...

CMB International

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Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

GEM Weekly (9 Sep 2022): China Macro Activity Data; Tencent, NetEase, TSMC, Tencent Music

The Global Emerging Markets weekly provides a summary of the key news and related developments impacting the largest countries and constituents of...

Wium Malan, CFA

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