Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Japan/Asia Long-Short

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Toyota-plans-to-make-record-11m-cars-in-fiscal-year-starting-April" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Nikkei is reporting</a> that Toyota has set internal production targets of 11m units for the fiscal year ending March 2023. </li>
<li>That would imply a more than 20% YoY increase in production volumes. </li>
<li>And that in turn is very positive news not just for Toyota but for several other auto-related names.</li>
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 The Nikkei is reporting that Toyota has set internal production targets of 11m units for the fiscal year ending March 2023. 
That would imply a more than 20% YoY increase in production volumes. 
And that in turn is very positive news not just for Toyota but for several other auto-related names.


Toyota – 11m Unit Production Target Is a Positive Surprise

Event-Driven

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<li>A positive earnings surprise for Fast Retailing and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard hitting Sony have hurt the performance of our skew trade. </li>
<li>Despite this, the dramatic fall in the Nikkei means it is now outperforming the Nikkei since we first suggested the trade. </li>
<li>Looking forward we expect recent volatility to be absorbed over time and we retain conviction on our picks.</li>
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A positive earnings surprise for Fast Retailing and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard hitting Sony have hurt the performance of our skew trade. 
Despite this, the dramatic fall in the Nikkei means it is now outperforming the Nikkei since we first suggested the trade. 
Looking forward we expect recent volatility to be absorbed over time and we retain conviction on our picks.


TOPIX-Nikkei Skew Trade Hit by Sony and Fast Retailing but Outperforming Nikkei

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Tesla sold more cars in China in Q4 2021 than anywhere in the world. </li>
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Model Y ramp-up continues, until it doesn't, while Model 3 struggles even harder to keep up. </li>
<li>Also true: Tesla is still losing market share in China—and every other key market.</li>
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Tesla sold more cars in China in Q4 2021 than anywhere in the world. 

Model Y ramp-up continues, until it doesn't, while Model 3 struggles even harder to keep up. 
Also true: Tesla is still losing market share in China—and every other key market.


Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Today the TSE announced its long-awaited segmentation of the 3,777 stocks listed on the five major venues, and where they will move on 4 April 2022. </li>
<li>TSE1 represented just under 98% of Japan's float market cap as of today's close. As some TSE1 members will move to TSE Standard, TSE Prime will represent 97+%. </li>
<li>There are tiny changes to TOPIX because of the moves - roughly 3bp of flow per quarter starting Oct 2022. The FFW Model Revision will be far more interesting.</li>
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Today the TSE announced its long-awaited segmentation of the 3,777 stocks listed on the five major venues, and where they will move on 4 April 2022. 
TSE1 represented just under 98% of Japan's float market cap as of today's close. As some TSE1 members will move to TSE Standard, TSE Prime will represent 97+%. 
There are tiny changes to TOPIX because of the moves - roughly 3bp of flow per quarter starting Oct 2022. The FFW Model Revision will be far more interesting.


TSE Announces Market Structure Revisions: Still Much Ado About Nothing

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Nippon Paint Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>A group of shareholders of Nippon Paint Holdings, plan to raise around US$1.4bn via selling nearly 6% of the stock.</li>
<li>The shares haven’t done much this year and despite having corrected by around 40% since the start of 2021, they are trading just about inline with analyst average target price.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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A group of shareholders of Nippon Paint Holdings, plan to raise around US$1.4bn via selling nearly 6% of the stock.
The shares haven’t done much this year and despite having corrected by around 40% since the start of 2021, they are trading just about inline with analyst average target price.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Paint Holdings Placement - Nothing Particularly Exciting, Needs to Correct

Japan

Toyota Motor Corporation manufactures, sells, leases, and repairs passenger cars, trucks, buses, and their related parts worldwide. The Company also operates financing services through their subsidiaries. Toyota Motor builds homes, produces pleasure boats, and develops intelligent transportation systems including radar cruise control and electronic toll collection systems.

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Toyota – 11m Unit Production Target Is a Positive Surprise

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Mio Kato

TOPIX-Nikkei Skew Trade Hit by Sony and Fast Retailing but Outperforming Nikkei

Volatility in Fast Retailing and Sony have hurt the performance of our skew trade but looking forward we expect recent volatility to be absorbed...

Mio Kato

Tesla's China Syndrome Will Spread

Tesla sold more cars in China in Q4 2021 than anywhere in the world. Model Y ramp-up continues, until it doesn't, while Model 3 struggles even...

Vicki Bryan

TSE Announces Market Structure Revisions: Still Much Ado About Nothing

The TSE today set the allocation of companies to the new TSE market structure segments. There are few surprises. Lots of noise, little change....

Travis Lundy

Nippon Paint Holdings Placement - Nothing Particularly Exciting, Needs to Correct

A group of shareholders of Nippon Paint Holdings, plan to raise around US$1.4bn via selling nearly 6% of the stock. In this note, we will talk...

Sumeet Singh

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