Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group has a grand ambition to invest in the global gaming industry. It recently announced that it will invest US$37.8 billion in the global gaming industry.</li>
<li>There has been a sharp appreciation of the USD and Riyal versus JPY which could help to accelerate more M&amp;As of Japanese game companies by SGG.</li>
<li>Saudi Arabia's aggressive push to expand into the global gaming industry could aid this sector in the coming months as it could result in further major M&amp;As in this sector.</li>
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Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group has a grand ambition to invest in the global gaming industry. It recently announced that it will invest US$37.8 billion in the global gaming industry.
There has been a sharp appreciation of the USD and Riyal versus JPY which could help to accelerate more M&amp;As of Japanese game companies by SGG.
Saudi Arabia's aggressive push to expand into the global gaming industry could aid this sector in the coming months as it could result in further major M&amp;As in this sector.


Saudi Arabia Gaming: Plans to Invest $38 Billion in Global Game Industry

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
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Communication Services allocations among active Global managers are at their lowest levels on record.</li>
<li>Average weights stand at an all-time low of 7.12%, having broken out of a decade long range of between 8% - 10% towards the end of 2021.</li>
<li>Activision Blizzard suffered the worst of the position closures, alongside Meta Platforms, Tencent and Nintendo Co Ltd.</li>
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Communication Services allocations among active Global managers are at their lowest levels on record.
Average weights stand at an all-time low of 7.12%, having broken out of a decade long range of between 8% - 10% towards the end of 2021.
Activision Blizzard suffered the worst of the position closures, alongside Meta Platforms, Tencent and Nintendo Co Ltd.


Global Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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 Bottom-Up

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<li>Revenue grew by 13% YoY in 2Q22 in spite of headwind.</li>
<li>The company actively expanded outside China to bypass the domestic license shortage.</li>
<li>We believe the stock has an upside of 52% for the end of 2023.</li>
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Revenue grew by 13% YoY in 2Q22 in spite of headwind.
The company actively expanded outside China to bypass the domestic license shortage.
We believe the stock has an upside of 52% for the end of 2023.


NetEase (9999 HK): 2Q22, Grew Healthily in Spite of Headwind, 52% Upside

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

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<li>Roblox initially fell 17% on earnings, but ended the week up 8%... why? Third party data is driving stock price action.</li>
<li>Reacceleration of DAUs, engagement, and bookings is beginning to play out...bullish ST.</li>
<li>LT EBITDA margins are anyone's guess right now, which makes the coming 9/9 Analyst Day an important catalyst to frame up the size and margin impact of TAM extensions.</li>
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Roblox initially fell 17% on earnings, but ended the week up 8%... why? Third party data is driving stock price action.
Reacceleration of DAUs, engagement, and bookings is beginning to play out...bullish ST.
LT EBITDA margins are anyone's guess right now, which makes the coming 9/9 Analyst Day an important catalyst to frame up the size and margin impact of TAM extensions.


Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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>Reuters and several other news media outlets reported that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> is looking to raise its stake in French game publisher Ubisoft as it seeks to expand overseas.</li>
<li>Tencent owns approx. 5.0% of Ubisoft which was acquired in 2018 and is said to have reached out to the founding family Guillemot to buy a stake from their ownership.</li>
<li>As we mentioned in our previous insight, Tencent has been excluded for the fourth time from new game approvals which had impacted its online games biz.</li>
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Reuters and several other news media outlets reported that Tencent (700 HK) is looking to raise its stake in French game publisher Ubisoft as it seeks to expand overseas.
Tencent owns approx. 5.0% of Ubisoft which was acquired in 2018 and is said to have reached out to the founding family Guillemot to buy a stake from their ownership.
As we mentioned in our previous insight, Tencent has been excluded for the fourth time from new game approvals which had impacted its online games biz.


Tencent Looking to Raise Its Stake in Ubisoft at a Huge Premium

United States

Activision Blizzard, Inc. publishes, develops, and distributes interactive entertainment software and peripheral products. The Company's products cover diverse game categories, including action/adventure, action sports, racing, role playing, simulation, first-person action, music-based gaming and strategy.

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Saudi Arabia Gaming: Plans to Invest $38 Billion in Global Game Industry

Saudi Arabia's Savvy Games Group has a grand ambition to invest in the global gaming industry. It recently announced that it will invest US$37.8...

Douglas Kim

Global Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record

Selling in Activision Blizzard, Meta Platforms, Tencent and Nintendo Co Ltd force Communication Services allocations to their lowest levels on record.

Steven Holden

NetEase (9999 HK): 2Q22, Grew Healthily in Spite of Headwind, 52% Upside

Revenue grew by 13% YoY in 2Q22 in spite of headwind. The company actively expand outside China to bypass the domestic license shortage. We believe...

Ming Lu

Roblox 2Q22: 15% or 35% EBITDA Margins?

Roblox had a largely bullish quarter, with monetization and engagement metrics starting to show promised acceleration. Key will be 9/9/22 analyst...

Aaron Gabin

Tencent Looking to Raise Its Stake in Ubisoft at a Huge Premium

Tencent is looking to raise its stake in Ubisoft as it seeks to expand overseas. Stake increase would help Tencent expand into console gaming,...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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