ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a> results were in line but given a slow down in gaming and bearish guidance partly with India ban on FreeFire, the stock was sold off aggressively.</li>
<li>Strong performance from e-commerce and digital financial services was ignored, with improving take rates in core markets and comments on impending profitability overlooked, with hardly a mention in press commentary. </li>
<li>The risk for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a> is squarely on the upside with valuations now looking attractive, trading at a discount to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mercadolibre-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27954:1" rel="noopener">MercadoLibre (MELI US)</a> despite its broader footprint.</li>
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Sea Ltd (SE US) results were in line but given a slow down in gaming and bearish guidance partly with India ban on FreeFire, the stock was sold off aggressively.
Strong performance from e-commerce and digital financial services was ignored, with improving take rates in core markets and comments on impending profitability overlooked, with hardly a mention in press commentary. 
The risk for Sea Ltd (SE US) is squarely on the upside with valuations now looking attractive, trading at a discount to MercadoLibre (MELI US) despite its broader footprint.


Sea Ltd (SE US) - Leaning Towards Profitability and Sustainability

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

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<li>NIO announced that it would look to list in the HK by way of introduction with trading set to begin on 10th March 2022.</li>
<li>Unlike a secondary or a dual primary listing, there will be no new capital raised and there will be no secondary shares sold either.</li>
<li>In this note we take a quick look at the deal dynamics.</li>
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NIO announced that it would look to list in the HK by way of introduction with trading set to begin on 10th March 2022.
Unlike a secondary or a dual primary listing, there will be no new capital raised and there will be no secondary shares sold either.
In this note we take a quick look at the deal dynamics.


Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

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<li>The March rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI and HSTECH indices will use today's closing prices to cap the index constituents at 8%. This will lead to large flows.</li>
<li>The largest inflows will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (9988 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29043:1" rel="noopener">JD.com Inc. (9618 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nongfu-spring" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28955:1" rel="noopener">Nongfu Spring (9633 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-auto-inc-3dbe6187-544f-40dd-b9f9-72fba9c0110e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33811:1" rel="noopener">Li Auto (2015 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lenovo-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13359:1" rel="noopener">Lenovo (992 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>The largest outflows will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hsbc-holdings-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:516:1" rel="noopener">HSBC Holdings (5 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-kuaishou-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29725:1" rel="noopener">Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-construction-bank-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45:1" rel="noopener">China Construction Bank H (939 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tongcheng-elong-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27363:1" rel="noopener">Tongcheng-Elong Holdings Ltd (780 HK)</a>.</li>
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The March rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI and HSTECH indices will use today's closing prices to cap the index constituents at 8%. This will lead to large flows.
The largest inflows will be on Alibaba Group (9988 HK), JD.com Inc. (9618 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Nongfu Spring (9633 HK), Li Auto (2015 HK) and Lenovo (992 HK). 
The largest outflows will be on HSBC Holdings (5 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK), China Construction Bank H (939 HK) and Tongcheng-Elong Holdings Ltd (780 HK).


HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH: March Rebalance Flows Post Capping

SBI Sumishin Net Bank  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO.</li>
<li>SSNB is a Japanese digital bank set up as a 50-50 joint venture between Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Japan’s largest trust bank, and SBI Group, a financial services firm. </li>
<li>The deal, if successful, would be Japan’s first online-only bank to go public. In this note, we compare the company with some of its peers.</li>
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SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO.
SSNB is a Japanese digital bank set up as a 50-50 joint venture between Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Japan’s largest trust bank, and SBI Group, a financial services firm. 
The deal, if successful, would be Japan’s first online-only bank to go public. In this note, we compare the company with some of its peers.


SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest but Also One of the Slowest

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/life-insurance-corp-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28829:1" rel="noopener">Life Insurance Corp of India (1248Z IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbi-sumishin-net-bank" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34572:1" rel="noopener">SBI Sumishin Net Bank (7163 JP)</a> are the big listing still on the anvil.</li>
<li>Placement scene continues to remain quiet, with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ctos-digital-bhd-864e4e66-1924-4eaf-a112-064012e11042" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33776:1" rel="noopener">CTOS Digital Bhd (CTOS MK)</a> being the only large one.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Life Insurance Corp of India (1248Z IN) and SBI Sumishin Net Bank (7163 JP) are the big listing still on the anvil.
Placement scene continues to remain quiet, with CTOS Digital Bhd (CTOS MK) being the only large one.


ECM Weekly (27th Feb 2022) - LIC, SBI Sumishin, Farm Fresh, Yunkang, Shanghai Pulse, Jinmao, IDP Edu

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Alibaba Group Holding (BABA US)

Sea Ltd (SE US) - Leaning Towards Profitability and Sustainability

The risk for Sea Ltd looks to be squarely on the upside with valuations now looking attractive, trading at a discount to MercadoLibre (MELI US)...

Angus Mackintosh

NIO HK Listing - Ticking the Box

NIO announced that it would look to list in the HK by way of introduction with trading set to begin on 10th March 2022. In this note, we take a...

Sumeet Singh

HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH: March Rebalance Flows Post Capping

The March rebalance of the Hang Seng family of indexes will use todays closing price to cap the stocks. The one-way trade across the HS, HSCEI and...

Brian Freitas

SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest but Also One of the Slowest

SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO. In this note we undertake a peer comparison with some of...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (27th Feb 2022) - LIC, SBI Sumishin, Farm Fresh, Yunkang, Shanghai Pulse, Jinmao, IDP Edu

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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