Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swire-pacific-ltd-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10433:1" rel="noopener">Swire Pacific (19 HK)</a> has <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2022/0811/2022081100273.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> a "small" buyback at HK$4bn, but it is a material portion of ADV.  </li>
<li>What remains unknown is how the buyback will be split.  The split will only be known once buyback volumes are announced. </li>
<li>Swire is trading cheap at a look-through forward P/B of 0.28x compared to its five-year average of 0.38x, and the two-year average pre-Covid of 0.48x. </li>
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Swire Pacific (19 HK) has announced a "small" buyback at HK$4bn, but it is a material portion of ADV.  
What remains unknown is how the buyback will be split.  The split will only be known once buyback volumes are announced. 
Swire is trading cheap at a look-through forward P/B of 0.28x compared to its five-year average of 0.38x, and the two-year average pre-Covid of 0.48x. 


Swire A/​​B (19 HK /​​ 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme

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

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited (CDF) is gearing up to launch Hong Kong’s largest listing so far this year, with a reported deal size of around US$2-3bn.</li>
<li>Prior to the deal launch, we’ve had a quick look at the A/H premium, subscription and past performance of some of the earlier A/H listings.</li>
<li>Overall, most of the recent A/H listings haven’t done much over the first month.</li>
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China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited (CDF) is gearing up to launch Hong Kong’s largest listing so far this year, with a reported deal size of around US$2-3bn.
Prior to the deal launch, we’ve had a quick look at the A/H premium, subscription and past performance of some of the earlier A/H listings.
Overall, most of the recent A/H listings haven’t done much over the first month.


Past A/H Listings Performance - Most of the Deals Haven’t Done Much

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Kuaishou Technology Co. Ltd., the operator of China’s second-largest short video app, unveiled the new video cloud brand StreamLake and a self-developed intelligent video processing chip Wednesday in key moves to expand its business</li><li>The launch of StreamLake, the first enterprise-facing product from Kuaishou, marks the short-video platform operator’s official entry into the cloud services market and a shift from its original consumer-focused businesses</li><li>StreamLake will provide artificial intelligence-powered video creation and distribution solutions for corporate clients, Kuaishou said.</li></ul>

Kuaishou Technology Co. Ltd., the operator of China’s second-largest short video app, unveiled the new video cloud brand StreamLake and a self-developed intelligent video processing chip Wednesday in key moves to expand its businessThe launch of StreamLake, the first enterprise-facing product from Kuaishou, marks the short-video platform operator’s official entry into the cloud services market and a shift from its original consumer-focused businessesStreamLake will provide artificial intelligence-powered video creation and distribution solutions for corporate clients, Kuaishou said.

Kuaishou Dives Into Cloud Services and Chipmaking

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Five things to know about China’s scandal-struck chip industry ‘big fund’</li><li>Force remains ‘last resort’ for reunifying Taiwan, Beijing white paper says</li><li>Hong Kong to shorten quarantine for mainland travelers</li></ul>

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CX Daily: Five Things to Know About China’s Scandal-Struck Chip Industry ‘Big Fund’

Travis Lundy

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<li>Softbank today <a href="https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20220810" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the stories circulating about Softbank having hedged a decent portion - 200+mm shares - of its BABA position were true. </li>
<li>The market expectation had been that these pre-paid forwards would be held for another two years. The announcement today is that they will be physically settled early. </li>
<li>This means the entire accounting effect - worth ¥4.6trln - will hit the income statement (and balance sheet) in the current quarter. There are investment and index implications</li>
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Softbank today confirmed that the stories circulating about Softbank having hedged a decent portion - 200+mm shares - of its BABA position were true. 
The market expectation had been that these pre-paid forwards would be held for another two years. The announcement today is that they will be physically settled early. 
This means the entire accounting effect - worth ¥4.6trln - will hit the income statement (and balance sheet) in the current quarter. There are investment and index implications


Softbank Confirms BABA Selldown - Big Changes on Softie's Balance Sheet and BABA Index Implications

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Swire A/B (19 HK / 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme

I continue to tilt bullish on Swire Pac. ~45% discount is unreasonably wide given its tendency to historically trade in the low-to-mid twenties....

David Blennerhassett

Past A/H Listings Performance - Most of the Deals Haven’t Done Much

China Tourism is gearing up to launch Hong Kong’s largest listing so far this year, with a reported deal size of around US$2-3bn. Ahead of its...

Sumeet Singh

Kuaishou Dives Into Cloud Services and Chipmaking

Kuaishou Technology Co. Ltd., the operator of China’s second-largest short video app, unveiled the new video cloud brand StreamLake and a self...

Caixin Global

CX Daily: Five Things to Know About China’s Scandal-Struck Chip Industry ‘Big Fund’

Five things to know about China’s scandal-struck chip industry ‘big fund’. Force remains ‘last resort’ for reunifying Taiwan, Beijing white paper says

Caixin Global

Softbank Confirms BABA Selldown - Big Changes on Softie's Balance Sheet and BABA Index Implications

Softbank today announced it would early-terminate pre-paid forwards (hedges against 242mm BABA ADRs). This has accounting effects. And index...

Travis Lundy

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Swire A/​​B (19 HK /​​ 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme

I continue to tilt bullish on Swire Pac. ~45% discount is unreasonably wide given its tendency to historically trade in the low-to-mid twenties....

David Blennerhassett

Past A/H Listings Performance - Most of the Deals Haven’t Done Much

China Tourism is gearing up to launch Hong Kong’s largest listing so far this year, with a reported deal size of around US$2-3bn. Ahead of its...

Sumeet Singh

Kuaishou Dives Into Cloud Services and Chipmaking

Kuaishou Technology Co. Ltd., the operator of China’s second-largest short video app, unveiled the new video cloud brand StreamLake and a self...

Caixin Global

CX Daily: Five Things to Know About China’s Scandal-Struck Chip Industry ‘Big Fund’

Five things to know about China’s scandal-struck chip industry ‘big fund’. Force remains ‘last resort’ for reunifying Taiwan, Beijing white paper says

Caixin Global

Softbank Confirms BABA Selldown - Big Changes on Softie's Balance Sheet and BABA Index Implications

Softbank today announced it would early-terminate pre-paid forwards (hedges against 242mm BABA ADRs). This has accounting effects. And index...

Travis Lundy

Swire A/B (19 HK / 87 HK)'s BIG Buyback Programme