Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We compare how a portfolio composed of our top five picks in each of our thematic reports based on datamining technical publications would have performed versus Indices</li>
<li>The size of outperformance for various periods suggests that incorporating innovation quality index that we use to rank companies can be a solid tool to generate alpha.   </li>
<li>We understand that much of the outperformance is generated by positive skew but even backing out the largest two contributors we see solid outperformance.</li>
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We compare how a portfolio composed of our top five picks in each of our thematic reports based on datamining technical publications would have performed versus Indices
The size of outperformance for various periods suggests that incorporating innovation quality index that we use to rank companies can be a solid tool to generate alpha.   
We understand that much of the outperformance is generated by positive skew but even backing out the largest two contributors we see solid outperformance.


A Look at How a Portfolio Composed of Our Top Five Innovators in Each Report Would Have Performed

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 / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited (CDF) raised around US$2.4bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong, after pricing its IPO at HKD158/share.</li>
<li>As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, CDF had 92.3% market share by retail revenue in China duty-free merchandise sales in 2020.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal pricing and the trading dynamics.</li>
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China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited (CDF) raised around US$2.4bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong, after pricing its IPO at HKD158/share.
As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, CDF had 92.3% market share by retail revenue in China duty-free merchandise sales in 2020.
In this note, we talk about the deal pricing and the trading dynamics.


China Tourism Group A/H Trading - Decent Support from Long-Only but Minimal Retail Participation

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>At last Friday's close, the Amorepacific Group (002790 KS) stub deserves our attention as it is in a diversion at a -1.58σ on a 20D moving average.</li>
<li>Recent valuation trends and institutional flows also do not show anything unusual. So the current diversion between them should be seen as a temporary distortion.</li>
<li>Amorepacific reacts more sensitively than AmoreG in the event of a lower-than-expected result on the 2Q earnings release. So now may be the right entry time to target reversion trading.</li>
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At last Friday's close, the Amorepacific Group (002790 KS) stub deserves our attention as it is in a diversion at a -1.58σ on a 20D moving average.
Recent valuation trends and institutional flows also do not show anything unusual. So the current diversion between them should be seen as a temporary distortion.
Amorepacific reacts more sensitively than AmoreG in the event of a lower-than-expected result on the 2Q earnings release. So now may be the right entry time to target reversion trading.


Amorepacific Stub: Reversion Trading on Current Diversion Ahead of 2Q Earnings Release

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>We discuss two positive factors pushing greater demand for Korean preference stocks (value &amp; new government) offset by one major negative factor (market liquidity) this year. </li>
<li>The 28 common shares are on average down 17% YTD versus their preference counterparts which are down on average 17.3% YTD.</li>
<li>The sharp increases in common vs preference shares on Amorepacific Corp, Hotel Shilla, and LG H&amp;H last month may be a bit excessive and the gaps are likely to narrow.  </li>
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We discuss two positive factors pushing greater demand for Korean preference stocks (value &amp; new government) offset by one major negative factor (market liquidity) this year. 
The 28 common shares are on average down 17% YTD versus their preference counterparts which are down on average 17.3% YTD.
The sharp increases in common vs preference shares on Amorepacific Corp, Hotel Shilla, and LG H&amp;H last month may be a bit excessive and the gaps are likely to narrow.  


Korean Prefs Vs Common: Closing the Gaps on Select Stocks

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>There were 128k visitors to South Korea in April, up 32% MoM which was the biggest jump in MoM change in visitors to South Korea in the past year.</li>
<li>There were 215k outbound people from South Korea in April 2022, up 48% MoM and up 202% YoY.</li>
<li>Among the 21 major reopening plays in Korea, we prefer certain sectors including casino related plays (GKL, Paradise, and Kangwon Land) as well as F&amp;B related (Hitejinro and CJ Cheiljedang).</li>
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There were 128k visitors to South Korea in April, up 32% MoM which was the biggest jump in MoM change in visitors to South Korea in the past year.
There were 215k outbound people from South Korea in April 2022, up 48% MoM and up 202% YoY.
Among the 21 major reopening plays in Korea, we prefer certain sectors including casino related plays (GKL, Paradise, and Kangwon Land) as well as F&amp;B related (Hitejinro and CJ Cheiljedang).


Significant MoM Increase in Inbound & Outbound Visitors in Korea in April 2022

South Korea

Amorepacific Corp. develops, manufactures, and exports skin care, make-up, and fragrance products. The Company also produces and markets personal care and health-related products, such as shampoos, soaps, toothpastes, and health teas.

Amorepacific Corp (Preferred) (090435 KS)

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Amorepacific Corp (Preferred) (090435 KS)

A Look at How a Portfolio Composed of Our Top Five Innovators in Each Report Would Have Performed

Our datamining reports ranks companies within thematic based on innovation quality. We see strong outperformance in a portfolio built using the top...

Pyari Menon

China Tourism Group A/H Trading - Decent Support from Long-Only but Minimal Retail Participation

China Tourism Group Duty Free Corporation Limited (CDF) raised around US$2.4bn in its H-share listing in Hong Kong, after pricing its IPO at HKD158...

Sumeet Singh

Amorepacific Stub: Reversion Trading on Current Diversion Ahead of 2Q Earnings Release

This post examines the current price diversion of the Amorepacific stub and discusses the entry timing for reversion trading ahead of the 2Q...

Sanghyun Park

Korean Prefs Vs Common: Closing the Gaps on Select Stocks

We discuss two positive factors pushing greater demand for Korean preference stocks (value & new government) offset by one major negative factor...

Douglas Kim

Significant MoM Increase in Inbound & Outbound Visitors in Korea in April 2022

There were 128k visitors to South Korea in April, up 32% MoM. There were 215k outbound people from South Korea in April 2022, up 48% MoM.

Douglas Kim

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