Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

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

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/20224" target="_blank">Accordia Golf Trust (AGT SP)</a> has not been a great success story since its IPO in August 2014. The stock went to market at a unit price of 0.97 SGD and was recently traded at 0.53 SGD. If we include the dividends received since the IPO (0.2387 SGD) the '<em>real</em>' adjusted price is still only 0.76 SGD.</p><p>In the past we have attended several management meetings and the 2017 company AGM but were disappointed on multiple occasions by management that either 1) did not care, 2) did not know how or 3) was held back by other corporate Japanese factors from creating shareholder value.</p><p>Over the last six months several new developments are potentially creating a cocktail that could <em>finally </em>create sustained value for AGT unitholders:</p><ul>
<li>Appointment of new CFO who assures investors no repeat of “membership deposit debacle”</li>
<li>New five-year funding secured from two lenders</li>
<li>MBK Partners buys ORIX Golf Management</li>
<li>Value investor Hibiki Path Advisors buys 6.2% of the company</li>
<li>Clear focus on acquisitions and using its balance sheet strength</li>
</ul><p>With its 2019 financial year ending in March, investors can be hopeful that its dividend in FY20 can grow to a minimum of 5 SGD cents suggesting a yield of 9.5%. If management injects assets a higher DPU is possible.</p>

Accordia Golf Trust (AGT SP) has not been a great success story since its IPO in August 2014. The stock went to market at a unit price of 0.97 SGD and was recently traded at 0.53 SGD. If we include the dividends received since the IPO (0.2387 SGD) the 'real' adjusted price is still only 0.76 SGD.In the past we have attended several management meetings and the 2017 company AGM but were disappointed on multiple occasions by management that either 1) did not care, 2) did not know how or 3) was held back by other corporate Japanese factors from creating shareholder value.Over the last six months several new developments are potentially creating a cocktail that could finally create sustained value for AGT unitholders:
Appointment of new CFO who assures investors no repeat of “membership deposit debacle”
New five-year funding secured from two lenders
MBK Partners buys ORIX Golf Management
Value investor Hibiki Path Advisors buys 6.2% of the company
Clear focus on acquisitions and using its balance sheet strength
With its 2019 financial year ending in March, investors can be hopeful that its dividend in FY20 can grow to a minimum of 5 SGD cents suggesting a yield of 9.5%. If management injects assets a higher DPU is possible.

Accordia Golf Trust (AGT SP): MBK + ORIX + AGT = Time for Outperformance? 9.5% Dividend Yield

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist, LightStream Research

Campbell Gunn

'Quantamental' Japan Specialist

ja research

ja research is an independent research platform focused exclusively on Japanese equities. Leveraging data and graphic analysis provided by Japan Analytics, we provide insights on small and medium-sized companies that have been ignored by the sell-side as well as challenging conventional wisdom on larger companies. We also offer analyst and corporate access, the latter with translation if required. 

Quantitative Analysis

<div class="content-caption">
<figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/068/507/original/2018-11-02_10-20-29.png?1541121653" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="68507"></figure><p>Source: Japan Analytics</p>
<p>NB: companies are colour-coded by sector</p>
</div><p style="text-align: left;"><strong>28 YEARS OF NON-FINANCIAL MARKET LEADERSHIP</strong> - To offer some light relief from the current market, we have compiled a graphic illustrating the evolution in the ranking of the leading non-financial Japanese companies by market capitalisation measured at the end of each of the last 28 years.</p><p><strong>METHODOLOGY</strong> - Our comments follow in the detail below, but first a few notes:-</p><ul>
<li>In the interests of clarity (/sanity?), financials have been omitted. Twelve of the Top 20-ranked companies in 1990 were financials. However, only <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/742" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:742:1">Nomura (8604 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/6483" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6483:1">Aozora (8304 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16897" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16897:1">Shinsei (8303 JP)</a> have survived in their original corporate structure and have the same ticker code. Our chart would have otherwise have included the now-merged IBJ, Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Mitsubishi Bank, Sakura Bank, Sumitomo Bank, Tokai Bank, Sanwa Bank and Mitsubishi Trust Bank.  Excluded from the present-day Top 20 are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/218" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:218:1">Mitsubishi UFJ (8306 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/217" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:217:1">Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/838" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/359" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:359:1">Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/219" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:219:1">Mizuho Financial (8411 JP)</a> from the present day.</li>
<li>Only companies that were in the Top 20 in 1990 or 2018, as well as those companies that have been in the Top 10 for at least three of the last 28 years, have been included. </li>
<li>Two companies from 1990's Top 20 - Seibu Railway and Japan Airlines - have since been delisted. Although they have relisted as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/458" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:458:1">Seibu Holdings (9024 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1184" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1184:1">Japan Airlines (9201 JP)</a>, they are no longer highly-ranked.</li>
<li>Seven current Top 20 companies - (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/315" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1">Softbank (9984 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1089" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1089:1">NTT Docomo (9437 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/639" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1">KDDI (9433 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13498" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13498:1">Japan Tobacco (2914 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13520" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13520:1">Central Japan Railway (9022 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/751" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/15070" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15070:1">Recruit (6098 JP)</a>)  - have listed during the last 28 years. </li>
</ul><p><strong>THE 2050 RANKING?</strong>- Which of the current market leaders will still be in the Top 20 in 2050 in their current guise? For those still around to read this in 32 year's time, we would wager on just three - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/3077" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3077:1">Keyence (6861 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/73" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/563" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:563:1">Sony (6758 JP)</a>. </p>


Source: Japan Analytics
NB: companies are colour-coded by sector
28 YEARS OF NON-FINANCIAL MARKET LEADERSHIP - To offer some light relief from the current market, we have compiled a graphic illustrating the evolution in the ranking of the leading non-financial Japanese companies by market capitalisation measured at the end of each of the last 28 years.METHODOLOGY - Our comments follow in the detail below, but first a few notes:-
In the interests of clarity (/sanity?), financials have been omitted. Twelve of the Top 20-ranked companies in 1990 were financials. However, only Nomura (8604 JP), Aozora (8304 JP) and Shinsei (8303 JP) have survived in their original corporate structure and have the same ticker code. Our chart would have otherwise have included the now-merged IBJ, Fuji Bank, Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Mitsubishi Bank, Sakura Bank, Sumitomo Bank, Tokai Bank, Sanwa Bank and Mitsubishi Trust Bank.  Excluded from the present-day Top 20 are Mitsubishi UFJ (8306 JP), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial (8316 JP), Japan Post Bank (7182 JP), Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP) and Mizuho Financial (8411 JP) from the present day.
Only companies that were in the Top 20 in 1990 or 2018, as well as those companies that have been in the Top 10 for at least three of the last 28 years, have been included. 
Two companies from 1990's Top 20 - Seibu Railway and Japan Airlines - have since been delisted. Although they have relisted as Seibu Holdings (9024 JP) and Japan Airlines (9201 JP), they are no longer highly-ranked.
Seven current Top 20 companies - (Softbank (9984 JP), NTT Docomo (9437 JP), KDDI (9433 JP), Japan Tobacco (2914 JP), Central Japan Railway (9022 JP), Fast Retailing (9983 JP) and Recruit (6098 JP))  - have listed during the last 28 years. 
THE 2050 RANKING?- Which of the current market leaders will still be in the Top 20 in 2050 in their current guise? For those still around to read this in 32 year's time, we would wager on just three - Keyence (6861 JP), Toyota Motor (7203 JP) and Sony (6758 JP). 

Japan: The Evolution Of (Non-Financial) Market Leadership

Senior Bank Analyst - Japanese Banks, Windamee Research

J. Brian Waterhouse

Senior Bank Analyst - Japanese Banks

Windamee Research

Japanese Banks

<p>Compared with, say, megabank <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/218" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:218:1">Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (8306 JP)</a> whose capitalization now exceeds ¥9.58 trillion (US$86.14 billion), little <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/7474" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7474:1">Fukushima Bank (8562 JP)</a> from Fukushima Prefecture to the north of Tokyo with a market capitalisation of just ¥16.0 billion (US$144.1 million) is unlikely to be on the investment radar of most foreign institutional investors.  Yet foreign investors collectively own an astonishing 24.54% of total outstanding shares.  What on earth is the attraction?</p>

Compared with, say, megabank Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (8306 JP) whose capitalization now exceeds ¥9.58 trillion (US$86.14 billion), little Fukushima Bank (8562 JP) from Fukushima Prefecture to the north of Tokyo with a market capitalisation of just ¥16.0 billion (US$144.1 million) is unlikely to be on the investment radar of most foreign institutional investors.  Yet foreign investors collectively own an astonishing 24.54% of total outstanding shares.  What on earth is the attraction?

Fukushima Bank (8562 JP): Years of Living Dangerously

Doing bespoke work since 2002....., Custom Products Group

Patrick Hansen

Doing bespoke work since 2002.....

Custom Products Group

Custom Products was started 14 years ago at Lehman Brothers by current co-founder Patrick Hansen, CFA. After 3 years at Lehman, Patrick moved the team to Macquarie Securities where Simon Rigney (co-founder) joined. 3 years ago we took Custom Products independent. 

Our core strength can be summed up three words. 1- Customization - we have very little off the shelf products and most work is done on a one on one bespoke basis. 2- Speed - We pride ourselves in our ability to get requests back to the client very quickly. 3- Confidentiality - We do not redistribute. There is no grace period where we wait a week and then mass blast. Any request stops with that client.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>We screened for the highest dividend yield names in Japan. At the top of the list is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/72" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:72:1">Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201 JP)</a> with a 5.5% dividend yield. Nissan Motors also has a 0.7x PBR. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/8389" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8389:1">Daiwa Securities Group Inc (8601 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13498" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13498:1">Japan Tobacco Inc (2914 JP)</a> are next. Both have an above 5% dividend yield. Japan Tobacco's PBR is high at 2x, but its ROE is also high at 14%.</p><h2>Screen Criteria</h2><ol>
<li>Mkt-cap greater than ¥500bn</li>
<li>FY1 Dividend Yield above 3.5%</li>
<li>FY1 ROE greater than 7%</li>
</ol><h2>Screen Results</h2><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/058/400/original/2.png?1532022287" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="58400"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Custom Products</div><p>The…</p>

We screened for the highest dividend yield names in Japan. At the top of the list is Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201 JP) with a 5.5% dividend yield. Nissan Motors also has a 0.7x PBR. Daiwa Securities Group Inc (8601 JP) and Japan Tobacco Inc (2914 JP) are next. Both have an above 5% dividend yield. Japan Tobacco's PBR is high at 2x, but its ROE is also high at 14%.Screen Criteria
Mkt-cap greater than ¥500bn
FY1 Dividend Yield above 3.5%
FY1 ROE greater than 7%
Screen ResultsSource: Custom ProductsThe…

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Supun Walpola

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.

<p><span lang="EN-GB">Toyota’s current dividend and buyback yields are 3.1% and 2.1% respectively (at the current market price of JPY7,199 as of 22<sup>nd</sup> June 2018) bringing Toyota’s current cash yield (dividend yield plus buyback yield) to 5.2%. Toyota’s cash yield has been above the 5% mark consistently since FY03/15.</span></p><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/055/962/original/Toyota.PNG?1529972342" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="55962"></figure><div class="content-remarks"><p><em>Source: Capital IQ and LSR Calculations</em></p></div><p><strong>We find Toyota’s high cash yield attractive as markets head towards bear territory.</strong> Toyota is in the higher end of the dividend yield spectrum among the Nikkei 225…</p>

Toyota’s current dividend and buyback yields are 3.1% and 2.1% respectively (at the current market price of JPY7,199 as of 22nd June 2018) bringing Toyota’s current cash yield (dividend yield plus buyback yield) to 5.2%. Toyota’s cash yield has been above the 5% mark consistently since FY03/15.Source: Capital IQ and LSR CalculationsWe find Toyota’s high cash yield attractive as markets head towards bear territory. Toyota is in the higher end of the dividend yield spectrum among the Nikkei 225…

Toyota for Bears: How Attractive Are Income Yields?

Japan

Aozora Bank, Ltd. provides banking services including deposits, savings, loans, foreign exchange transactions, and securities investments. Aozora Bank also provides services such as trust account, resolution and collection, and venture capital.

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Aozora Bank Ltd (8304 JP)

Accordia Golf Trust (AGT SP): MBK + ORIX + AGT = Time for Outperformance? 9.5% Dividend Yield

Accordia Golf Trust (AGT SP) has not been a great success story since its IPO in August 2014. The stock went to market at a unit price of 0.97 SGD...

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

Japan: The Evolution Of (Non-Financial) Market Leadership

28 YEARS OF NON-FINANCIAL MARKET LEADERSHIP - To offer some light relief from the current market, we have compiled a graphic illustrating the...

Campbell Gunn

Fukushima Bank (8562 JP): Years of Living Dangerously

Compared with, say, megabank Mitsubishi Ufj Financial (8306 JP) whose capitalization now exceeds ¥9.58 trillion (US$86.14 billion), little...

J. Brian Waterhouse

Highest Dividend Yields in Japan....

We screened for the highest dividend yield names in Japan. At the top of the list is Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201 JP) with a 5.5% dividend yield....

Custom Products Group

Toyota for Bears: How Attractive Are Income Yields?

Toyota’s current dividend and buyback yields are 3.1% and 2.1% respectively (at the current market price of JPY7,199 as of 22nd June 2018) bringing...

Supun Walpola

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