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/bank-rakyat-indonesia-persero" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:484:1" rel="noopener">Bank Rakyat Indonesia's</a> results reflected its ability to offset a tighter liquidity environment with a higher margin loan mix as it continues to shift to commercial Kupedes microloans. </li>
<li>The bank has also seen the benefit of increasing digitalisation benefitting costs with more BRILink agents and users of mobile banking through BRIMO, which has also helped to grow CASA.</li>
<li>Guidance for 2024 remains positive on loan growth, NIMs,  increasing leverage, and rising loan yields, with stable credit quality. Valuations look attractive relative to a forecast ROE of above 20%. </li>
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Bank Rakyat Indonesia's results reflected its ability to offset a tighter liquidity environment with a higher margin loan mix as it continues to shift to commercial Kupedes microloans. 
The bank has also seen the benefit of increasing digitalisation benefitting costs with more BRILink agents and users of mobile banking through BRIMO, which has also helped to grow CASA.
Guidance for 2024 remains positive on loan growth, NIMs,  increasing leverage, and rising loan yields, with stable credit quality. Valuations look attractive relative to a forecast ROE of above 20%. 


Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ) - Pushing the Margins of Profitability

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-central-asia-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:440:1" rel="noopener">Bank Central Asia (BBCA IJ)</a> booked a strong finish to the year with PPOP rising by +15.4% YoY and zero provisioning in 4Q2023, driven by loan growth of +13.9% YoY. </li>
<li>The bank's net interest income grew by +19.5% YoY, with a stable NIM of 5.5% in 4Q2023 and CASA growth of +4.3% YoY, bringing the CASA ratio to 80.3%.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-central-asia-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:440:1" rel="noopener">BCA</a> remains a core holding amongst Indonesian banks, with conservative bank guidance of +9%-10% loan growth, stable NIMs and CoC in 2024. Valuations reflect bank returns and quality.</li>
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Bank Central Asia (BBCA IJ) booked a strong finish to the year with PPOP rising by +15.4% YoY and zero provisioning in 4Q2023, driven by loan growth of +13.9% YoY. 
The bank's net interest income grew by +19.5% YoY, with a stable NIM of 5.5% in 4Q2023 and CASA growth of +4.3% YoY, bringing the CASA ratio to 80.3%.

BCA remains a core holding amongst Indonesian banks, with conservative bank guidance of +9%-10% loan growth, stable NIMs and CoC in 2024. Valuations reflect bank returns and quality.


Bank Central Asia (BBCA IJ) - Transacting for a Hybrid Society

India BFSI - Long-Short - Equity Research Analyst

Raj S, CA, CFA

Artoval Advisors

Art’o’val stands for Art of Valuation. Artoval Advisors LLP is a professionally run advisory firm catering to various financial advisory services including Valuation, Investment Research, Training, Accounting, CFO Services and other ancillary services.

We are passionate about what we do and strongly believe in working with our clients as their extended teams. With Artoval Advisors as their trusted partner, our clients find it easy to achieve efficiency in service delivery without compromising on quality.

True Art of Valuation

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Indonesian banks have delivered robust results YTD23 in areas like loan growth, asset quality, and ROEs; the sector is among the best in ASEAN with impressive earnings and growth potential.</li>
<li>The 4Q23 results are expected to continue the positive trends in loan growth, asset quality and ROE; the outlook for FY24 is underpinned by the strong Indonesian economy.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-mandiri-persero-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:441:1" rel="noopener">BMRI IJ</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-negara-indonesia-persero" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8285:1" rel="noopener">BBNI IJ</a> are comparatively underrated in terms of valuations and have the potential for strong re-rating while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-central-asia-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:440:1" rel="noopener">BBCA IJ</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-rakyat-indonesia-persero" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:484:1" rel="noopener">BBRI </a>promise strong long-term compounding at fair valuations.</li>
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Indonesian banks have delivered robust results YTD23 in areas like loan growth, asset quality, and ROEs; the sector is among the best in ASEAN with impressive earnings and growth potential.
The 4Q23 results are expected to continue the positive trends in loan growth, asset quality and ROE; the outlook for FY24 is underpinned by the strong Indonesian economy.

BMRI IJ and BBNI IJ are comparatively underrated in terms of valuations and have the potential for strong re-rating while BBCA IJ and BBRI promise strong long-term compounding at fair valuations.


Indonesia Banks: How Are BBCA, BBRI, BMRI and BBNI Placed for 2024?

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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>In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for ASEAN IPOs and placements in 2023. </li>
<li>The following dataset includes all ASEAN IPOs and placements above US$100m, <strong>which amounted to a total of 18 deals. </strong>
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<li>The deals you see in this note are based on our historical IPO and placement tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for ASEAN IPOs and placements in 2023. 
The following dataset includes all ASEAN IPOs and placements above US$100m, which amounted to a total of 18 deals. 

The deals you see in this note are based on our historical IPO and placement tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information.


Aequitas ASEAN IPOs + Placements Broker Performance 2023

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>CrossASEAN Ground Zero is a new thematic weekly product that will focus on key Southeast Asian digital themes and technology trends with a core focus on Indonesia. </li>
<li>This week is focused on GoTo's sustainability credentials and the recent scientific validation of its emission targets. </li>
<li>2024 will also see a ramp-up of Indonesia's 2W EV charging infrastructure to power growth in numbers. We also look at key themes in 2024 for the digital economy.</li>
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CrossASEAN Ground Zero is a new thematic weekly product that will focus on key Southeast Asian digital themes and technology trends with a core focus on Indonesia. 
This week is focused on GoTo's sustainability credentials and the recent scientific validation of its emission targets. 
2024 will also see a ramp-up of Indonesia's 2W EV charging infrastructure to power growth in numbers. We also look at key themes in 2024 for the digital economy.


CrossASEAN Ground Zero - GoTo's Sustainability Verified, 2W EVs, and the Stormy Year Ahead

Indonesia

PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk is formed by the merger of four state-owned banks, namely Pt Bank Bumi Daya, PT Bank Dagang Negara, PT Bank Ekspor Import Indonesia (Bank Exim), PT Bank Pembangunan Indonesia (Bank Bapindo). The Bank operates in the commercial banking services.

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Bank Mandiri Persero (BMRI IJ)

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BBRI IJ) - Pushing the Margins of Profitability

Bank Rakyat Indonesia's results reflected its ability to offset a tighter liquidity environment with a higher margin loan mix as it continues to...

Angus Mackintosh

Bank Central Asia (BBCA IJ) - Transacting for a Hybrid Society

BCA remains a core holding amongst Indonesian banks, with conservative bank guidance of +9%-10% loan growth, stable NIMs and CoC in 2024....

Angus Mackintosh

Indonesia Banks: How Are BBCA, BBRI, BMRI and BBNI Placed for 2024?

While the sector faces constrained re-rating potential, certain stocks, stock picking opportunities exist. Equity strategy: the potential for...

Raj S, CA, CFA

Aequitas ASEAN IPOs + Placements Broker Performance 2023

In this note, we will take a look at broker performance for ASEAN IPOs and placements in 2023, which amounted to a total of 18 deals.

Ethan Aw

CrossASEAN Ground Zero - GoTo's Sustainability Verified, 2W EVs, and the Stormy Year Ahead

CrossASEAN Ground Zero is a new thematic weekly product that will focus on key Southeast Asian digital themes and technology trends with a core...

Angus Mackintosh

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