External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<div><div><div><ul><li>On 31 Aug, Nvidia said in a regulatory filing that the U.S. has imposed new licensing requirements on shipments of certain advanced server GPU (A100 and H100) to China (including Hong Kong) and Russia. </li><li>Nvidia may lose as much as US$400mn sales to China in FY3Q22 as a result. </li><li>Nvidia’s GPU dominates the AI processor market with 80.6% market share in 2020, according to Omdia. </li></ul></div></div></div>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

On 31 Aug, Nvidia said in a regulatory filing that the U.S. has imposed new licensing requirements on shipments of certain advanced server GPU (A100 and H100) to China (including Hong Kong) and Russia. Nvidia may lose as much as US$400mn sales to China in FY3Q22 as a result. Nvidia’s GPU dominates the AI processor market with 80.6% market share in 2020, according to Omdia. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China AI – U.S. is restricting advanced GPU sales to China

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

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Equity Capital Markets

SenseTime Group  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime Group (1475539D HK)</a> is the largest AI software company in Asia as measured by revenue in 2020. It has launched an HKEx IPO to raise up to US$767 million.  </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sensetime-ipo-initiation-big-brother" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:62104" rel="noopener">SenseTime IPO Initiation: Big Brother</a>, we stated that the negatives outweigh the positives and we would give the IPO a pass. </li>
<li>Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price is unattractive. We would give the IPO a pass. Pricing is expected on 10 December with a listing on 17 December.</li>
</ul>



SenseTime Group (1475539D HK) is the largest AI software company in Asia as measured by revenue in 2020. It has launched an HKEx IPO to raise up to US$767 million.  
In SenseTime IPO Initiation: Big Brother, we stated that the negatives outweigh the positives and we would give the IPO a pass. 
Our valuation analysis suggests that the IPO price is unattractive. We would give the IPO a pass. Pricing is expected on 10 December with a listing on 17 December.


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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

Shanghai Junshi Biosciences  / Event-Driven

Post market close on 26 February, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Company <a href="http://www.csindex.com.cn/en/indices/notices-and-announcements-detail/1606" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR 50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a>. The changes will be effective after the close of trading on 12 March.The inclusions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-junshi-bioscience-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31070:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Junshi Bioscience (688180 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cambricon-technologies-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31068:1" rel="noopener">Cambricon Technologies Corp (688256 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/qi-an-xin-technology-group-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31069:1" rel="noopener">Qi An Xin Technology Group (688561 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/farasis-energy-gan-zhou-co-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28385:1" rel="noopener">Farasis Energy Gan Zhou Co-A (688567 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trina-solar-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30404:1" rel="noopener">Trina Solar Co Ltd (688599 CH)</a>.The exclusions are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzhou-tztek-technology-co-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28232:1" rel="noopener">Suzhou Tztek Technology Co-A (688003 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fujian-forecam-optics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30306:1" rel="noopener">Fujian Forecam Optics Co Ltd (688010 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/longyan-zhuoyue-new-energy-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30364:1" rel="noopener">Longyan Zhuoyue New Energy Co (688196 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tianjin-jiuri-new-material-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30366:1" rel="noopener">Tianjin Jiuri New Material-A (688199 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-seeyon-internet-so-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30393:1" rel="noopener">Beijing Seeyon Internet So-A (688369 CH)</a>.The launch of new ETFs on the index has kept the assets tracking the index steady even with the market dropping.All inclusions have at least 1 day of ADV to buy and the deletions have at least 2.4 days of ADV to sell. Estimated one-way turnover is 8.93% and there is quite a large impact as part of the funding trade.There is no excess volume on most of the stocks and similar to the December rebalance, the inclusions could outperform the exclusions from now till implementation date.

Post market close on 26 February, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Company announced the changes to the SSE STAR 50 (STAR50 INDEX). The changes will be effective after the close of trading on 12 March.The inclusions are Shanghai Junshi Bioscience (688180 CH), Cambricon Technologies Corp (688256 CH), Qi An Xin Technology Group (688561 CH), Farasis Energy Gan Zhou Co-A (688567 CH) and Trina Solar Co Ltd (688599 CH).The exclusions are Suzhou Tztek Technology Co-A (688003 CH), Fujian Forecam Optics Co Ltd (688010 CH), Longyan Zhuoyue New Energy Co (688196 CH), Tianjin Jiuri New Material-A (688199 CH) and Beijing Seeyon Internet So-A (688369 CH).The launch of new ETFs on the index has kept the assets tracking the index steady even with the market dropping.All inclusions have at least 1 day of ADV to buy and the deletions have at least 2.4 days of ADV to sell. Estimated one-way turnover is 8.93% and there is quite a large impact as part of the funding trade.There is no excess volume on most of the stocks and similar to the December rebalance, the inclusions could outperform the exclusions from now till implementation date.

STAR Board - STAR50 Index Rebalance: Another BIG One

Cambricon Technologies  Lt / Event-Driven

The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a> is made up of 50 stocks with the largest full market cap and good liquidity listed on the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board (the STAR Market). The index is free float market cap weighted and the weight of each stock is capped at 10%. In addition, the total weight of the top 5 constituents should not exceed 40%.The data cut-off for the March review ends on 31 January. The results of the review will be announced towards the end of February and the review will be effective after the close of trading on 12 March.Having gone through over 97% of the review period, we see 13 stocks eligible for index inclusion and 16 stocks in the deletion zone. With only 5 changes permitted in a single review, that is what we will have to settle for. What that also means is that there will be more changes at the June review.For the March review, we see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cambricon-technologies-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31068:1" rel="noopener">Cambricon Technologies Corp (688256 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/qi-an-xin-technology-group-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31069:1" rel="noopener">Qi An Xin Technology Group (688561 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-junshi-bioscience-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31070:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Junshi Bioscience (688180 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trina-solar-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30404:1" rel="noopener">Trina Solar Co Ltd (688599 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/farasis-energy-gan-zhou-co-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28385:1" rel="noopener">Farasis Energy Gan Zhou (688567 CH)</a> being included in the index.<div>
We expect <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/longyan-zhuoyue-new-energy-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30364:1" rel="noopener">Longyan Zhuoyue New Energy Co (688196 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzhou-tztek-technology-co-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28232:1" rel="noopener">Suzhou Tztek Technology Co-A (688003 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-seeyon-internet-so-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30393:1" rel="noopener">Beijing Seeyon Internet So-A (688369 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tianjin-jiuri-new-material-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30366:1" rel="noopener">Tianjin Jiuri New Material-A (688199 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fujian-forecam-optics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30306:1" rel="noopener">Fujian Forecam Optics Co Ltd (688010 CH)</a> to be deleted from the index to make way for the inclusions. One-way turnover is around 10%.
There has been a small outflow from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a> ETFs since our last Insight, but that will have minimal impact on the rebalance.
The expected adds and deletes are the same from our earlier <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/star50-index-rebalance-preview-march21-rising-aum-and-a-new-index-make-an-exciting-combination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Insight</a>. Since then, a trade of buying the expected adds and selling the expected deletes has returned 24%. There could be further moves as we near the near the end of the review period, and then once the announcement is made.
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The SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) is made up of 50 stocks with the largest full market cap and good liquidity listed on the SSE Science and Technology Innovation Board (the STAR Market). The index is free float market cap weighted and the weight of each stock is capped at 10%. In addition, the total weight of the top 5 constituents should not exceed 40%.The data cut-off for the March review ends on 31 January. The results of the review will be announced towards the end of February and the review will be effective after the close of trading on 12 March.Having gone through over 97% of the review period, we see 13 stocks eligible for index inclusion and 16 stocks in the deletion zone. With only 5 changes permitted in a single review, that is what we will have to settle for. What that also means is that there will be more changes at the June review.For the March review, we see Cambricon Technologies Corp (688256 CH), Qi An Xin Technology Group (688561 CH), Shanghai Junshi Bioscience (688180 CH), Trina Solar Co Ltd (688599 CH) and Farasis Energy Gan Zhou (688567 CH) being included in the index.
We expect Longyan Zhuoyue New Energy Co (688196 CH), Suzhou Tztek Technology Co-A (688003 CH), Beijing Seeyon Internet So-A (688369 CH), Tianjin Jiuri New Material-A (688199 CH) and Fujian Forecam Optics Co Ltd (688010 CH) to be deleted from the index to make way for the inclusions. One-way turnover is around 10%.
There has been a small outflow from the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) ETFs since our last Insight, but that will have minimal impact on the rebalance.
The expected adds and deletes are the same from our earlier Insight. Since then, a trade of buying the expected adds and selling the expected deletes has returned 24%. There could be further moves as we near the near the end of the review period, and then once the announcement is made.


STAR Board - STAR50 Index Rebalance Preview: +Adds/-Deletes = +24%

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

Cambricon Technologies  Lt / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>It was recently announced that US government put 36 Chinese companies including Cambricon Technologies on its trade blacklist that can restrict the semiconductor maker's access to US technologies and products.</li>
<li>The US government has determined that Cambricon Technologies and these other Chinese companies pose risk to the US national security.</li>
<li>We believe that Cambricon Technologies being included in the trade blacklist by the US government is likely to have a long-term negative impact on the company.</li>
</ul>


It was recently announced that US government put 36 Chinese companies including Cambricon Technologies on its trade blacklist that can restrict the semiconductor maker's access to US technologies and products.
The US government has determined that Cambricon Technologies and these other Chinese companies pose risk to the US national security.
We believe that Cambricon Technologies being included in the trade blacklist by the US government is likely to have a long-term negative impact on the company.


Cambricon Technologies: Trade Blacklist by the US Govt Likely to Have Long-Term Negative Impact

China

Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited develops and distributes software products. The Company produces terminal intelligent processors, cloud intelligent chips, accelerator cards, intelligent computing cluster systems, and other products. Cambricon Technologies also produces computer peripheral products.

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SenseTime IPO: Valuation Insights

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Arun George

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There are 5 changes to the STAR50 index as a part of the March review. Estimated one-way turnover is 8.93% and we expect the inclusions to...

Brian Freitas

STAR Board - STAR50 Index Rebalance Preview: +Adds/-Deletes = +24%

There will be 5 changes for the STAR50 index in the March review. The lack of pre-positioning and large AUM tracking the index (plus active traders...

Brian Freitas

Cambricon Technologies: Trade Blacklist by the US Govt Likely to Have Long-Term Negative Impact

We believe that Cambricon Technologies being included in the trade blacklist by the US government is likely to have a long-term negative impact on...

Douglas Kim

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