HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Share price of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> has been under pressure over the last two weeks due to concern on future offshore wind power project return.</li>
<li>We believe the low tariff of Rmb0.19/kWh won by a Huaneng Power Group consortium in Fujian is more an exceptional case and should not be taken as a new normal.</li>
<li>China Longyuan's growth has been well secured by its project pipeline as well as 21GW potential injection from parent. This round of de-rating is just too excessive. </li>
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Share price of China Longyuan Power (916 HK) has been under pressure over the last two weeks due to concern on future offshore wind power project return.
We believe the low tariff of Rmb0.19/kWh won by a Huaneng Power Group consortium in Fujian is more an exceptional case and should not be taken as a new normal.
China Longyuan's growth has been well secured by its project pipeline as well as 21GW potential injection from parent. This round of de-rating is just too excessive. 


China Longyuan (916 HK): A De-Rating Too Excessive

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A/H premium on 140 stocks over the last week.</li>
<li>A-H premium declined by 0.5ppt week on week, mainly due to consumer discretionary, communication services and financials, offset by consumer staple and material. </li>
<li>We highlight A-H premium for Steel &amp; Cement companies, Great Wall Motor, and Longyuan.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A/H premium on 140 stocks over the last week.
A-H premium declined by 0.5ppt week on week, mainly due to consumer discretionary, communication services and financials, offset by consumer staple and material. 
We highlight A-H premium for Steel &amp; Cement companies, Great Wall Motor, and Longyuan.


A-H Premium Weekly: Steel & Cement at 52w High, Great Wall Motor, Longyuan

China Power International / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-power-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15548:1" rel="noopener">China Power International (2380 HK)</a> will acquire 2.15GW clean energy capacity from its parent SPIC for a total of Rmb7.5bn. This will add 14.3% to its end-FY21 clean energy portfolio.</li>
<li>We think the assets are priced attractively at 12.5x PER for FY21, a discount to peers' average of 14x. The acquired capacity has an impressive 45.8% YoY earnings growth.</li>
<li>CPI targets to have 70% of end-FY23 capacity from clean energy, and this implies a 46.3% CAGR between FY21 and FY23, which is a very exciting momentum. </li>
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China Power International (2380 HK) will acquire 2.15GW clean energy capacity from its parent SPIC for a total of Rmb7.5bn. This will add 14.3% to its end-FY21 clean energy portfolio.
We think the assets are priced attractively at 12.5x PER for FY21, a discount to peers' average of 14x. The acquired capacity has an impressive 45.8% YoY earnings growth.
CPI targets to have 70% of end-FY23 capacity from clean energy, and this implies a 46.3% CAGR between FY21 and FY23, which is a very exciting momentum. 


China Power International (2380 HK): Another Step in Clean Energy Transition

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. </li>
<li>Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a>. We see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongfang-electric-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1251:1" rel="noopener">Dongfang Electric (1072 HK)</a> benefit from new energy initiatives.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-ning-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6047:1" rel="noopener">Li Ning (2331 HK)</a> will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK)</a>.</li>
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Infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary and, to a lesser extent, transportation and logistics are sectors that will benefit from extensive government economic supportive policies over the last few days. 
Acceleration of special purpose bonds will drive China Communications Construction (1800 HK). We see China Longyuan Power (916 HK) and Dongfang Electric (1072 HK) benefit from new energy initiatives.

Li Ning (2331 HK) will be the near-term winner in the consumer discretionary space and so as Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK).


Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

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<li>Utilities ownership among Asia Ex-Japan funds has fallen to its lowest levels on record. Average fund weights stand at an all-time low of 0.98%, with just 41.3% of funds invested</li>
<li>Record underweights driven by benchmark increases in stocks that active managers have ignored (Adani Green Energy, Adani Transmission and Adani Gas).</li>
<li>Investor flight driven by Growth investors, with Aggressive Growth strategies all but abandoning the sector.  If risk assets continue to deteriorate, some of that rotation may start to reverse.</li>
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Utilities ownership among Asia Ex-Japan funds has fallen to its lowest levels on record. Average fund weights stand at an all-time low of 0.98%, with just 41.3% of funds invested
Record underweights driven by benchmark increases in stocks that active managers have ignored (Adani Green Energy, Adani Transmission and Adani Gas).
Investor flight driven by Growth investors, with Aggressive Growth strategies all but abandoning the sector.  If risk assets continue to deteriorate, some of that rotation may start to reverse.


Utilities: Record Underweight as Active Managers Exit

China

China Longyuan Power Group Corp Ltd designs, develops, manages, and operates wind farms.  The Company also sells the electricity generated by the wind farms.

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China Longyuan Power (916 HK)

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Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly: Steel & Cement at 52w High, Great Wall Motor, Longyuan

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Acquisition of 2.15GW of clean energy capacity from its parent will push ahead CPI's target of having 70% of capacity from clean energy at end...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Roundup of Government Economic Supportive Policies: Key Winners

We expect the government economic supportive policies released in the last few days to drive the infrastructure, new energy, consumer discretionary...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Utilities: Record Underweight as Active Managers Exit

Utilities ownership among Asia Ex-Japan funds has fallen to its lowest levels on record. Average fund weights stand at an all-time low of 0.98%,...

Steven Holden

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