Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>TSMC June Sales Surge Higher Than Expectations; Apple Will Be Use TSMC's 2nm Node for Next Year's iPhone 17</li>
<li>Wiwynn GDR Offering - US$1.45bn Dilutive Offering, but Momentum Has Been Very Strong </li>
<li>Silergy (6415.TT): Trial-Run with Vanguard, and Recent Stock Drops Represent an Entry Opportunity. </li>
</ul>


TSMC June Sales Surge Higher Than Expectations; Apple Will Be Use TSMC's 2nm Node for Next Year's iPhone 17
Wiwynn GDR Offering - US$1.45bn Dilutive Offering, but Momentum Has Been Very Strong 
Silergy (6415.TT): Trial-Run with Vanguard, and Recent Stock Drops Represent an Entry Opportunity. 


Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Sales Beat High Expectations; Wiwynn GDR Offering; IPhone 17 to Use 2nm

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 analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 5th which has an aggregated holding worth USD1,012.0bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD531mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay Financial, Compeq Mfg, Far Eastone Tele, Taiwan Mobile, Lite-On Tech, Asia Vital, Novatek.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 5th which has an aggregated holding worth USD1,012.0bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD531mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay Financial, Compeq Mfg, Far Eastone Tele, Taiwan Mobile, Lite-On Tech, Asia Vital, Novatek.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 5th): TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay Financial

<ul>
<li>Taiwan Tech Rebounds Sharply Alongside Major Nvidia/U.S. Tech Rebound Last Week. Wave of Major Earnings Releases This Week -- See Our Key Events Section.</li>
<li>Apple's Latest Supplier List Released Last Week -- Nanya Tech, Lotes, and Novatek Dropped. New List Shows Apple Struggling to Diversify from China.</li>
<li>Apple iOS 18 Will Heavily Feature Edge AI Running Locally on the iPhone for User' Privacy and Security -- We Believe This Could Be a Major Driver of Phone Upgrades</li>
</ul>


Taiwan Tech Rebounds Sharply Alongside Major Nvidia/U.S. Tech Rebound Last Week. Wave of Major Earnings Releases This Week -- See Our Key Events Section.
Apple's Latest Supplier List Released Last Week -- Nanya Tech, Lotes, and Novatek Dropped. New List Shows Apple Struggling to Diversify from China.
Apple iOS 18 Will Heavily Feature Edge AI Running Locally on the iPhone for User' Privacy and Security -- We Believe This Could Be a Major Driver of Phone Upgrades


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Major Week of Earnings; Apple's Edge AI Could Make Your Current IPhone Obsolete

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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end markets and the digestion of excess inventory.</li><li>The quarterly revenue of the top 40 PCB suppliers fell YoY consecutively in 2023, but managed to grow QoQ in 3Q/4Q, suggesting the industry is bottoming out gradually.</li><li>For 2024, we expect the PCB sector to have a modest recovery, following its emergence from the trough in 2H23. </li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end markets and the digestion of excess inventory.The quarterly revenue of the top 40 PCB suppliers fell YoY consecutively in 2023, but managed to grow QoQ in 3Q/4Q, suggesting the industry is bottoming out gradually.For 2024, we expect the PCB sector to have a modest recovery, following its emergence from the trough in 2H23. 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 PCB Sector - Modest Growth in Global PCB Sales

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Dec 8th which has an aggregated holding worth USD681.7bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top changes by value for 1 week, one 4 weeks, 1 year and top stocks held by foreign instutions by dollar value.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD563mln and highlight foreign changes in Umc.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Dec 8th which has an aggregated holding worth USD681.7bn.
We tabulate league table for top changes by value for 1 week, one 4 weeks, 1 year and top stocks held by foreign instutions by dollar value.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD563mln and highlight foreign changes in Umc.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 8th): Umc

Taiwan

Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corporation manufactures and markets printed circuit boards (PCBs) and integrated circuit (IC) substrates.

Sinbon Electronics Co., Ltd. markets cable, connectors, and modems.  The Company exports its products mainly to other Asian countries, America, and Europe.

Synnex Technology International Corporation markets personal computers, computer peripherals, multi-media products, network products, computer application software, electronic parts, and telecommunication products.

Synnex Technology International (2347 TT)

Simplo Technology Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets lithium batteries. The Company's products are used in notebook computers.

Gold Circuit Electronics Ltd. manufactures and markets double-sided and multi-layer printed circuit boards.

Genius Electronic Optical Co.,Ltd. manufactures and trades glass lenses and various plastic lenses with spherical or non-spherical designs. The products are for mobile phone cameras ,personal digital assistants (PDA) ,projectors, zooming cameras, digital still cameras (DSC), video conference device, medical systems, laser pointers, LED, optical mouse application etc.

Tripod Technology Corp. designs, manufactures, and markets double and multi layers printed circuit boards (PCBs). The Company also produces industrial automatic machinery as well as POS (Point of Sale) electronic cashiers.

FIT Hon Teng Limited manufactures and distributes electrical components. The Company produces backplane connectors, memory cards, sockets, terminal blocks, and other products. FIT Hon Teng markets its products throughout Taiwan.

Cal-Comp Electronics (Thailand) PCL is an original equipment manufacturer of computer peripheral, office equipment and consumer electronic products. Its products include desktop computers, CD-ROMS, web pads, MP3 players, integrated receiver decoders, fax machines, mobile phones, cordless phones, pagers, and transceivers.  The Company is part of Kinpo Group of Taiwan.

Innolux Corporation manufactures TFT-LCD, LCD models and LCD monitors. The company also provides research, development, manufacturing and retails business.

Cowell e Holdings Inc, is a holding company, which operates electronics and optical components manufacturing entities. The products include camera modules, optical lens and prisms.

OSI Systems, Inc. produces medical monitoring and anesthesia systems; security and inspection systems; and lasers, optics, and optoelectronic components.  The Company's products include blood pressure monitors, anesthesia machines and hemoglobin saturation monitors; systems for inspecting baggage, people, and vehicles; and lasers, lenses, prisms, and microelectronic components.

IsuPetasys Co., Ltd. manufactures printed circuit boards (PCBs) specializing in high multilayer PCBs.  The Company exports its products to Cisco Systems, Brocade Communications Systems, and Sun Microsystems in the United States.

Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. manufactures a wide range of glass related products.  The Company's products include fluorescent light tubes, lenses for light-emitting diodes (LEDs), ceramic integrated circuits (IC) packages, bulbs for cathode ray tube (CRT) displays, and precision sheet glass for liquid crystal displays (LCDs).

Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co., Ltd. researches, manufactures and markets photoelectric parts. The key products are OLPF, IR Cut Filter, IR Filter Housing Assembly, Thermal Diffusion Panel and Cover Glass.

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. manufactures a broad line of passive and discreet active electronic components, particularly resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, and transistors.  The Company's products are utilized in computers, telephones, televisions, automobiles, household appliance, medical equipment, satellites, and military and aerospace equipment.

Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics Co.,Ltd. manufactures and markets chip passive components including chip inductor, chip ferrite bead, chip varistor, NTC thermistor and chip common mode choke coil.

Shenzhen Sunlord Electronics Co, Ltd. (002138 CH)

Guangdong Fenghua Advanced Technology (Holding) Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets electronic components and equipment.  The Company's products include capacitors, resistors, electronic materials, integrated circuits, and other related products.

Guangdong Fenghua Adv. Tech. (Hldg) Co (000636 CH)

TTM Technologies, Inc. is an independent provider of time-critical, one-stop manufacturing services for printed circuit boards.  The circuit boards serve as a foundation for electronic products such as routers, switches, servers, memory modules, and cellular base stations. The Company's customers include original equipment manufacturers and electronic manufacturing services companies.

Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and liquid crystal display modules.

Compeq Manufacturing Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets multi-layer and doublesided printed circuit boards.  The Company also trades electronic parts.  Compeq sells its products in Taiwan and exports to the United States, other Asian countries, and Europe.

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Compeq Manufacturing (2313 TT)

Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Sales Beat High Expectations; Wiwynn GDR Offering; IPhone 17 to Use 2nm

TSMC's strong June sales exceed expectations, Apple to use TSMC's 2nm node for iPhone 17 next year. Wiwynn's US$1.45bn dilutive offering shows...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 5th): TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay Financial

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Major Week of Earnings; Apple's Edge AI Could Make Your Current IPhone Obsolete

Taiwan rebounded strongly last week alongside Nvidia and U.S. tech. This week will be another major earnings week. Apple's edge AI for user privacy...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

China PCB Sector - Modest Growth in Global PCB Sales

Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end...

CMB International

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 8th): Umc

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and we highlighted the foreign holding weekly and yearly changes in Umc.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Sales Beat High Expectations; Wiwynn GDR Offering; IPhone 17 to Use 2nm

​TSMC's strong June sales exceed expectations, Apple to use TSMC's 2nm node for iPhone 17 next year. Wiwynn's US$1.45bn dilutive offering shows...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 5th): TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay Financial

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Zhen Ding Tech, Realtek Semi, Cathay...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Major Week of Earnings; Apple's Edge AI Could Make Your Current IPhone Obsolete

Taiwan rebounded strongly last week alongside Nvidia and U.S. tech. This week will be another major earnings week. Apple's edge AI for user privacy...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

China PCB Sector - Modest Growth in Global PCB Sales

Following marginal growth of 1.0% YoY in 2022, the global PCB market declined by 15% YoY in 2023 to US$69.5bn, due to subdued demand across end...

CMB International

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 8th): Umc

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and we highlighted the foreign holding weekly and yearly changes in Umc.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TSMC's strong June sales exceed expectations, Apple to use TSMC's 2nm node for iPhone 17 next year. Wiwynn's US$1.45bn dilutive offering shows...