Director | Exposing Creative Accounting, Bucephalus Research Partnership

Robert Medd

Director | Exposing Creative Accounting

Exposing Creative Accounting

Bucephalus Research Partnership

Bucephalus Research Partnership Limited. Exposing Creative Accounting.

At the Bucephalus Research Partnership (BRP) we analyse financial statements using our accountant's practical experience and our own quantitative algorithms for corporate governance, accounting risk and peer performance.

Our thematic research refines our unique algorithms while our single stock research focuses on examples where we discover a significant gap between published accounts and business reality.

​Bucephalus Research Partnership:
- Is an independent fee-based research service
- Does not take proprietary positions, long or short
- Does not solicit business or fees from the corporates we review

Forensic Accounting

Today, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/13359" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13359:1">Lenovo (992 HK)</a> reported record revenue and rising growth.   The numbers however, tell a very different story.  We suspect revenue growth owes more to the consolidation of the Fujitsu operation than genuine organic growth. For all the talk of expanding into data centres, QonQ revenue is flat. We also note that deferred revenue is flat and core cashflow barely covers capex and investments leaving Lenovo to fund the dividend with debt.We wonder how they will fund the US$0.8bn balance payment for Fujitsu in FY 2020.

Today, Lenovo (992 HK) reported record revenue and rising growth.   The numbers however, tell a very different story.  We suspect revenue growth owes more to the consolidation of the Fujitsu operation than genuine organic growth. For all the talk of expanding into data centres, QonQ revenue is flat. We also note that deferred revenue is flat and core cashflow barely covers capex and investments leaving Lenovo to fund the dividend with debt.We wonder how they will fund the US$0.8bn balance payment for Fujitsu in FY 2020.

Sell Lenovo: Talking Growth, Delivering Little

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

In this month’s “In-Focus” section, we discuss the 2018 results for Asian (ex-India) companies under our coverage, including whether or not they performed in line with our expectations. The Asia Monthly focuses on providing updates on recent events, information on new issues and spread movements, as well as summarising our top picks, and discussing specific areas of interest in the “In-Focus” section. The Asia Monthly is intended to broaden investors' understanding of the Asian USD high-yield market.

   In this month’s “In-Focus” section, we discuss the 2018 results for Asian (ex-India) companies under our coverage, including whether or not they performed in line with our expectations.    The Asia Monthly focuses on providing updates on recent events, information on new issues and spread movements, as well as summarising our top picks, and discussing specific areas of interest in the “In-Focus” section. The Asia Monthly is intended to broaden investors' understanding of the Asian USD high-yield market. 

Asia HY Monthly - 2018 Results Overview (Ex-India) - Lucror Analytics

The Asia HY Trade Recommendations report for April includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. We also provide relative-value charts and lists of the bonds in the Lucror Asia HY index.

   The Asia HY Trade Recommendations report for April includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. We also provide relative-value charts and lists of the bonds in the Lucror Asia HY index. 

	Asia HY Trade Recommendations - April 2019 - Lucror Analytics

Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

<h2>Executive summary</h2>
We launch our inaugural joint policy research on China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) with the assistance from Joy Rich Securities Investment’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Academic Research Group. Here we highlight what comprises GBA, timeline, comparison against major economies and other bay areas, deep-dive research into key industries and policies toward each part of GBA. China is a Policy-induced story and GBA is in the Chinese government’s interest to prosper.
We believe the composition of 9 cities and 2 special administrative regions, together with policy support by the Chinese government provides a backdrop for rising credit growth backed by productivity. We will continue to monitor credits which either are based in GBA or will benefit from the GBA scheme (EXHIBIT 9).

Executive summary
We launch our inaugural joint policy research on China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) with the assistance from Joy Rich Securities Investment’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area Academic Research Group. Here we highlight what comprises GBA, timeline, comparison against major economies and other bay areas, deep-dive research into key industries and policies toward each part of GBA. China is a Policy-induced story and GBA is in the Chinese government’s interest to prosper.
We believe the composition of 9 cities and 2 special administrative regions, together with policy support by the Chinese government provides a backdrop for rising credit growth backed by productivity. We will continue to monitor credits which either are based in GBA or will benefit from the GBA scheme (EXHIBIT 9). 

China’s Greater Bay Area: The Essential

In this month’s “In-Focus” section, we provide an update on the Chinese property sector, including contracted sales trends, regulatory actions and financing conditions. We also broadly comment on the FY 2018 results for developers under our coverage.  The Asia Monthly focuses on providing updates on recent events, information on new issues and spread movements, as well as summarising our top picks, and discussing specific areas of interest in the “In-Focus” section. The Asia Monthly is intended to broaden investors' understanding of the Asian USD high-yield market.

   In this month’s “In-Focus” section, we provide an update on the Chinese property sector, including contracted sales trends, regulatory actions and financing conditions. We also broadly comment on the FY 2018 results for developers under our coverage.     The Asia Monthly focuses on providing updates on recent events, information on new issues and spread movements, as well as summarising our top picks, and discussing specific areas of interest in the “In-Focus” section. The Asia Monthly is intended to broaden investors' understanding of the Asian USD high-yield market. 

Asia HY Monthly - China Property Update - Lucror Analytics

China

Lenovo Group Limited, through its subsidiaries, sells, and manufactures personal computers and handheld devices. The Company also provides Internet services and IT services, and contracting manufacturing business.

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Lenovo (992 HK)

Sell Lenovo: Talking Growth, Delivering Little

Today, Lenovo (992 HK) reported record revenue and rising growth. The numbers however, tell a very different story. We suspect revenue...

Bucephalus Research Partnership

Asia HY Monthly - 2018 Results Overview (Ex-India) - Lucror Analytics

In this month’s “In-Focus” section, we discuss the 2018 results for Asian (ex-India) companies under our coverage, including whether or not they...

Lucror Analytics

Asia HY Trade Recommendations - April 2019 - Lucror Analytics

The Asia HY Trade Recommendations report for April includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. We also...

Lucror Analytics

China’s Greater Bay Area: The Essential

Executive summary We launch our inaugural joint policy research on China’s Greater Bay Area (GBA) with the assistance from Joy Rich Securities...

Bondcritic

Asia HY Monthly - China Property Update - Lucror Analytics

In this month’s “In-Focus” section, we provide an update on the Chinese property sector, including contracted sales trends, regulatory actions...

Lucror Analytics

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