Silver Point

Thomas J. Monaco

Independent Insight Provider

Silver Point is a boutique research firm that focuses on the broader financial services sector, with a particular focus on troubled institutions globally. 

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*New Household Investors For HKEX:  SAFE is likely to make various changes to the current regulations which to allow greater individual participation in stock incentive schemes of overseas listed companies with the removal of quotas on F/X purchases. Enabling greater participation by mainland Chinese in outbound investments could be highly  supportive Hong Kong Exchanges &amp; Clearing (388.HK) [HKEX] trading volume going forward; and  *New CEO Should Focus On Mainland China: We are hopeful that the new appointed CEO Nicolas Aguzin (effective May 24, 2021) doesn’t allow himself to get distracted by his former swashbuckling colleagues from J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. (JPM.US) at HKEX and their absurd deal making and that he can just focus on meeting both near and long-term targets.

*New Household Investors For HKEX:  SAFE is likely to make various changes to the current regulations which to allow greater individual participation in stock incentive schemes of overseas listed companies with the removal of quotas on F/X purchases. Enabling greater participation by mainland Chinese in outbound investments could be highly  supportive Hong Kong Exchanges &amp; Clearing (388.HK) [HKEX] trading volume going forward; and  *New CEO Should Focus On Mainland China: We are hopeful that the new appointed CEO Nicolas Aguzin (effective May 24, 2021) doesn’t allow himself to get distracted by his former swashbuckling colleagues from J.P. Morgan Chase &amp; Co. (JPM.US) at HKEX and their absurd deal making and that he can just focus on meeting both near and long-term targets.

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing – China, Not Deals Are Way Forward

*New CEO: Hong Kong Exchanges &amp; Clearing (388.HK) [HKEX] announced that it has appointed Mr. Nicolas Aguzin as its next CEO - effective May 24, 2021.This is an interesting hire, as Mr. Aguzin has virtually no exchange experience and is seemingly not a Mandarin speaker; and*Focus, Focus, Focus:  Let’s just hope and pray that the new CEO doesn’t come from a  swashbuckling deal team.  To be clear, we believe that HKEx has enormous potential provided that it can avoid franchise transforming deals every half decade.

*New CEO: Hong Kong Exchanges &amp; Clearing (388.HK) [HKEX] announced that it has appointed Mr. Nicolas Aguzin as its next CEO - effective May 24, 2021.This is an interesting hire, as Mr. Aguzin has virtually no exchange experience and is seemingly not a Mandarin speaker; and*Focus, Focus, Focus:  Let’s just hope and pray that the new CEO doesn’t come from a  swashbuckling deal team.  To be clear, we believe that HKEx has enormous potential provided that it can avoid franchise transforming deals every half decade. 

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing – No Experience Necessary

Leading International Investment Research, Edison Investment Research

Edison Investment Research

Leading International Investment Research

Edison is an investment research and advisory company, with offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East and AsiaPac. The heart of Edison is our world renowned equity research platform and deep multi-sector expertise. At Edison Investment Research, our research is widely read by international investors, advisors and stakeholders. Edison Advisors leverages our core research platform to provide differentiated services including investor relations and strategic consulting.

The variety of sources and volume of capital available to life science companies has never been more abundant.

A panel of industry experts from Silicon Valley Bank, LifeArc Ventures, Primary Bid and London Stock Exchange will discuss latest trends in sector capital raising, how companies can construct a supportive investor base and which strategies investors are using to differentiate themselves from the pack.

Moderator: Chris Mayo – CFA. Head of Primary Markets, Americas at London Stock Exchange Group

Panelists:
● Nooman Haque – Head of EMEA Healthcare, Silicon Valley Bank
● Clare Terlouw – Head of LifeArc Ventures
● James Deal – Co-Founder & COO, Primary Bid

Video: Alternate sources of capital for life sciences companies - Edison Open House: Global Healthcare 2021

*November Market Stats Generally Positive: The Singapore Exchange (SGX.SP) [SGX] released its market statistics for November 2020. Unsurprisingly, the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine fuelled volume gains across the entire spectrum of SGX products; and*Taiwan Pressures: SGX ceased trading of MSCI Taiwan futures contracts on October 30, 2020 as these contracts moved to Hong Kong Exchanges &amp; Clearing (388.HK) [HKEx]. Notional value traded market share of SGX - while usually volatile - has begun gradually declining to 90.4% in November from 92.4% in October. This will have significant implications over how much market share and fee pressure will be placed on SGX's lucrative A50 contract.

*November Market Stats Generally Positive: The Singapore Exchange (SGX.SP) [SGX] released its market statistics for November 2020. Unsurprisingly, the progress of the COVID-19 vaccine fuelled volume gains across the entire spectrum of SGX products; and*Taiwan Pressures: SGX ceased trading of MSCI Taiwan futures contracts on October 30, 2020 as these contracts moved to Hong Kong Exchanges &amp; Clearing (388.HK) [HKEx]. Notional value traded market share of SGX - while usually volatile - has begun gradually declining to 90.4% in November from 92.4% in October. This will have significant implications over how much market share and fee pressure will be placed on SGX's lucrative A50 contract.  

Singapore Exchange – Strains Seen For TW Futures

European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Event-Driven

New York-based <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-global-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9735:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P Global Inc. (SPGI US)</a> has agreed to acquire London-based <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ihs-markit-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26496:1" rel="noopener">IHS Markit Ltd (INFO US)</a>, at an EV of $44.5 bn, including $4.8 bn of net debt.
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<li>The operation, advanced on 30 November by The Wall Street Journal, was later confirmed by the parties involved.</li>
<li>
All-stock deal: 0.2838 SPGI x 1 INFO.
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<li>equivalent to $96.94 per share of INFO upon announcement; this values the equity of INFO at $39.3 bn.</li>
<li>This represents 9.9x EV/ Forward Revenue, 22.8x EV/ Forward EBITDA and 32.8x P/Forward E.</li>
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<li>This deal is one of the biggest deals of the year in M&amp;A. It will have a huge impact in the financial sector: it will create a financial information giant capable of competing with Bloomberg and Refinitiv. Wall Street does not believe that the end of the coronavirus pandemic will cause subscriptions to data providers to plummet. Shares of S&amp;P Global and IHS Markit have risen between 78% and 100% from their respective lows in March.</li>
<li>The decline in the number of companies in the data market should be of concern to both customers and regulators. That said, management did not contemplate significant regulatory hurdles to the deal.</li>
</ul>
S&amp;P, whose businesses include credit rating, financial markets data, Platts energy data and its famous indices, has an operating margin of 56%. IHS Markit is less profitable, but its EBITDA margin is quite good, 40%.
Pro-forma M&amp;A model suggests acquisition may be accretive to EPS since as early as 2021.
I believe the deal should enhance SPGI's position as a proprietary data and solutions provider, while also reducing the company's sensitivity to Ratings.
<ul>
<li>The timing seems positive as Capital IQ consensus forecasts organic growth at IHS Market to accelerate in 2021 (6.8% revenue growth in 2121 and 6.3% in 2022), while SPGI faces a softer issuance outlook (3% revenue growth in 2021 and 5.8% in 2022, according to Capital IQ consensus).</li>
<li>Overall, while there is a strong strategic rationale behind the deal, there is also increased complexity which may weigh on SPGI.</li>
</ul>
The gross spread is currently 2.7% for a deal that it is highly likely to close. I recommend setting up the spread in the usual way.

New York-based S&amp;P Global Inc. (SPGI US) has agreed to acquire London-based IHS Markit Ltd (INFO US), at an EV of $44.5 bn, including $4.8 bn of net debt.

The operation, advanced on 30 November by The Wall Street Journal, was later confirmed by the parties involved.

All-stock deal: 0.2838 SPGI x 1 INFO.

equivalent to $96.94 per share of INFO upon announcement; this values the equity of INFO at $39.3 bn.
This represents 9.9x EV/ Forward Revenue, 22.8x EV/ Forward EBITDA and 32.8x P/Forward E.


This deal is one of the biggest deals of the year in M&amp;A. It will have a huge impact in the financial sector: it will create a financial information giant capable of competing with Bloomberg and Refinitiv. Wall Street does not believe that the end of the coronavirus pandemic will cause subscriptions to data providers to plummet. Shares of S&amp;P Global and IHS Markit have risen between 78% and 100% from their respective lows in March.
The decline in the number of companies in the data market should be of concern to both customers and regulators. That said, management did not contemplate significant regulatory hurdles to the deal.

S&amp;P, whose businesses include credit rating, financial markets data, Platts energy data and its famous indices, has an operating margin of 56%. IHS Markit is less profitable, but its EBITDA margin is quite good, 40%.
Pro-forma M&amp;A model suggests acquisition may be accretive to EPS since as early as 2021.
I believe the deal should enhance SPGI's position as a proprietary data and solutions provider, while also reducing the company's sensitivity to Ratings.

The timing seems positive as Capital IQ consensus forecasts organic growth at IHS Market to accelerate in 2021 (6.8% revenue growth in 2121 and 6.3% in 2022), while SPGI faces a softer issuance outlook (3% revenue growth in 2021 and 5.8% in 2022, according to Capital IQ consensus).
Overall, while there is a strong strategic rationale behind the deal, there is also increased complexity which may weigh on SPGI.

The gross spread is currently 2.7% for a deal that it is highly likely to close. I recommend setting up the spread in the usual way.

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Thomas J. Monaco

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Video: Alternate sources of capital for life sciences companies - Edison Open House: Global Healthcare 2021

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Singapore Exchange – Strains Seen For TW Futures

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Thomas J. Monaco

Financial Data Juggernaut

The deal should enhance SPGI's position as a proprietary data and solutions provider. Gross spread is currently 2.7%. I recommend setting up the...

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

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