ASEAN Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Angus Mackintosh

ASEAN Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a> released yet another knockout set of results in 3Q2021, representing the ninth quarter of triple-digit growth in GAAP sales plus management upgraded FY2021 guidance.</li>
<li>Key positives include e-commerce loss per order declining further in 3Q2021, take-rates improving further, marketplace revenues growing +151% YoY in 3Q2021 and good progress made in new markets. </li>
<li>Gaming adjusted EBITDA continues to cover losses from e-commerce despite slower growth from digital entertainment. We see the post-results correction as an opportunity to accumulate <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a>. </li>
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Sea Ltd (SE US) released yet another knockout set of results in 3Q2021, representing the ninth quarter of triple-digit growth in GAAP sales plus management upgraded FY2021 guidance.
Key positives include e-commerce loss per order declining further in 3Q2021, take-rates improving further, marketplace revenues growing +151% YoY in 3Q2021 and good progress made in new markets. 
Gaming adjusted EBITDA continues to cover losses from e-commerce despite slower growth from digital entertainment. We see the post-results correction as an opportunity to accumulate Sea Ltd (SE US). 


Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, now plans to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates from the revised PHIP filing and relook at valuations.</li>
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Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, now plans to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. 
The company has also obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other investors.
In this note, we will talk about the updates from the revised PHIP filing and relook at valuations.


Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Revised PHIP Updates, Along with Revised Valuation

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>Game revenue recovered due to the new game, “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened”.</li>
<li>Surprisingly, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/youdao-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28315:1" rel="noopener">Youdao, Inc. (DAO US)</a> did not shrink under the pressure of new policy. </li>
<li>We believe both revenue growth and operating margin will rise in 2022.</li>
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Game revenue recovered due to the new game, “Harry Potter: Magic Awakened”.
Surprisingly, Youdao, Inc. (DAO US) did not shrink under the pressure of new policy. 
We believe both revenue growth and operating margin will rise in 2022.


NetEase (NTES): 3Q21, Magic Awakened by Harry Potter

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Quwan Holding Limited / Equity Capital Markets

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/quwan-holding-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34883:1" rel="noopener">Quwan Holding Limited (1478079D CH)</a> is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by Goldman Sachs, CICC, and Jefferies. Quwan Network is a gaming-centric mobile social platform provider that operates primarily via its mobile app, TT Chat. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm was the largest voice-based mobile social platform and the largest gamer-centric mobile social platform in China in terms of average MAUs in the first half of 2021. In 1H21, the firm had 16.2m average MAUs, and users spent approximately 158 minutes a day in voice chat rooms where on average, 850,000 of them are initiated per day.

Quwan Holding Limited (1478079D CH) is looking to raise about US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by Goldman Sachs, CICC, and Jefferies. Quwan Network is a gaming-centric mobile social platform provider that operates primarily via its mobile app, TT Chat. According to Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm was the largest voice-based mobile social platform and the largest gamer-centric mobile social platform in China in terms of average MAUs in the first half of 2021. In 1H21, the firm had 16.2m average MAUs, and users spent approximately 158 minutes a day in voice chat rooms where on average, 850,000 of them are initiated per day.

Private Capital Markets

Global Digital Niaga Tbk PT / Private Capital Markets

Founded in 2010, Blibli was one of the pioneers of online shopping malls in Indonesia operating under a B2C model rather unlike its competitors, which have adopted a mixed approach with more focus on the C2C marketplace and adding B2C later. It has branched out to B2B, B2B2C, and B2G (government) and its target market is a more affluent consumer versus <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tokopedia-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24239:1" rel="noopener">Tokopedia</a> and Shopee. Given the private nature of the company, we view BliBli as the Dark Knight of Indonesian e-commerce. 
The company is owned by GDP Ventures which is part of Djarum Group, which owns one of the major tobacco companies in Indonesia as well as a controlling stake in<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-central-asia-tbk-pt" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Bank Central Asia (BBCA IJ),</a> Indonesia's largest private bank and leader in transactional banking.
BliBli has around 100,000 merchants selling 30,000 local and international brands on the platform covering a total of 16 product different categories.
It has around 18m monthly active users on the platform ranking number five in terms of visitors in 2Q2021, ahead of JD.id and behind <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bukalapak" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33575:1" rel="noopener">Bukalapak (BUKA IJ)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lazada-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26148:1" rel="noopener">Lazada Group (LAZADA SP)</a>.
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BliBli uses a wide range of payment options including GoPay, which is not surprising since it is a shareholder in<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gojek" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Gojek.</a> It has also invested in medical internet provider HaloDoc and took over travel platform Tiket.com in mid-2017.
The company has been bringing more MSMEs onto the platform that produce goods themselves rather than resell items from elsewhere. 
BliBli also offers free deliveries plus a multitude of payment options, with its own in-house wallet called BliPay but also uses a multitude of payment and financing options outlined below.
BliBli presents stiff competition with the other major players, with a strong backer in Djarum, which has deep pockets. It is increasingly diversified in its product offering and has its interests well-aligned with the government, especially with its push to bring MSMEs onto the platform.
The company recently announced that it would buy a 51% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/supra-boga-lestari-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16780:1" rel="noopener">Supra Boga Lestari (RANC IJ)</a>, which operates upscale supermarket chains including Ranch Market, The Gourmet, and Farmers Market. This potentially increases the company's exposure to online groceries. 
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BliBli is already said to have achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over US$1bn and has appointed advisors Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley ahead of a potential listing in early 2022 said to be in Jakarta. A valuation above US$1bn should be easily achievable on the first inspection and this IPO will attract the attention of both local and foreign investors.
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Founded in 2010, Blibli was one of the pioneers of online shopping malls in Indonesia operating under a B2C model rather unlike its competitors, which have adopted a mixed approach with more focus on the C2C marketplace and adding B2C later. It has branched out to B2B, B2B2C, and B2G (government) and its target market is a more affluent consumer versus Tokopedia and Shopee. Given the private nature of the company, we view BliBli as the Dark Knight of Indonesian e-commerce. 
The company is owned by GDP Ventures which is part of Djarum Group, which owns one of the major tobacco companies in Indonesia as well as a controlling stake in Bank Central Asia (BBCA IJ), Indonesia's largest private bank and leader in transactional banking.
BliBli has around 100,000 merchants selling 30,000 local and international brands on the platform covering a total of 16 product different categories.
It has around 18m monthly active users on the platform ranking number five in terms of visitors in 2Q2021, ahead of JD.id and behind Bukalapak (BUKA IJ) and Lazada Group (LAZADA SP).



BliBli uses a wide range of payment options including GoPay, which is not surprising since it is a shareholder in Gojek. It has also invested in medical internet provider HaloDoc and took over travel platform Tiket.com in mid-2017.
The company has been bringing more MSMEs onto the platform that produce goods themselves rather than resell items from elsewhere. 
BliBli also offers free deliveries plus a multitude of payment options, with its own in-house wallet called BliPay but also uses a multitude of payment and financing options outlined below.
BliBli presents stiff competition with the other major players, with a strong backer in Djarum, which has deep pockets. It is increasingly diversified in its product offering and has its interests well-aligned with the government, especially with its push to bring MSMEs onto the platform.
The company recently announced that it would buy a 51% stake in Supra Boga Lestari (RANC IJ), which operates upscale supermarket chains including Ranch Market, The Gourmet, and Farmers Market. This potentially increases the company's exposure to online groceries. 

BliBli is already said to have achieved unicorn status with a valuation of over US$1bn and has appointed advisors Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley ahead of a potential listing in early 2022 said to be in Jakarta. A valuation above US$1bn should be easily achievable on the first inspection and this IPO will attract the attention of both local and foreign investors.


China

NetEase, Inc. operates as an leading internet technology company providing online services including content, community, communication, and commerce. The Company develops and operates online games, electronic commerce, internet media, innovative business, and other businesses. NetEase expands its businesses to Japan, North American, and other other international markets.

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Angus Mackintosh

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Sumeet Singh

NetEase (NTES): 3Q21, Magic Awakened by Harry Potter

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Ming Lu

Quwan Holding Limited Pre-IPO Tearsheet

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Clarence Chu

BliBli - Enter The Dark Knight

BliBli is the "Dark Knight" of Indonesian e-commerce, given its private nature, strong market presence, and unicorn status. It has plans to IPO in...

Angus Mackintosh

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