Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Equity Bottom-Up

Vanguard Intl Semiconductor / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>It’s NTD$4.976~5.176bn to go in March to reach the 1Q22 guidance of NTD$13.2~13.6bn.</li>
<li>Despite Consumer and Smartphone demands could be weak in 1Q because of seasonality, we still see the demands can be strong in PMIC, Auto, 5G and etc.</li>
<li>For the continuous 8” demand, the clients have high willingness to sign up an LTA (long term agreement), which explains the strong demand situation now.  </li>
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It’s NTD$4.976~5.176bn to go in March to reach the 1Q22 guidance of NTD$13.2~13.6bn.
Despite Consumer and Smartphone demands could be weak in 1Q because of seasonality, we still see the demands can be strong in PMIC, Auto, 5G and etc.
For the continuous 8” demand, the clients have high willingness to sign up an LTA (long term agreement), which explains the strong demand situation now.  


Vanguard (5347.TT): We Think Vanguard Can Easily Reach 1Q22 Guidance.

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Semiconductor exposure hits record highs among EM aggressive growth managers</li>
<li>Recent fund activity is among the most bullish of any industry group.  Semiconductors are now comfortably the largest industry group holding among Aggressive Growth managers and the largest overweight position.</li>
<li>Activity over the last 4-months saw buying in Silergy Corp and Novatek Microelectronics Corp, thought TSMC remains the consensus high conviction position.</li>
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Semiconductor exposure hits record highs among EM aggressive growth managers
Recent fund activity is among the most bullish of any industry group.  Semiconductors are now comfortably the largest industry group holding among Aggressive Growth managers and the largest overweight position.
Activity over the last 4-months saw buying in Silergy Corp and Novatek Microelectronics Corp, thought TSMC remains the consensus high conviction position.


Semiconductors:  Record Allocations Among High Growth EM Managers

Novatek Microelectronics Corp / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Novatek had reported a flattish sales outlook in 1Q22, and all of revenue, GM and OPM were expected to NT$35.8~36.8bn, 48~51% and 34~37% respectively, while revenue was at -1.92~+0.82% QoQ. </li>
<li>We think the high inventory days of supply chain is giving a good chance to expand into China foundry for production, especially SMIC.</li>
<li>We think Novatek would maintain its solid dividend policy for EPS NT$63.87 in 2021, and it’s pay-out ratio is 80% in the past.</li>
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Novatek had reported a flattish sales outlook in 1Q22, and all of revenue, GM and OPM were expected to NT$35.8~36.8bn, 48~51% and 34~37% respectively, while revenue was at -1.92~+0.82% QoQ. 
We think the high inventory days of supply chain is giving a good chance to expand into China foundry for production, especially SMIC.
We think Novatek would maintain its solid dividend policy for EPS NT$63.87 in 2021, and it’s pay-out ratio is 80% in the past.


Novatek (3034.TT): A Good Year Ahead, and Likely to Expand to SMIC for Wafer Foundry

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

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<li>It has been an interesting year and short interest has varied a lot across countries, sectors and stocks. We look at changes in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.</li>
<li>Shorts have soared in Korea following the resumption of short selling, while short interest has increased in the other countries too.</li>
<li>Ping An Insurance and BYD had the biggest short covering, while China Merchants Bank saw the largest increase in shorts over the year.</li>
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It has been an interesting year and short interest has varied a lot across countries, sectors and stocks. We look at changes in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Shorts have soared in Korea following the resumption of short selling, while short interest has increased in the other countries too.
Ping An Insurance and BYD had the biggest short covering, while China Merchants Bank saw the largest increase in shorts over the year.


Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/parade-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6987:1" rel="noopener">Parade Technologies (4966 TT)</a> is a high-speed mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and sells next-generation high-speed interface, display and touch solutions for computing, consumer, and handset markets. 
This is a high-quality tech company, with significant revenue growth and earnings momentum, generating returns well above its cost of capital, a net cash balance sheet, and an attractive sustainable 2%+ dividend yield. 
Although current valuation levels are above historical average levels, and fair at best, further revenue growth expectation upgrades coupled with fair gross margin expansion forecasts, and a management team confident of having secured sufficient manufacturing capacity to address exceptionally strong end-product demand, makes the continuation of the earnings upgrade cycle seem probable, which in turn should continue to be a positive share price catalyst. Parade Technologies is also expected to see large passive inflows during November 2021 following the MSCI November 2021 Semi-Annual Index Review.

Parade Technologies (4966 TT) is a high-speed mixed-signal fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and sells next-generation high-speed interface, display and touch solutions for computing, consumer, and handset markets. 
This is a high-quality tech company, with significant revenue growth and earnings momentum, generating returns well above its cost of capital, a net cash balance sheet, and an attractive sustainable 2%+ dividend yield. 
Although current valuation levels are above historical average levels, and fair at best, further revenue growth expectation upgrades coupled with fair gross margin expansion forecasts, and a management team confident of having secured sufficient manufacturing capacity to address exceptionally strong end-product demand, makes the continuation of the earnings upgrade cycle seem probable, which in turn should continue to be a positive share price catalyst. Parade Technologies is also expected to see large passive inflows during November 2021 following the MSCI November 2021 Semi-Annual Index Review.

Parade Technologies: Further Revenue Growth Upgrades, and Dividends, Should Support Valuation

Taiwan

Novatek Microelectronics Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets integrated circuits (ICs).  The Company's products are used in telecommunication, computer peripherals, and LCD (liquid crystal display) drivers.

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Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)

Vanguard (5347.TT): We Think Vanguard Can Easily Reach 1Q22 Guidance.

We think Vanguard can easily reach 1Q22 guidance. It’s NTD$4.976~5.176bn to go in March to reach the 1Q22 guidance of NTD$13.2~13.6bn. We still see...

Patrick Liao

Semiconductors: Record Allocations Among High Growth EM Managers

Semiconductor exposure hits record highs among EM aggressive growth managers. Remain the largest industry group holding and the largest overweight...

Steven Holden

Novatek (3034.TT): A Good Year Ahead, and Likely to Expand to SMIC for Wafer Foundry

In 1Q22, Novatek reported revenue, GM and OPM expected to NT$35.8~36.8bn, 48~51% and 34~37% respectively, which revenue was at -1.92~+0.82% QoQ. We...

Patrick Liao

Asia: The Year in Shorts

There have been large increases and decreases in short interest on stocks across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan over the year. We look at the biggest...

Brian Freitas

Parade Technologies: Further Revenue Growth Upgrades, and Dividends, Should Support Valuation

In this insight, I take a deep-dive analysis into fabless IC design house, Parade Technologies, its industry value chain, current valuation levels,...

Wium Malan, CFA

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