Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets, JapanConsuming

Michael Causton

Expert on Japan Retail and Consumer Markets

Real Insight on Japanese Consumer Markets

JapanConsuming

JapanConsuming is a specialist research firm producing intelligence on Japanese retail and consumer markets. Founded in 2000, JapanConsuming has become the leading provider of insights on Japanese retailers and consumer trends to retailers, brands, government agencies and investors. As well as a highly regarded monthly report on the market, JapanConsuming produces in-depth reports on retail sectors, seminars on key trends and telephone consulting to investors on trends and retailers.

JapanConsuming was founded by Michael Causton and Roy Larke. 

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Despite a year passing since the new rules on driver overtime came into force, transport companies are still coming up with ways to keep to the new regulations.</li>
<li>Seino, one of the largest trucking companies, has consolidated its regional subsidiaries and plans to open new regional hubs to reduce route distances.</li>
<li>Others will do the same and more collaborations are likely, lowering costs and improving efficiency for consumer distribution.</li>
</ul>


Despite a year passing since the new rules on driver overtime came into force, transport companies are still coming up with ways to keep to the new regulations.
Seino, one of the largest trucking companies, has consolidated its regional subsidiaries and plans to open new regional hubs to reduce route distances.
Others will do the same and more collaborations are likely, lowering costs and improving efficiency for consumer distribution.


(9076 JP) New Efficiencies and Modernisation in Consumer Goods Shipping

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Last Friday, the FFW changes for the TOPIX July Free Float Weight Review were announced. There have also been other recent announcements creating flows on 30 July.</li>
<li>Some of these other recent announcements represent a possible change in <em>ad hoc</em> methodology.</li>
<li>Total Flow for 30 July is ~$3.3bn a side driven by selling flows (3/4 of the buy flows are reverse funding). $2.1bn of selling is &gt; 3 days ADV.</li>
</ul>


Last Friday, the FFW changes for the TOPIX July Free Float Weight Review were announced. There have also been other recent announcements creating flows on 30 July.
Some of these other recent announcements represent a possible change in ad hoc methodology.
Total Flow for 30 July is ~$3.3bn a side driven by selling flows (3/4 of the buy flows are reverse funding). $2.1bn of selling is &gt; 3 days ADV.


July TOPIX FFW Rebal - Bigger Than Expected

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/naigai-trans-line-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8938:1" rel="noopener">Naigai Trans Line (9384 JP)</a> has recommended a tender offer from IA Partners at JPY4,065 per share, a 62.3% premium to the last close.</li>
<li>Despite being below the midpoint of the target IFA’s DCF valuation range, the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and represents an all-time high. </li>
<li>Given that the offer is reasonable, the required minority acceptance rate is attainable. The offer is from 10 March to 21 April, with payment on 28 April. </li>
</ul>



Naigai Trans Line (9384 JP) has recommended a tender offer from IA Partners at JPY4,065 per share, a 62.3% premium to the last close.
Despite being below the midpoint of the target IFA’s DCF valuation range, the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and represents an all-time high. 
Given that the offer is reasonable, the required minority acceptance rate is attainable. The offer is from 10 March to 21 April, with payment on 28 April. 


Naigai Trans Line (9384 JP): IA Partners’ JPY4,065 Tender Offer

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tonami-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2615:1" rel="noopener">Tonami Holdings (9070 JP)</a> has recommended a <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:359:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)</a>-sponsored MBO at JPY10,200, a 73.8% premium to the last close.</li>
<li>The offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and peer multiples. The offer represents an all-time high. </li>
<li>The offer is above the midpoint of the special committee IFA’s DCF valuation range but below that of the target IFA. However, the required minority acceptance rate is not onerous. </li>
</ul>



Tonami Holdings (9070 JP) has recommended a Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)-sponsored MBO at JPY10,200, a 73.8% premium to the last close.
The offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and peer multiples. The offer represents an all-time high. 
The offer is above the midpoint of the special committee IFA’s DCF valuation range but below that of the target IFA. However, the required minority acceptance rate is not onerous. 


Tonami Holdings (9070 JP): Japan Post Holdings’ (6178 JP) JPY10,200 Tender Offer

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>Our outlook remains bullish on global equities (MSCI ACWI) with ACWI-US and the S&amp;P 500 holding above their respective bases at $117 and 5650-5670.</li>
<li>We've discussed since mid-October how we would use any pre-election pullback in the MSCI ACWI or the SPX (U.S. remains our only country overweight) as an opportunity to add exposure</li>
<li>And we continue to see a high probability of significant upside going into year-end and the early part of 2025.</li>
</ul>


Our outlook remains bullish on global equities (MSCI ACWI) with ACWI-US and the S&amp;P 500 holding above their respective bases at $117 and 5650-5670.
We've discussed since mid-October how we would use any pre-election pullback in the MSCI ACWI or the SPX (U.S. remains our only country overweight) as an opportunity to add exposure
And we continue to see a high probability of significant upside going into year-end and the early part of 2025.


Buy the Pullback in MSCI ACWI and S&P 500; Buys in Uranium, Transports, Services, Technology, More

Japan

SEINO HOLDINGS CO., LTD. comprises a family of companies offering comprehensive transportation and logistics solutions for customers.  The Companyprovides express transportation, door-to-door parcel delivery, moving, contract logistics, and international logistics services via its ground, air, and marine transportation network.  SEINO HOLDINGS also operates Toyota dealers.

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Seino Holdings (9076 JP)

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Vermilion Research

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(9076 JP) New Efficiencies and Modernisation in Consumer Goods Shipping

​Transport companies, like Seino, are adapting to new driver overtime rules by consolidating subsidiaries and opening regional hubs to improve...

Michael Causton

July TOPIX FFW Rebal - Bigger Than Expected

The TOPIX July FFW Review is more interesting than it would appear at first glance. There are some trades to do too. Watch Rakuten, Nippon Paint,...

Travis Lundy

Naigai Trans Line (9384 JP): IA Partners’ JPY4,065 Tender Offer

Despite being below the midpoint of the target IFA’s DCF valuation range, the offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and...

Arun George

Tonami Holdings (9070 JP): Japan Post Holdings’ (6178 JP) JPY10,200 Tender Offer

The offer is attractive compared to historical trading ranges and peer multiples. The offer represents an all-time high.

Arun George

Buy the Pullback in MSCI ACWI and S&P 500; Buys in Uranium, Transports, Services, Technology, More

Buy the Pullback in MSCI $ACWI and $SPX; Still bullish on global equities with $ACWI and the SPX holding above their respective bases at $117 and...

Vermilion Research

Transport companies, like Seino, are adapting to new driver overtime rules by consolidating subsidiaries and opening regional hubs to improve...