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

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with an eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive, and actionable insights, macro and equity bottom-up, from across South East Asia. </li>
<li>The past week saw insights on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bukalapak" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33575:1" rel="noopener">Bukalapak (BUKA IJ)</a>, the performance of Asian IPOs from 2022, the ongoing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/total-access-communication" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:948:1" rel="noopener">Total Access Communication (DTAC TB)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/true-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8:1" rel="noopener">True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB)</a> merger.</li>
<li>There was also a commentary on the upcoming Ohmyhome IPO in Singapore and an initiation on Thai Property firm <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sansiri-public-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12201:1" rel="noopener">Sansiri Public (SIRI TB).</a> We also had credit research on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kawasan-industri-jababeka-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7755:1" rel="noopener">Jababeka</a>.</li>
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The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with an eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive, and actionable insights, macro and equity bottom-up, from across South East Asia. 
The past week saw insights on Bukalapak (BUKA IJ), the performance of Asian IPOs from 2022, the ongoing Total Access Communication (DTAC TB) and True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB) merger.
There was also a commentary on the upcoming Ohmyhome IPO in Singapore and an initiation on Thai Property firm Sansiri Public (SIRI TB). We also had credit research on Jababeka.


The Christmas Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Bukalapak Standing Firm, 2022 IPOs, and Alfamart

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sm-investments-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20015:1" rel="noopener">SM Investments (SM PM)</a></strong>, the leading Filipino conglomerate, recently announced strong 9M22 earnings, buoyed by increased economic activity and strong consumer sentiment.</li>
<li>The standout was the unlisted SM Retail segment which recorded net income of PHP 11.5bn, exceeding 2019 pre-pandemic levels. </li>
<li>The implied stub/share - net of all listcos - of PHP 208/share compares to the five-year average of PHP 273/share, and the two-year average of PHP 252 preceding Covid. </li>
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SM Investments (SM PM), the leading Filipino conglomerate, recently announced strong 9M22 earnings, buoyed by increased economic activity and strong consumer sentiment.
The standout was the unlisted SM Retail segment which recorded net income of PHP 11.5bn, exceeding 2019 pre-pandemic levels. 
The implied stub/share - net of all listcos - of PHP 208/share compares to the five-year average of PHP 273/share, and the two-year average of PHP 252 preceding Covid. 


SM Investments (SM PM): Retail Income Now Exceeds Pre-Covid Levels

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia), SCCM Asia Research

SCCM Asia Research

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Headquartered in Singapore, SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) is an investment bank focusing on emerging growth companies across Asia, providing a full suite of investment banking services, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity capital markets, institutional equities sales and trading and equities research.

SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Coffee shop in Yishun sold for record S$40m (~S$9,361psf) in second such sale this year</li><li>Katong News Agency to close after 67 years; Shophouse transactions remain hot this year</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/areit-ayalaland-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28856" rel="noopener">Areit (AyalaLand REIT) (AREIT PM)</a> – Detailing the various headwinds and tailwinds (Regina Capital)</li></ul>

Coffee shop in Yishun sold for record S$40m (~S$9,361psf) in second such sale this yearKatong News Agency to close after 67 years; Shophouse transactions remain hot this yearAreit (AyalaLand REIT) (AREIT PM) – Detailing the various headwinds and tailwinds (Regina Capital)

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (20Jun22) - Another Record Coffee Shop Deal

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

Synergy Grid & Development Philippines / Equity Capital Markets

<p>Synergy Grid &amp; Development Phils (SGP) aims to raise up to US$350m in its Philippines (Phil) IPO. </p><p>The company has been listed on the Phil Stock Exchange (PSE) for over a decade but has been more of an empty shell for most of its listed history. SGP’s two main shareholders, Henry Sy, Jr and Robert G. Coyiuto, recently entered into a share swap agreement leading to SGP indirectly controlling over 60% of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). SGP now aims to list at least 20% of its outstanding stock to meet PSE’s free-float requirement, as well as those set out at the time of grant of NGCP concession.</p><p>NGCP owns the concession rights for 50 years to operate the national power transmission network in the Phils and in that sense it enjoys a monopoly status.</p><p>In this note, we will talk about the deal background and the overall positive aspects of the deal.</p>

Synergy Grid &amp; Development Phils (SGP) aims to raise up to US$350m in its Philippines (Phil) IPO. The company has been listed on the Phil Stock Exchange (PSE) for over a decade but has been more of an empty shell for most of its listed history. SGP’s two main shareholders, Henry Sy, Jr and Robert G. Coyiuto, recently entered into a share swap agreement leading to SGP indirectly controlling over 60% of National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). SGP now aims to list at least 20% of its outstanding stock to meet PSE’s free-float requirement, as well as those set out at the time of grant of NGCP concession.NGCP owns the concession rights for 50 years to operate the national power transmission network in the Phils and in that sense it enjoys a monopoly status.In this note, we will talk about the deal background and the overall positive aspects of the deal.

Synergy Grid & Development Re-IPO - Deal Background and Positives

Equity Bottom-Up

Philippine Stock Exchange / Equity Bottom-Up

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<p>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/philippine-stock-exchange-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23182:1" rel="noopener">Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM)</a> reported a strong set of 1H2021 numbers with net income up by +63.1% YoY on the back of a +30.9% increase in operating revenues.</p>
<p>The bottom-line performance was driven by the increase in operating revenues together with positive investment income. </p>
<p>The company saw particularly strong growth in listing fees due to a number of large size IPOs, whilst transaction fees and SCCP clearing fees increased due to higher market volumes, driven by particularly strong retail activity.</p>
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<p>The real growth driver for revenues and profits in 1H2021 came from a significant increase in capital raisings.</p>
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<p>Even after the flush of offerings in 1H2021, the listing pipeline is robust for 2H2021 and going into 2022, with a number of already approved issues plus upcoming planned listings as well as a number of planned REITs in the pipeline, which have already been featured in the news.</p>
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<p>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/philippine-stock-exchange-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23182:1" rel="noopener">Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM)</a> has also laid out a number of key initiatives set to launch this year which will provide a potential boost to activity on the exchange including new rules on short selling.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/philippine-stock-exchange-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23182:1" rel="noopener">Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM)</a> will launch a new marketing campaign to encourage more companies to list and especially SMEs. </p>
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<p>This latest set of results underline the positive story with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/philippine-stock-exchange-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23182:1" rel="noopener">Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM)</a> which continues to look promising with a strong IPO and placement pipeline for 2H2021 and going into 2022. </p>
<p>If we factor in the company's cash per share into the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/philippine-stock-exchange-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23182:1" rel="noopener">Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM)</a> valuation then the company is trading on an ex-cash FY21E PER of 16.0x and FY22E PER of 14.5x making it look significantly more attractive versus its peers together with stronger growth prospects. </p>
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The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM) reported a strong set of 1H2021 numbers with net income up by +63.1% YoY on the back of a +30.9% increase in operating revenues.
The bottom-line performance was driven by the increase in operating revenues together with positive investment income. 
The company saw particularly strong growth in listing fees due to a number of large size IPOs, whilst transaction fees and SCCP clearing fees increased due to higher market volumes, driven by particularly strong retail activity.





The real growth driver for revenues and profits in 1H2021 came from a significant increase in capital raisings.

Even after the flush of offerings in 1H2021, the listing pipeline is robust for 2H2021 and going into 2022, with a number of already approved issues plus upcoming planned listings as well as a number of planned REITs in the pipeline, which have already been featured in the news.



The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM) has also laid out a number of key initiatives set to launch this year which will provide a potential boost to activity on the exchange including new rules on short selling.
Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM) will launch a new marketing campaign to encourage more companies to list and especially SMEs. 





This latest set of results underline the positive story with Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM) which continues to look promising with a strong IPO and placement pipeline for 2H2021 and going into 2022. 
If we factor in the company's cash per share into the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM) valuation then the company is trading on an ex-cash FY21E PER of 16.0x and FY22E PER of 14.5x making it look significantly more attractive versus its peers together with stronger growth prospects. 


Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE PM) - Thriving on Retailers and IPOs

Philippines

JG Summit Holdings Inc. operates in the consumer foods, agro-industrial and commodity food products, and textiles industries. The Company also invests in real estate, manages hotel, and provides apartment management services. In addition, JG also provides banking and financial services, and invests in telecommunications, petrochemicals, and air transportation businesses.

Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc., through its subsidiaries, distributes and generates power, provides financial services, manufactures food, and provides inter-island transportation services.

San Miguel Corporation operates food, beverage, packaging, power, fuel and oil, infrastructure and telecommunications businesses.  The Company produces beverages, poultry, animal feed, meat, 
flour, dairy products, and glass and plastic packaging; generates electricity; refines and markets petroleum products; builds infrastructure; and provides telecommunications services.

GT Capital Holdings Inc. is an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides banking, automotive, property development, infrastructure, utilities, and insurance services.

DMCI Holdings Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides general construction and infrastructure construction. DMCI also develops real estate and mines coal. In addition, DMCI manufactures cement and other products.

Alliance Global Group, Inc. is a holding company with interests in food and beverage, real estate development, and fast food restaurant businesses.  The Company distills brandy, manufactures glass containers, distributes wines and snacks, develops planned mixed-use communities, and either operates or sub-franchises hamburger restaurants.

Top Frontier Investment Holdings, Inc. produces, processes, and markets beverage, food, and packaging products in the Philippines and internationally. It offers alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The company also engages in feeds production; poultry and livestock farming; processing and selling of poultry and meat products; processing and marketing of refrigerated and canned meat products; manufacturing and marketing of flour products, premixes and flour-based products, dairy-based products, breadfill, desserts, and cooking oil; and importation and marketing of coffee and coffee-related products. In addition, it produces and markets packaging products, such as glass containers, glass molds, PET bottles and preforms, PET recycling, plastic closures, corrugated cartons, woven polypropylene, kraft sacks and paperboard, pallets, flexible packaging, plastic crates, plastic floorings, plastic films, plastic trays, plastic pails and tubs, metal closures and two-piece aluminum cans, woven products, industrial laminates, and radiant barriers. Further, the company is involved in crate and plastic pallet leasing, PET bottle filling graphics design, packaging research and testing, packaging development and consultation, and contract packaging and trading. Additionally, it engages in power generation, distribution, and trading; coal mining; refining and marketing petroleum products; and construction and development of various infrastructure projects, such as airports, roads, highways, toll roads, freeways, skyways, flyovers, viaducts, and interchanges. The company also offers domestic and international telecommunications services; and banking services. In addition, it is involved in exploration, development, and commercial utilization of nickel, cobalt, chrome, iron, gold, and other mineral deposits; and commercial property development, sale and lease of real properties, and provision of corporate real estate services. The company is based in Makati City, the Philippines.

A. Soriano Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides temporary health-care staffing services in the United States and the Philippines. It offers nurse/physical therapist staffing, and other healthcare and allied services. The company also provides hotel and resort accommodation, relaxation and entertainment, and other services; construction and sale of villas; air transportation, hangarage, real estate holding and management, and recruitment services; and online community management. In addition, it is involved in manufacturing, importing, exporting, buying, and selling building wires, power cables, aluminum wires and cables, copper rods, automotive wires, and other energy-related goods. The company was founded in 1930 and is based in Makati City, the Philippines.

Keepers Holdings Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of liquor such as wine, spirits, and other beverages. Keepers Holdings serves customers in Philippine.

International Container Terminal Services, Inc. provides containerized cargo handling services. The Company also manages and operates the Manila International Container Terminal and port.

Keppel Corporation Limited's core businesses are offshore and marine, infrastructure, property investment and development, telecommunications and transportation, energy, and engineering.

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited holds all of the non-property businesses of the Cheung Kong Group and the Hutchison Group, including ports and related services, telecommunications, retail, infrastructure, energy, and movable assets leasing operations.

Samsung C&T Corporation conducts diversified business support services and resort operation activities. The Company offers a range of services in areas including clothing retail, construction, energy, real estate, food service, and resort accommodations. Samsung C&T also operates a resort with amusement rides, a zoo, water park, golf clubs, and restaurants.

Toshiba Corporation manufactures and markets electrical and electronic products. The Company's products include digital products such as PCs and televisions, NAND flash memories, and system LSIs (large-scale integrated), as well as social infrastructures such as power generators, medical equipment, and home appliances.

Siemens Ltd. has its operations in various areas: in the transportation sector it delivers high speed trains, in the lighting sector it manufactures small light bulbs. In the healthcare sector Siemens executes complete solutions for hospitals, for the industry sector it builds airports as well as produces contracts & for the communication segment it provides public network to mobiles.

LG Corp. is a holding company, which operates subsidiaries including LG Electronics, LG Household & Health Care, LG Chem Ltd., and Dacom Corp. The Company's main business areas are electronics, chemicals, and household products manufacturing and telecommunications services.

Carlisle Companies Incorporated manufactures and distributes construction materials, transportation products, and general industry products.  The Company manufactures a variety of products for the roofing, real estate, construction, trucking, food-service, aircraft manufacturing, lawn and garden, and other industries.

Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited is a multinational enterprise with a portfolio of businesses focused on the Asia-Pacific region. The Group's activities include financial services, supermarkets, consumer marketing, engineering and construction, automobile trading, insurance broking, property investment, and hotels.

CITIC Limited operates in a range of business activities including financial services, resources and energy, manufacturing, real estate and infrastructure, engineering contracting and other businesses in China and overseas.

Koninklijke Philips NV is a health technology company focused on improving people's health across the health continuum from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment, and home care. The Company offers products and services in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care.

SM Investments Corporation is an investment holding company. The Company operates retail business and develops shopping mall and other real estate property.  The Company also provides tourism services.

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The Christmas Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Bukalapak Standing Firm, 2022 IPOs, and Alfamart

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with an eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive, and actionable insights, macro and equity...

Angus Mackintosh