Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Shares are now up 1% in the quarter despite investment losses as 87% of assets are US$-linked</li>
<li>A recovery for Alibaba, reports of ARM monetization and the $2bn sale of its stake in Cruise has eased leverage concerns with LTV back to 22% and CDS prices falling</li>
<li>This report includes detail on Softbank dollar exposure, calculations for LTV on a quarterly and daily basis and updates to our usual NAV discount/VF performance tables</li>
</ul>


Shares are now up 1% in the quarter despite investment losses as 87% of assets are US$-linked
A recovery for Alibaba, reports of ARM monetization and the $2bn sale of its stake in Cruise has eased leverage concerns with LTV back to 22% and CDS prices falling
This report includes detail on Softbank dollar exposure, calculations for LTV on a quarterly and daily basis and updates to our usual NAV discount/VF performance tables


Softbank Group - A Strong Dollar Is Good News with 87% of Assets Overseas

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toshiba-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1" rel="noopener">Toshiba (6502 JP)</a>'s activists are stuck. So are management. 3+ years since the last big buyback, 3 new CEOs and we are back to the drawing board for both management/activists. </li>
<li>Quarz and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-north-asia-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5127:1" rel="noopener">Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP)</a> holders "win" to get a Cash-Only Consideration bump to 1.0x Price/Sep2021 NAV at S$1.1949/unit. This gets them out at NAV.</li>
<li>Regulatory overhang sees <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-administration-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:970:1" rel="noopener">Link Administration Holdings (LNK AU)</a>'s spread to terms trading wide. </li>
</ul>



Toshiba (6502 JP)'s activists are stuck. So are management. 3+ years since the last big buyback, 3 new CEOs and we are back to the drawing board for both management/activists. 
Quarz and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP) holders "win" to get a Cash-Only Consideration bump to 1.0x Price/Sep2021 NAV at S$1.1949/unit. This gets them out at NAV.
Regulatory overhang sees Link Administration Holdings (LNK AU)'s spread to terms trading wide. 


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Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

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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

Nomura Research Institute / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research.</li>
<li>This is not the first sale by Nomura and hence, might not come as a complete surprise.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
</ul>


Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research.
This is not the first sale by Nomura and hence, might not come as a complete surprise.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Nomura Research Placement - Has Sold Before, Deal Might Be More Reflective on the Parent's Results

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Thomas Schroeder

Chart based progressive global trading strategies

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Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

<ul>
<li>Softbank (9984) exhibits a number of bull elements of off 4,200 macro support with bullish price and indicators supporting a big turn around play.</li>
<li>4,200 macro bull  support induced a reversal and upside gap. Buy volumes improved on recent strength.</li>
<li>Bull conviction rests with bull divergence noted in the RSI and MACD amid a bullish price wedge that is maturing.</li>
</ul>


Softbank (9984) exhibits a number of bull elements of off 4,200 macro support with bullish price and indicators supporting a big turn around play.
4,200 macro bull  support induced a reversal and upside gap. Buy volumes improved on recent strength.
Bull conviction rests with bull divergence noted in the RSI and MACD amid a bullish price wedge that is maturing.


Softbank (9984) Strong Bull Elements off of 4,200 Big Support

Japan

SoftBank Group Corp provides telecommunication services.  The Company also operates ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and fiber optic high-speed Internet connection, e-Commerce businesses, and Internet based advertising and auction businesses.

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Softbank Group (ADR) (SFTBY US)

Softbank Group - A Strong Dollar Is Good News with 87% of Assets Overseas

With 87% of assets dollar-linked, Softbank benefits from a strong dollar and the latter's recent move to six-year highs leaves SB up QTD. Leverage...

Kirk Boodry

Last Week in Event SPACE: Toshiba, Mapletree, Link Admin, Cayman's Headcount, Razer, Crown Resorts

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Nomura Research Placement - Has Sold Before, Deal Might Be More Reflective on the Parent's Results

Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research. This won't be the first selldown by the parent.

Sumeet Singh

Softbank (9984) Strong Bull Elements off of 4,200 Big Support

Softbank (9984) exhibits a number of bull elements of off 4,200 macro support with bullish price and indicators supporting a big turn around play.

Thomas Schroeder

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