Investment Research - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Investment Research - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

Investory

Investory is a Singapore-based boutique independent equity research firm founded in January 2017 with a primary focus on consumption themes across Asia-Pacific.

We aim to generate investible ideas based on consumption trends and outlook. We screen our ideas on several parameters - product potential, long-term growth and management commitment being the most critical.  We follow a fundamental analysis approach in our stock selection process and are not restricted by market cap.

We aspire to grow into a leading source of unbiased research, free of conflict of interest, for investors yearning for independent and disciplined analysis. 

We also undertake bespoke research mandates to support our Institutional clients’ investment needs.

Our team comprises of professionals with extensive experience in the Asian equity markets, in areas ranging from research, servicing institutional clients and investment management.

Equity Bottom-Up

Pop Mart International Group L / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Welcome to Consumer Tales &amp; Trends, your weekly roundup of the latest corporate developments, investment reports and sector events in the consumer industry.</li>
<li>Despite weak consumer spending in China, there are a few bright spots—an example is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pop-mart-international-group-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29016:1" rel="noopener">Pop Mart International Group (9992 HK)'s</a> strong sales growth partly driven by the "red lipstick effect."</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/miniso-group-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29673:1" rel="noopener">Miniso (MNSO US)</a>’s stock plunged early last week but quickly recovered, reinforcing our view that its deal with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yonghui-superstores-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15910:1" rel="noopener">Yonghui Superstores Co., (601933 CH)</a> has some promise.</li>
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Welcome to Consumer Tales &amp; Trends, your weekly roundup of the latest corporate developments, investment reports and sector events in the consumer industry.
Despite weak consumer spending in China, there are a few bright spots—an example is Pop Mart International Group (9992 HK)'s strong sales growth partly driven by the "red lipstick effect."

Miniso (MNSO US)’s stock plunged early last week but quickly recovered, reinforcing our view that its deal with Yonghui Superstores Co., (601933 CH) has some promise.


Weekly Consumer Tales: Pop Mart's Unique Appeal-Miniso's Yonghui Buy-China Stimulus-MTR's Spicy IPO

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

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<li>MercadoLibre continues its climb, hitting new highs in both Average Weight (0.4%) and Funds Invested (23.42%).</li>
<li>In the last six months, 4.2% of funds have added MercadoLibre to their portfolios, while key EM holdings HDFC Bank and AIA Group have seen declining ownership.</li>
<li>20 new positions have been opened over the last 6-months, with Goldman Sachs Global Impact Opportunities and Fidelity Special Situations among the fresh buyers, against only 6 closures.</li>
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MercadoLibre continues its climb, hitting new highs in both Average Weight (0.4%) and Funds Invested (23.42%).
In the last six months, 4.2% of funds have added MercadoLibre to their portfolios, while key EM holdings HDFC Bank and AIA Group have seen declining ownership.
20 new positions have been opened over the last 6-months, with Goldman Sachs Global Impact Opportunities and Fidelity Special Situations among the fresh buyers, against only 6 closures.


MercadoLibre:  Entering the Global Stage

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Tongcheng Travel Holdings  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Hong Kong is showing strong market momentum as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, healthcare and tech surge on increased momentum.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xtep-international-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18118:1" rel="noopener">Xtep International (1368 HK)</a> had a good 1H24 and benefited from better consumer sentiment. Analysts are upgrading <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tongcheng-travel-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27363:1" rel="noopener">Tongcheng Travel Holdings (780 HK) on an improved outlook.</a></li>
<li>Goldman Sachs upgraded their rating on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bilibili-inc-83a27302-cd7d-4e6a-a1de-bcf93eb022c3" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32215:1" rel="noopener">Bilibili (9626 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bilibili-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26793:1" rel="noopener">Bilibili (BILI US)</a> to a BUY with improving user MAU/DAU measures and the success of its newly launched game.</li>
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Hong Kong is showing strong market momentum as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, healthcare and tech surge on increased momentum.
Xtep International (1368 HK) had a good 1H24 and benefited from better consumer sentiment. Analysts are upgrading Tongcheng Travel Holdings (780 HK) on an improved outlook.
Goldman Sachs upgraded their rating on Bilibili (9626 HK) , Bilibili (BILI US) to a BUY with improving user MAU/DAU measures and the success of its newly launched game.


BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Stock Updates (September 28)

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 26th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Alibaba, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile, CNOOC.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 26th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Alibaba, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile, CNOOC.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 26th): Alibaba, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, Meituan, Tencent

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 20th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in AIA, Angelalign, Kuaishou, China Mobile.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 20th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in AIA, Angelalign, Kuaishou, China Mobile.


HK Short Interest Weekly: AIA, Angelalign, Kuaishou, China Mobile

China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Tencent (700 HK)

Weekly Consumer Tales: Pop Mart's Unique Appeal-Miniso's Yonghui Buy-China Stimulus-MTR's Spicy IPO

Welcome to Consumer Tales & Trends, your weekly roundup of the latest corporate developments, investment reports and sector events in the consumer...

Devi Subhakesan

MercadoLibre: Entering the Global Stage

MercadoLibre continues its climb, hitting new highs in both Average Weight (0.4%) and Funds Invested (23.42%) among active Global managers.

Steven Holden

BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Stock Updates (September 28)

Hong Kong market continues to re-rate on the back of PBOC stimulus. XTEP and Tongcheng benefit from improved consumer sentiment and earnings...

David Mudd

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep 26th): Alibaba, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, Meituan, Tencent

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, Meituan, Tencent,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: AIA, Angelalign, Kuaishou, China Mobile

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 20th and highlight short interest changes in AIA, Angelalign, Kuaishou,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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