Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Zero One

Founded in 2015, Zero One produces independent investment research and provides corporate finance advisory services with a focus on both listed and private technology companies. Founder Vincent Fernando has over 20 years of experience in US and Asia capital markets.

Independent Investment Research

Equity Bottom-Up

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>TSMC Extends Global Foundry Dominance Amid 33% Sales Surge – A Buy on Weakness Despite Market Concerns</li>
<li>Apple 'Glowtime' AI Announcements: Mixed Analyst and Media Reactions May Overlook Key Advantage — Apple Is Best Positioned to Seamlessly Integrate AI Into Your Smartphone Experience</li>
<li>Taiwan Market Gainers &amp; Losers: Consumer Electronics &amp; Memory Names Some of the Hardest Hit</li>
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TSMC Extends Global Foundry Dominance Amid 33% Sales Surge – A Buy on Weakness Despite Market Concerns
Apple 'Glowtime' AI Announcements: Mixed Analyst and Media Reactions May Overlook Key Advantage — Apple Is Best Positioned to Seamlessly Integrate AI Into Your Smartphone Experience
Taiwan Market Gainers &amp; Losers: Consumer Electronics &amp; Memory Names Some of the Hardest Hit


Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Becoming More Dominant; Apple's AI Opportunity; Taiwan Market Hammered

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 analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 6th which has an aggregated holding worth USD928.2bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD2,648mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc Financial, Quanta Computer, Unimicron Technology.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 6th which has an aggregated holding worth USD928.2bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD2,648mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc Financial, Quanta Computer, Unimicron Technology.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Sep 6th): Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc Financial

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.

Event-Driven

Shinko Electric Industries / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinko-electric-industries" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15066:1" rel="noopener">Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP)</a> pre-conditional tender offer from the JIC alliance is JPY5,920 per share. The tender start has been delayed from late August to around late January 2025.</li>
<li>The delay was due to outstanding China SAMR and Vietnam regulatory approvals. The stretched timeline suggests that SAMR will likely conditionally approve the deal. </li>
<li>While <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ibiden-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16630:1" rel="noopener">Ibiden Co Ltd (4062 JP)</a>’s underperformance lowers the deal’s break price, timing, not break risk, remains the key concern. At the last close, the gross/annualised spread was 3.7%/7.5%. </li>
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Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP) pre-conditional tender offer from the JIC alliance is JPY5,920 per share. The tender start has been delayed from late August to around late January 2025.
The delay was due to outstanding China SAMR and Vietnam regulatory approvals. The stretched timeline suggests that SAMR will likely conditionally approve the deal. 
While Ibiden Co Ltd (4062 JP)’s underperformance lowers the deal’s break price, timing, not break risk, remains the key concern. At the last close, the gross/annualised spread was 3.7%/7.5%. 


Shinko Electric (6967 JP): Tender Start Timelines Delayed

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Aug 23rd which has an aggregated holding worth USD967.8bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD186mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Far Eastone Telecommunications, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ctbc Financial Holding.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Aug 23rd which has an aggregated holding worth USD967.8bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD186mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Far Eastone Telecommunications, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Ctbc Financial Holding.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 23rd): Far Eastone Telecommunications

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Aug 16th which has an aggregated holding worth USD955.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,501mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Aug 16th which has an aggregated holding worth USD955.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,501mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 16th): TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine

Taiwan

Unimicron Technology Corp. manufactures and markets double-sided and multi-layer printed circuit boards.  The Company also provides integrated circuits (IC) burning and testing services.

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Unimicron Technology (3037 TT)

Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Becoming More Dominant; Apple's AI Opportunity; Taiwan Market Hammered

TSMC extending its lead in global foundry with Intel and Samsung needing help. Apple best positioned deliver the AI phone 'dream'. Taiwan market...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Sep 6th): Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc Financial

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shinko Electric (6967 JP): Tender Start Timelines Delayed

The stretched timeline suggests that SAMR will likely conditionally approve the deal. Timing, not break risk, remains the key concern. At the last...

Arun George

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 23rd): Far Eastone Telecommunications

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Far Eastone Telecommunications, Taiwan...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 16th): TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Taiwan Tech Weekly: TSMC Becoming More Dominant; Apple's AI Opportunity; Taiwan Market Hammered

​TSMC extending its lead in global foundry with Intel and Samsung needing help. Apple best positioned deliver the AI phone 'dream'. Taiwan market...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Sep 6th): Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc Financial

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Yageo, Shin Kong Financial, TSMC, Mediatek, Ctbc...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shinko Electric (6967 JP): Tender Start Timelines Delayed

The stretched timeline suggests that SAMR will likely conditionally approve the deal. Timing, not break risk, remains the key concern. At the last...

Arun George

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 23rd): Far Eastone Telecommunications

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Far Eastone Telecommunications, Taiwan...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 16th): TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Umc, Yageo, Evergreen Marine.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TSMC extending its lead in global foundry with Intel and Samsung needing help. Apple best positioned deliver the AI phone 'dream'. Taiwan market...