Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

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<li>Quiddity's "Who is Ready" series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/furuya-metal-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5196:1" rel="noopener">Furuya Metal (7826 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/visional-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32977:1" rel="noopener">Visional (4194 JP)</a> are expected to be included in the TOPIX index at the end of January 2024</li>
<li>There are couple of other pre-event names that we have been tracking for the past few months.</li>
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Quiddity's "Who is Ready" series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.

Furuya Metal (7826 JP) and Visional (4194 JP) are expected to be included in the TOPIX index at the end of January 2024
There are couple of other pre-event names that we have been tracking for the past few months.


TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Jan 2024)

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<li>Quiddity's "Who is Ready" series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.</li>
<li>One of our TOPIX Inclusion Pre-event names <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/visional-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32977:1" rel="noopener">Visional (4194 JP)</a> confirmed it has received approval to move to the Prime Market in December 2023.</li>
<li>Currently, we are expecting one TOPIX Inclusion at the end of December 2023 and two more at the end of January 2024 (including Visional). </li>
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Quiddity's "Who is Ready" series of insights aims to objectively identify names listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are potential additions to the TOPIX Index in future.
One of our TOPIX Inclusion Pre-event names Visional (4194 JP) confirmed it has received approval to move to the Prime Market in December 2023.
Currently, we are expecting one TOPIX Inclusion at the end of December 2023 and two more at the end of January 2024 (including Visional). 


TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Dec 2023)

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/visional-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32977:1" rel="noopener">Visional (4194 JP)</a>'s 4QFY07/23 revenue missed consensus by 0.2% despite revenues increasing 22.1% YoY to 14.73bn. Operating profit beat consensus by a huge margin of 21%.</li>
<li>Though revenue growth has slowed down, BizReach has maintained its steady performance while HRMOS continues to see strong growth with significant reduction in operating losses.</li>
<li>The company’s share price moved up by more than 5% following its earnings announcement and Visional remains our top pick in the Japanese HR space.</li>
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Visional (4194 JP)'s 4QFY07/23 revenue missed consensus by 0.2% despite revenues increasing 22.1% YoY to 14.73bn. Operating profit beat consensus by a huge margin of 21%.
Though revenue growth has slowed down, BizReach has maintained its steady performance while HRMOS continues to see strong growth with significant reduction in operating losses.
The company’s share price moved up by more than 5% following its earnings announcement and Visional remains our top pick in the Japanese HR space.


APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/socionext-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36351:1" rel="noopener">Socionext (6526 JP)</a> was listed on 12th Oct 2022, when it raised US$457m in its upsized Japan IPO. Its six-month lockup will expire on 9th Apr 2023.</li>
<li>Socionext is a fabless semiconductor provider which commenced operations after integrating the system on a chip (SoC) businesses of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and Panasonic Holding Corporation in 2015.</li>
<li>Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the Development Bank of Japan, Fujitsu and Panasonic, the trio had each trimmed their respective stakes in the IPO.</li>
</ul>



Socionext (6526 JP) was listed on 12th Oct 2022, when it raised US$457m in its upsized Japan IPO. Its six-month lockup will expire on 9th Apr 2023.
Socionext is a fabless semiconductor provider which commenced operations after integrating the system on a chip (SoC) businesses of Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and Panasonic Holding Corporation in 2015.
Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the Development Bank of Japan, Fujitsu and Panasonic, the trio had each trimmed their respective stakes in the IPO.


Socionext Lock-Up - Up 2.67x Since IPO. US$930m Worth of Shares to Be Unlocked

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/timee-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43690:1" rel="noopener">Timee Inc (215A JP)</a>  operates an on-demand job platform in Japan and the company has filed for an IPO where existing shareholders will offer shares worth of $290m.</li>
<li>The company’s top line saw accelerated growth during last 4-5 years driven by increase in no. of clients/workers while Timee also has turned around its profitability during the last 2-years.</li>
<li>In this insight, we have discussed the company’s business model and financials in detail and we will discuss our forecasts and valuation in a follow-up insight.</li>
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Timee Inc (215A JP)  operates an on-demand job platform in Japan and the company has filed for an IPO where existing shareholders will offer shares worth of $290m.
The company’s top line saw accelerated growth during last 4-5 years driven by increase in no. of clients/workers while Timee also has turned around its profitability during the last 2-years.
In this insight, we have discussed the company’s business model and financials in detail and we will discuss our forecasts and valuation in a follow-up insight.


Timee IPO: Strong Business Model with Improving Financials

Japan

MEITEC CORPORATION provides high-end engineering outsourcing services targeting the R&D sector in various industries such as automobile, telecommunication, semiconductors, consumer electronics, and industrial machinery.

TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. offers services and solutions in mechanical and electronic design, IT and software development, and wide range of technological fields through outsourcing. The Company also has presence in biological, chemical and construction management businesses.

OUTSOURCING Inc. provides outsourcing services for manufacturing companies. The Company mainly provides services for industries such as food, electric equipment, transport machine, chemical, and metal.  Outsourcing also provides worker dispatching service.

BeNext-Yumeshin Group Co. provides temporary help services. The Company provides personnel staffing services, technician staffing services, overseas staffing services, and other services. BeNext-Yumeshin Group also provides office building leasing, restaurants management, vocational training, and other services.

en-japan inc. provides Internet-based recruiting solutions. The Company provides recruitment information for job seekers. en-japan's web site allows member employers to access its database of job seekers. The Company also provides recruitment consulting services.

Funai Soken Holdings Inc. provides management and financial consulting services.  The Company, through its subsidiaries, also operates logistics information, publishing, and real estate businesses.

JAC Recruitment Co., Ltd. provides recruiting agency services. The Company focuses on international business area that includes job offers from foreign companies and overseas subsidiaries of Japanese companies.

Pasona Group Inc. manages companies that provide placement and staffing services for clients in the information technology sector.

NOMURA Co., Ltd. is a contractor of displays and interior designs.  The Company mainly plans and provides display services for commercial, cultural, and exhibition facilities.  Nomura produces displays, interior designs, and promotional and advertising materials.

WEATHERNEWS INC. provides custom weather forecasting services for a wide variety of clients.  The Company is a systems integrator for industrial quality weather monitoring systems.  Systems are designed around a client's individual requirement.  Weathernews provides content using a variety of technologies, including the Internet, television, radio, and cellular phone.

BlueFocus Communication Group Co., Ltd. provides public relation services and brand management services for corporations.  The Company's services include brand promotion, product promotion, hazard management, function management, digital media sales, and social responsibilities services.

Bluefocus Communication Group Co, Ltd. (300058 CH)

Huron Consulting Group Inc. is an independent provider of financial and operational consulting services. The company provides services to a wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations, including Fortune 500 companies, medium-sized and large businesses, leading academic institutions, healthcare organizations and the law firms.

Applus Services, S.A. provides certification services. The Company offers consultancy, engineering, inspection, non-destructive testing, technical assistance, and type approval.

Hays Plc provides specialist recruitment and human resource services for clients and candidates requiring permanent and temporary, professional and technical staff.

PageGroup PLC operates as a recruitment consultancy. The Company provides permanent, contract, and temporary recruitment services for executives, qualified professionals, and clerical professionals across a broad range of industries. PageGroup offers its services worldwide.

GlobalData plc provides research and consulting solutions for the healthcare, ICT and consumer industries. The Company offers insight and expertise to medical and pharmaceutical markets.

RITES Limited provides engineering services. The Company offers transport infrastructure consultancy, railway inspection, rolling stock leasing and maintenance, airport construction management, industrial and electrical engineering, and other related services. RITES serves customers worldwide.

CRA International Inc. is an economic and business consulting firm that serves a broad range of clients.  The Company provides legal and regulatory consulting and business consulting to clients such as law firms, corporations, government agencies, utilities, and national and international trade associations.

Centre Testing International Group Co Ltd provides testing and inspecting services for industrial products and consumer products. The Company's other services include life-science related and trade-related testing services.

ICF International, Inc. provides management, technology, policy consulting, and implementation services primarily to the U.S. federal government, as well as to other government, commercial and international clients.

Visional, Inc. develops application products. The Company develops a system that promotes industrial digital transformation and other services. Visional provides its services throughout Japan.

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Visional (4194 JP)

TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Jan 2024)

There are currently 70 names that satisfy all 6 key Segment Transfer requirements based on current data. Another 78 names can satisfy 5 out of 6...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Dec 2023)

There are currently 68 names that satisfy all 6 key Segment Transfer requirements based on current data. Another 67 names can satisfy 5 out of 6...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Visional: Steady Performance

Visional's 4QFY07/23 OP beat consensus by a large margin. Unlike its counterpart Recruit whose earnings growth has declined, both BizReach and...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Socionext Lock-Up - Up 2.67x Since IPO. US$930m Worth of Shares to Be Unlocked

Socionext just launched a US$2bn secondary extended offering, with the Development Bank of Japan, Fujitsu, and Panasonic looking to selldown their...

Clarence Chu

Timee IPO: Strong Business Model with Improving Financials

Timee, an on-demand job platform in Japan has filed for US$290m IPO through the issuance of secondary shares. Timee has seen accelerated growth in...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

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TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Jan 2024)

There are currently 70 names that satisfy all 6 key Segment Transfer requirements based on current data. Another 78 names can satisfy 5 out of 6...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

TOPIX Inclusions: Who Is Ready (Dec 2023)

There are currently 68 names that satisfy all 6 key Segment Transfer requirements based on current data. Another 67 names can satisfy 5 out of 6...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Visional: Steady Performance

​Visional's 4QFY07/23 OP beat consensus by a large margin. Unlike its counterpart Recruit whose earnings growth has declined, both BizReach and...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Socionext Lock-Up - Up 2.67x Since IPO. US$930m Worth of Shares to Be Unlocked

Socionext just launched a US$2bn secondary extended offering, with the Development Bank of Japan, Fujitsu, and Panasonic looking to selldown their...

Clarence Chu

Timee IPO: Strong Business Model with Improving Financials

​Timee, an on-demand job platform in Japan has filed for US$290m IPO through the issuance of secondary shares. Timee has seen accelerated growth in...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Visional's 4QFY07/23 OP beat consensus by a large margin. Unlike its counterpart Recruit whose earnings growth has declined, both BizReach and...

Timee, an on-demand job platform in Japan has filed for US$290m IPO through the issuance of secondary shares. Timee has seen accelerated growth in...