Daily Brief Financials: Banca Monte dei Paschi di Sien, TSE Tokyo Price Index TOPIX, Bitcoin, Grandy House, Ascot Corp, London Stock Exchange, NB Private Equity Partners, NET Lease Office Properties, T&D Holdings, J Trust Co Ltd and more

• The Italian government sold a 15% stake in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Sien (BMPS IM), reducing its holding to 11.7%, signaling potential acquisition interest.
• Banco BPM SpA (BAMI IM) and Anima Holding (ANIM IM)’s recent share purchases in BMPS suggest strategic positioning for a potential future acquisition within the Italian banking sector.
• BMPS’s improved financial performance, attractive valuation (5.2x Fwd NTM P/E and 0.6x P/BVPS, and heightened investor interest create favorable conditions for a merger or acquisition.

• Observing implied volatility across 16 markets plus gold provides a picture of falling implied volatility, despite dispersion in market performance.
• Several, but not all, markets display moderation from unusual volatility levels to a more balanced implied volatility structure.
• The realignment of implied volatility across markets presents potential relative value opportunities.

• In Crypto Moves #18 from early March this year, we referred to this crypto bull market as the least speculative in the history of the crypto market.
• By Crypto Moves #35 in early July, we reaffirmed this view.
• Meanwhile, during this period, Bitcoin had outpaced almost every other altcoin.

• Grandy House reported sales of JPY27.0bn (+9.1% YoY), with operating profit down 25.7% YoY at JPY434mn.
• Total assets at end-Q2 FY03/25 were JPY71.7bn, a decrease of JPY2.7bn from end-FY03/24, due to reduced inventories.
• Net income attributable to owners of the parent was JPY78mn, a 69.1% YoY decline, amid rising housing prices.

• FY09/24 revenue reached JPY36.8bn (+90.9% YoY), with operating profit at JPY5.9bn (+194.2% YoY) and net income JPY3.0bn (+236.0% YoY).
• The company sold 28 properties in FY09/24, increasing revenue by 90.9% YoY, with a gross profit margin rise of 2.7pp YoY.
• FY09/25 forecast includes revenue of JPY50.0bn (+35.9% YoY) and net income attributable to owners of the parent of JPY3.5bn (+16.0% YoY).

• LSEG is shifting from a transactional exchange operator to a data and info services company
• Expected low-teens EPS growth and 20% IRR in the medium term
• Operates in financial data/analytics and market infrastructure, offering long-term investment potential

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• The key takeaways from NBPE’s 6 November CM day, in our view, were i) positive market indications, including exits and an increase in the correlation between operating company EBITDA growth and NAV growth
• ii) NB’s platform brings unique benefits: accessing deals, analysing investment opportunities, and GP relationships, (which have generated a big increase in opportunities presented to them, even when the overall market slowed) and
• iii) multiple levers for value creation mean that bottom-line return expectations are unchanged.

• NLOP reported two small property sales since the $71.5 million raised from the sale of the Scottsdale, Arizona building in August 2024. 
• The asset sales have contributed to NLOP reducing its debt burden from mortgage and mezzanine loans that carry interest rates of 9.8 percent and 14.5 percent, respectively.   
• Cash flow from operations resulted in further reduction of debt in the third quarter.  

• In 1H FY03/24, ordinary revenues rose 10.6% YoY to JPY1.7tn, driven by higher insurance premiums.
• Group adjusted profit increased 46.1% YoY to JPY81.8bn, with strong performance across all main life insurance companies.
• The consolidated solvency margin ratio rose to 1,023.0%, with significant increases at Daido Life and TDF Life.

• Operating revenue reached JPY96.9bn, a 14.8% YoY increase, driven by growth in financial and real estate businesses.
• Operating profit decreased 58.7% YoY to JPY5.0bn, affected by a JPY10.2bn decline in the Real Estate Business.
• Profit attributable to owners of parent fell 78.8% YoY to JPY4.1bn, influenced by deferred tax liabilities reversal.