Taiwan Tech Focused Senior Analyst

Patrick Liao

Being invited, I joined Sellside, i.e. JPMorgan, Nomura and Macquarie, totally around 9-10 years. Before that, I joined International Data Corp (https://www.idc.com/) to be the Asia Semiconductor analyst for nearly 2 years, and being invited to do personal lectures in TSMC, UMC, Samsung and etc. In my working experiences, I also had the chance to join Taiwanese panel company, AUO (2409.TT) and the buyside, Chinalife (2823.TT), totally for over 1 year.
I obtained MS degree from the Tsing-Hua University. Then I worked in the Taiwan Semiconductor companies for around 11 years. I had several US patents during my stay in the Semiconductor industry.

Being worked in the sellside and buyside, I deeply dived in the Greater China Semiconductor industry and directly covered some companies, like TSMC (2330.TT, TSM.US), UMC (2303.TT, UMC.US), Vanguard (5347.TT), ASE (3711.TT, ASX.US), SPIL (merged with ASE and delisted), KYEC ( 2449.TT), JCET (600584.CH), ASMPT (522.HK), GWC (6488.TT), WinSemi (3105.TT), Mediatek (2454.TT), Silergy (6415.TT), Novatek (3034.TT), Guoxin Micro (002049.CH) etc.

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Equity Bottom-Up

ASM Pacific Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>On May 20, Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX) took out ASMP (522.HK) and replaced by NIO Inc (9866 HK).</li>
<li>Apparently, the EV has a better future outlook, and NIO is riding on the right wind even it's still lost making.</li>
<li>Meanwhile, we think ASMP's should see another hike in 3Q22, and its revenue was forecasted between US$670 million and US$740 million in 2Q22.</li>
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On May 20, Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX) took out ASMP (522.HK) and replaced by NIO Inc (9866 HK).
Apparently, the EV has a better future outlook, and NIO is riding on the right wind even it's still lost making.
Meanwhile, we think ASMP's should see another hike in 3Q22, and its revenue was forecasted between US$670 million and US$740 million in 2Q22.


ASMP (522.HK):  Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX) Took Out ASMP with NIO Inc (9866 HK).