Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

A Long & Short Investment Ideas generator for Asian Equities with 10 years experience in a Hedge fund focused on bottom-up ideas, searching out mispriced ideas and misunderstood investment thesis. Provides on-the-ground insights in various Asian markets with a sway towards ASEAN. Experienced and survived the Asian Financial Crisis in a family business, as well as the Global Financial Crisis in financial markets where lessons learned. It's all about understanding business drivers and navigating business cycles, which has high applicability in generating investment ideas. 

Investment horizon: Mid to Long term

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Sea Ltd, GoTo, Grab, and Comfort Delgro

GoTo Gojek Tokopedia(GOTO IJ) - Lifting Clouds

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma  - GoTo & Baba, Adaro Energy, and Bangkok Dusit Medical

ESG Brew with ComfortDelGro’s Group Chief Sustainability and Risk Officer: ‘Our transition to cleaner energy vehicles will be a game-changer’

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>1H 24 result was not disappointing, as OPM improved thanks to a few supportive measures that boosted revenue. </li>
<li>Taxi operating profit margin has improved since 2H 23 and is still producing a higher number than last year, thanks to the ZIG app service charge. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/comfortdelgro-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:497:1" rel="noopener">Comfortdelgro Corp (CD SP)</a> is now trading at 1.2x PBR against 2x PBR 5 years ago pre COVID. </li>
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1H 24 result was not disappointing, as OPM improved thanks to a few supportive measures that boosted revenue. 
Taxi operating profit margin has improved since 2H 23 and is still producing a higher number than last year, thanks to the ZIG app service charge. 

Comfortdelgro Corp (CD SP) is now trading at 1.2x PBR against 2x PBR 5 years ago pre COVID. 


Comfortdelgro Corp

Comfortdelgro (CD): 1H Decent Result