Japan TMT Analyst

Pelham Smithers

Market Intel on Asian Tech with a Japan focus

Pelham Smithers Associates

Founded in 2009, Pelham Smithers Associates (PSA) provides market intelligence on Asian technology, focusing in particular on Japan. The industries covered by our team of specialists are: consumer electronics, telecomms, pharmaceuticals, internet, electronic parts and materials, automotive technology, retail and capital goods. 

Research is provided by the following:
Pelham Smithers: Macro, consumer electronics, telecoms & pharma
Joel Scheiman: Electronics materials / components
Julie Boote: Autos
Will Nestuk: Capital goods, machinery & transportation equipment parts
Thao Nguyen: eCommerce, internet content, marketing & advertising

Event-Driven

<p style="text-align: justify;">Hostile takeovers can occur in the Japanese stock market, but these tend to be between small companies; and usually there’s either some family rivalry, or a boardroom dispute, at the heart of it. However, while in the case of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1493" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1493:1">Solekia (9867 JP)</a> takeover battle, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/1493" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1493:1">Solekia</a> itself is tiny (current market cap of $47.8mil) and the bidder is not even a company (it is an individual, Beji Sasaki, who is the Chairman of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16610" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16610:1">Giken Kogyo (9764 JP)</a>), the third party is <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/16968" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16968:1">Fujitsu (6702 JP)</a> (with a current market…</p>

Hostile takeovers can occur in the Japanese stock market, but these tend to be between small companies; and usually there’s either some family rivalry, or a boardroom dispute, at the heart of it. However, while in the case of the Solekia (9867 JP) takeover battle, Solekia itself is tiny (current market cap of $47.8mil) and the bidder is not even a company (it is an individual, Beji Sasaki, who is the Chairman of Giken Kogyo (9764 JP)), the third party is Fujitsu (6702 JP) (with a current market…

Fujitsu (6702)– Caught in a Bidding War

Fujitsu Ltd

Fujitsu (6702)– Caught in a Bidding War