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

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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

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/industri-jamu-dan-farmasi-sido-muncul-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6033:1" rel="noopener">Sido Muncul (SIDO IJ)</a> 's share price has lagged <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jakarta-stock-exchange-composite-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22914:1" rel="noopener">Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index (JCI INDEX)</a> in the last year due to the vaccine discovery and the shelved overseas expansion plan which has caused the earnings multiples to decrease although the earnings result has been strong.</p>
<p>A cross-border travel resumption that will sooner rather than later take place will inevitably lower freight costs therefore Sido Muncul can carry on with its overseas expansion plan to Nigeria and the Philippines that they had to put on hold during COVID-19. </p>
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<p>Combining the overseas expansion plan resumption and the potential for mean reversion, it is not a bad idea to hold <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/industri-jamu-dan-farmasi-sido-muncul-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6033:1" rel="noopener">Sido Muncul (SIDO IJ)</a> . For shareholders who invested 5 years ago and made a decent return on Sido Muncul, it is not a bad idea to sell some to lock in some profit to maintain a certain level of exposure in the portfolio without being too overweight Sido Muncul. </p>
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Sido Muncul (SIDO IJ) 's share price has lagged Jakarta Stock Exchange Composite Index (JCI INDEX) in the last year due to the vaccine discovery and the shelved overseas expansion plan which has caused the earnings multiples to decrease although the earnings result has been strong.
A cross-border travel resumption that will sooner rather than later take place will inevitably lower freight costs therefore Sido Muncul can carry on with its overseas expansion plan to Nigeria and the Philippines that they had to put on hold during COVID-19. 

Combining the overseas expansion plan resumption and the potential for mean reversion, it is not a bad idea to hold Sido Muncul (SIDO IJ) . For shareholders who invested 5 years ago and made a decent return on Sido Muncul, it is not a bad idea to sell some to lock in some profit to maintain a certain level of exposure in the portfolio without being too overweight Sido Muncul. 


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