Activist Insight have recently published a report called “Activist Investing in Asia” in collaboration with their sponsors, Computershare and Misaki Capital. It provides an overview of recent activism trends across Asia, including the role of governments, domestic players as well as some data on the success rate of activists. You can download the report for […]
Southeastern Reduces Melco Stake
Southeastern Asset Management (Southeastern) recently reduced their stake in HK-listed Melco International Development (Melco). According to a filing made to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on October 10th, 2017, the firm sold 1,703,000 shares on the exchange at an average price of HKD 22.7941 per share on October 4th (total consideration was ~US$5m). Following the […]
Symphony Sells PREIT, Trims MINT
Symphony International Holdings Limited (SIHL) recently announced it completed an exit from its investment in Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (“PREIT”) and made a partial exit from its investment in Minor International Pcl (“MINT”). In both cases, they were able to take advantage of higher market prices in 2017 for the shares of PREIT and […]
Readings For The Week (1/10)
This week’s readings include the August newsletter from the Komodo Fund, a conversation with Grant Williams of Real Vision TV, a look at how private equity in Asia is changing, why a China-owned port in Sri Lanka could alter global trade routes and a review of a new exhibition of Southeast Asian artists at the […]
Readings For The Week (24/9)
A bumper edition of readings and videos this week. Enjoy! “Without the prison, the beatings, what would I be?”: The Guardian interviews Ai Weiwei, the Chinese contemporary artist and activist. The college lecture is dying: First of a four-part series exploring the tech-driven future of higher education in America. The case for stock buybacks: Professor […]
Marathon Increases Li Ning Stake
Marathon Asset Management LLP (Marathon) recently added to its stake in HK-listed Li Ning Company Limited (Li Ning). According to a filing submitted to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 21st, 2017, the firm bought 2,579,000 shares on the exchange on September 20th at an average price of HKD 6.9469 per share (total consideration was ~US$2.3m). […]
RVAM: Corporate Governance Challenges In Asia
River Valley Asset Management (RVAM) have published their September 2017 newsletter, which is available here. RVAM is a Singapore-based boutique asset management firm (their flagship fund is the River Valley Core Compounding Fund, launched in 2014). The firm was founded by Homiyar Vasania, who was previously part of Morgan Stanley’s emerging markets investment team. In […]
CC Asia Focus: August Update
Coupland Cardiff’s Asia Focus Fund recently published their letter for August, which you can access via their website. The fund is managed by Charlie Erith and focused on small and mid cap listed equities in the Asia ex Japan market. The latest update includes commentary on Venture Corporation, TK Group and China MeiDong and some […]
Arisaig’s August Diary
Arisaig Partners recently published their investor update for August, which is available for download from their website. Their Asia Consumer Fund is now up 34.8% year to date. The latest letter includes commentary on their holdings in Bangladesh, China and South Korea. Some highlights below (paraphrased): Dali Foods: Strategy is to move its traditional, mass-market portfolio […]
Edgbaston Adds To Wasion
Edgbaston Investment Partners (Edgbaston) recently added to their stake in HK-listed Wasion Group Holdings (Wasion). According to a filing submitted to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on September 19th, 2017, the firm bought 522,000 shares on the exchange at an average price of HKD 3.5521 per share on September 18th (total consideration was ~US$238k). Following the purchase, Edgbaston’s stake in […]