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VEON Welcomes Expanded Kyivstar Free Float After the Successful Kyivst...
VEON Welcomes Expanded Kyivstar Free Float After the Successful Kyivstar Secondary Offering Dubai and New York, February 3, 2026 -- VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), notes that Kyivstar Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW), Ukraine’s leading digital operator (“Kyivstar”), is pleased to announce the closing of a secondary public offering of 14,375,000 common shares of Kyivstar (the “Offering”), at a public offering price of USD 10.50 per share. The Offering, which was over-subscribed by 5 times, was closed on February 2, 2026, and included Kyivstar shares held by VEON...
- Felix Fischer
Asia Monthly – January 2026 In Review - Lucror Analytics
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in January 2026. We also provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases, including those from the US, China, India, Indonesia and Japan. In addition, we summarise the top/bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well as a list of our recent research. The Asia Monthly publication serves to keep investors updated on ...
M04 MGM CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED
MAS MELCO RESORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED SPONSORED ADR
JSWSTEEL JSW STEEL LIMITED
00813 SHIMAO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
XGH CHINA WATER AFFAIRS GROUP LIMITED
00817 ENN ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
CHINA JINMAO HOLDINGS GROUP LIMITED
01238 CENTRAL CHINA REAL ESTATE LIMITED
00992 POWERLONG REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD.
VED LENOVO GROUP LIMITED
02777 VEDANTA RESOURCES PLC
03383 GUANGZHOU R&F PROPERTIES CO. LTD. CLASS H
TATASTEEL AGILE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
4755 TATA STEEL LIMITED
MEDC RAKUTEN INC.
ICT PT MEDCO ENERGI INTERNASIONAL TBK
01098 INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INC.
TOP ROAD KING INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
00603 THAI OIL PUBLIC CO. LTD.
OL5 CHINA OIL & GAS GROUP LTD.
Z25 SHUI ON LAND LTD.
SXC YANLORD LAND GROUP LIMITED
03377 SUNNY OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY (GROUP) CO. LTD.
00880 SINO-OCEAN GROUP HOLDING LTD.
INDY SJM HOLDINGS LIMITED
8WY PT INDIKA ENERGY TBK
WFG1 WYNN MACAU LTD.
01030 WEST CHINA CEMENT LTD.
00884 SEAZEN GROUP LTD.
JPFA CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD.
00142 JAPFA COMFEED INDONESIA
600803 FIRST PACIFIC CO. LTD.
JFC ENN ECOLOGICAL HOLDINGS (A)
7201 JOLLIBEE FOODS CORP.
KIJA NISSAN MOTOR CO. LTD.
BIOCON PT KAWASAN INDUSTRI JABABEKA TBK CLASS A
9984 BIOCON LIMITED
SM SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
00405 SM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION
KOU YUEXIU REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
VLL KWG GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
00656 VISTA LAND & LIFESCAPES INC.
ADANIPORTS FOSUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
PWON ADANI PORTS & SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LTD.
ICBP PT PAKUWON JATI TBK
TBIG PT INDOFOOD CBP SUKSES MAKMUR TBK
599A PT TOWER BERSAMA INFRASTRUCTURE TBK
TATAMOTORS SANDS CHINA LTD.
ADANITRANS TATA MOTORS LIMITED
POWR ADANI TRANSMISSION LTD.
AZRE PT CIKARANG LISTRINDO TBK
01112 AZURE POWER GLOBAL LTD.
MSC HEALTH AND HAPPINESS (H&H) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
ADANIGREEN STUDIO CITY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS ADS
00017 ADANI GREEN ENERGY LIMITED
RNW NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
PGEO RENEW ENERGY GLOBAL PLC
PT. PERTAMINA GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
- Chris Hoare
Global EM Telcos & Towers – Strong start – NSR GEM Top-10 February ‘26...
Our portfolio of Top Picks has started 2026 strongly, up 6% ytd already. This month we make no changes to our top picks. This note also includes key news & other thoughts, to try to help investors generate alpha within the EM Telco space.
VEON Partners with MindBridge to Enhance Financial Analytics, Audit an...
VEON Partners with MindBridge to Enhance Financial Analytics, Audit and Internal Controls with Augmented Intelligence Capabilities Dubai and Ottawa, January 30, 2026: VEON Ltd. (NASDAQ: VEON), a global digital operator, and MindBridge, the leader in AI-powered financial intelligence, today announced a strategic collaboration to deploy artificial intelligence-powered analytics tools across VEON’s global operations. Under the collaboration, MindBridge will support VEON’s operating companies in finance, internal controls and internal audit with solutions that create standardized, scalable an...
- Chris Hoare
VEON (Buy, TP: $100, +79%) VEON & Kyivstar – Guidance upgrade and sec...
Kyivstar upgraded their guidance for FY25 ahead of earnings in March and also announced a secondary offering. This dilutes VEON's stake in Kyivstar to ~84% from ~90%, but has a negligible effect on our sum of the parts valuation. We think VEON and Kyivstar are likely to re-rate due to their digital exposure with VEON being one of our GEM Top Picks.
Kyivstar Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Shares Held...
Kyivstar Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Shares Held by VEON NEW YORK, New York, January 29, 2026 -- VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or, together with its subsidiaries, the “VEON Group”) notes that Kyivstar Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW) (“Kyivstar” or the “Company”), Ukraine’s leading digital operator, today announced the pricing of the public offering of 12,100,000 common shares held by VEON Amsterdam B.V., the principal shareholder of the Company, and 400,000 common shares held by certain other selling shareholders (collectively, the “Selli...
VEON Notes Kyivstar Group Publication of Selected Full Year 2025 Fina...
VEON Notes Kyivstar Group Publication of Selected Full Year 2025 Financial Information Dubai, January 28, 2026 — VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON) (“VEON”) notes that Kyivstar Group Ltd. (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW) ( “Kyivstar” or “the Group”), Ukraine’s leading digital operator, has announced the Group’s preliminary estimates of selected unaudited financial information for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to the Group’s actual financial results for the year ended December 31, 2024. Based on information currently available to management, and subject to uncertainties, for the year ended December...
- Thao Nguyen
PSA Internet / eCommerce: The Rise of GenAI Apps in Japan
Japan’s Generative AI app market accelerated sharply in 2025, led by AI Assistant apps, with downloads up +126% YoY and in app purchase (IAP) revenue surging 329% YoY. ChatGPT dominated the category, ranking No.1 among GenAI apps by both downloads and IAP revenue. It is also the top non game app by downloads in Japan. Despite rapid adoption, domestic developers remain under represented, creating a strategic opportunity for ecosystem embedded players. Analyst Thao Nguyen highlights Rakuten as a b...
- Chris Hoare
EM Tower Trends Q3 CY25 review: Solid quarter, especially in Africa
Tower revenue trends were slightly slower across the board except for Indus Towers as it benefited again from VIL’s network catch up spend. EBITDA margins were roughly stable across EM except in Indonesia which faces the near-term pressure of the XL-Smartfren consolidation. Africa continue to perform well and the LatAm Towers space had a decent Q3.
VEON Unveils the New Beeline Uzbekistan Network Operations Center, Lau...
VEON Unveils the New Beeline Uzbekistan Network Operations Center, Launches BuildX to Accelerate Software Development in Uzbekistan Dubai and Tashkent, January 26, 2026: VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON” or, together with its subsidiaries, the “VEON Group”), today unveiled the new network operations center for Beeline Uzbekistan in Tashkent, in a ceremony attended by Sherzod Shermatov, Minister of Digital Technologies of Uzbekistan, and Kaan Terzioglu, VEON Group CEO as well as Beeline Uzbekistan board members and its executive team. Today, VEON also launched Build...
- Thao Nguyen
PSA Internet / eCommerce: Rakuten (4755 JT) – Agentic AI as a Catalyst...
Rakuten’s AI strategy has evolved from experimentation to generating tangible impacts. Analyst Thao Nguyen explains what distinguishes Rakuten from both global and domestic peers and the firm’s commitment to provide AI for everyone and how that translates into earnings.
- Chris Hoare
VEON (Buy, TP: $100, +85%) VEON – Feedback from Management NDR in Asi...
We hosted VEON management including the CFO and Head of Strategic Development in Hong Kong and Singapore last week. Operationally the message from the company continues to be strong. VEON operates in high risk countries, but has a quality, and technical capability that far exceeds similar sized EM Telcos in our view. We still see substantial upside in the stock and retain our Buy recommendation and US$100/ADR price target.
VEON’s Kyivstar Reaches 3.0 million Customers with Starlink Direct to ...
VEON’s Kyivstar Reaches 3.0 million Customers with Starlink Direct to Cell Services Dubai and Kyiv, January 15, 2026 – VEON Ltd. (Nasdaq: VEON), a global digital operator (“VEON”), today announced that Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV; KYIVW), Ukraine's leading digital operator, has now reached over 3.0 million registered users for Direct to Cell satellite connectivity services, powered by Starlink. This user base corresponds to over 10% of Kyivstar’s mobile subscribers. Since the launching of the service on November 24, 2025, over 1.2 million SMS messages have been delivered via satellite connect...
- Felix Fischer
Asia Monthly - 2026 Asian Credit Outlook And 2025 In Review - Lucror A...
In our inaugural Asia Monthly for 2026, we share our regional credit outlook for the year, with a focus on China, Macau, India and Indonesia. We also provide a review of 2025, in which we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements for the year. In addition, we provide a recap of major news and macroeconomic releases in December 2025, summarise the Top/Bottom performers, recent USD bond issuances and rating actions in Asian corporate credit, as well a...
M04 MGM CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED
MAS MELCO RESORTS & ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED SPONSORED ADR
JSWSTEEL JSW STEEL LIMITED
00813 SHIMAO GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
XGH CHINA WATER AFFAIRS GROUP LIMITED
00817 ENN ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
CHINA JINMAO HOLDINGS GROUP LIMITED
01238 CENTRAL CHINA REAL ESTATE LIMITED
00992 POWERLONG REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS LTD.
VED LENOVO GROUP LIMITED
02777 VEDANTA RESOURCES PLC
03383 GUANGZHOU R&F PROPERTIES CO. LTD. CLASS H
TATASTEEL AGILE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
4755 TATA STEEL LIMITED
MEDC RAKUTEN INC.
ICT PT MEDCO ENERGI INTERNASIONAL TBK
01098 INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL SERVICES INC.
TOP ROAD KING INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
00603 THAI OIL PUBLIC CO. LTD.
OL5 CHINA OIL & GAS GROUP LTD.
Z25 SHUI ON LAND LTD.
SXC YANLORD LAND GROUP LIMITED
03377 SUNNY OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY (GROUP) CO. LTD.
00880 SINO-OCEAN GROUP HOLDING LTD.
INDY SJM HOLDINGS LIMITED
8WY PT INDIKA ENERGY TBK
WFG1 WYNN MACAU LTD.
01030 WEST CHINA CEMENT LTD.
00884 SEAZEN GROUP LTD.
JPFA CIFI HOLDINGS (GROUP) CO. LTD.
00142 JAPFA COMFEED INDONESIA
600803 FIRST PACIFIC CO. LTD.
JFC ENN ECOLOGICAL HOLDINGS (A)
7201 JOLLIBEE FOODS CORP.
KIJA NISSAN MOTOR CO. LTD.
BIOCON PT KAWASAN INDUSTRI JABABEKA TBK CLASS A
9984 BIOCON LIMITED
SM SOFTBANK GROUP CORP.
00405 SM INVESTMENTS CORPORATION
KOU YUEXIU REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST
VLL KWG GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
00656 VISTA LAND & LIFESCAPES INC.
ADANIPORTS FOSUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
PWON ADANI PORTS & SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE LTD.
ICBP PT PAKUWON JATI TBK
TBIG PT INDOFOOD CBP SUKSES MAKMUR TBK
599A PT TOWER BERSAMA INFRASTRUCTURE TBK
TATAMOTORS SANDS CHINA LTD.
ADANITRANS TATA MOTORS LIMITED
POWR ADANI TRANSMISSION LTD.
AZRE PT CIKARANG LISTRINDO TBK
01112 AZURE POWER GLOBAL LTD.
MSC HEALTH AND HAPPINESS (H&H) INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
ADANIGREEN STUDIO CITY INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS ADS
00017 ADANI GREEN ENERGY LIMITED
RNW NEW WORLD DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD.
PGEO RENEW ENERGY GLOBAL PLC
PT. PERTAMINA GEOTHERMAL ENERGY
VEON’s Kyivstar Launches 5G Pilot in Lviv
VEON’s Kyivstar Launches 5G Pilot in Lviv Lviv, January 12, 2026 – VEON, a global digital operator (Nasdaq: VEON), today announces that Kyivstar (Nasdaq: KYIV), Ukraine's leading digital operator and a VEON Group company, has launched a 5G test zone in the historical center of the city of Lviv in Ukraine. This marks Kyivstar’s first local pilot 5G project and is being implemented in coordination with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The goal of the 5G pilot is to evaluate network performance in real-world urban conditions. Pending successful pilot testing in Lviv, Kyivsta...
- Chris Hoare
African & EMEA Telcos & Towers Outlook 2026; expecting another good y...
2025 was a very strong year for African Telcos, as macro stabilized and pricing recovered across the continent but especially in Nigeria. We think 2026 should be more of the same as stocks re-rate due to strength in the core coupled with exposure to digital. Very strong performance by Airtel Africa means Vodacom becomes our top pick in Africa, and VEON our top pick overall.
- Chris Hoare
Japanese Telcos & Internet What to expect in 2026: Incumbents grind h...
2025 was another tougher year for the Japanese incumbents; with KDDI and SoftBank rising modestly and NTT flat, but all (including Rakuten) underperforming a strong Nikkei. This despite prices rising in Mobile. We think the sector is modestly undervalued and will grind higher with EPS. SoftBank remains our top pick.
- Chris Hoare
Global EM Telcos & Towers 2025 wrapped. NSR GEM 2026 Top-10 unveiled:...
2025 was when the EM Telco bull market really took off. Two of our top picks returned >100% and four more 50%+. We make one change to our top picks for 2026 from 2025, introducing Megacable in exchange for IHS Towers. In a separate note out today we run through the Themes that we think will drive performance in 2026.
- Chris Hoare
Global EM Telcos & Towers Themes and Top picks for 2026
EM Telcos have been strong for some time, but 2025 was a banner year. Multiples have expanded somewhat, but we remain bullish, as we think EM Telcos operate on a long cycle driven by market structure which has now definitively turned up We therefore see EM Telcos in a true stealth bull market as conditions still seem ripe for the best to exhibit pricing power and hence GDP+ revenue growth and rising ROIC. This note explains the key themes we see for 2026.
- Chris Hoare
Global EM Telcos Fish in a barrel? 8 Themes that drove EM Telcos in 2...
2025 was a banner year for EM Telcos, following on from a good 2023 and 2024. As we head towards the New Year we thought it might be useful to highlight a few of the thematic pieces we wrote last year that we think help to highlight why EM Telcos are in a clear and sustained bull market and why therefore we are confident that 2026 will be another good year for investors in the space, as fundamentals continue to look much stronger than in the past. I hope you enjoy reading these and happy holiday...
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