In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Sunrise, Bite, TK Elevator, Italmatch Chemicals, Nimlas, Lowell, Intralot, Recordati, Klockner Pentaplast, Standard Profil, Advanz Pharma, Softbank Group, Ineos
Sony’s FY25 Q2 OP at ¥429bil (+10% YoY) came in ahead of consensus at ¥390bil and our forecast of ¥410bil. The firm raised its full-year OP target, also ahead of consensus, and for good measure, has thrown in a ¥100bil share buyback; not exactly meaningful on ¥26tril market cap, but at least a gesture. Pelham Smithers reviews the performance but has concerns on how far Sony can further push out the envelope.
Softbank Corp printed a strong set of results with revenue beating by over 1%, led by growth across the board and earnings beat on EBIT strength from Consumer, Financials and Media & EC. The company has also outlined better than expected revenue target for both Enterprise and Distribution. Interim dividends remained unchanged from last year. Our assessment of the results below.
In our latest Asia Monthly, we discuss the performance of major Asian credit indices and review UST curve movements in October 2025. 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 d...
As a follow up to our cheat sheet summarizing the cost structure of a 1GW datacenter, we estimate today on a single slide WFE required to produce semiconductors for a 1 GW datacenter, with our usual important caveat: WFE spending is driven by the growth of production capacity. In other words, one spends once on WFE to build a 1GW datacenter many times over.
Have you missed it? As the Japanese stock market knocked unsuccessfully on the door of 50,000 yesterday [21 Oct], sentiment shifted from FOMO [fear of missing out] to FOTI [fear of topping in]. Would someone buying the Japanese market today be making the same mistake as someone buying in Oct 1989? Pelham Smithers discusses.
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