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Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Asian Fund Pivots to Samsung Bet After Riding Pop Mart Rally
(Bloomberg) -- A peer-beating Asian equity fund is turning its sights on Samsung Electronics Co. after adding Pop Mart International Group Ltd. before the latter's share price surge. NYC Commutes Resume After Midtown Bus Terminal Crash Chaos Struggling Downtowns Are Looking to Lure New Crowds Massachusetts to Follow NYC in Making Landlords Pay Broker Fees Foreign Buyers Swoop on Cape Town Homes, Pricing Out Locals What Gothenburg Got Out of Congestion Pricing The $1.6 billion Ninety One Global Strategy Fund - Asian Equity Fund bought Pop Mart shares in March 2024 after its quantitative model identified the Labubu maker's earnings potential amid China's economic malaise, said London-based co-manager Charlie Linton. He recently turned overweight on Samsung, saying many investors have 'mispriced' the company because it's lagging rivals like SK Hynix Inc. in the high-bandwidth memory chip market. The fund's screening often highlights stocks that are 'discarded' by investors making decisions based on geographic and sector-driven trends, he said. It has returned 15% this year, outperforming 94% of peers, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Linton's team relies on a model that screens stocks in the region using a blend of factors — quality, value, operational performance and technical momentum — and picks shares that are expected to withstand market volatility, he said. The fund viewed Pop Mart as undervalued given the popularity of its characters and intellectual property products. Its shares have soared roughly 600% over the past year. While Samsung's shares have trailed those of SK Hynix, which supplies HBM to Nvidia Corp, the firm's next-generation DRAM chip could help the stock catch up with peers once production takes off, Linton said. Samsung shares are up 20% this year, while SK Hynix's have jumped 60%. 'Currently everyone is underweight' Samsung, said Linton, who also owns SK Hynix shares. 'We've taken a bit more positive view, partly because the valuation looks very attractive.' Chinese equities make up almost a third of the fund. Linton owns shares of Naura Technology Group Co., which he sees as a proxy to China's rising semiconductor prowess thanks to its localization efforts and growth that's outpaced domestic counterparts. SNAP Cuts in Big Tax Bill Will Hit a Lot of Trump Voters Too America's Top Consumer-Sentiment Economist Is Worried How to Steal a House China's Homegrown Jewelry Superstar Sperm Freezing Is a New Hot Market for Startups ©2025 Bloomberg L.P.
Bloomberg
03-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Asian Fund Pivots to Samsung Bet After Riding Pop Mart Rally
A peer-beating Asian equity fund is turning its sights on Samsung Electronics Co. after adding Pop Mart International Group Ltd. before the latter's share price surge. The $1.6 billion Ninety One Global Strategy Fund - Asian Equity Fund bought Pop Mart shares in March 2024 after its quantitative model identified the Labubu maker's earnings potential amid China's economic malaise, said London-based co-manager Charlie Linton. He recently turned overweight on Samsung, saying many investors have 'mispriced' the company because it's lagging rivals like SK Hynix Inc. in the high-bandwidth memory chip market.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Investors looking beyond US scoop-up Asian funds
By Rae Wee and Gaurav Dogra SINGAPORE/BENGALURU (Reuters) -Investors have been selling U.S. shares and piling into Asian equity funds, as the Trump administration's tariffs cast a cloud over the U.S. growth outlook and whether years of world-beating gains in U.S. markets may be drawing to an end. Net flows into exchange-traded equity funds that invest in Asia totalled $8.45 billion for the three weeks ended May 7, the highest in about seven months, LSEG Lipper data covering 844 funds listed globally showed. Meanwhile, U.S. equity funds logged a fourth straight week of outflows, totalling $43.5 billion to May 7, as President Donald Trump's trade policies have shaken investor confidence. "There is more awareness of the need for portfolio diversification and the overcrowding in the Magnificent 7 stocks, helping flows to non-U.S. markets including Asia," said Prashant Bhayani, chief investment officer at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. These outflows coincide with good performance and recent rises in currencies across Asia, suggesting a rush of money moving to the region and offering an added attraction for foreign buyers. Valuations and a belief that countries could either strike trade deals or end up beneficiaries from new routes opened up to avoid U.S. levies are also supporting sentiment. Gary Tan, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, has bought some stocks in ASEAN recently, which he thought were good value. "After the initial tariff shock in April, investors have been selectively investing in market-specific ETFs in countries where they anticipate positive outcomes from tariff negotiations," he said. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan is up more than 4% for the year so far, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq have clocked losses of close to 4% and 7%, respectively. The one-year forward price-to-earnings (PE) ratio for Malaysia's benchmark index, for instance, stands at 17.56, with Taiwan at 14.64 and the S&P 500 at 20.62. "We think the growing need for diversification away from U.S. assets, the dollar weakening towards its long-run fair value over time, coupled with cheaper valuations and lighter positioning, are supportive for Asian equities," said Sunil Koul, global emerging market equity strategist at Goldman Sachs. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Reuters
09-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Investors looking beyond US scoop-up Asian funds
SINGAPORE/BENGALURU, May 9 (Reuters) - Investors have been selling U.S. shares and piling into Asian equity funds, as the Trump administration's tariffs cast a cloud over the U.S. growth outlook and whether years of world-beating gains in U.S. markets may be drawing to an end. Net flows into exchange-traded equity funds that invest in Asia totalled $8.45 billion for the three weeks ended May 7, the highest in about seven months, LSEG Lipper data covering 844 funds listed globally showed. Meanwhile, U.S. equity funds logged a fourth straight week of outflows, totalling $43.5 billion to May 7, as President Donald Trump's trade policies have shaken investor confidence. "There is more awareness of the need for portfolio diversification and the overcrowding in the Magnificent 7 stocks, helping flows to non-U.S. markets including Asia," said Prashant Bhayani, chief investment officer at BNP Paribas Wealth Management. These outflows coincide with good performance and recent rises in currencies across Asia, suggesting a rush of money moving to the region and offering an added attraction for foreign buyers. Valuations and a belief that countries could either strike trade deals or end up beneficiaries from new routes opened up to avoid U.S. levies are also supporting sentiment. Gary Tan, a portfolio manager at Allspring Global Investments, has bought some stocks in ASEAN recently, which he thought were good value. "After the initial tariff shock in April, investors have been selectively investing in market-specific ETFs in countries where they anticipate positive outcomes from tariff negotiations," he said. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan (.MIAPJ0000PUS), opens new tab is up more than 4% for the year so far, while the S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab and Nasdaq (.IXIC), opens new tab have clocked losses of close to 4% and 7%, respectively. The one-year forward price-to-earnings (PE) ratio for Malaysia's benchmark index (.KLSE), opens new tab, for instance, stands at 17.56, with Taiwan (.TWII), opens new tab at 14.64 and the S&P 500 at 20.62. "We think the growing need for diversification away from U.S. assets, the dollar weakening towards its long-run fair value over time, coupled with cheaper valuations and lighter positioning, are supportive for Asian equities," said Sunil Koul, global emerging market equity strategist at Goldman Sachs.
