Monday, January 23, 2017

Property: Penang property projects worth MYR11.3b on hold. The Business Processing Outsourcing Prime (BPO) and Penang International Technology Park (PITP) projects worth a combined MYR11.3b which involve the Penang Development Corp (PDC) and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Private Ltd, have been deferred due to current property market conditions. The BPO Prime project with a gross



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Malaysia | Down in 1H Jan 2017
Suhaimi Ilias







China/HK | Picked up to +6.8% YoY
Suhaimi Ilias








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COMPANY RESEARCH





Rating Change





KLCCP Stapled Group (KLCCSS MK)
by Kevin Wong





Share Price:
MYR7.82
Target Price:
MYR8.10
Recommendation:
Hold




4Q16: Within expectations; D/G to HOLD

4Q16 results and fourth interim gross DPU of 9.9sen (FY16: 35.7sen) were in line. FY16 earnings was encouraged by stronger retail revenue and stable office rental income but offset by weaker performance at Mandarin Oriental. We marginally tweak our FY17-18 earnings forecasts by <0.5% p.a. and maintain our DDM-based TP of MYR8.10 (cost of equity: 7.2%). Downgrade to HOLD as there is a limited near-term upside following its share price outperformance. Total return is just 8%.



FYE Dec (MYR m)
FY15A
FY16A
FY17E
FY18E
Revenue
1,340.2
1,343.5
1,449.2
1,522.6
Net property income
1,004.2
1,018.6
1,125.2
1,163.9
Distributable income
641.3
674.6
665.2
684.7
DPU (sen)
32.5
33.0
34.3
35.4
DPU growth (%)
2.6
1.5
4.2
3.0
Price/DPU(x)
24.1
23.7
22.8
22.1
P/BV (x)
1.1
1.1
1.1
1.0
DPU yield (%)
4.2
4.2
4.4
4.5
ROAE (%)
9.2
7.0
5.7
5.6
ROAA (%)
4.2
4.1
4.2
4.3
Debt/Assets (x)
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1








MACRO RESEARCH






Down in 1H Jan 2017
by Suhaimi Ilias


Economics Research





External reserves fell –USD0.3b to USD94.3b at 15 Jan 2017 from USD94.6b at end-Dec 2016, the lowest since Nov 2015. Latest tally is equivalent to 8.7 months of retained imports and 1.3 times of short-term external debt. Falling external reserves since late-2016 mainly reflect net portfolio capital outflows.












Picked up to +6.8% YoY
by Suhaimi Ilias


Economics Research





China’s 4Q 2016 GDP growth picked up slightly to +6.8% YoY (3Q 2016: +6.7% YoY). Growth stabilization last year was achieved via re-leveraging, raising concerns about financial stability amid record-high total debt to GDP ratio. We believe China’s leadership and regulators are focusing on addressing and managing financial risk, hence monetary, banking and financial policy tightening, which will result in slower 2017 growth of +6.5% (2016: +6.7% YoY).







NEWS


Outside Malaysia:

China: Central Bank says it offered temporary funding support to big banks. China’s central bank said it provided a "temporary liquidity facility" to some major commercial banks for 28 days to help ease a cash crunch before the Lunar New Year holiday. The operation provides more effective liquidity transmission before the week-long break, the People’s Bank of China said in a statement. The PBOC said the new lending facility will have a funding cost for banks that’s around the same as open-market operations for a similar 28-day period, which is about 2.55%. That means the tool differs from cutting the ratio of deposits big banks must hold in reserve and suggests a fresh evolution of tools policy makers have been overhauling. (Source: Bloomberg)

Japan: Loan demand from companies and local government rises, BOJ says. Loan demand from companies rose to 7 in January survey from 6 in previous survey 3 months ago, according to the Bank of Japan’s survey of senior loan officers at Japanese banks. Demand from local governments rose to 0 from -4. Demand from households fell to 8 from 10. BOJ surveyed 50 banks. (Source: Bloomberg)

Crude Oil: OPEC shrugs off threat of Trump’s America cutting oil imports. OPEC’s two biggest suppliers to the U.S. shrugged off a vow by President Donald Trump to end dependence on the group’s oil, saying the world’s biggest economy would continue to need crude from abroad. The U.S. is “closely integrated in the global energy market,” Saudi Arabia’s Energy and Industry Minister Khalid Al- Falih said, while his Venezuelan counterpart Nelson Martinez said he expects his country’s crude exports to the world’s top consumer to remain stable. (Source: Bloomberg)





Other News:

Property: Penang property projects worth MYR11.3b on hold. The Business Processing Outsourcing Prime (BPO) and Penang International Technology Park (PITP) projects worth a combined MYR11.3b which involve the Penang Development Corp (PDC) and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Private Ltd, have been deferred due to current property market conditions. The BPO Prime project with a gross development value of MYR1.3b in Bayan Baru, Penang was to be completed in 2019. However, it has been postponed indefinitely, inadvertently pushing back commencement of the PITP project, slated to begin after BPO prime project. On May 23 2014, PDC signed a memorandum of understanding with Temasek Economic Development Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd to facilitate the setting up of joint-venture company with PDC holding 51% stake with the remaining held by investors, including Temasek. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

SYF Resources: Manufacturing Business remains growth driver. The group which saw property development segment contributes more than half of the group’s revenue in 1QFY10/17 expects the manufacturing medium-density-fiber-board (MDF) and rubber wood furniture to remain as its core business. SYF Resources’ net profit grew 8.1% to MYR11.7m in 1QFY10/17, from MYR10.83m a year ago while revenue rose MYR56.7% to MYR148.71m form MYR94.92m in 1QFY10/16. Out of the group’s revenue, property development segment accounted for 51.4% (MYR76.46m) while manufacturing of furniture and rubber wood contributed the remaining 48.6% (MYR72.23m). (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

Nakamichi: Ties up with two firms for O&G job. Nakamichi Corp will team up with Aktau Transit LLP and Aktau’s parent company Caspian Oil Project LLP (COP) to undertake an oil and gas (O&G) project in Kazakhstan that will require Nakamichi Corp to invest up to USD146m (MYR649.2m). Aktau Transit has a 22-year concession for onshore O&G exploration and production in the republic that ends in 2038. The board also proposes to reduce the company’s share premium account, which stood at MYR38.45m as at Dec 31 last year. The credit arising from it will be used to set off the accumulated losses of the Nakamichi group of MYR107.78m and MYR109.44m as at Dec 31, 2015, and Sept 30, 2016, respectively. (Source: The Star)


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