Tuesday, August 1, 2017

ManagePay Systems: Appointed partner for foreigners prepaid programme. ManagePay Systems (MPay) has received a letter of appointment (LOA) from Majlis Pembangunan Ekonomi Malaysia (Mapem) to appoint MPay as the partner and service provider of e-wallet and MasterCard for the Mapem/MPay Prepaid MasterCard Programme to foreigners in Malaysia. This programme has received full support from the Prime Ministers's Office via a letter issued on July 17, 2017. MPay, being the partner and service provider for Mapem/MPay Prepaid Maste


FEATURE
CALLS

Malaysia | CIMB Group Holdings
Niaga: 2Q17 surprised positively
Desmond Ch'ng








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Malaysia | DOW JONES – Uptrend is intact
Nik Ihsan Raja Abdullah








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COMPANY RESEARCH





Company Update





CIMB Group Holdings (CIMB MK)
by Desmond Ch'ng





Share Price:
MYR6.55
Target Price:
MYR7.00
Recommendation:
Hold




Niaga: 2Q17 surprised positively

Net interest margins (NIMs) continue to surprise on the upside and we raise Niaga’s FY17/18 NIMs to 5.6% and 5.2% respectively, from 5.3% and 5.1%. Correspondingly, Niaga’s FY17/18 net profit forecasts are raised by 23%/10%, translating to a potential 4%/2% uplift in CIMB Group’s earnings estimates. We maintain our CIMB Group earnings forecasts for now, with an unchanged TP of MYR7.00 (FY18 P/BV of 1.2x; ROE: 10.2%). HOLD.



FYE Dec (MYR m)
FY15A
FY16A
FY17E
FY18E
Operating income
15,395.8
16,065.3
16,982.4
17,970.3
Pre-provision profit
6,146.8
7,413.6
8,116.0
8,834.7
Core net profit
3,411.2
3,414.4
4,393.8
4,995.3
Core EPS (MYR)
0.40
0.39
0.50
0.56
Core EPS growth (%)
5.6
(2.4)
26.1
13.7
Net DPS (MYR)
0.14
0.20
0.25
0.28
Core P/E (x)
16.3
16.7
13.2
11.6
P/BV (x)
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
Net dividend yield (%)
2.1
3.1
3.8
4.3
Book value (MYR)
4.87
5.24
5.38
5.66
ROAE (%)
8.7
7.9
9.5
10.2
ROAA (%)
0.8
0.7
0.9
0.9








MACRO RESEARCH






DOW JONES – Uptrend is intact
by Nik Ihsan Raja Abdullah


Technical Research





FBMKLCI fell 7.05pts to 1,760.03 yesterday, led by declines in banking stocks. Market breadth was negative with losers outpacing gainers by 586 to 309. A total of 1.93b shares worth MYR2.58b changed hands. Expect negative spillover from yesterday’s selloff while sentiment would remain cautious ahead of key US economic data. Locally, investors may also adopt a “wait and see” approach, pending more clarity on upcoming corporate results season.







NEWS


Outside Malaysia:

U.S: Gain in pending home sales shows market is stabilizing. A rebound in contract signings for the purchase of previously owned U.S. homes shows housing demand is stabilizing after a three-month downturn, National Association of Realtors figures released showed. Index rose 1.5% after 0.7% drop. Gauge climbed 0.7% YoY from June 2016 on unadjusted basis. Three of four regions showed month-over-month increase. (Source: Bloomberg)

E.U: Inflation hits low bar as stimulus debate gets closer. Mario Draghi kept expectations low for inflation this summer, and July’s number is proving him right. Consumer-price growth in the euro area stayed at 1.3% YoY -- enough to argue that deflation risks have disappeared, but too little to meet the European Central Bank president’s goal of just under 2%. While it confirms Draghi’s prediction that inflation would remain near June levels in the coming months, it also reinforces his assessment that, despite better economic growth, there isn’t yet a self-sustained upward trend. (Source: Bloomberg)

U.K: Consumer confidence steadies after post-election slump. U.K. consumers regained their footing after June’s inconclusive election sent confidence to the lowest since the Brexit vote. An index of consumer confidence rose to 107.3 in July, up from 107.1 the previous month, according to a report from YouGov and the Centre for Economic and Business Research. The report indicates a small improvement since the election in which Prime Minister Theresa May lost her parliamentary majority, albeit from a level that was only slightly higher than its post-referendum low. (Source: Bloomberg)





Other News:

Public Bank: Teh to step down as Public Bank chairman on Jan 1, 2019. Teh will be bestowed the title of chairman emeritus on Jan 1, 2019 and appointed adviser. He will provide guidance to support the continued growth of PBB and the PBB Group. It is unclear whether he will remain on the board of directors. The details relating to the appointment of the new chairman of PBB will be announced at an appropriate time. (Source: The Sun Daily)

Mudajaya: Clinches MYR151.4m Rapid jobs from Petronas. Petronas’ subsidiary PRPC Utilities and Facilities S/B has awarded contracts worth MYR151.4m to Mudajaya Group to build utilities, interconnecting and offsite (UIO) facilities in Pengerang, Johor. Mudajaya’s unit Mudajaya Corp would construct a data centre and telecom equipment room and electrical substation for the Refinery and Petrochemical Integrated Development (Rapid) project (Project 1) as well as undertake civil and infrastructure works at Area 8100 (Project 2). Project 1 is targeted to be fully completed by July 2018 while Project 2 is expected to be finished by March 2018. (Source: The Star)

Berjaya Corp: Calls off pharmacy chain JV with Australian firm. Berjaya Corp (BCorp) has called off a proposed JV to operate a new pharmacy chain with Australia-based CW Retail Asia Pty Ltd. All parties have mutually agreed to terminate the proposed JV. No reason was provided. (Source: The Edge Financial Daily)

ManagePay Systems: Appointed partner for foreigners prepaid programme. ManagePay Systems (MPay) has received a letter of appointment (LOA) from Majlis Pembangunan Ekonomi Malaysia (Mapem) to appoint MPay as the partner and service provider of e-wallet and MasterCard for the Mapem/MPay Prepaid MasterCard Programme to foreigners in Malaysia. This programme has received full support from the Prime Ministers's Office via a letter issued on July 17, 2017. MPay, being the partner and service provider for Mapem/MPay Prepaid MasterCard Programme, will provide foreigners with MPay Wallet mobile app on smart phone; Physical MPay MasterCard Prepaid Card; salary crediting program; and remittance services. (Source: The Sun Daily)

Palette Multimedia: Aborts plan to acquire majority stake in Genopharma. Palette Multimedia has aborted its plans to acquire 51% equity interest in Genopharma S/B (GSB). It has decided to not proceed with the proposed acquisition as the current financial performance of GSB is below expectation. (Source: The Sun Daily)


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