NAHD New Asia Holdings Inc (QB)

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents incorporated herein by reference contain forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about our industry, management beliefs, and certain assumptions made by our management. Words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guaranteeing of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict; therefore, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in any such forward-looking statements. Unless required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. However, readers should carefully review the risk factors set forth in other reports and documents that we file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), particularly the Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and any Current Reports on Form 8-K.

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its entirety by, the unaudited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Overview

Since December 24, 2014, New Asia Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) has been developing and deploying its proprietary, neural trading models for the financial community. We offer trading software solutions to clients on the basis of a software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) licensing and delivery models with licensed users availing themselves of service-based contractual arrangements.

The Company's products capitalize the large volume of the 24-hour Forex markets to achieve capital appreciation over a medium- to long-term basis, combined with the usage of a good wealth vehicle designed to control risk, profit from both bull or bear markets, and maximize liquidity and economic resilience.

Our proprietary trading models were developed by a team of professional engineers in communications, electronic circuitry design and financial engineering. This diverse team is the key factor in our successful development of non-traditional and innovative trading models. Our systems were designed to take intelligent positions as the market moves/changes and, upon development, our systems were to bring a rigorously tested track-record.

The Company’s systems were designed to adapt themselves and to take intelligent positions as the market moves/changes. The models were subjected to rigorous testing akin to the volatile trading environment of major financial events/crises that have happened in recent history. These models were also programmed to have the ability to learn and adapt new manners of trading, effectively translating the human behavioral of trading into a predictive science. The Company’s quantitative strategies and proprietary algorithmic trading system were developed to generate risk adjustable returns for its licensees and their clients.

Since 2016, the Company's focus has been to license its algorithm to licensees, regulated funds and banks to capitalize on the large volume of the 24-hour Forex markets to achieve capital appreciation over a medium- to long- term basis, combined with the usage of a good wealth vehicle designed to control risk, profit from both bull or bear markets, and maximize liquidity and economic resilience.

On August 25, 2015, the Company entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Anthony Ng Zi Qin, pursuant to which the Company acquired Magdallen Quant Pte Ltd (“MQL”). The MQL acquisition was accomplished through a share exchange with Anthony Ng Zi Qin of 7,422,000 restricted shares of common stock of the Company ("Consideration Shares"), with a value of $0.41 per share, and an aggregate fair value of $3,043,020, in exchange for the entire issued and outstanding capital of MQL held by Mr. Anthony Ng Zi Qin, consisting of 8,000,100 shares of stock issued at par value of SGD 1.00 per share, or $0.714 on the acquisition date.

On August 19, 2016, the Company and Anthony Ng Zi Qin entered into an Addendum (the “First MQL Addendum”) to the Purchase Agreement to extend the August 25, 2016 anniversary date for the adjustment of issued shares for an additional period of 12 months. On November 10, 2017, the Company and Anthony Ng Zi Qin signed an Addendum (the “Second MQL Addendum”) to the Purchase Agreement, as amended, pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue an aggregate of

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3,339,900 shares of common stock, in satisfaction of the shortfall in the value of the shares issued. These shares were issued on December 12, 2017 in full satisfaction of the aforementioned contingent liability. The Purchase Agreement, as amended, is referred to herein as the “MQL Acquisition Agreement.”

The algorithms were placed into commercial operation in November 2015 upon the execution of a Software Licensing Agreement (the “MQL License Agreement”) between and New Asia Momentum Limited (“NAML”), a company owned and controlled by Dr. Lin Kok Peng, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board. Under the terms of the MQL License Agreement, MQL agreed to license its proprietary trainable, trading algorithms to NAML in exchange for payment of a license fee and certain other fixed and time and materials fees. Pursuant to the terms of the MQL License Agreement, MQL licensed its proprietary trainable, trading algorithms. NAML, in turn, offered these proprietary, trainable, algorithm trading software solutions to broker-dealers, banks, funds and other clients on the basis of a SaaS licensing and delivery model, with sub-licensed users availing themselves of service-based contractual arrangements. NAML was required to pay MQL royalty fees equal to 20% of the trading profits achieved by the SaaS contract agreements that NAML executed with its clients. The targeted geographic market was Asia, with an initial emphasis on Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Australia. From 2015 to 2017, NAML grew its retail assets under management (“AUM”) from zero to approximately $2.5 million.

In conjunction with the expansion into the regulated fund and bank model, NAML decided to ask its clients to redeem the AUM and as of September 30, 2017, trading on the AUM was terminated.

The Company initiated its focus on the regulated bank and fund model in 2017 with the launch of the Feuris Fund A with AUM of approximately $6.67 million. Because the risk profiles required by these regulated funds and banks reflect a lower level of risk, there was a significantly reduced frequency of trading activities. As of September 30, 2019, due to market conditions that impacted trading frequencies and volumes, NAML liquidated the Feuris Fund A and returned the AUM to the investors.

The MQL License Agreement remains in place.

While the Company continues to improve its algorithm products, there are no guarantees that such product improvements will translate to improved financial performance. The Company, in its efforts to expand its business, is currently involved in the development of new business opportunities, including the following:

Point of Sales (POS) and mobile Point of Sales (mPOS) solutions and technologies. The Company expects to develop its own mobile readers which would allow small- and medium-sized businesses to accept payments anytime and anywhere by swiping a debit or credit card. The Company aims to be a strong market leader in mPOS solutions.  

A global digital payment system that would allow users to gain access to the existing global merchant base in multiple countries and regions and earn attractive rewards and cashback benefits. We expect that access to the existing global merchant base would be established through proven payment merchant networks, such as UnionPay, and convertible to both mainstream currencies and other digital assets to ensure a steady stream of liquidity. We anticipate that users would be able to convert cryptocurrencies for spending at merchant outlets worldwide.  

The Company continues to improve its products and has been working to create new products. The Company is doing its best to provide the basis for improved performance in the coming quarters, however, there is no guarantee that such new products and product improvements will translate to improved financial performance.

The Company did not generate any revenue during the three months period ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

COVID-19

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. While initially the outbreak was largely concentrated in China and caused significant disruptions to its economy, it has now spread to most countries around the world and infections have been reported globally. The spread of COVID-19 has had a material adverse effect on segments of the global economy.

Because COVID-19 infections have been reported worldwide, certain national, state and local governmental authorities have issued stay-at-home orders, proclamations and/or directives aimed at minimizing the spread of COVID-19. Additional, more restrictive proclamations and/or directives may be issued in the future. As a result, certain Company internal operations communications and accounting operations have been disrupted by these stay-at-home orders, which have affected the timing

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of certain new business development activities (the Company had previously liquidated the Feuris Fund A AUM during the third quarter of 2019).

The ultimate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operations is unknown and will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted with confidence, including the duration of the COVID-19 outbreak, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any additional preventative and protective actions that governments, or the Company, may direct, which may result in an extended period of continued business disruption and reduced operations. Any resulting financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time, but could be anticipated to have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The measures taken to date have impacted the Company’s business during the first quarter of 2020 and will impact the Company’s business for the second quarter of 2020 and potentially beyond. The significance of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the Company’s business and the duration for which it may have an impact cannot be determined at this time.

The COVID-19 outbreak is a widespread health crisis that could adversely affect the economies and financial markets of many countries, resulting in an economic downturn that could materially impact our operating results.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 Compared to the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

Revenues

We had no revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, due to market conditions that impacted trading frequencies and volumes, the Company’s exclusive licensee, NAML, liquidated the Feuris Fund A and returned the AUM to the investors. The MQL License Agreement between MQL and NAML still remains in place and the Company is focusing on the development of expanded new business solutions as described above.

Operating Expenses

Operating expenses were $53,313 for the three months ended March 31, 2020, consisting of $20,164 of general and administrative expenses, $8,400 of outside service expenses, and $24,749 of professional fees. This compares to operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2019 of $58,101, consisting of $30,793 of general and administrative expenses, $8,400 of outside service expenses, and $18,908 of professional fees. The operating expenses for the three month period ended March 31, 2020 were slightly lower than the operating expenses for the corresponding period in 2019 because general and administrative expenses were slightly lower.

Net Loss

As a result of the foregoing, we had a net loss of $53,313 for the three months ended March 31, 2020, compared to $58,101 for the three months ended March 31, 2019.

We expect to incur net losses through 2020 because we expect to continue to incur expenses, but do not expect to generate significant, or any, revenues. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in generating sufficient revenues or other funds in the future to cover our expenses. We expect to cover such shortfall in operating margins through advances from our principal shareholder and other fundraising measures, as the Company deems appropriate. There is no assurance that our principal shareholder will continue to advance funds to us or that we will be successful in any other fundraising measures.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We had cash in the amount of $43,150 and $23,874 at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  To date, we have funded our operations from advances from our principal shareholder, NAHL. Dr. Lin Kok Peng, our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chairman of the Board, also has voting and dispositive control over the shares of Company common stock held by NAHL.

We do not have sufficient capital to sustain our operations for the next 12 months. We expect to continue to rely on advances from NAHL, as well as from other sources of financing, including private placements of our common shares in order to continue to fund our business operations. Issuances of additional shares will result in dilution to existing stockholders. There is no assurance that we will achieve any additional sales of equity securities or that we will be able to arrange for debt or other

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financing to fund our operations and other activities.  We do not have any oral or written agreements with NAHL which would require NAHL to fund our operations.  

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2020, NAHL advanced an aggregate of $50,000 to the Company. The total advances due to NAHL are $886,452 and $836,452 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, the advances constitute unsecured interest-free loans to the Company. The advances were supposed to have been repaid by the close of business on October 31, 2016. In 2016, however, the Company and NAHL agreed that if the Company was unable to repay these advances by such date, NAHL, at its sole discretion, would have the option to extend the repayment deadline or convert all or a portion of the above advances into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.02 per share. As of March 31, 2020, NAHL had not exercised its option to convert the advances into shares of common stock, thus the total of $886,452 in advances presently remain as an unsecured interest-free loan to the Company. The $50,000 borrowed during the three-month period ended March 31, 2020 is non-interest bearing unsecured, and due on demand.  

We expect to incur losses and negative operating cash flows for the foreseeable future, and we may never become profitable. We also expect to continue to incur significant operating and capital expenditures for the next several years and anticipate that our expenses will increase substantially in the foreseeable future. We also expect to experience negative cash flow for the foreseeable future as we fund our operating losses and capital expenditures.

As a result, we will need to generate significant revenues in order to achieve and maintain profitability. We may not be able to generate these revenues or achieve profitability in the future. Our failure to achieve or maintain profitability could negatively impact the value of our common stock.

We have no agreements to obtain funds through bank loans, lines of credit or any other traditional sources. Since we have no financing committed, our inability to realize financing to maintain operations and grow our business would materially restrict our business operations. Future financing may not be available upon acceptable terms, or at all. Should we be successful in securing future financing, new issuances of equity or convertible debt (i) would dilute our current shareholders, possibly significantly, (ii) might require a significant increase to our authorized stock, and (iii) might have rights, preferences, or privileges senior to our common or preferred stock. If financing is not available to us on favorable terms, such severe limitation might cause us to consider another consolidation of existing common equity at any time as a means to attract financing and maintain our business.

Due to the uncertainty of our ability to meet our current operating and capital expenses and the fact that we have suffered recurring losses from operations and have a net capital deficiency, in their report on our audited annual financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, our independent auditors included an explanatory paragraph regarding concerns about our ability to continue as a going concern. Recurring losses from operations raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The presence of the going concern explanatory paragraph may have an adverse impact on the relationships we are developing and plan to develop with third parties as we continue the commercialization of our products and could make it challenging and difficult for us to raise additional financing, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our business and prospects and result in a significant or complete loss of your investment

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to stockholders.

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Critical Accounting Policies

Our financial statements and related public financial information are based on the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). U.S. GAAP requires the use of estimates, assumptions, judgments and subjective interpretations of accounting principles that have an impact on the assets, liabilities, revenue and expense amounts reported. These estimates can also affect supplemental information contained in our external disclosures including information regarding contingencies, risks and financial condition. We believe our use of estimates and underlying accounting assumptions adhere to U.S. GAAP and are consistently and conservatively applied. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We continue to monitor significant estimates made during the preparation of our financial statements.

Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 1 in the Form 10-K for the most recent fiscal year. While all these significant accounting policies impact our financial condition and results of operations, we view certain of these policies as critical. Policies determined to be critical are those policies that have the most significant impact on our financial statements and require management to use a greater degree of judgment and estimates. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Our management believes that given current facts and circumstances, it is unlikely that applying any other reasonable judgments or estimate methodologies would cause effect on our results of operations, financial position or liquidity for the periods presented in this report.