Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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<li>Alibaba sells 100% equities in Intime Department Store to Youngor.</li>
<li>Meituan plans to shorten delivery workers’ work hours due to sudden death cases.</li>
<li>Mixue, the lowest price fresh drink provider, began to raise its prices.</li>
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Alibaba sells 100% equities in Intime Department Store to Youngor.
Meituan plans to shorten delivery workers’ work hours due to sudden death cases.
Mixue, the lowest price fresh drink provider, began to raise its prices.


China Consumption Weekly (16 Dec 2024): Alibaba, Meituan, Mixue, Green Tea

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist, Clifton Derivatives

John Ley

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist

Clifton Derivatives

Independent derivative and volatility research firm focusing on events/catalysts, earnings, relative value and cross asset volatility strategies.

Event-Driven

The Hang Seng Index is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of a selection of companies from the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. The components of the index are divided into four subindices: Commerce and Industry, Finance, Utilities, and Properties. The index was developed with a base level of 100 as of July 31, 1964.

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<li>Sleepy week highlighted by small closing price ranges that were among the 3-5 quietest of the year.</li>
<li>Volumes across both indexes were down about 1/3 from the prior week.</li>
<li>Despite low volumes open interest expanded across out-of-the-money options for both Puts and Calls.</li>
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Sleepy week highlighted by small closing price ranges that were among the 3-5 quietest of the year.
Volumes across both indexes were down about 1/3 from the prior week.
Despite low volumes open interest expanded across out-of-the-money options for both Puts and Calls.


EQD | Hong Kong Index Options Weekly - HSI and HSCEI December 16-20

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Vesync Co Ltd develops smart home platform that connect air quality, health monitoring, kitchen, lighting, and outlet systems.The Company helps users to manage home, save energy, and bring remote items within handheld reach.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vesync" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31067:1" rel="noopener">Vesync (2148 HK)</a>'s suspension may suggest privatisation by the Yang family (68.8% stake). With US$192m public float and US$216m net cash, out-of-pocket cash needed is limited. </li>
<li>1H24 is decent with a 37.5% earnings growth and 3.3pp margin expansion. The consensus forecast of 4.8% growth in 2H24 is conservative, providing a good opportunity for privatisation.</li>
<li>Benchmarking the take-out price to the 3-year average P/B will mean a 33% upside while the sector's average PER multiple implies ~70% higher than the pre-suspension price.</li>
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Vesync (2148 HK)'s suspension may suggest privatisation by the Yang family (68.8% stake). With US$192m public float and US$216m net cash, out-of-pocket cash needed is limited. 
1H24 is decent with a 37.5% earnings growth and 3.3pp margin expansion. The consensus forecast of 4.8% growth in 2H24 is conservative, providing a good opportunity for privatisation.
Benchmarking the take-out price to the 3-year average P/B will mean a 33% upside while the sector's average PER multiple implies ~70% higher than the pre-suspension price.


Vesync (2148 HK): A Potential Privatisation?

Event-Driven Investment Opportunities, Special Situation Investments

Dalius Tauraitis

Event-Driven Investment Opportunities

Special Situation Investments

Focus on event-driven trades and low risk arbitrage opportunities with short term catalysts

D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi / Event-Driven

D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Hepsiburada) operates as an online e-commerce company. The Company offers electronic, fashion, home living, stationery, sports, outdoor, cosmetics, and personal care products. Hepsiburada serves customers in Turkey.

D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (HEPS US)

D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi

<ul><li>D-Market's controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, acquiring Class A shares at $7.57 and Class B at $4.75.</li><li>Turkish law mandates a takeover offer for minority shares, but HEPS's ADR structure exempts it from this requirement.</li><li>Activism efforts aim to increase HEPS's shareholders to 500, potentially forcing Kaspi to include minority shareholders.</li></ul>

D-Market's controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, acquiring Class A shares at $7.57 and Class B at $4.75.Turkish law mandates a takeover offer for minority shares, but HEPS's ADR structure exempts it from this requirement.Activism efforts aim to increase HEPS's shareholders to 500, potentially forcing Kaspi to include minority shareholders.

Analyzing the Regulatory Loophole in Kaspi's Acquisition of D-Market's Controlling Stake and Potential Outcomes

<ul><li>D-Market Electronic Services &amp; Trading's (HEPS) controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, exploiting a regulatory loophole to avoid a mandatory takeover offer.</li><li>Aker Carbon Capture (ACC:OL) sold its business, leaving a cash shell trading at a 20% discount to net cash.</li><li>Ambase (ABCP) is litigating over an Equity Put Right, with summary judgment motions scheduled, potentially impacting share price.</li></ul>

D-Market Electronic Services &amp; Trading's (HEPS) controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, exploiting a regulatory loophole to avoid a mandatory takeover offer.Aker Carbon Capture (ACC:OL) sold its business, leaving a cash shell trading at a 20% discount to net cash.Ambase (ABCP) is litigating over an Equity Put Right, with summary judgment motions scheduled, potentially impacting share price.

Strategic Transactions and Legal Developments: HEPS, ACC:OL, ABCP, BELFB, NWOR:L, EMBRAC, AVAP:L

Insights in the Consumer Discretionary Space

Consumer Discretionary
Insights in the Consumer Discretionary Space

China Consumption Weekly (16 Dec 2024): Alibaba, Meituan, Mixue, Green Tea

Alibaba sells Intime Department Store to Youngor. Meituan shortens delivery workers’ working hours due to sudden death cases. Mixue, the price...

Ming Lu

EQD | Hong Kong Index Options Weekly - HSI and HSCEI December 16-20

One of the smallest weekly ranges of the past year - if you were short volatility, it was feet on the desk; if you were long volatility, it was...

John Ley

Vesync (2148 HK): A Potential Privatisation?

Vesync may be heading towards privatisation by the Yang family which owns a 68.8% stake. Using historical P/B average and sector PER average as...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Analyzing the Regulatory Loophole in Kaspi's Acquisition of D-Market's Controlling Stake and Potential Outcomes

D-Market's controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, acquiring Class A shares at $7.57 and Class B at $4.75.

Special Situation Investments

Strategic Transactions and Legal Developments: HEPS, ACC:OL, ABCP, BELFB, NWOR:L, EMBRAC, AVAP:L

D-Market Electronic Services & Trading's (HEPS) controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, exploiting a regulatory loophole to avoid a mandatory...

Special Situation Investments

China Consumption Weekly (16 Dec 2024): Alibaba, Meituan, Mixue, Green Tea

Alibaba sells Intime Department Store to Youngor. Meituan shortens delivery workers’ working hours due to sudden death cases. Mixue, the price...

Ming Lu

EQD | Hong Kong Index Options Weekly - HSI and HSCEI December 16-20

One of the smallest weekly ranges of the past year - if you were short volatility, it was feet on the desk; if you were long volatility, it was...

John Ley

Vesync (2148 HK): A Potential Privatisation?

​Vesync may be heading towards privatisation by the Yang family which owns a 68.8% stake. Using historical P/B average and sector PER average as...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Analyzing the Regulatory Loophole in Kaspi's Acquisition of D-Market's Controlling Stake and Potential Outcomes

D-Market's controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, acquiring Class A shares at $7.57 and Class B at $4.75.

Special Situation Investments

Strategic Transactions and Legal Developments: HEPS, ACC:OL, ABCP, BELFB, NWOR:L, EMBRAC, AVAP:L

D-Market Electronic Services & Trading's (HEPS) controlling stake is being sold to Kaspi, exploiting a regulatory loophole to avoid a mandatory...

Special Situation Investments

Vesync may be heading towards privatisation by the Yang family which owns a 68.8% stake. Using historical P/B average and sector PER average as...