Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Apr 25th based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Apr 25th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Apr 25th): AIA, China Hongqiao, Swire Pacific

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 11th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in China Mobile, Sinopec, Ishares A50, Smic, CNOOC, Meituan, Kuaishou, Tracker Fund.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 11th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in China Mobile, Sinopec, Ishares A50, Smic, CNOOC, Meituan, Kuaishou, Tracker Fund.


HK Short Interest Weekly: China Mobile, Sinopec, Smic, CNOOC, Meituan, Kuaishou

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Apr 18th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Hanmi Semi, SK Hynix, Samsung Electro-Mech, Sk Innovation, Ls Electric, Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Apr 18th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD5.4bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Hanmi Semi, SK Hynix, Samsung Electro-Mech, Sk Innovation, Ls Electric, Samsung Electronics.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Apr 18th): Hanmi Semi, SK Hynix, Samsung Electro-Mech, Sk Innovation

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Apr 18th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD1.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Advanced Info Service, PTT Oil and Retail.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Apr 18th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD1.8bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Advanced Info Service, PTT Oil and Retail.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Apr 18th): Advanced Info Service, PTT Oil and Retail

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Apr 18th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD19.1bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Yang Ming Marine, Hon Hai Precision, Global Unichip, Unimicron Technology.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Apr 18th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD19.1bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Yang Ming Marine, Hon Hai Precision, Global Unichip, Unimicron Technology.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Apr 18th): Yang Ming Marine, Hon Hai Precision, Global Unichip