APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

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 Capital Markets

Ventive Hospitality Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ventive-hospitality-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43933:1" rel="noopener">Ventive Hospitality Ltd (0807075D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. The deal, a fresh issue of shares, is downsized from an earlier size of ~US$240m.</li>
<li>Ventive Hospitality Limited (VHL) is the largest hospitality asset owner amongst public listed market peers, focused primarily on luxury offerings across business and leisure in India and Maldives.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Ventive Hospitality Ltd (0807075D IN) is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. The deal, a fresh issue of shares, is downsized from an earlier size of ~US$240m.
Ventive Hospitality Limited (VHL) is the largest hospitality asset owner amongst public listed market peers, focused primarily on luxury offerings across business and leisure in India and Maldives.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


Ventive Hospitality IPO - Quick Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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 Dec 20th 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 Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Anta Sports Products (2020 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), Kuaishou Technology (1024 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 Dec 20th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Anta Sports Products (2020 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), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Dec 20th): Tencent, AIA, Anta Sports Products

Continuum Green Energy Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/continuum-green-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44172:1" rel="noopener">Continuum Green Energy Ltd (1580973D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$430m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Kotak, Ambit, Citi and JM Fin.</li>
<li>Continuum Green Energy Limited is an independent power producer with over 14 years of experience in identifying, developing, constructing and operating renewable energy projects in India.</li>
<li>It acquired its first 16.50 MW wind project in 2010 and has grown its portfolio to a total operational and under-construction capacity of 3.52 GWp, as of Dec 9, 2024.</li>
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Continuum Green Energy Ltd (1580973D IN) is looking to raise about US$430m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Kotak, Ambit, Citi and JM Fin.
Continuum Green Energy Limited is an independent power producer with over 14 years of experience in identifying, developing, constructing and operating renewable energy projects in India.
It acquired its first 16.50 MW wind project in 2010 and has grown its portfolio to a total operational and under-construction capacity of 3.52 GWp, as of Dec 9, 2024.


Clarence Chu

Event-Driven

UBTech Robotics Limited as an artificial intelligence and humanoid robotic company. The Company develops and delivers a range of consumer humanoid robots. UBTech Robotics serves customers in the United States, China, and Hong Kong.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ubtech-robotics-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36469:1" rel="noopener">UBTech Robotics (9880 HK)</a> was listed in Hong Kong on 29th Dec 2023 after it raised US$130m. Its one-year lockup will expire on 28th Dec 2024.</li>
<li>UBTech Robotics is engaged in artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered robotics in China, dedicated to the innovation of humanoid robots and development and sales of smart service robotic solutions.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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UBTech Robotics (9880 HK) was listed in Hong Kong on 29th Dec 2023 after it raised US$130m. Its one-year lockup will expire on 28th Dec 2024.
UBTech Robotics is engaged in artificial intelligence (AI)-empowered robotics in China, dedicated to the innovation of humanoid robots and development and sales of smart service robotic solutions.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


UBTech Robotics US$1.9bn Lockup Expiry - Needs Some Selling to Improve Its Liquidity

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Dec 13th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD21.8bn.</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 Pilbara Minerals, Xero, Apa, Coles, Wisetech Global.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Dec 13th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD21.8bn.
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 Pilbara Minerals, Xero, Apa, Coles, Wisetech Global.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 13th): Pilbara Minerals, Xero, Apa, Coles, Wisetech Global

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IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Ventive Hospitality IPO - Quick Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Ventive Hospitality is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a quick peer comparison and talk about the...

Akshat Shah

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Dec 20th): Tencent, AIA, Anta Sports Products

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were Tencent (700 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Continuum Green Energy Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Continuum Green Energy is looking to raise about US$430m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Kotak, Ambit, Citi and JM Fin.

Akshat Shah

UBTech Robotics US$1.9bn Lockup Expiry - Needs Some Selling to Improve Its Liquidity

UBTech Robotics (9880 HK) was listed in Hong Kong on 29th Dec 2023 after it raised US$130m. Its one-year lockup will expire on 28th Dec 2024.

Clarence Chu

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 13th): Pilbara Minerals, Xero, Apa, Coles, Wisetech Global

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Pilbara Minerals, Xero, Apa, Coles, Wisetech Global.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM