Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.</li>
<li>After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.</li>
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Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.
After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.
In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.


Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Despite lagging construction activity, property sales started to pick up post-CNY, again correctly predicted by our leading indicator GAIN.</li><li>In particular, new home sales in 30 cities narrowed YoY decline to -21% post-CNY vs. -25% pre-CNY (vs. the similar period in 2022).</li><li>Existing home market is seeing much stronger momentum with sales in 9 major cities +38% YoY post-CNY vs. +15% YoY preCNY.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Despite lagging construction activity, property sales started to pick up post-CNY, again correctly predicted by our leading indicator GAIN.In particular, new home sales in 30 cities narrowed YoY decline to -21% post-CNY vs. -25% pre-CNY (vs. the similar period in 2022).Existing home market is seeing much stronger momentum with sales in 9 major cities +38% YoY post-CNY vs. +15% YoY preCNY.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Property Sector – Property+ Weekly: Hopes Are Returning Post-CNY

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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.4% as of Feb 3rd.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 6.3ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, real estate, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.4% as of Feb 3rd.
The average A-H premium changed by 6.3ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, real estate, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship.


A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 3rd): Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship

<ul><li>Our CNY channel check indicates the following trends: 1) Shopping malls are the key beneficiaries after reopening.</li><li>Wuyue/Wanda/CR all saw quick traffic recovery after COVID and restaurants performed the best. 2) Decent one-off pent-up demand for home purchase may boost Feb sales, in line with our sales leading indicator GAIN.</li><li>3) Overbuilt and unsold inventory poses the biggest risk for the property and financial system. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Our CNY channel check indicates the following trends: 1) Shopping malls are the key beneficiaries after reopening.Wuyue/Wanda/CR all saw quick traffic recovery after COVID and restaurants performed the best. 2) Decent one-off pent-up demand for home purchase may boost Feb sales, in line with our sales leading indicator GAIN.3) Overbuilt and unsold inventory poses the biggest risk for the property and financial system. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Property Sector – CNY: Crowded Malls

<ul><li>Due to COVID and early CNY this year, we have not seen any meaningful sign of recovery in property and its supply chain.</li><li>In terms of breakdown, property completion&gt;sales&gt;new start shown by 1) Completion-driven materials Aluminum and float glass saw WoW price up 2.9%/0.3%.</li><li>This is partly helped by direct funding support for home completion. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Due to COVID and early CNY this year, we have not seen any meaningful sign of recovery in property and its supply chain.In terms of breakdown, property completion&gt;sales&gt;new start shown by 1) Completion-driven materials Aluminum and float glass saw WoW price up 2.9%/0.3%.This is partly helped by direct funding support for home completion. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Property Sector – Property+ Weekly: Can we expect post-CNY recovery?

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China Vanke Co., Ltd. is a property development company.  The Company develops residential properties in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Nanjing, and other big cities in China.

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Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn. In this...

Sumeet Singh

China Property Sector – Property+ Weekly: Hopes Are Returning Post-CNY

Despite lagging construction activity, property sales started to pick up post-CNY, again correctly predicted by our leading indicator GAIN.

CMB International

A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 3rd): Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Property Sector – CNY: Crowded Malls

Wuyue/Wanda/CR all saw quick traffic recovery after COVID and restaurants performed the best. 2) Decent one-off pent-up demand for home purchase...

CMB International

China Property Sector – Property+ Weekly: Can we expect post-CNY recovery?

Due to COVID and early CNY this year, we have not seen any meaningful sign of recovery in property and its supply chain.

CMB International

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