Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>700 HK/BABA US:Taobao Deals App Now Supports WeChat Pay for All Users. (+)</li>
<li>700 HK: &lt;Arena Breakout: Infinite&gt; Developing AI Technology: Voice-Command Teammates (+)</li>
<li>NTES US: &lt;Where Winds Meet&gt; Final Pre-Launch Test Scheduled for August 28th (+)</li>
</ul>


700 HK/BABA US:Taobao Deals App Now Supports WeChat Pay for All Users. (+)
700 HK: &lt;Arena Breakout: Infinite&gt; Developing AI Technology: Voice-Command Teammates (+)
NTES US: &lt;Where Winds Meet&gt; Final Pre-Launch Test Scheduled for August 28th (+)


[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA US/NTES US/JD US/2618 HK/WMT US/BABAUS/AMZNUS/PDDUS/3690HK

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>F&amp;B / In Depth: A new Chinese food and beverage wave hits Southeast Asia Forget kung pao chicken and sweet and sour pork.</li><li>There’s a new wave of food and beverage chains flowing out of China, and it’s all about Sichuan hot pot, braised chicken rice and pickle fish soup — as well as mainstays like bubble tea.</li><li>Chinese food and beverage (F&amp;B) companies have expanded quickly into Southeast Asia, and even into North America and Europe, in the past few years, driven in part by saturation at home.</li></ul>

F&amp;B / In Depth: A new Chinese food and beverage wave hits Southeast Asia Forget kung pao chicken and sweet and sour pork.There’s a new wave of food and beverage chains flowing out of China, and it’s all about Sichuan hot pot, braised chicken rice and pickle fish soup — as well as mainstays like bubble tea.Chinese food and beverage (F&amp;B) companies have expanded quickly into Southeast Asia, and even into North America and Europe, in the past few years, driven in part by saturation at home.

CX Daily: A New Chinese Food and Beverage Wave Hits Southeast Asia 

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, Ortex

Dimitris Ioannidis

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

Ortex

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/reddit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40917:1" rel="noopener">Reddit (RDDT US)</a> is ineligible for inclusion for the upcoming August review because of fcap failing the fcap threshold if it qualifies for the standard segment. </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/reddit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40917:1" rel="noopener">Reddit (RDDT US)</a> is ineligible for inclusion for the upcoming September review because of failing the minimum public voting rights threshold.</li>
<li>The IPO lock-up expiry increases the probability for inclusion in November and December review for US and Global indices. Forecasted demand in December is ~$360m and 2.1 ADV. </li>
</ul>



Reddit (RDDT US) is ineligible for inclusion for the upcoming August review because of fcap failing the fcap threshold if it qualifies for the standard segment. 

Reddit (RDDT US) is ineligible for inclusion for the upcoming September review because of failing the minimum public voting rights threshold.
The IPO lock-up expiry increases the probability for inclusion in November and December review for US and Global indices. Forecasted demand in December is ~$360m and 2.1 ADV. 


Reddit (RDDT): Post-IPO Inclusion in US & Global Indices

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China just announced game approval for September batch. The number of games approved is in-line with the pace of approval in recent month.</li>
<li>Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.</li>
<li>Neither Tencent or Netease received approval for any game. Same thing happened for July batch.</li>
</ul>


China just announced game approval for September batch. The number of games approved is in-line with the pace of approval in recent month.
Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.
Neither Tencent or Netease received approval for any game. Same thing happened for July batch.


Tencent/Netease: Zeroed for Two Rounds of Game Approval

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Back on the 19th July, online Q&amp;A play <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhihu-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36660:1" rel="noopener">Zhihu (2390 HK/</a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhihu-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32185:1" rel="noopener">ZH US)</a></strong> announced the <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2024/0719/2024071901181.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">buyback</a> of 46.92mn ordinary A shares (15.9% of shares out) at HK$9.11/share (US$3.50/ADS). </li>
<li>Assuming the buyback is fully taken up, chairman Yuan Zhou's stake will increase to 44.4% from 42.9% currently (held via A shares and the weighted-voting B shares). </li>
<li>The key condition is a simple majority vote from independent shareholders. Zhihu is sitting on  net cash of US$764mn. A significantly larger buyback, or higher price, could have been initiated. </li>
</ul>


Back on the 19th July, online Q&amp;A play Zhihu (2390 HK/ZH US) announced the buyback of 46.92mn ordinary A shares (15.9% of shares out) at HK$9.11/share (US$3.50/ADS). 
Assuming the buyback is fully taken up, chairman Yuan Zhou's stake will increase to 44.4% from 42.9% currently (held via A shares and the weighted-voting B shares). 
The key condition is a simple majority vote from independent shareholders. Zhihu is sitting on  net cash of US$764mn. A significantly larger buyback, or higher price, could have been initiated. 


China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA US/NTES US/JD US/2618 HK/WMT US/BABAUS/AMZNUS/PDDUS/3690HK

Taobao Deals app now accepts WeChat Pay, AI technology in development for <arena infinite breakout:="">, final pre-launch test for <where winds...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

CX Daily: A New Chinese Food and Beverage Wave Hits Southeast Asia

F&B / In Depth: A new Chinese food and beverage wave hits Southeast Asia Forget kung pao chicken and sweet and sour pork. There’s a new wave...

Caixin Global

Reddit (RDDT): Post-IPO Inclusion in US & Global Indices

Reddit faces potential exclusion in August and September due to failing fcap threshold and public voting rights. The IPO lock-up expiry makes its...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Tencent/Netease: Zeroed for Two Rounds of Game Approval

We analyzed the latest game approval issued by NPPA. We note that both Tencent and Netease have not received approval in both September and July...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Zhihu (2390 HK/ZH US)'s Cheeky Buyback

This is an interesting, albeit illiquid, Partial Offer. The final pro-ration was ~45% in the partial for Hengdeli, in which the Offer price was...

David Blennerhassett

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[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA US/NTES US/JD US/2618 HK/WMT US/BABAUS/AMZNUS/PDDUS/3690HK

​Taobao Deals app now accepts WeChat Pay, AI technology in development for <arena infinite breakout:="">, final pre-launch test for <where winds...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

CX Daily: A New Chinese Food and Beverage Wave Hits Southeast Asia

F&B / In Depth: A new Chinese food and beverage wave hits Southeast Asia Forget kung pao chicken and sweet and sour pork. There’s a new wave...

Caixin Global

Reddit (RDDT): Post-IPO Inclusion in US & Global Indices

​Reddit faces potential exclusion in August and September due to failing fcap threshold and public voting rights. The IPO lock-up expiry makes its...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Tencent/Netease: Zeroed for Two Rounds of Game Approval

We analyzed the latest game approval issued by NPPA. We note that both Tencent and Netease have not received approval in both September and July...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Zhihu (2390 HK/ZH US)'s Cheeky Buyback

This is an interesting, albeit illiquid, Partial Offer. The final pro-ration was ~45% in the partial for Hengdeli, in which the Offer price was...

David Blennerhassett

Taobao Deals app now accepts WeChat Pay, AI technology in development for <arena infinite breakout:="">, final pre-launch test for <where winds...

Reddit faces potential exclusion in August and September due to failing fcap threshold and public voting rights. The IPO lock-up expiry makes its...