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>NBS released (15 December) November online retail sales data.</li><li>YoY growth of online physical goods GMV slowed to 1.2% YoY amid soft consumption sentiment, but online retail sales penetration rate of physical goods reached 27.1% in 11M22 at a historical high, which we attribute to further constrained offline activities and further commerce adoption of new online format.</li><li>The high online penetration could sustain into December, in our view, as offline activities will remain constrained and continue to shift online.</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

NBS released (15 December) November online retail sales data.YoY growth of online physical goods GMV slowed to 1.2% YoY amid soft consumption sentiment, but online retail sales penetration rate of physical goods reached 27.1% in 11M22 at a historical high, which we attribute to further constrained offline activities and further commerce adoption of new online format.The high online penetration could sustain into December, in our view, as offline activities will remain constrained and continue to shift online.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 Internet – November Online Retail Sales Recap

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/adani-enterprises-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:245:1" rel="noopener">Adani Enterprises (ADE IN)</a>  is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering. The company has obtained board approval and is now awaiting shareholder approval.</li>
<li>It is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s listed entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.</li>
<li>However, the stock is expensive and has had some issues in the past. In this note, we take an early look at the possible placement and its impact.</li>
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Adani Enterprises (ADE IN)  is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering. The company has obtained board approval and is now awaiting shareholder approval.
It is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s listed entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.
However, the stock is expensive and has had some issues in the past. In this note, we take an early look at the possible placement and its impact.


Adani Enterprise US$2.4bn Raising Early Look - Lots to Think About: Controversies, Debt, Grand Plans

Equity Analyst

Xin Yu, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Meituan food delivery order growth slowed down in Oct and Nov due to covid restrictions.</li>
<li>Meituan Instashopping continued to grow fast in terms of its daily orders.</li>
<li>TikTok food delivery service so far hasn't posed big threats to Meituan. </li>
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Meituan food delivery order growth slowed down in Oct and Nov due to covid restrictions.
Meituan Instashopping continued to grow fast in terms of its daily orders.
TikTok food delivery service so far hasn't posed big threats to Meituan. 


HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We observed an interesting January effect for HSI in recent years. The Index posted the best monthly return in a year in four out of six Januarys since 2017.</li>
<li>At an average return of 3.9%, January is also the second best month for HSI. If not the super-strong Nov in 2022, January will rank as the best.</li>
<li>Conducive factors for a good January in 2023 include encouraging message from Central Economic Work Conference, moderation in US rate hike, rebound in Rmb and more relaxations in COVID measures.</li>
</ul>


We observed an interesting January effect for HSI in recent years. The Index posted the best monthly return in a year in four out of six Januarys since 2017.
At an average return of 3.9%, January is also the second best month for HSI. If not the super-strong Nov in 2022, January will rank as the best.
Conducive factors for a good January in 2023 include encouraging message from Central Economic Work Conference, moderation in US rate hike, rebound in Rmb and more relaxations in COVID measures.


Is There a January Effect in Hang Seng Index?

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>Hang Seng Indexes has changed the index handling treatment for Secondary Listings and Dual Primary Listings from the next rebalance in March.</li>
<li>The change could result in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-music-entertainment-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36601:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Music Entertainment Group (1698 HK)</a> replacing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ming-yuan-cloud-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29268:1" rel="noopener">Ming Yuan Cloud Group (909 HK)</a> in the index.</li>
<li>There could be passive buying on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-auto-inc-3dbe6187-544f-40dd-b9f9-72fba9c0110e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33811:1" rel="noopener">Li Auto (2015 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xpeng-inc-4cc65854-d10c-4d20-bf7e-ca0e016715ff" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33772:1" rel="noopener">XPeng (9868 HK)</a> due to an increase in the index shares with outflows on other index constituents.</li>
</ul>


Hang Seng Indexes has changed the index handling treatment for Secondary Listings and Dual Primary Listings from the next rebalance in March.
The change could result in Tencent Music Entertainment Group (1698 HK) replacing Ming Yuan Cloud Group (909 HK) in the index.
There could be passive buying on Li Auto (2015 HK) and XPeng (9868 HK) due to an increase in the index shares with outflows on other index constituents.


HSTECH: Index Handling Changes & Flows in March

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Meituan operates as a web based shopping platform for locally found consumer products and retail services. The Company offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment, dining, delivery, and other services. Meituan provides its services throughout China.

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China Internet – November Online Retail Sales Recap

The high online penetration could sustain into December, in our view, as offline activities will remain constrained and continue to shift online.

CMB International

Adani Enterprise US$2.4bn Raising Early Look - Lots to Think About: Controversies, Debt, Grand Plans

Adani Enterprises (ADE IN) is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering. The company has obtained board approval and is...

Sumeet Singh

Meituan Food Delivery 4Q Updates

Meituan food delivery order growth slowed down in Oct and Nov but its market share and profitability remained solid. Instashopping continued to...

Xin Yu, CFA

Is There a January Effect in Hang Seng Index?

We saw a Jan effect on the HSI since 2017, with the month being the best-performing one in four out of the last six years. Its average return of...

Osbert Tang, CFA

HSTECH: Index Handling Changes & Flows in March

Hang Seng Indexes has changed the index handling for Secondary and Dual Primary Listings. Tencent Music could replace Ming Yuan Cloud in March. Li...

Brian Freitas

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