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.

Equity Capital Markets

Kioxia Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, listing in the past week didn't do much, while a number of comapnies are still looking to beat the year end deadline.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were a number of secondary selldowns in Japan.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPOs front, listing in the past week didn't do much, while a number of comapnies are still looking to beat the year end deadline.
On the placements front, there were a number of secondary selldowns in Japan.


ECM Weekly (2nd Dec 2024) - Kioxia, FineToday, MNC Solutions, JST, Pateo, Carraro, Hulic, Sanrio

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 the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of November 29th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of November 29th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Nov 29th): Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Nov 22nd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Kuaishou Technology, Jd.com, Xpeng, CMB.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Nov 22nd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Kuaishou Technology, Jd.com, Xpeng, CMB.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Kuaishou, Jd, Xpeng, CMB

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

Event-Driven

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<li>The December rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kraneshares-csi-china-internet-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28208:1" rel="noopener">KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US)</a> will take place at the close of trading on 13 December.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cloud-village-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33412:1" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (9899 HK)</a> is an add while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lufax-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29690:1" rel="noopener">Lufax Holding (LU US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-healthcare-and-technology-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27008:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Healthcare and Technology (1833 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zx-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36624:1" rel="noopener">ZX (9890 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ysb-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35982:1" rel="noopener">YSB (9885 HK)</a> are deletes.</li>
<li>The deletions of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-healthcare-and-technology-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27008:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Healthcare (1833 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zx-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36624:1" rel="noopener">ZX (9890 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ysb-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35982:1" rel="noopener">YSB (9885 HK)</a> were forecast and there will be positioning in the stocks. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lufax-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29690:1" rel="noopener">Lufax</a> was a close delete.</li>
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The December rebalance of the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US) will take place at the close of trading on 13 December.

Cloud Village (9899 HK) is an add while Lufax Holding (LU US), Ping An Healthcare and Technology (1833 HK), ZX (9890 HK) and YSB (9885 HK) are deletes.
The deletions of Ping An Healthcare (1833 HK), ZX (9890 HK) and YSB (9885 HK) were forecast and there will be positioning in the stocks. Lufax was a close delete.


KWEB Index Rebalance: 1 Add & 4 Deletes in December

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>In this insight, we present the flows to buy and sell for each of the top 6 Hang Seng Index Family indices based on estimated tracking AUM.</li>
<li>The indices: Hang Seng Index (HSI), HS Tech Index (HSTECH), HS China Enterprise Index (HSCEI), HS HK Biotech (HSHKBIO), HS Internet &amp; Infotech (HSIII), and HS Healthcare Index (HSHCI).</li>
<li>By Quiddity calculations based on prices of 29 November's close, there is one-way flow across these six indices of HK$15,894,690,433.49 to trade on 6 December. Roughly speaking.</li>
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In this insight, we present the flows to buy and sell for each of the top 6 Hang Seng Index Family indices based on estimated tracking AUM.
The indices: Hang Seng Index (HSI), HS Tech Index (HSTECH), HS China Enterprise Index (HSCEI), HS HK Biotech (HSHKBIO), HS Internet &amp; Infotech (HSIII), and HS Healthcare Index (HSHCI).
By Quiddity calculations based on prices of 29 November's close, there is one-way flow across these six indices of HK$15,894,690,433.49 to trade on 6 December. Roughly speaking.


Six Hang Seng Index Family Indices: Flows for Dec 6 Rebal

China

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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ECM Weekly (2nd Dec 2024) - Kioxia, FineToday, MNC Solutions, JST, Pateo, Carraro, Hulic, Sanrio

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Nov 29th): Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Kuaishou, Jd, Xpeng, CMB

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Nov 22nd and highlight short interest changes in Kuaishou, Jd, Xpeng, CMB.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KWEB Index Rebalance: 1 Add & 4 Deletes in December

Cloud Village is an add while Lufax, Ping An Health, ZX and YSB are deletes. There will be capping flow for the large caps. Couple of surprises...

Brian Freitas

Six Hang Seng Index Family Indices: Flows for Dec 6 Rebal

6 Major Hang Seng Index family indices have a total of just over US$2bn a side to trade next Friday at the close. There will be capping updates...

Travis Lundy

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