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

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pertamina-geothermal-energy-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36725:1" rel="noopener">Pertamina Geothermal</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pt-pertamina-persero" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35862:1" rel="noopener"></a>is set to make its debut in the coming week.</li>
<li>Placements picked up pace this week, with multiple deals across geographies.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, Pertamina Geothermal is set to make its debut in the coming week.
Placements picked up pace this week, with multiple deals across geographies.


ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2023) - Rakuten Bank, ZJLD, REPT, Link REIT, SoCar, Ryman, Indigo, ESR, Oasis

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We expect Pinduoduo (PDD) to maintain relatively more resilient GMV and revenue growth in 2023E, aided by user stickiness and progress in incorporating more branded products.</li><li>Duoduo Grocery (DDG)’s progress on improving operating efficiency could sustain, in our view, and is on track to achieve operating profit breakeven on single month basis in mid-to-late 2023.</li><li>PDD’s core platform e-commerce business has entered stable growth phase which will provide strong cash flow support for Temu’s overseas expansion.</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>

We expect Pinduoduo (PDD) to maintain relatively more resilient GMV and revenue growth in 2023E, aided by user stickiness and progress in incorporating more branded products.Duoduo Grocery (DDG)’s progress on improving operating efficiency could sustain, in our view, and is on track to achieve operating profit breakeven on single month basis in mid-to-late 2023.PDD’s core platform e-commerce business has entered stable growth phase which will provide strong cash flow support for Temu’s overseas expansion.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.

Pinduoduo (PDD US) – Resilient GMV growth to sustain in 2023

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35638:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Bank</a>, the online banking arm of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)</a>, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. </li>
<li>RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. </li>
<li>In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the not-so-positive aspects of its past performance.</li>
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Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. 
RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. 
In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the not-so-positive aspects of its past performance.


Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Is Already Slowing Down

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>China's Central Document No.1 emphasizes the need to boost the agricultural industry and improve well-being of the peasants. We see the directions positive for the agricultural sector.</li>
<li>Direct beneficiaries are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sinofert-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:893:1" rel="noopener">Sinofert Holdings (297 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-xlx-fertiliser-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5679:1" rel="noopener">China Xlx Fertiliser (1866 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/first-tractor-co-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12416:1" rel="noopener">First Tractor Co H (38 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xinjiang-tianye-water-saving-irrigation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10975:1" rel="noopener">Xinjiang Tianye Water Saving Irrigation (840 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>Growing rural affluence is positive to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20962:1" rel="noopener">BYD (1211 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home (6690 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pinduoduo-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27250:1" rel="noopener">Pinduoduo (PDD US)</a>, while cold chain network buildout is good to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-international-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9:1" rel="noopener">Shenzhen Intl (152 HK)</a>. </li>
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China's Central Document No.1 emphasizes the need to boost the agricultural industry and improve well-being of the peasants. We see the directions positive for the agricultural sector.
Direct beneficiaries are Sinofert Holdings (297 HK), China Xlx Fertiliser (1866 HK), First Tractor Co H (38 HK) and Xinjiang Tianye Water Saving Irrigation (840 HK). 
Growing rural affluence is positive to BYD (1211 HK), Haier Smart Home (6690 HK) and Pinduoduo (PDD US), while cold chain network buildout is good to Shenzhen Intl (152 HK). 


China Agricultural Sector: A Read into China Central Document No.1

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

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

<ul>
<li>Positive to PDD: Temu aired its commercial at the Super Bowl</li>
<li>Negative to FUTU: Bright Smart Securities downsizing the mainland account</li>
<li>Positive to BIDU: Updates on Baidu's ChatGPT-similar product "ERNIE Bot"</li>
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Positive to PDD: Temu aired its commercial at the Super Bowl
Negative to FUTU: Bright Smart Securities downsizing the mainland account
Positive to BIDU: Updates on Baidu's ChatGPT-similar product "ERNIE Bot"


China TMT Update(Feb.11-14): PDD, FUTU, BIDU

China

PDD Holdings Inc. is a multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. The Company focuses on digital economy so that local communities and small businesses can benefit from the increased productivity and new opportunities. PDD Holdings has built a network of sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities for its underlying businesses.

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PDD Holdings (PDD US)

ECM Weekly (19th Feb 2023) - Rakuten Bank, ZJLD, REPT, Link REIT, SoCar, Ryman, Indigo, ESR, Oasis

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Pinduoduo (PDD US) – Resilient GMV growth to sustain in 2023

We expect Pinduoduo (PDD) to maintain relatively more resilient GMV and revenue growth in 2023E, aided by user stickiness and progress in...

CMB International

Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Is Already Slowing Down

Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m in its Japan listing in April 2023. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

China Agricultural Sector: A Read into China Central Document No.1

Directions in China's Central Document No.1 in 2023 are positive for the agricultural sector. We see direct benficiaries being Sinofert, China XLX...

Osbert Tang, CFA

China TMT Update(Feb.11-14): PDD, FUTU, BIDU

PDD: Temu aired its commercial at the Super Bowl; FUTU: Bright Smart Securities downsizing the mainland account; BIDU: Updates on Baidu's ChatGPT...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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