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

STIC aims to raise around US$750m via selling all of its remaining stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/big-hit-entertainment-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28959:1" rel="noopener">HYBE (352820 KS)</a>. This will be the first major selldown in the company, post its listing last year. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about deal dynamics.

STIC aims to raise around US$750m via selling all of its remaining stake in HYBE (352820 KS). This will be the first major selldown in the company, post its listing last year. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about deal dynamics.

Hybe Block/Placement - Big Block for Big Hit

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cloud-village-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33412:1" rel="noopener">Cloud Village (CLV HK)</a> (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company has also obtained investments from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/baidu-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:179:1" rel="noopener">Baidu (BIDU US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (BABA US)</a>, along with other investors.As of Dec 20, it had 181m online music MAUs, 16m online music services monthly paying users, 327,000 social entertainment services monthly paying users. It had over 60m music tracks, of which more than 1m were created by registered independent artists. Its daily active users on average spent 76mins daily listening to music. CVI’s revenue has grown 4.3x over FY18-20, to RMB4.9bn. There have been no signs of slowdown as its revenue increased by 102% in FY19 and was up another 111% in FY20. Both online music services and social entertainment services revenue have shown strong growth. Online music services revenue grew by 73% in 2019 and another 47.6% in 2020. Social entertainment services revenue was the largest driver of growth, as it grew by 344% in 2019 and was up another 320% in 2020.However, it remains a distant second player in the market and has yet to make a profit.

Cloud Village (CLV HK) (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise around US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company has also obtained investments from Baidu (BIDU US) and Alibaba Group (BABA US), along with other investors.As of Dec 20, it had 181m online music MAUs, 16m online music services monthly paying users, 327,000 social entertainment services monthly paying users. It had over 60m music tracks, of which more than 1m were created by registered independent artists. Its daily active users on average spent 76mins daily listening to music. CVI’s revenue has grown 4.3x over FY18-20, to RMB4.9bn. There have been no signs of slowdown as its revenue increased by 102% in FY19 and was up another 111% in FY20. Both online music services and social entertainment services revenue have shown strong growth. Online music services revenue grew by 73% in 2019 and another 47.6% in 2020. Social entertainment services revenue was the largest driver of growth, as it grew by 344% in 2019 and was up another 320% in 2020.However, it remains a distant second player in the market and has yet to make a profit.

Cloud Village (NetEase Music) Pre-IPO - Was in the Slow Stream, Playing Catch-Up

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist, Objective Analysis

Jim Handy

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs Specialist

Objective Analysis

Objective Analysis offers third-party independent market research and data for the semiconductor industry and investors in the semiconductor industry.

Semiconductors, Memory and SSDs

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

WSTS has forecast for both 2021 and 2022 semiconductor revenues to break records.  While three years of strong back-to-back revenue growth has occurred in the past, there are reasons, which we explain here, to take this forecast with a good measure of skepticism.

WSTS has forecast for both 2021 and 2022 semiconductor revenues to break records.  While three years of strong back-to-back revenue growth has occurred in the past, there are reasons, which we explain here, to take this forecast with a good measure of skepticism.

WSTS Forecast: Record Semiconductor Revenues in Both 2021 & 2022

Chart based progressive global trading strategies, Chart Partners

Thomas Schroeder

Chart based progressive global trading strategies

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Chart Partners objective is to discover medium-term cycle turns and profit opportunities before they unfold, within structural trends while preserving capital with clear degrees of risk. We have real return ideas. 

Markets are dynamic and trading systems must reflect this. It is crucial to determine underlying correlations and lead-lag relationships within global markets and the impact on linked instruments. Our weekly Chartonics product gives you short-term trading strategies that can be applied within the medium and longer term macro trends that are mapped out in our strategy updates. 

Our methodology fuses global market variables and isolates drivers in trends. We specialize in FX, index trade in NY and Asia with a focus on Asian stocks. 

Technical Analysis

Sony Corp (6758 JP) rally off of 10k trendline buy support is nearing the first key resistance at 11,400  (to reduce) with intermediate resistance at 11,700. Rally is due for a rest with risk of re testing the key trendline support that if broken would cause mid cycle damage (a must hold level).Dual tops to weigh on rally attempts.Trendline support currently lies near 10,250 and the trend pivot.

Sony Corp (6758 JP) rally off of 10k trendline buy support is nearing the first key resistance at 11,400  (to reduce) with intermediate resistance at 11,700. Rally is due for a rest with risk of re testing the key trendline support that if broken would cause mid cycle damage (a must hold level).Dual tops to weigh on rally attempts.Trendline support currently lies near 10,250 and the trend pivot.

Sony Bull Bet off Trendline Nearing First Resistance

Renesas Electronics / Equity Capital Markets

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Renesas, along with INCJ, aims to raise around US$3.4bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares. We covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/renesas-placement-very-well-flagged-past-deals-have-done-well-but-large-size-warrants-correction" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Renesas Placement - Very Well Flagged, past Deals Have Done Well but Large Size Warrants Correction.</a>
In this note, I'll talk about the updates since then.
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Renesas, along with INCJ, aims to raise around US$3.4bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares. We covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note, Renesas Placement - Very Well Flagged, past Deals Have Done Well but Large Size Warrants Correction.
In this note, I'll talk about the updates since then.


Renesas Placement Update - Doing Much Better than Its past Deals. Could Impact Post-Deal Performance

Japan

Sony Corporation manufactures audio, home video game consoles, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.  The Company's other businesses include music, pictures, computer entertainment, and online businesses.

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Hybe Block/Placement - Big Block for Big Hit

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Sumeet Singh

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Cloud Village (CLV HK), also known as NetEase Music, plans to raise US$1bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The company has also obtained investments from...

Sumeet Singh

WSTS Forecast: Record Semiconductor Revenues in Both 2021 & 2022

The semiconductor industry's statistics body, WSTS, released a very bullish Spring forecast, predicting revenues to break records in both 2021 and...

Jim Handy

Sony Bull Bet off Trendline Nearing First Resistance

Sony Corp (6758 JP) rally off of 10k trendline buy call is nearing the first resistance at 11,400 (to reduce). Rally is due for a rest to retest...

Thomas Schroeder

Renesas Placement Update - Doing Much Better than Its past Deals. Could Impact Post-Deal Performance

Renesas and INCJ, aims to raise around US$3.4bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares. We covered most aspects of the deal in our...

Sumeet Singh

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