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.

Quantitative Analysis

<p>Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Apr 30. The aggregate short value for equities decreased by $-468m (-0.7%) WoW and decreased by $105m (-0.1%) over the preceding four weeks.</p><p>Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($7,024m, -9.0% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($1,938m, -1.8% WoW), Meituan/3690 HK($1,566m, -6.8% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($1,521m, +3.7% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($1,429m, +0.5% WoW).</p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/205/381/original/Hong_Kong_Market_Short_Position_Value_%28line%29_and_1W_Changes_%28bar%29_%28%24m%292021-05-11+12_19_46.png?1620706921" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="205381"></figure></section>

Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Apr 30. The aggregate short value for equities decreased by $-468m (-0.7%) WoW and decreased by $105m (-0.1%) over the preceding four weeks.Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($7,024m, -9.0% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($1,938m, -1.8% WoW), Meituan/3690 HK($1,566m, -6.8% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($1,521m, +3.7% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($1,429m, +0.5% WoW).

HK Short Interest: Baba, Xiaomi, Netease Short Increased

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

<p>After outperforming its global peers over the last year, the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX)</a> has had a big drawdown that has brought its performance closer to its peers. Today's drop has closed the gap even further.</p><p>With a backdrop of heightened US-China tensions, increased regulatory pressure from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and an increased focus on monopolies (or perceived monopolies), investors have been happy to sell first given the gains they were sitting on, plus the valuation premium.</p><p>With valuations now lining up with their global peers, Hang Seng Indexes has announced that the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) had approved 7 ETFs and 1 Index Fund that will track the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX)</a>. The mainland ETFs could garner a large amount of assets quickly given that most index members are household names. Additionally, stocks like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (9988 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/baidu-inc-a55ca720-5968-48f0-8194-ac94390d065c" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32212:1" rel="noopener">Baidu (9888 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29043:1" rel="noopener">JD.com Inc. (9618 HK)</a> are not eligible for Southbound Stock Connect and the ETFs will offer investors access to those names.</p><p>With the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX)</a> (or the "NASDAQ of the East" as it is called) underperforming the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nasdaq-100-stock-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26197:1" rel="noopener">Nasdaq-100 Stock Index (NDX INDEX)</a> (of the West) over the last few months, there could be an opportunity to buy the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX)</a> futures and hedge with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nasdaq-100-stock-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26197:1" rel="noopener">Nasdaq-100 Stock Index (NDX INDEX)</a> futures.</p>

After outperforming its global peers over the last year, the Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX) has had a big drawdown that has brought its performance closer to its peers. Today's drop has closed the gap even further.With a backdrop of heightened US-China tensions, increased regulatory pressure from the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and an increased focus on monopolies (or perceived monopolies), investors have been happy to sell first given the gains they were sitting on, plus the valuation premium.With valuations now lining up with their global peers, Hang Seng Indexes has announced that the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) had approved 7 ETFs and 1 Index Fund that will track the Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX). The mainland ETFs could garner a large amount of assets quickly given that most index members are household names. Additionally, stocks like Alibaba Group (9988 HK), Baidu (9888 HK) and JD.com Inc. (9618 HK) are not eligible for Southbound Stock Connect and the ETFs will offer investors access to those names.With the Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX) (or the "NASDAQ of the East" as it is called) underperforming the Nasdaq-100 Stock Index (NDX INDEX) (of the West) over the last few months, there could be an opportunity to buy the Hang Seng Tech Index (HSTECH INDEX) futures and hedge with Nasdaq-100 Stock Index (NDX INDEX) futures.

Hang Seng TECH Index: How Much Lower Can It Go? CSRC Approves 7 ETFs

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>The government warned that Meituan should raise delivery workers’ benefits and reduce their workload.</li>
<li>The CEO quoted a poem on a social media and we believe all media reports misunderstand it.</li>
<li>We reduced the target price to HK$230.</li>
</ul>
<p>Our previous coverage on Meituan:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/meituan-3690-hk-forthcoming-punishment-will-benefit-alibaba" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:50794" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK): Forthcoming Punishment Will Benefit Alibaba</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/meituan-3690-hk-meituan-spending-money-but-agents-accumulating-customers-for-themselves" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:50118" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK): Meituan Spending Money, But Agents Accumulating Customers for Themselves</a> </li>
</ul>


The government warned that Meituan should raise delivery workers’ benefits and reduce their workload.
The CEO quoted a poem on a social media and we believe all media reports misunderstand it.
We reduced the target price to HK$230.

Our previous coverage on Meituan:

Meituan (3690 HK): Forthcoming Punishment Will Benefit Alibaba

Meituan (3690 HK): Meituan Spending Money, But Agents Accumulating Customers for Themselves 


Meituan (3690 HK): CEO's Poem, as Response to Authorities' Sweat Shop Warning, Could Be Disaster

<ul>
<li>Customer service refuses to return repaired graphics card to customers.</li>
<li>The graphics card prices has been rising significantly.</li>
<li>Customers believe customer service sold the repaired cards.</li>
</ul>
<p>Our previous coverage on JD.com:</p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/jd-com-jd-main-business-accelerated-in-4q20" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:49083" rel="noopener">JD.com (JD): Main Business Accelerated in 4Q20</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/jd-com-jd-found-more-exclusive-advantages-but-need-more-reasonable-price" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48677" rel="noopener">JD.com (JD): Found More Exclusive Advantages, But Need More Reasonable Price</a></p>


Customer service refuses to return repaired graphics card to customers.
The graphics card prices has been rising significantly.
Customers believe customer service sold the repaired cards.

Our previous coverage on JD.com:
JD.com (JD): Main Business Accelerated in 4Q20
JD.com (JD): Found More Exclusive Advantages, But Need More Reasonable Price

JD.com (JD): Customer Service Facing Short Squeeze Due to Bitcoin Surge

<div><p>The Asia Short Interest weekly looks at moves in market wide short interest and highlights movements in stock specific short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan using the last available data published by the relevant authorities.</p></div><div><p>Hong Kong saw shorts rise on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (9988 HK)</a>, <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/aia-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14895:1" rel="noopener">AIA Group Ltd (1299 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xiaomi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24409:1" rel="noopener">Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-electronic-international-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1927:1" rel="noopener">BYD Electronics (285 HK)</a> while there was short covering on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-insurance-grp-co-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12880:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/country-garden-services-holdings-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27343:1" rel="noopener">Country Garden Services Holdings (6098 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/postal-savings-bank-of-china" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22848:1" rel="noopener">Postal Savings Bank of China (1658 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/citic-securities-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:463:1" rel="noopener">Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK)</a>. Shorts increased in the Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Health Care and Communication Services sectors, and decreased in the Financials and Industrials sectors.</p></div><div><p>In Japan, stocks that saw the most shorts were <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toshiba-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1" rel="noopener">Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cosmos-pharmaceutical-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3797:1" rel="noopener">Cosmos Pharmaceutical (3349 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakus-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29200:1" rel="noopener">Rakus Co Ltd (3923 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daito-trust-construct-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10503:1" rel="noopener">Daito Trust Construct (1878 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aeon-financial-service-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5887:1" rel="noopener">Aeon Financial (8570 JP)</a> while shorts decreased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ryohin-keikaku-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2765:1" rel="noopener">Ryohin Keikaku (7453 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aeon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3:1" rel="noopener">Aeon Co Ltd (8267 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lasertec-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4126:1" rel="noopener">Lasertec Corp (6920 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/isetan-mitsukoshi-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18871:1" rel="noopener">Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd (3099 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-mining-smelting-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15998:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui Mining &amp; Smelting Co (5706 JP)</a>. Shorts increased in the Industrials and Financials sectors, and decreased in the Consumer Discretionary sector.</p></div><div>
<p>Short selling finally resumed in Korea this week. Shorts increased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/celltrion-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:991:1" rel="noopener">Celltrion Inc (068270 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-display-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7145:1" rel="noopener">LG Display (034220 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16955:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (000660 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/netmarble-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22839:1" rel="noopener">Netmarble Corporation (251270 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/naver-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16029:1" rel="noopener">Naver Corp (035420 KS)</a>. The largest percentage increase in shorts was seen on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-rotem-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1554:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Rotem Company (064350 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-chemicals-co-ltd-new" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26190:1" rel="noopener">Sk Chemicals Co Ltd/New (285130 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daewoo-shipbuilding-marine-engineering" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12531:1" rel="noopener">Daewoo Shipbuilding &amp; Marine Engineering (042660 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/e-mart-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6993:1" rel="noopener">E Mart Inc (139480 KS)</a>.</p>
<p>In Taiwan, shorts increased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novatek-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10904:1" rel="noopener">Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yang-ming-marine-transport" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8502:1" rel="noopener">Yang Ming Marine Transport (2609 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiwan-cement" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19736:1" rel="noopener">Taiwan Cement (1101 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/au-optronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6704:1" rel="noopener">AU Optronics (2409 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mediatek-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:772:1" rel="noopener">Mediatek Inc (2454 TT)</a>, while shorts covered on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wisdom-marine-lines-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10001:1" rel="noopener">Wisdom Marine Lines (2637 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wiwynn-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27838:1" rel="noopener">Wiwynn Corp (6669 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/richwave-technology-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18629:1" rel="noopener">Richwave Technology (4968 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hon-hai-precision-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:745:1" rel="noopener">Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hannstar-display-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13922:1" rel="noopener">Hannstar Display (6116 TT)</a>. </p>
</div>

The Asia Short Interest weekly looks at moves in market wide short interest and highlights movements in stock specific short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan using the last available data published by the relevant authorities.Hong Kong saw shorts rise on Alibaba Group (9988 HK), BYD (1211 HK), AIA Group Ltd (1299 HK), Xiaomi Corp (1810 HK) and BYD Electronics (285 HK) while there was short covering on Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK), Country Garden Services Holdings (6098 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Postal Savings Bank of China (1658 HK) and Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK). Shorts increased in the Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Health Care and Communication Services sectors, and decreased in the Financials and Industrials sectors.In Japan, stocks that saw the most shorts were Toshiba Corp (6502 JP), Cosmos Pharmaceutical (3349 JP), Rakus Co Ltd (3923 JP), Daito Trust Construct (1878 JP) and Aeon Financial (8570 JP) while shorts decreased on Ryohin Keikaku (7453 JP), Aeon Co Ltd (8267 JP), Lasertec Corp (6920 JP), Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd (3099 JP) and Mitsui Mining &amp; Smelting Co (5706 JP). Shorts increased in the Industrials and Financials sectors, and decreased in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
Short selling finally resumed in Korea this week. Shorts increased on Celltrion Inc (068270 KS), LG Display (034220 KS), SK Hynix (000660 KS), Netmarble Corporation (251270 KS) and Naver Corp (035420 KS). The largest percentage increase in shorts was seen on Hyundai Rotem Company (064350 KS), Sk Chemicals Co Ltd/New (285130 KS), Daewoo Shipbuilding &amp; Marine Engineering (042660 KS) and E Mart Inc (139480 KS).
In Taiwan, shorts increased on Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT), Yang Ming Marine Transport (2609 TT), Taiwan Cement (1101 TT), AU Optronics (2409 TT) and Mediatek Inc (2454 TT), while shorts covered on Wisdom Marine Lines (2637 TT), Wiwynn Corp (6669 TT), Richwave Technology (4968 TT), Hon Hai Precision Industry (2317 TT) and Hannstar Display (6116 TT). 


Asia Shorts: BYD, Ping An, Toshiba, Rakus, Aeon, Celltrion, LG Display, SK Chem, Novatek, Yang Ming

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HK Short Interest: Baba, Xiaomi, Netease Short Increased

We would like to highlight short increases for Alibaba (9988 HK), Xiaomi (1810 HK) and Netease (9999 HK) from the recent SFC short position report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hang Seng TECH Index: How Much Lower Can It Go? CSRC Approves 7 ETFs

The Hang Seng TECH Index has had a large drawdown over the last couple of months on regulatory pressure and stretched valuations. With new ETFs...

Brian Freitas

Meituan (3690 HK): CEO's Poem, as Response to Authorities' Sweat Shop Warning, Could Be Disaster

The government warned that Meituan should raise delivery workers’ benefits and reduce their workload. The CEO quoted a poem on a social media and...

Ming Lu

JD.com (JD): Customer Service Facing Short Squeeze Due to Bitcoin Surge

Customer service refuses to return repaired graphics card to customers. The graphics card prices has been rising significantly. Customers believe...

Ming Lu

Asia Shorts: BYD, Ping An, Toshiba, Rakus, Aeon, Celltrion, LG Display, SK Chem, Novatek, Yang Ming

The Insight looks at large short interest movements across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan stocks and highlights large increases/decreases in shorts to...

Brian Freitas

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