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

Rakuten Securities / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-securities-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39933:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Securities</a>, the online securities arm of Rakuten, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing.</li>
<li>It is the largest online securities firm in Japan with a 33.7% market share. In FY22, it had over 8.64m accounts, with around JPY18.2tn (US$131bn) of assets under custody.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Rakuten Securities, the online securities arm of Rakuten, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing.
It is the largest online securities firm in Japan with a 33.7% market share. In FY22, it had over 8.64m accounts, with around JPY18.2tn (US$131bn) of assets under custody.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Rakuten Securities IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Growth Has Slowed Down

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mobvoi-information-technology-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36799:1" rel="noopener">Mobvoi (2185047D CH)</a> is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>Mobvoi is an AI company focusing on generative AI and voice interaction technologies. As per CIC, the firm is the largest revenue-generating AI company focusing on AI-generated content in 2022.</li>
<li>Mobvoi’s revenue growth was primarily driven by its AI enterprise solutions segment, which led to gross margin expansion and profitability turning positive on all fronts in FY22. </li>
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Mobvoi (2185047D CH) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
Mobvoi is an AI company focusing on generative AI and voice interaction technologies. As per CIC, the firm is the largest revenue-generating AI company focusing on AI-generated content in 2022.
Mobvoi’s revenue growth was primarily driven by its AI enterprise solutions segment, which led to gross margin expansion and profitability turning positive on all fronts in FY22. 


Mobvoi Pre-IPO - Has Turned Profitable but Bulk of Growth Came from a Single Customer

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>Based on NBS data, 1H23 online retail sales GMV/ online physical goods GMV reached RMB7.2/6.1tn, up 13.1/10.8% YoY, and were both 39% above 1H20 level.</li><li>The YoY growth of online physical goods GMV in June 2023 came in at 7.1% and indicates a two-year CAGR of 6.4%, falling from two-year CAGR of 11.8% in May 2023, as part of the 618 shopping festival sales GMV was frontloaded to May, and the overall consumption sentiment takes time to recover.</li><li>Although e-commerce platforms are escalating investment to enhance consumer mindshare gain amid recovering consumption sentiment, the deterioration of industry competitive landscape is likely to be better than feared given that investments are ROI driven, and this may indicate a better than market expected margin profile for e-commerce platforms in the near term, in our view. </li></ul>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.

Based on NBS data, 1H23 online retail sales GMV/ online physical goods GMV reached RMB7.2/6.1tn, up 13.1/10.8% YoY, and were both 39% above 1H20 level.The YoY growth of online physical goods GMV in June 2023 came in at 7.1% and indicates a two-year CAGR of 6.4%, falling from two-year CAGR of 11.8% in May 2023, as part of the 618 shopping festival sales GMV was frontloaded to May, and the overall consumption sentiment takes time to recover.Although e-commerce platforms are escalating investment to enhance consumer mindshare gain amid recovering consumption sentiment, the deterioration of industry competitive landscape is likely to be better than feared given that investments are ROI driven, and this may indicate a better than market expected margin profile for e-commerce platforms in the near term, in our view. 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 – June online retail sales recap

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-securities-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39933:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Securities (RAKUSEC JP)</a>, the online securities arm of Rakuten, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing.</li>
<li>It is the largest online securities firm in Japan with a 33.7% market share. In FY22, it had over 8.64m accounts, with around JPY18.2tn (US$131bn) of assets under custody.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Rakuten Securities (RAKUSEC JP), the online securities arm of Rakuten, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing.
It is the largest online securities firm in Japan with a 33.7% market share. In FY22, it had over 8.64m accounts, with around JPY18.2tn (US$131bn) of assets under custody.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Rakuten Securities IPO Early Look - The Positives - Has Been Gaining Market Share

Quantitative Researcher, MRM Research

Nico Rosti

Quantitative Researcher

MRM Research

Quantitative Research

Event-Driven

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<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI)</a> last week closed strongly up. This week it's pulling back, but MRM pattern readings forecast a very short-lived pullback (-1 to -2 weeks).</li>
<li>The suggested strategy is: let the index play out its pullback (warning: it can be volatile) and then enter LONG trades when the probability is good.</li>
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Suggested support price areas are between 18965 (Q2) and 18732 (Q3) - or this Friday at Close (as long as the close is negative).</li>
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The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index (HSI) last week closed strongly up. This week it's pulling back, but MRM pattern readings forecast a very short-lived pullback (-1 to -2 weeks).
The suggested strategy is: let the index play out its pullback (warning: it can be volatile) and then enter LONG trades when the probability is good.

Suggested support price areas are between 18965 (Q2) and 18732 (Q3) - or this Friday at Close (as long as the close is negative).


EQD | Hang Seng Index (HSI) WEEKLY Deep-But-Brief Pullback

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Rakuten Securities IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Growth Has Slowed Down

Rakuten Securities, the online securities arm of Rakuten, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing. In this note, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

Mobvoi Pre-IPO - Has Turned Profitable but Bulk of Growth Came from a Single Customer

Mobvoi (2185047D CH) is looking to raise about US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. Mobvoi’s revenue growth was primarily driven by its AI...

Ethan Aw

China Internet – June online retail sales recap

Based on NBS data, 1H23 online retail sales GMV/ online physical goods GMV reached RMB7.2/6.1tn, up 13.1/10.8% YoY, and were both 39% above 1H20...

CMB International

EQD | Hang Seng Index (HSI) WEEKLY Deep-But-Brief Pullback

The Hang Seng Index is pulling back, but this move should be short-lived according to the Market Reversal Matrix's analysis of the index's support...

Nico Rosti

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