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

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jul 12th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD6.1bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) , Posco (005490 KS) .</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jul 12th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD6.1bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) , Posco (005490 KS) .


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jul 12th): Samsung Electronics, Posco

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Jul 12th which has an aggregated holding worth USD572.7bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,198mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We estimate the inflows decreased by 1.0% WoW and highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Jul 12th which has an aggregated holding worth USD572.7bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,198mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We estimate the inflows decreased by 1.0% WoW and highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 12th): Samsung Electronics

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>After the market close on 27 May, HYBE (352820 KS) announced that it will conduct a block deal sale of 0.75 million to 0.94 million shares of SM Entertainment.</li>
<li>The block deal sale price discount is 4% to 5.5% discount to the closing price on 27 May (95,800 won). </li>
<li>One of the major positive, recent issues facing the Korean K-Pop related stocks has been the potential easing of Korean content restrictions by China.</li>
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After the market close on 27 May, HYBE (352820 KS) announced that it will conduct a block deal sale of 0.75 million to 0.94 million shares of SM Entertainment.
The block deal sale price discount is 4% to 5.5% discount to the closing price on 27 May (95,800 won). 
One of the major positive, recent issues facing the Korean K-Pop related stocks has been the potential easing of Korean content restrictions by China.


HYBE: Block Deal Sale of SM Entertainment

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of May 24th which has an aggregated holding worth USD533.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD443mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Hd Hyundai Heavy, Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of May 24th which has an aggregated holding worth USD533.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD443mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Hd Hyundai Heavy, Samsung Electronics.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (May 24th): Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, HHI, Samsung Electronics

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The major K-Pop stocks had the biggest up day so far this year on 23 May, driven by potential easing of Korean cultural contents restrictions by the Chinese government. </li>
<li>In the past nine years, there has been a ban on Korean singers' performances in China.</li>
<li>Among the major K-Pop stocks, we continue to have a Positive View on S.M.Entertainment Co (041510 KS) but bearish on HYBE (352820 KS) and YG Entertainment (122870 KS).</li>
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The major K-Pop stocks had the biggest up day so far this year on 23 May, driven by potential easing of Korean cultural contents restrictions by the Chinese government. 
In the past nine years, there has been a ban on Korean singers' performances in China.
Among the major K-Pop stocks, we continue to have a Positive View on S.M.Entertainment Co (041510 KS) but bearish on HYBE (352820 KS) and YG Entertainment (122870 KS).


A Pop in Major K-Pop Stocks Driven by Potential Easing of Korean Contents Restrictions by China

South Korea

HYBE Co., Ltd. operates as an entertainment company. The Company provides music production, album distribution, entertainers management, publicity, planning, training, and other services. HYBE also makes television shows.

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KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jul 12th): Samsung Electronics, Posco

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samsung Electronics, Posco.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 12th): Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week. We estimated the inflows to be USD 2.2 bn and highlighted foreign holding changes in...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HYBE: Block Deal Sale of SM Entertainment

After the market close on 27 May, HYBE (352820 KS) announced that it will conduct a block deal sale of 0.75 million to 0.94 million shares of SM...

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (May 24th): Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, HHI, Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Hd Hyundai Heavy,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A Pop in Major K-Pop Stocks Driven by Potential Easing of Korean Contents Restrictions by China

The major K-Pop stocks had the biggest up day so far this year on 23 May, driven by potential easing of Korean cultural contents restrictions by...

Douglas Kim

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