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 analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into China Mobile, GWM, Sensetime, and outflows from Tencent, HKEx, CCB, Meituan, BYD.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into China Mobile, GWM, Sensetime, and outflows from Tencent, HKEx, CCB, Meituan, BYD.


Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: First Monthly Outflows in 12 Months

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.6% as of Feb 24th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 2.0ppt week on week, led by utilities, health care, financials and offset by information technology, industrials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.6% as of Feb 24th.
The average A-H premium changed by 2.0ppt week on week, led by utilities, health care, financials and offset by information technology, industrials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan.


A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 24th): Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan

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Stanley Tsai, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We welcome the regulators' formalization of financial asset classifications. This will gradually remove regulatory arbitrage and pave the way for further bank reintermediation.</li>
<li>The new rules will likely have limited impacts on bond holdings that have active secondary markets, but illiquid debt investment plans will come under more intense regulatory and auditor scrutiny.</li>
<li>We see an impact of 10-15bp on the listed banks' reported NPL ratios. That said, a handful of banks may be at risk of capital shortages if the environment worsens. </li>
</ul>


We welcome the regulators' formalization of financial asset classifications. This will gradually remove regulatory arbitrage and pave the way for further bank reintermediation.
The new rules will likely have limited impacts on bond holdings that have active secondary markets, but illiquid debt investment plans will come under more intense regulatory and auditor scrutiny.
We see an impact of 10-15bp on the listed banks' reported NPL ratios. That said, a handful of banks may be at risk of capital shortages if the environment worsens. 


Chinese Banks: New Asset Classification Rules | You Can Run but You Can't Hide

Equity Bottom-Up

People's Insurance (PICC) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>To build on our earlier work on the insurance space -- and as we search for beta-neutral relative value plays -- we look at PICC Group-H's SOTP valuation.</li>
<li>The group's life and health business has historically traded at a steep implicit discount to China Life-H, perhaps deservedly so. But price dislocations do occur from time to time.</li>
<li>We share our cheat sheet on how we approach these opportunities, which are often good for a quick 10% trade. As usual, we highlight the potential risks as well.</li>
</ul>


To build on our earlier work on the insurance space -- and as we search for beta-neutral relative value plays -- we look at PICC Group-H's SOTP valuation.
The group's life and health business has historically traded at a steep implicit discount to China Life-H, perhaps deservedly so. But price dislocations do occur from time to time.
We share our cheat sheet on how we approach these opportunities, which are often good for a quick 10% trade. As usual, we highlight the potential risks as well.


PICC Group / PICC P&C Pair: A Cheat Sheet to Improve Your Batting Average

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.4% as of Feb 3rd.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 6.3ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, real estate, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.4% as of Feb 3rd.
The average A-H premium changed by 6.3ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, real estate, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship.


A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 3rd): Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship

China

China International Capital Corporation Ltd. (CICC) operates as an international investment bank. The Company provides financial services, including investment banking, capital markets, securities sales and trading, fixed income, asset management, and private equity. China International Capital also offers individual wealth management and research services.

China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)

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Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly: First Monthly Outflows in 12 Months

We analyzed the Hong Kong Connect Scheme for February and highlight flows for China Mobile, GWM, Sensetime, Tencent, HKEx, CCB, Meituan, BYD.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 24th): Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Chinese Banks: New Asset Classification Rules | You Can Run but You Can't Hide

New asset classification rules have officially been announced. We see this as a long-term positive for the sector as regulators continue to bring...

Stanley Tsai, CFA

PICC Group / PICC P&C Pair: A Cheat Sheet to Improve Your Batting Average

PICC Group / PICC P&C are an interesting pair that often provides investors with short windows for relative value trades. From the group's SOTP...

Stanley Tsai, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 3rd): Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Great Wall Motor, CICC, Shanghai Haohai, Chalieco, Cosco Ship.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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