APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cdp-holdings-c8e22dc9-b236-4022-88d6-b993574f0c53" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36715:1" rel="noopener">CDP Holdings (1782198D CH)</a> is looking to raise up to US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>CDP Holding (CDP) is a human capital management (HCM) service provider.</li>
<li>As per CIC, CDP was the No. 1 HCM SaaS+ platform in China in terms of revenue generated from HCM SaaS+ services in 2021.</li>
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CDP Holdings (1782198D CH) is looking to raise up to US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
CDP Holding (CDP) is a human capital management (HCM) service provider.
As per CIC, CDP was the No. 1 HCM SaaS+ platform in China in terms of revenue generated from HCM SaaS+ services in 2021.


CDP Holding Pre-IPO - Sales Have Grown but Continues to Rake in Losses

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs</li>
<li>On the IPO front,  only the smaller issuers were active with most following through on year end listing plans.</li>
<li>On placements front, HK market got going in a jiffy, riding on the coattails of China reopening.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs
On the IPO front,  only the smaller issuers were active with most following through on year end listing plans.
On placements front, HK market got going in a jiffy, riding on the coattails of China reopening.


ECM Weekly (8th Jan 2022) - Sinohytec, Beauty Farm, Sula, Kfin, Bionote, Meidong, CIFI, Jinxin Fert

Equity, Bottom-up Analyst, Investics Research

Sameer Taneja

Equity, Bottom-up Analyst

Investics Research

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Equity Bottom-up Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-meidong-auto-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10795:1" rel="noopener">China MeiDong Auto (1268 HK)</a> raised 800mn HKD in a top placement (px~15 HKD/share), resulting in a ~4% dilution, citing an opportunistic raise for M&amp;A.</li>
<li>While the company asserts there is a well-defined pipeline, it was not very specific on the size and scope of its targets which was not taken well by the market.</li>
<li>We continue to like the company, trading at a 15x/9x PE FY22e/23e, with a 5.2%/8.8% dividend yield (assuming an 80% payout ratio), with the optionality of M&amp;A potential. </li>
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China MeiDong Auto (1268 HK) raised 800mn HKD in a top placement (px~15 HKD/share), resulting in a ~4% dilution, citing an opportunistic raise for M&amp;A.
While the company asserts there is a well-defined pipeline, it was not very specific on the size and scope of its targets which was not taken well by the market.
We continue to like the company, trading at a 15x/9x PE FY22e/23e, with a 5.2%/8.8% dividend yield (assuming an 80% payout ratio), with the optionality of M&amp;A potential. 


Meidong: Capital Raise, There's Never a Right Time

China MeiDong Auto / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-meidong-auto-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10795:1" rel="noopener">China MeiDong Auto (1268 HK)</a> is looking to raise US$100m via a top-up placement.</li>
<li>Proceeds from the offering will be geared towards potential M&amp;A and general working capital purposes.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
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China MeiDong Auto (1268 HK) is looking to raise US$100m via a top-up placement.
Proceeds from the offering will be geared towards potential M&amp;A and general working capital purposes.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


China MeiDong Auto Placement - Strong Track Record and Past Deals Have Held Up

Event-Driven

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<li>Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history.</li>
<li>This was on back of the Aug 2022 agreement between PCAOB, CSRC and MOF, which was followed up with a Hong Kong visit by PCAOB officials over Sep-Nov 2022.</li>
<li>We wrote about this on 14th Dec 2022 and expected the results to be out on Friday (16th Dec), they have come out a day earlier than we expected.</li>
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Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history.
This was on back of the Aug 2022 agreement between PCAOB, CSRC and MOF, which was followed up with a Hong Kong visit by PCAOB officials over Sep-Nov 2022.
We wrote about this on 14th Dec 2022 and expected the results to be out on Friday (16th Dec), they have come out a day earlier than we expected.


China ADRs Delisting - Christmas Came a Day Earlier than We Expected - No Delisting Risk for Now

China

China Meidong Auto Holdings Limited is an automobile dealership and maintenance group in China.

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China MeiDong Auto (1268 HK)

CDP Holding Pre-IPO - Sales Have Grown but Continues to Rake in Losses

CDP Holdings (1782198D CH) is looking to raise up to US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. CDP Holding (CDP) is a human capital management (HCM)...

Clarence Chu

ECM Weekly (8th Jan 2022) - Sinohytec, Beauty Farm, Sula, Kfin, Bionote, Meidong, CIFI, Jinxin Fert

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Meidong: Capital Raise, There's Never a Right Time

Despite its capital raise, Meidong is still a great investment, trading at a 15x/9x PE FY22e/23e, with a 5.2%/8.8% dividend yield (assuming an 80%...

Sameer Taneja

China MeiDong Auto Placement - Strong Track Record and Past Deals Have Held Up

China MeiDong Auto (1268 HK) is looking to raise US$100m via a top-up placement. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and...

Clarence Chu

China ADRs Delisting - Christmas Came a Day Earlier than We Expected - No Delisting Risk for Now

Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history. This removes...

Sumeet Singh

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