APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Capital Markets

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-techn-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">CATL (A) (300750 CH)</a> is looking to raise up to about US$9bn in its upcoming placement to fund its expansion plan.</p><p>In this note, we will look at the company’s fundamentals, deal dynamics, and share our thoughts on the placement.</p>

CATL (A) (300750 CH) is looking to raise up to about US$9bn in its upcoming placement to fund its expansion plan.In this note, we will look at the company’s fundamentals, deal dynamics, and share our thoughts on the placement.

CATL (宁德时代) Placement - Back in the Market Again to Fund Expansion

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Event-Driven

<div><p>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX)</a> consists of stocks from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and is one of the most widely tracked A-share indices with passive tracking products listed in multiple markets globally. There are CFFEX listed futures that trade actively as well.</p></div><div>
<p>China Securities Index Co (CSI) will announce the changes for the December rebalance at the end of  November or beginning December and the changes will be effective after the close of trading on 10 December.</p>
<p>Half way through the review period that runs from May to October, we see 26 changes at the upcoming December 2021 review. Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 9.24% and will result in a one-way trade of just shy of US$3bn.</p>
<p>The Information Technology and Materials sectors gain 4 spots each in the index while Financials are the biggest losers with 7 spots gone.</p>
<p>The potential inclusions have outperformed the potential exclusions and the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX)</a> by a wide margin on a year to date basis. We recommend building up positions gradually and scaling in on a correction.</p>
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The Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX) consists of stocks from the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and is one of the most widely tracked A-share indices with passive tracking products listed in multiple markets globally. There are CFFEX listed futures that trade actively as well.
China Securities Index Co (CSI) will announce the changes for the December rebalance at the end of  November or beginning December and the changes will be effective after the close of trading on 10 December.
Half way through the review period that runs from May to October, we see 26 changes at the upcoming December 2021 review. Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 9.24% and will result in a one-way trade of just shy of US$3bn.
The Information Technology and Materials sectors gain 4 spots each in the index while Financials are the biggest losers with 7 spots gone.
The potential inclusions have outperformed the potential exclusions and the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX) by a wide margin on a year to date basis. We recommend building up positions gradually and scaling in on a correction.


CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: Large Turnover as Potential Inclusions Keep Rallying

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<p>Headline Developments China has likened online computer games to opium, causing shares in Tencent (700.HK) and NetEase (9999.HK) to drop 10% and 15% respectively.  The article, which appeared in state-run Economic Information Daily (before being removed), said more than half of China’s children were nearsighted and online games affects their education; adding that gaming addiction is widespread and could negatively impact their growth.</p>

Headline Developments China has likened online computer games to opium, causing shares in Tencent (700.HK) and NetEase (9999.HK) to drop 10% and 15% respectively.  The article, which appeared in state-run Economic Information Daily (before being removed), said more than half of China’s children were nearsighted and online games affects their education; adding that gaming addiction is widespread and could negatively impact their growth.

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>We view the FY21 (Year end Mar) result of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-dongxiang-group-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1068:1" rel="noopener">China Dongxiang Group Co (3818 HK)</a> positively, despite a dividend payout ratio which is lower than expected. As we wrote in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/china-dongxiang-3818-hk-what-can-we-expect-from-the-final-result" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:53174" rel="noopener">China Dongxiang (3818 HK): What Can We Expect from the Final Result?</a>, its sportswear business in China has recorded good turnaround, with gross profit soared 46.3% YoY and 27.9% HoH. Meanwhile, its investment business also registered an income of Rmb2.1bn for full-year, or Rmb759.7m for 2H21, up 88.7% YoY.</p><p>Going forward, we expect CNDX's strategy to bring about further improvement in its sportswear business in China. It has also disclosed more names of listed equity that it hold both directly and indirectly and they are all of good quality, in our view. The stock is trading on 47% discount to book value which made up of 14% of net cash, 73% of investment portfolio and 13% of other net assets. Frankly, we think such valuation is too depressed and believe there is more upside room even after a 52% rally in share price YTD.</p>

We view the FY21 (Year end Mar) result of China Dongxiang Group Co (3818 HK) positively, despite a dividend payout ratio which is lower than expected. As we wrote in China Dongxiang (3818 HK): What Can We Expect from the Final Result?, its sportswear business in China has recorded good turnaround, with gross profit soared 46.3% YoY and 27.9% HoH. Meanwhile, its investment business also registered an income of Rmb2.1bn for full-year, or Rmb759.7m for 2H21, up 88.7% YoY.Going forward, we expect CNDX's strategy to bring about further improvement in its sportswear business in China. It has also disclosed more names of listed equity that it hold both directly and indirectly and they are all of good quality, in our view. The stock is trading on 47% discount to book value which made up of 14% of net cash, 73% of investment portfolio and 13% of other net assets. Frankly, we think such valuation is too depressed and believe there is more upside room even after a 52% rally in share price YTD.

China Dongxiang (3818 HK): Lower-Than-Expected Dividends but Still A Marvelous FY21

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

<h2>Preliminary review application</h2><p>The KRX announced that it had received an application for preliminary examination for the listing of LG Energy Solution. LG Energy Solutions aims to be listed on the KOSPI within this year.</p><p>LG Energy Solutions was established on December 1st last year through a physical spin-off of LG Chem's battery business division. <strong>Currently, LG Energy Solution is LG Chem's wholly-owned subsidiary. As of 2020, its sales were ₩1.46T, with a net loss of ₩451.8B.</strong></p><table class="table table-striped">
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<tr><td colspan="2" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"LG Energy Solution financials for 2020"}'>LG Energy Solution financials for 2020</td></tr>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Sales"}'><strong>Sales</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":1461.1}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'><strong>₩1,461.1B</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Operating loss"}'><strong>Operating loss</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":-475.2}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'><strong>-₩475.2B</strong></td>
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<td data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Net loss"}'><strong>Net loss</strong></td>
<td style="text-align: right;" data-sheets-value='{"1":3,"3":-451.8}' data-sheets-numberformat='{"1":2,"2":"₩#,##0.0B","3":1}'><strong>-₩451.8B</strong></td>
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<td>Assets</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">₩19,941.8B</td>
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<td>Equity</td>
<td style="text-align: right;">₩7,565.4B</td>
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<tr><td colspan="2" data-sheets-value='{"1":2,"2":"Source: KRX"}'>Source: KRX</td></tr>
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</table><h2>Listing schedule</h2><p>The preliminary examination for listing is a process of reviewing whether a company wishing to be listed meets the listing requirements specified in the listing regulations. For local companies, the preliminary examination for listing takes 45 days.</p><p>A listing applicant who has received approval for the preliminary examination for listing shall submit a registration statement (commonly called IPO book) to the Financial Services Commission. This process takes about 15 days.</p><p><strong>So, we will likely see an IPO book from LG Energy Solution in early August. Then, another 4 weeks should pass until listing, meaning that LG Energy Solution will likely make its public market debut in early September.</strong></p>

Preliminary review applicationThe KRX announced that it had received an application for preliminary examination for the listing of LG Energy Solution. LG Energy Solutions aims to be listed on the KOSPI within this year.LG Energy Solutions was established on December 1st last year through a physical spin-off of LG Chem's battery business division. Currently, LG Energy Solution is LG Chem's wholly-owned subsidiary. As of 2020, its sales were ₩1.46T, with a net loss of ₩451.8B.





LG Energy Solution financials for 2020

Sales
₩1,461.1B


Operating loss
-₩475.2B


Net loss
-₩451.8B


Assets
₩19,941.8B


Equity
₩7,565.4B

Source: KRX

Listing scheduleThe preliminary examination for listing is a process of reviewing whether a company wishing to be listed meets the listing requirements specified in the listing regulations. For local companies, the preliminary examination for listing takes 45 days.A listing applicant who has received approval for the preliminary examination for listing shall submit a registration statement (commonly called IPO book) to the Financial Services Commission. This process takes about 15 days.So, we will likely see an IPO book from LG Energy Solution in early August. Then, another 4 weeks should pass until listing, meaning that LG Energy Solution will likely make its public market debut in early September.

LG Energy Solution KOSPI IPO: Listing Schedule & Valuation Issues

China

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited. operates as a battery products manufacturing company. The Company produces and sells power battery materials, energy storage batteries energy storage battery cells, systems, and other products. Contemporary Amperex Technology also provides batteries recycling services.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

CATL (宁德时代) Placement - Back in the Market Again to Fund Expansion

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Zhen Zhou, Toh

CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: Large Turnover as Potential Inclusions Keep Rallying

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Brian Freitas

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Headline Developments: China has likened online computer games to opium, causing shares in Tencent (700.HK) and NetEase (9999.HK) to drop 10% and...

Granite Bay Capital

China Dongxiang (3818 HK): Lower-Than-Expected Dividends but Still A Marvelous FY21

China Dongxiang has delivered impressive FY21 result with good recovery in sportswear and surge in investment income. At 47% discount to book...

Osbert Tang, CFA

LG Energy Solution KOSPI IPO: Listing Schedule & Valuation Issues

This post looks into the IPO schedule and valuation issues of LG Energy Solution, which applied for a preliminary listing review yesterday.

Sanghyun Park

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