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

Anta Sports Products / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)</a>  aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its top-up placement. </li>
<li>Anta hasn’t specified what it aims to do with the money that it's looking to raise, furthermore, it's already net cash.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)  aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its top-up placement. 
Anta hasn’t specified what it aims to do with the money that it's looking to raise, furthermore, it's already net cash.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Anta Sports Placement - A Large Deal to Digest with Unknown Use of Proceeds but Track Record Is Good

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Giant Biogene has been added to Hong Kong Stock Connect.There’s also positive sentiment driven by the consumption recovery after China reopens. But the Company is overvalued if compared with peers.</li>
<li>The subsequent product pipeline progress is relatively slow, with a gap of nearly two years in the middle. So, Giant Biogene's stock price performance may be relatively weak after 2024.</li>
<li>Due to various restrictions, the actual market space of collagen in the future may not be as large as expected. This is a point investors need to be aware of.</li>
</ul>


Giant Biogene has been added to Hong Kong Stock Connect.There’s also positive sentiment driven by the consumption recovery after China reopens. But the Company is overvalued if compared with peers.
The subsequent product pipeline progress is relatively slow, with a gap of nearly two years in the middle. So, Giant Biogene's stock price performance may be relatively weak after 2024.
Due to various restrictions, the actual market space of collagen in the future may not be as large as expected. This is a point investors need to be aware of.


Giant Biogene Holding (2367.HK) - The Situation May Not Be as Rosy as It Looks

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>There are 35 adds and 28 deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) at the March rebalance to take the number of index constituents up to 527.</li>
<li>We expect 29 of the 35 inclusions to the HSCI will be added to Stock Connect, while 20 of the 28 HSCI deletions will be removed from Southbound Stock Connect.</li>
<li>19 stocks could be deleted from Stock Connect only since their average market cap has dropped below HK$5bn- unless the new threshold of HK$4bn is approved in the next week.</li>
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There are 35 adds and 28 deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) at the March rebalance to take the number of index constituents up to 527.
We expect 29 of the 35 inclusions to the HSCI will be added to Stock Connect, while 20 of the 28 HSCI deletions will be removed from Southbound Stock Connect.
19 stocks could be deleted from Stock Connect only since their average market cap has dropped below HK$5bn- unless the new threshold of HK$4bn is approved in the next week.


HSCI Index Rebalance: 35 Adds, 28 Deletes & Changes to Southbound Stock Connect

Honasa Consumer  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.
HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Ad Spending Keeping Profits Low

<ul>
<li>Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO.
HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments. 
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Positives - New Age DTC Brand

China

Giant Biogene Holding Co., Ltd researches, develops, manufactures, and distributes, and markets skin treatment products. The Company produces recombinant collagen and rare ginsenosides skin treatment products, functional foods, and other products. Giant Biogene Holding conducts businesses in China.

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Giant Biogene (2367 HK)

Anta Sports Placement - A Large Deal to Digest with Unknown Use of Proceeds but Track Record Is Good

Anta Sports Products (2020 HK) aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its top-up placement. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the...

Sumeet Singh

Giant Biogene Holding (2367.HK) - The Situation May Not Be as Rosy as It Looks

After Giant Biogene has been added to Hong Kong Stock Connect, liquidity would improve a lot. But lower-than-expected market space, competition and...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

HSCI Index Rebalance: 35 Adds, 28 Deletes & Changes to Southbound Stock Connect

There are 35 adds & 28 deletes for the HSCI in March leading to 29 adds & 20 deletes for Stock Connect. 19 index constituents could be dropped from...

Brian Freitas

Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Ad Spending Keeping Profits Low

Honasa Consumer (HC) is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Honasa Consumer Pre-IPO - The Positives - New Age DTC Brand

Honasa Consumer, a DTC beauty and personal care brand, is looking to raise about US$350m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk...

Sumeet Singh

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