External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

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Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>NBS released (17 January) Dec and full year 2022 online retail sales data.</li><li>YoY growth of online physical goods GMV reaccelerated to 4.4% YoY in Dec 2022 (1.2% YoY in Nov), which in our view could be attributed to recovery in logistics and fulfilment capability in late Dec and frontloaded sales generated from the Spring Festival shopping festival due to the early Spring Festival in 2023.</li><li>But solid recovery in YoY growth trajectory likely takes time, in our view, echoed by the 4.7% YoY online retail sales growth during the first five days of the shopping festival (30 Dec 2022-3 Jan 2023; per Ministry of Commerce). </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

NBS released (17 January) Dec and full year 2022 online retail sales data.YoY growth of online physical goods GMV reaccelerated to 4.4% YoY in Dec 2022 (1.2% YoY in Nov), which in our view could be attributed to recovery in logistics and fulfilment capability in late Dec and frontloaded sales generated from the Spring Festival shopping festival due to the early Spring Festival in 2023.But solid recovery in YoY growth trajectory likely takes time, in our view, echoed by the 4.7% YoY online retail sales growth during the first five days of the shopping festival (30 Dec 2022-3 Jan 2023; per Ministry of Commerce). Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Internet – December online retail sales recap

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Sumeet Singh

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Aequitas Research

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<ul>
<li>IQIYI aims to raise around US$500m via a follow-on ADS offering.</li>
<li>While the company hasn’t stated its use of proceeds, it will probably use most of it to redeem convertible notes</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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IQIYI aims to raise around US$500m via a follow-on ADS offering.
While the company hasn’t stated its use of proceeds, it will probably use most of it to redeem convertible notes
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  run the deal through our ECM framework.


IQIYI Follow-On Offering - Might Be Expected but Its Track Record Is...

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WM Motor Technology Co Ltd / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>On 11th Jan 2023, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wm-motor-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29225:1" rel="noopener">WM Motor Technology Co Ltd </a>announced its intention to merge with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/we-solutions-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9818:1" rel="noopener">Apollo Future Mobility (860 HK)</a> .</li>
<li>WM Motor failed to list in Hong Kong last year and this is essentially its attempt to undertake a reverse merger at a valuation well below its previous funding rounds.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  take an early look at its implications.</li>
</ul>


On 11th Jan 2023, WM Motor Technology Co Ltd announced its intention to merge with Apollo Future Mobility (860 HK) .
WM Motor failed to list in Hong Kong last year and this is essentially its attempt to undertake a reverse merger at a valuation well below its previous funding rounds.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and  take an early look at its implications.


WM Motor Reverse Merger and Placement - The US$2bn Merger and US$500m Planned Placement

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>The Chinese government may possibly buy minor shares in Alibaba and Tencent.</li>
<li>JD.com’s long-term competitor, Dangdang, opened a bookstore in JD.com's app.</li>
<li>In 2022, both Tencent Video Account's active user base and time on site reached 80% of We Chat.</li>
</ul>


The Chinese government may possibly buy minor shares in Alibaba and Tencent.
JD.com’s long-term competitor, Dangdang, opened a bookstore in JD.com's app.
In 2022, both Tencent Video Account's active user base and time on site reached 80% of We Chat.


China Internet Weekly (16Jan2023): Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, ByteDance

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 6th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Tencent, Baba, Cm Bank, Bidu, Meituan, HSBC, Differ Gp Auto, Li Auto-W.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 6th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Tencent, Baba, Cm Bank, Bidu, Meituan, HSBC, Differ Gp Auto, Li Auto-W.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Tencent, Baba, CMB, Bidu, Meituan, HSBC, Differ, Li Auto

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JD.com Inc is an online direct sales company in China.  The Company offers a wide selection of products through its website and mobile applications.  JD.com sells appliances, computers, digital products, communication products, garments, books, and household items to consumers and vendors.

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China Internet – December online retail sales recap

YoY growth of online physical goods GMV reaccelerated to 4.4% YoY in Dec 2022 (1.2% YoY in Nov), which in our view could be attributed to recovery...

CMB International

IQIYI Follow-On Offering - Might Be Expected but Its Track Record Is...

iQIYI aims to raise around US$500m via a follow-on ADS offering. While the deal might be expected, the stock's longer term track record doesn't...

Sumeet Singh

WM Motor Reverse Merger and Placement - The US$2bn Merger and US$500m Planned Placement

On 11th Jan 2023, WM Motor Technology Co Ltd announced its intention to merge with Apollo Future Mobility (860 HK) . In this note, we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

China Internet Weekly (16Jan2023): Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, ByteDance

Central governmental media encourages non-state-owned companies. JD’s competitor, Dangdang, opens a bookstore on JD.com. Tencent Video Account's...

Ming Lu

HK Short Interest Weekly: Tencent, Baba, CMB, Bidu, Meituan, HSBC, Differ, Li Auto

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 6th and highlight short interest changes in Tencent, Baba, CMB, Bidu,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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