APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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/4paradigm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34465:1" rel="noopener">4Paradigm (1764934D HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$600m.</li>
<li>4P is a platform-centric AI enterprise solutions provider. It was the largest player by revenue in the platform-centric decision-making AI market in China in 2022, as per CIC.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we covered the company’s performance and refiling updates. In this note, we will cover the firm’s PHIP updates, peer comparison and share our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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4Paradigm (1764934D HK) is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$600m.
4P is a platform-centric AI enterprise solutions provider. It was the largest player by revenue in the platform-centric decision-making AI market in China in 2022, as per CIC.
In our previous notes, we covered the company’s performance and refiling updates. In this note, we will cover the firm’s PHIP updates, peer comparison and share our thoughts on valuation.


4Paradigm IPO - PHIP Updates, Peer Comparison & Thoughts on Valuation

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

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<li>Real Estate Industry Update: Property sales remain lukewarm in August, price declined marginally(/)</li>
<li>Real Estate Industry Update: Local media survey indicate China home purchase willingness increased in September post policy stimulus(+)</li>
<li>AAPL/JD: JD pre-registrations for iPhone 15 slightly lower than iPhone 14, and ASP largely unchanged (-)</li>
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Real Estate Industry Update: Property sales remain lukewarm in August, price declined marginally(/)
Real Estate Industry Update: Local media survey indicate China home purchase willingness increased in September post policy stimulus(+)
AAPL/JD: JD pre-registrations for iPhone 15 slightly lower than iPhone 14, and ASP largely unchanged (-)


China TMT Update-AAPL/JD/BEKE-Pre-Registrations for IPhone 15 Slightly Lower than IPhone 14

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<li>1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK: Local media reports that the Mate 60 series is planned to ship 20mn units (-/-/+)</li>
<li>HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ: Tencent announced its live broadcast rights holder for 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. (+)/(-)/(-)/(-)/(-)</li>
<li>BABA/VIPS / PDD/ 3690.HK/ YSG/JD: Social retail consumption improved month-on-month (+/+/+/+/+/-)</li>
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1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK: Local media reports that the Mate 60 series is planned to ship 20mn units (-/-/+)
HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ: Tencent announced its live broadcast rights holder for 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games. (+)/(-)/(-)/(-)/(-)
BABA/VIPS / PDD/ 3690.HK/ YSG/JD: Social retail consumption improved month-on-month (+/+/+/+/+/-)


China TMT Update-1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK/HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ/BABA/VIPS/PDD/3690.HK/YSG/JD-Mate 60

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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>In the IPO space, ARM's IPO seems to have set the ball rolling for the traditionally busy year end across the region.</li>
<li>In the placement space, finally a Hong Kong placement mangaed to hold up, even as a large Aussie one gave way.</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.
In the IPO space, ARM's IPO seems to have set the ball rolling for the traditionally busy year end across the region.
In the placement space, finally a Hong Kong placement mangaed to hold up, even as a large Aussie one gave way.


ECM Weekly (17th Sep 2023) - ARM, VNG, Doosan, Tuhu, IMotion, Seibu Giken, RR Kabel, Viva, Innovent

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>JD.com Inc. managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Service revenues grew, of which marketing and marketplace revenues were up.</li><li>During the quarter, JD.com noticed strong user engagement trends, including higher purchase rates and ARPU on its app.</li></ul>

JD.com Inc. managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street.Service revenues grew, of which marketing and marketplace revenues were up.During the quarter, JD.com noticed strong user engagement trends, including higher purchase rates and ARPU on its app.

JD.com Inc ADR: Collaboration With Gucci & Other Drivers

China

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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JD.com (9618 HK)

4Paradigm IPO - PHIP Updates, Peer Comparison & Thoughts on Valuation

4Paradigm (1764934D HK) is looking to raise up to US$144m in its Hong Kong IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$600m.

Ethan Aw

China TMT Update-AAPL/JD/BEKE-Pre-Registrations for IPhone 15 Slightly Lower than IPhone 14

Property sales remain lukewarm in August; Local media survey indicate China home purchase willingness increased in September;AAPL/JD: JD pre...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China TMT Update-1810.HK/AAPL/981.HK/HK700/HK1024/DOYU/BILI/IQ/BABA/VIPS/PDD/3690.HK/YSG/JD-Mate 60

Local media reports that the Mate 60 series is planned to ship 20mn units; Tencent announced its live broadcast rights holder for Asian Games;...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

ECM Weekly (17th Sep 2023) - ARM, VNG, Doosan, Tuhu, IMotion, Seibu Giken, RR Kabel, Viva, Innovent

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

JD.com Inc ADR: Collaboration With Gucci & Other Drivers

JD.com Inc. managed to surpass the revenue and earnings expectations of Wall Street. Service revenues grew, of which marketing and marketplace...

Baptista Research

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