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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Mar 22nd which has an aggregated holding worth USD546.4bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,746mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Sk Hynix, Kia, Posco, Naver.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Mar 22nd which has an aggregated holding worth USD546.4bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,746mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Sk Hynix, Kia, Posco, Naver.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 22nd): Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Sk Hynix, Kia, Posco

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>Investors buying on February ex-dates, perhaps due to the Value-up factor, led to a successful strategy for local managers: buying before ex-date and selling at close, yielding positive results.</li>
<li>On March 19th, Kia Corp (000270 KS) diverged from February's pattern. Notably, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT sold heavily on Kia's ex-date, a deviation from their quiet February activity.</li>
<li>FINANCIAL INVESTMENT's trend of liquidating positions held since last quarter, especially for dividends, gains momentum as March ends, possibly overshadowing February's Value-up factor.</li>
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Investors buying on February ex-dates, perhaps due to the Value-up factor, led to a successful strategy for local managers: buying before ex-date and selling at close, yielding positive results.
On March 19th, Kia Corp (000270 KS) diverged from February's pattern. Notably, FINANCIAL INVESTMENT sold heavily on Kia's ex-date, a deviation from their quiet February activity.
FINANCIAL INVESTMENT's trend of liquidating positions held since last quarter, especially for dividends, gains momentum as March ends, possibly overshadowing February's Value-up factor.


Noteworthy Price Movements Associated with 1Q Ex-Dates Trading Setups

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Mar 15th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD7.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Posco Dx, Kum Yang, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI, Kia, Hyundai Motor.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Mar 15th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD7.5bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Posco Dx, Kum Yang, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI, Kia, Hyundai Motor.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 15th): Sk Hynix, Posco Dx, Kum Yang, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Mar 15th which has an aggregated holding worth USD526.1bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD704mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Hyundai Motor, Naver, Celltrion Inc.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Mar 15th which has an aggregated holding worth USD526.1bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD704mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Hyundai Motor, Naver, Celltrion Inc.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 15th): Hyundai Motor, Naver, Celltrion

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Samhyun reported excellent IPO bookbuilding results. Samhyun's IPO price has been determined at 30,000 won per share, which is 20% higher than the high end of the IPO price range.</li>
<li>A total of 2,168 institutional investors participated in this IPO book building. The demand ratio was 649 to 1. Samhyun will start trading on 21 March 2024. </li>
<li>Our base case valuation of Samhyun is implied market cap of 396 billion won or target price of 37,402 won, which is 25% higher than the IPO price.</li>
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Samhyun reported excellent IPO bookbuilding results. Samhyun's IPO price has been determined at 30,000 won per share, which is 20% higher than the high end of the IPO price range.
A total of 2,168 institutional investors participated in this IPO book building. The demand ratio was 649 to 1. Samhyun will start trading on 21 March 2024. 
Our base case valuation of Samhyun is implied market cap of 396 billion won or target price of 37,402 won, which is 25% higher than the IPO price.


Samhyun IPO Bookbuilding Results Analysis

South Korea

Kia Corporation manufactures, sells, and exports passenger cars, mini-buses, trucks and commercial vehicles. The Company also manufactures auto-parts and tools using hybrid electric and fuel cell technology. Kia markets its products worldwide.

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Kia Corp (000270 KS)

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 22nd): Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Sk Hynix, Kia, Posco

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Sk Hynix,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Noteworthy Price Movements Associated with 1Q Ex-Dates Trading Setups

This post explores noteworthy price movements occurring during 1Q ex-dates. Notably, many local money managers have honed in on this particular...

Sanghyun Park

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 15th): Sk Hynix, Posco Dx, Kum Yang, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Sk Hynix, Posco Dx, Kum Yang, Samsung Biologic,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 15th): Hyundai Motor, Naver, Celltrion

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Hyundai Motor, Naver, Celltrion.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Samhyun IPO Bookbuilding Results Analysis

Samhyun reported excellent IPO bookbuilding results. Samhyun's IPO price has been determined at 30,000 won per share, which is 20% higher than the...

Douglas Kim

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