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.

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Octillion Energy Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/octillion-energy-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40394:1" rel="noopener">Octillion Energy Holdings (OE HK)</a> is looking to raise US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Octillion’s main revenue driver has been its EV battery systems with battery cells over the track record period, with a healthy balance sheet to support its cash burn. </li>
<li>However, its revenue growth fell off a cliff in 1H23 due to its heavy reliance on a single customer, which doesn’t appear sustainable, in our view.</li>
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Octillion Energy Holdings (OE HK) is looking to raise US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Octillion’s main revenue driver has been its EV battery systems with battery cells over the track record period, with a healthy balance sheet to support its cash burn. 
However, its revenue growth fell off a cliff in 1H23 due to its heavy reliance on a single customer, which doesn’t appear sustainable, in our view.


Octillion Energy Holdings Pre-IPO - Over-Reliance on Top Customer and Lack of Competitive Edge

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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<li>The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.</li>
<li>The index changes for HSTECH index for the March 2024 index rebal event will be announced on 16th February 2024. </li>
<li>In this insight, we take a final look at the expected index changes and our latest flow expectations.</li>
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The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.
The index changes for HSTECH index for the March 2024 index rebal event will be announced on 16th February 2024. 
In this insight, we take a final look at the expected index changes and our latest flow expectations.


Quiddity HSTECH Mar 24 Flow Expectations: US$415mn One-Way if the Low-Conviction Change Takes Place

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<li>One year ago we looked at the arrangement between <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nissan-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:72:1" rel="noopener">Nissan (7201 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/renault-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21536:1" rel="noopener">Renault (RNO FP)</a> regarding their relationship, which left Renault with a 28% Nissan stake to be sold.</li>
<li>Since then, Renault has undertaken one selldown but its recent announcement of Ampere’s listing cancellation once again raises the possibility of a further selldown of Nissan’s stake by Renault.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the updates since our previous note and the impact of the Ampere listing delay.</li>
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One year ago we looked at the arrangement between Nissan (7201 JP) and Renault (RNO FP) regarding their relationship, which left Renault with a 28% Nissan stake to be sold.
Since then, Renault has undertaken one selldown but its recent announcement of Ampere’s listing cancellation once again raises the possibility of a further selldown of Nissan’s stake by Renault.
In this note, we talk about the updates since our previous note and the impact of the Ampere listing delay.


Nissan’s Renault Led Selldown Updates - Lack of Ampere Listing Brings Back the US$4bn Overhang

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ola-electric-mobility-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40618:1" rel="noopener">Ola Electric</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Ola Electric Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Still a Long Road Ahead with Ample Competition

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ola-electric-mobility-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40618:1" rel="noopener">Ola Electric</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. 
Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Ola Electric Pre-IPO - The Positives - India’s Answer to Tesla?

China

Li Auto Inc. manufactures automobiles. The Company designs, develops, and sells smart new energy electric sport utility vehicles. Li Auto conducts businesses in China.

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Li Auto (2015 HK)

Octillion Energy Holdings Pre-IPO - Over-Reliance on Top Customer and Lack of Competitive Edge

Octillion Energy Holdings (OE HK) is looking to raise US$400m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. Its revenue growth fell off a cliff in 1H23 due to its...

Ethan Aw

Quiddity HSTECH Mar 24 Flow Expectations: US$415mn One-Way if the Low-Conviction Change Takes Place

I see US$415mn one-way index flows assuming Tongcheng Travel (780 HK) gets added and GDS Holdings (9698 HK) gets deleted. However, I see these as...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Nissan’s Renault Led Selldown Updates - Lack of Ampere Listing Brings Back the US$4bn Overhang

A year ago we looked at the arrangement between Nissan and Renault regarding their relationship, which left Renault with a 28% Nissan stake to be...

Sumeet Singh

Ola Electric Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Still a Long Road Ahead with Ample Competition

Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Ola Electric Pre-IPO - The Positives - India’s Answer to Tesla?

Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

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