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>PDD/BABA/4385JP：TikTok Shop US opened up, initial target categories in Mercari, ETSY and eBay（/）</li>
<li>BABA ：rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO（ / ）</li>
<li>LI/NIO/XPEV: AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good performance（-）</li>
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PDD/BABA/4385JP：TikTok Shop US opened up, initial target categories in Mercari, ETSY and eBay（/）
BABA ：rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO（ / ）
LI/NIO/XPEV: AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good performance（-）


China TMT Update Oct.12-Pdd/Baba/4385jp/BABA/LI/NIO/XPEV-TikTok Shop US/Taobao Management Change

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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.

<ul><li>We summarize the Sep 2023 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.</li><li>Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of Aug 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Sep retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>Discounts at dealers for most brands widened MoM in Sep 2023, as the price war persists with more and more competitive product rollouts and raw material price decline. </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>

We summarize the Sep 2023 price discounts at dealers for major automakers in this report.Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of Aug 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Sep retail sales volume data have not been released yet.Discounts at dealers for most brands widened MoM in Sep 2023, as the price war persists with more and more competitive product rollouts and raw material price decline. 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 Auto Sector – Sep discounts widened again

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<li>BABA：SME merchants benefited from new Taobao rules ( + )</li>
<li>LI/NIO/XPEV: The cumulative large deposit order volume of Wenjie’s new M7 has exceeded 50,000 units(-)</li>
<li>Gaming Industry: August Market Sustains Ongoing Recovery with Impressive 46% YoY Growth in Domestic Market(+)</li>
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BABA：SME merchants benefited from new Taobao rules ( + )
LI/NIO/XPEV: The cumulative large deposit order volume of Wenjie’s new M7 has exceeded 50,000 units(-)
Gaming Industry: August Market Sustains Ongoing Recovery with Impressive 46% YoY Growth in Domestic Market(+)


China TMT Update-Oct.10-Baba/LI/NIO/XPEV/Tencent/NetEase-Huawei Wenjie's New M7/New Taobao Rules

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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/calb-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35985:1" rel="noopener">CALB Group (3931 HK)</a> raised around US$1.2bn in its Hong Kong IPO in Oct 2022. The lockup on its pre-IPO shareholders will expire tomorrow.</li>
<li>CALB undertakes design, R&amp;D, production and sales of EV batteries and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) products in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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CALB Group (3931 HK) raised around US$1.2bn in its Hong Kong IPO in Oct 2022. The lockup on its pre-IPO shareholders will expire tomorrow.
CALB undertakes design, R&amp;D, production and sales of EV batteries and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) products in China.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


CALB IPO Lock-Up - US$2.6bn Lockup Release but Mostly SOE Owned

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<li>NIO ：NIO' s sales in Europe grew rapidly in August（+）</li>
<li>BYD/XPEV/NIO/TSLA: Chinese new energy vehicles no longer meet French electric vehicle subsidy standards（-）</li>
<li>August EV export growth decelerated, batttery export growth rebound while inverter in price war (-)</li>
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NIO ：NIO' s sales in Europe grew rapidly in August（+）
BYD/XPEV/NIO/TSLA: Chinese new energy vehicles no longer meet French electric vehicle subsidy standards（-）
August EV export growth decelerated, batttery export growth rebound while inverter in price war (-)


China TMT Update-NIO/BYD/XPEV/NIO/TSLA-August EV Export Growth Decelerated/NIO' S Sales in Europe

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 (LI US)

China TMT Update Oct.12-Pdd/Baba/4385jp/BABA/LI/NIO/XPEV-TikTok Shop US/Taobao Management Change

TikTok Shop US opened up; rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO; AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Auto Sector – Sep discounts widened again

Discounts at dealers for most brands widened MoM in Sep 2023, as the price war persists with more and more competitive product rollouts and raw...

CMB International

China TMT Update-Oct.10-Baba/LI/NIO/XPEV/Tencent/NetEase-Huawei Wenjie's New M7/New Taobao Rules

SME merchants benefited from new Taobao rules/The cumulative large deposit order volume of Wenjie’s new M7 has exceeded 50,000 units(-)/ August...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

CALB IPO Lock-Up - US$2.6bn Lockup Release but Mostly SOE Owned

CALB Group (3931 HK) raised around US$1.2bn in its Hong Kong IPO in Oct 2022. The lockup on its pre-IPO shareholders will expire tomorrow.

Sumeet Singh

China TMT Update-NIO/BYD/XPEV/NIO/TSLA-August EV Export Growth Decelerated/NIO' S Sales in Europe

NIO' s sales in Europe grew rapidly in August;Chinese new energy vehicles no longer meet French electric vehicle subsidy standards;August EV export...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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