Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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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<li>WeChat Usage increased by 23% YoY in physical store during Chinese New Year holidays.</li>
<li>JD.com will close its e-commerce platforms in Indonesia and Thailand in March.</li>
<li>Microsoft denies a layoff plan in China, but the details of the plan are spreading.</li>
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WeChat Usage increased by 23% YoY in physical store during Chinese New Year holidays.
JD.com will close its e-commerce platforms in Indonesia and Thailand in March.
Microsoft denies a layoff plan in China, but the details of the plan are spreading.


China Internet Weekly (6Feb2023): Tencent, JD.com, Microsoft

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst, Obex Capital Research

Aaron Gabin

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research Analyst

TMT & Consumer Independent Equity Research

Obex Capital Research

“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

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<li>AWS revenue grew 20% YoY to $21.3B, about $400M or ~2% below consensus…and a 700bp deceleration.</li>
<li>AWS margins of 24% were down 200bps QoQ / 600bps YoY as continued optimization of customer contracts continues to weigh on margins.</li>
<li>Amazon advertising continues to dramatically outpace all other online platforms, highlighting the moat of first party data at the point of purchase, unimpacted by Apple.</li>
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AWS revenue grew 20% YoY to $21.3B, about $400M or ~2% below consensus…and a 700bp deceleration.
AWS margins of 24% were down 200bps QoQ / 600bps YoY as continued optimization of customer contracts continues to weigh on margins.
Amazon advertising continues to dramatically outpace all other online platforms, highlighting the moat of first party data at the point of purchase, unimpacted by Apple.


Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. </li>
<li>Konan Technology's share price is up more than 4x this year. We would not chase the stock at current levels. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. </li>
<li>Four large Korean companies that could be long-term winners in AI space in Korea include Naver, Kakao Corp, SK Telecom, and KT Corp. SK Telecom owns 20.8% of Konan Technology. </li>
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Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. 
Konan Technology's share price is up more than 4x this year. We would not chase the stock at current levels. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. 
Four large Korean companies that could be long-term winners in AI space in Korea include Naver, Kakao Corp, SK Telecom, and KT Corp. SK Telecom owns 20.8% of Konan Technology. 


Konan Technology: Surging Share Price Due to Global Interest in Chat GPT AI

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022.</li>
<li>The following dataset includes all ASEAN placements above US$100m for the period of Calendar Years 2019-2022, which amounted to a total of <strong>54 deals</strong>.</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are based on our historical placements tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on any of these placements.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022.
The following dataset includes all ASEAN placements above US$100m for the period of Calendar Years 2019-2022, which amounted to a total of 54 deals.
The deals you see in this note are based on our historical placements tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on any of these placements.


Aequitas ASEAN Placements Bookrunner Performance (2019-2022)

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.

<ul><li>Microsoft delivered a mixed set of results for the last quarter as its revenues failed to meet Wall Street expectations but the company managed an earnings beat.</li><li>Revenue for the Microsoft Cloud surpassed $27 billion, increasing 22% and 29% in constant currency.</li><li>Besides, the company made its Azure OpenAI widely available and has already been used by over 200 clients, ranging from KPMG to Al Jazeera.</li></ul>

Microsoft delivered a mixed set of results for the last quarter as its revenues failed to meet Wall Street expectations but the company managed an earnings beat.Revenue for the Microsoft Cloud surpassed $27 billion, increasing 22% and 29% in constant currency.Besides, the company made its Azure OpenAI widely available and has already been used by over 200 clients, ranging from KPMG to Al Jazeera.

Microsoft Inc: Acquisition Of Fungible Inc & Other Drivers

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China Internet Weekly (6Feb2023): Tencent, JD.com, Microsoft

WeChat's physical Usage increased by 23% in New Year holidays. JD.com will close its businesses in Indonesia and Thailand. Microsoft denies a...

Ming Lu

Amazon 4Q22: When Does AWS Trough?

Amazon continues to be a frustrating long...just when retail margins show promise, AWS decelerates and margins drop. We think the latter is...

Aaron Gabin

Aequitas ASEAN Placements Bookrunner Performance (2019-2022)

In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022, which includes all ASEAN placements above...

Ethan Aw

Microsoft Inc: Acquisition Of Fungible Inc & Other Drivers

Microsoft delivered a mixed set of results for the last quarter as its revenues failed to meet Wall Street expectations but the company managed an...

Baptista Research

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China Internet Weekly (6Feb2023): Tencent, JD.com, Microsoft

WeChat's physical Usage increased by 23% in New Year holidays. JD.com will close its businesses in Indonesia and Thailand. Microsoft denies a...

Ming Lu

Amazon 4Q22: When Does AWS Trough?

Amazon continues to be a frustrating long...just when retail margins show promise, AWS decelerates and margins drop. We think the latter is...

Aaron Gabin

Konan Technology: Surging Share Price Due to Global Interest in Chat GPT AI

Konan Technology is one of the competitors to Open AI (Chat GPT) in Korea. We provide a framework of valuing Konan Technology. We would not chase...

Douglas Kim

Aequitas ASEAN Placements Bookrunner Performance (2019-2022)

In this note, we will take a look at the performance of bookrunners for ASEAN placements from 2019-2022, which includes all ASEAN placements above...

Ethan Aw

Microsoft Inc: Acquisition Of Fungible Inc & Other Drivers

Microsoft delivered a mixed set of results for the last quarter as its revenues failed to meet Wall Street expectations but the company managed an...

Baptista Research