Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

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>BABA US/9699 HK/DADA US /JD US /PDD US /ZTO US /1519 HK/3690 HK:Taobao/Tmall to open one-hour delivery option to merchants on its platform (+/+/+/-/-/-/-/-)</li>
<li>NTES US: NetEase showcased their latest tactical shooter game, &lt;FragPunk&gt;, which is expected to launch in 2025.(+)</li>
<li>TCOM US/ATAT US : Travel consumption remained moderate during the Dragon Boat Festival.(-/-)</li>
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BABA US/9699 HK/DADA US /JD US /PDD US /ZTO US /1519 HK/3690 HK:Taobao/Tmall to open one-hour delivery option to merchants on its platform (+/+/+/-/-/-/-/-)
NTES US: NetEase showcased their latest tactical shooter game, &lt;FragPunk&gt;, which is expected to launch in 2025.(+)
TCOM US/ATAT US : Travel consumption remained moderate during the Dragon Boat Festival.(-/-)


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:BABA /9699HK/DADA/JD/PDD/ZTO/1519 HK/3690 HK/NTES/TCOM/ATAT

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<li>1024HK:  Kuaishou has launched its AI video generation tool "Kling" and has begun invite-only testing.(+)</li>
<li>BABA US/BIDU US: Alibaba publishes GPT-4 level AI LLM model Qwen2 (+/-)</li>
<li>NTES US:NetEase announced that &lt;World of Warcraft Classic&gt; will begin a public server stress test on June 11th. The Blizzard platform“Battle.net“has already opened for login today.(+)</li>
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1024HK:  Kuaishou has launched its AI video generation tool "Kling" and has begun invite-only testing.(+)
BABA US/BIDU US: Alibaba publishes GPT-4 level AI LLM model Qwen2 (+/-)
NTES US:NetEase announced that &lt;World of Warcraft Classic&gt; will begin a public server stress test on June 11th. The Blizzard platform“Battle.net“has already opened for login today.(+)


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:1024HK/BABA US/BIDU US/NTES US/700 HK

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Atour Lifestyle Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atour-lifestyle-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33481:1" rel="noopener">Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US)</a>, is looking to raise around US$168m through a secondary selldown.</li>
<li>This will be the third selldown by Legend Capital in just over a year’s time. Hence, the deal is well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US), is looking to raise around US$168m through a secondary selldown.
This will be the third selldown by Legend Capital in just over a year’s time. Hence, the deal is well flagged.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Atour Lifestyle Holdings Placement - Well Flagged Deal, past Selldowns Have Done Well

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>The June rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">HSI</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22900:1" rel="noopener">HSCEI INDEX</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">HSTECH</a> and HSIII indices will use today's closing prices to cap the index constituent weights at 8%/12%. This will lead to large flows.</li>
<li>The round-trip trade across all stocks across the four indices is estimated at HK$32bn (US$4.1bn).</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/li-auto-inc-3dbe6187-544f-40dd-b9f9-72fba9c0110e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33811:1" rel="noopener">Li Auto</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/netease-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29030:1" rel="noopener">NetEase</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zijin-mining-group-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6358:1" rel="noopener">Zijin Mining</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sensetime-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34319:1" rel="noopener">SenseTime</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/byd-electronic-international-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1927:1" rel="noopener">BYD Electronics</a> are the largest buys while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29043:1" rel="noopener">JD.com</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kuaishou-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29725:1" rel="noopener">Kuaishou Technology</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xiaomi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24409:1" rel="noopener">Xiaomi</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hsbc-holdings-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:516:1" rel="noopener">HSBC Holdings</a> are the largest sells.</li>
</ul>


The June rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI INDEX, HSTECH and HSIII indices will use today's closing prices to cap the index constituent weights at 8%/12%. This will lead to large flows.
The round-trip trade across all stocks across the four indices is estimated at HK$32bn (US$4.1bn).

Li Auto, Alibaba, NetEase, Zijin Mining, SenseTime and BYD Electronics are the largest buys while Tencent, Meituan, JD.com, Kuaishou Technology, Xiaomi and HSBC Holdings are the largest sells.


HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH, HSIII: Rebalance Flows Post Capping (June 2024)

Analyst - Media&Entertainment Sector, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Stan Zhao

Analyst - Media&Entertainment Sector

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<li>
Tencent's &lt;DNF Mobile&gt; achieved ~RMB 1 billion gross billings (GB) in first week; </li>
<li>We raised NetEase's &lt;Condor Hero&gt; gross billing estimate by 10% as it will launch a major update patch in C3Q24;</li>
<li>The pre-registrations of Bilibili's new game &lt;Three Kingdom: MDTX&gt; reached 2.5 million. We maintained our RMB 3-4 billion annual gross billing (AGB) in 2025 estimate unchanged.</li>
</ul>



Tencent's &lt;DNF Mobile&gt; achieved ~RMB 1 billion gross billings (GB) in first week; 
We raised NetEase's &lt;Condor Hero&gt; gross billing estimate by 10% as it will launch a major update patch in C3Q24;
The pre-registrations of Bilibili's new game &lt;Three Kingdom: MDTX&gt; reached 2.5 million. We maintained our RMB 3-4 billion annual gross billing (AGB) in 2025 estimate unchanged.


China

NetEase, Inc. is an Internet technology company that develops applications, services and other Internet technologies in China. The Company's core businesses consist of email service, web portal and online entertainment, including online gaming services. NetEase also offers online advertising, search, mobile applications and e-commerce.

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[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:BABA /9699HK/DADA/JD/PDD/ZTO/1519 HK/3690 HK/NTES/TCOM/ATAT

Taobao/Tmall offers one-hour delivery to merchants, NetEase unveils new game FragPunk for 2025 launch, travel consumption during Dragon Boat...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:1024HK/BABA US/BIDU US/NTES US/700 HK

Kuaishou launches AI video tool "Kling", Alibaba releases GPT-4 level AI model Qwen2, NetEase to conduct public server stress test for .

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Atour Lifestyle Holdings Placement - Well Flagged Deal, past Selldowns Have Done Well

Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US), is looking to raise around US$168m through a...

Sumeet Singh

HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH, HSIII: Rebalance Flows Post Capping (June 2024)

The June rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH and HSIII indices will use today's closing prices for capping. The round-trip trade across the four...

Brian Freitas

Online Game Monitor: May 26-June 2, 2024

The week's biggest name is Tencent's DNF Mobile reaching a historical high in Chinese mobile game launches in the first week.

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[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:BABA /9699HK/DADA/JD/PDD/ZTO/1519 HK/3690 HK/NTES/TCOM/ATAT

​Taobao/Tmall offers one-hour delivery to merchants, NetEase unveils new game FragPunk for 2025 launch, travel consumption during Dragon Boat...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:1024HK/BABA US/BIDU US/NTES US/700 HK

​Kuaishou launches AI video tool "Kling", Alibaba releases GPT-4 level AI model Qwen2, NetEase to conduct public server stress test for .

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Atour Lifestyle Holdings Placement - Well Flagged Deal, past Selldowns Have Done Well

Legend Capital (LC), one of the principal shareholders of Atour Lifestyle Holdings (ATAT US), is looking to raise around US$168m through a...

Sumeet Singh

HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH, HSIII: Rebalance Flows Post Capping (June 2024)

The June rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH and HSIII indices will use today's closing prices for capping. The round-trip trade across the four...

Brian Freitas

Online Game Monitor: May 26-June 2, 2024

The week's biggest name is Tencent's DNF Mobile reaching a historical high in Chinese mobile game launches in the first week.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Taobao/Tmall offers one-hour delivery to merchants, NetEase unveils new game FragPunk for 2025 launch, travel consumption during Dragon Boat...

Kuaishou launches AI video tool "Kling", Alibaba releases GPT-4 level AI model Qwen2, NetEase to conduct public server stress test for .