APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Black Sesame Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/black-sesame-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39894:1" rel="noopener">Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Black Sesame Pre-IPO - The Positives - Catering to a Growing Demand for Automotive Automation

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>PDD/ BABA/ CPNG/ SE: Temu launches in South Korea (+/-/-/-)</li>
<li>BEKE: Comments on the rumors of lowering existing mortgage interest rates and loosening home purchase restrictions of 1st tier cities(/)</li>
<li>1211HK/TSLA/XPEV/LI/NIO: NDRC introduces measures to increase car consumption ( + )</li>
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PDD/ BABA/ CPNG/ SE: Temu launches in South Korea (+/-/-/-)
BEKE: Comments on the rumors of lowering existing mortgage interest rates and loosening home purchase restrictions of 1st tier cities(/)
1211HK/TSLA/XPEV/LI/NIO: NDRC introduces measures to increase car consumption ( + )


China TMT Update-PDD/BABA/CPNG/SE/BEKE/1211HK/TSLA/XPEV/LI/NIO-Temu Launches in South Korea

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<li>In early July, Toyota announced a breakthrough in all-solid-state-battery (ASSB) delivering 745 miles per charge and &lt;10-minute charging time. </li>
<li>Currently lithium-ion battery (LIB) can reach 500 miles and 25 minutes; We, however, believe the migration of LIB to ASSB will be a continuous process. </li>
<li>ASSB is expensive to manufacture. Further, mineral reliance on China is unlikely to lessen.</li>
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In early July, Toyota announced a breakthrough in all-solid-state-battery (ASSB) delivering 745 miles per charge and &lt;10-minute charging time. 
Currently lithium-ion battery (LIB) can reach 500 miles and 25 minutes; We, however, believe the migration of LIB to ASSB will be a continuous process. 
ASSB is expensive to manufacture. Further, mineral reliance on China is unlikely to lessen.


[Blue Lotus EV Sector Update]: All Solid-State Battery Unlikely to Disrupt EV Market

Macroeconomics

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<li>Forty to sixty percent of the world’s carbon emission takes place in buildings. Energy efficiency job is the single largest component that balances the job loss</li>
<li>In traditional energy and job gain in renewable energy. China is materially behind the US in energy efficiency; We believe inclusion of energy efficiency in the upcoming stimulus package </li>
<li>Will be a sound choice to boost employment and GDP, and our listed companies in the new energy sector shall benefit from the trend.</li>
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Forty to sixty percent of the world’s carbon emission takes place in buildings. Energy efficiency job is the single largest component that balances the job loss
In traditional energy and job gain in renewable energy. China is materially behind the US in energy efficiency; We believe inclusion of energy efficiency in the upcoming stimulus package 
Will be a sound choice to boost employment and GDP, and our listed companies in the new energy sector shall benefit from the trend.


[Blue Lotus Macro]: A Job-Creating Stimulus that Also Saves the Real Estate

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 Jun 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 May 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Jun retail sales volume data have not been released yet.</li><li>Most automakers’ discounts widened MoM in Jun 2023 to rush for 1H23 targets and cut inventories, as we had expected. </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 Jun 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 May 2023 retail sales volume for each model, as Jun retail sales volume data have not been released yet.Most automakers’ discounts widened MoM in Jun 2023 to rush for 1H23 targets and cut inventories, as we had expected. 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 – When will discounts peak after rising for 8 months

China

NIO Inc. manufactures and sells automobiles. The Company offers electric vehicles and parts, as well as provides battery charging services. NIO serves customers worldwide.

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Black Sesame Pre-IPO - The Positives - Catering to a Growing Demand for Automotive Automation

Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the...

Clarence Chu

China TMT Update-PDD/BABA/CPNG/SE/BEKE/1211HK/TSLA/XPEV/LI/NIO-Temu Launches in South Korea

PDD/BABA/CPNG/SE: Temu launches in South Korea;BEKE: Comments on the rumors of and loosening home purchase restrictions;1211HK/TSLA/XPEV/LI/NIO:...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus EV Sector Update]: All Solid-State Battery Unlikely to Disrupt EV Market

We, however, believe the migration of LIB to ASSB will be a continuous process. ASSB is expensive to manufacture. Further, mineral reliance on...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Macro]: A Job-Creating Stimulus that Also Saves the Real Estate

We believe inclusion of energy efficiency in the upcoming stimulus package will be a sound choice to boost employment and GDP, listed companies in...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

China Auto Sector – When will discounts peak after rising for 8 months

Note that such discounts for each automaker are calculated based on weighted average of May 2023 retail sales volume for each model

CMB International

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