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

REPT BATTERO Energy / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>REPT BATTERO Energy (REPT HK) is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>REPT BATTERO Energy (REPT) is a lithium-ion battery manufacturer in China, focusing on R&amp;D, production, and sales of EV/ESS lithium-ion battery products such as battery cells, modules and packs. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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REPT BATTERO Energy (REPT HK) is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
REPT BATTERO Energy (REPT) is a lithium-ion battery manufacturer in China, focusing on R&amp;D, production, and sales of EV/ESS lithium-ion battery products such as battery cells, modules and packs. 
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


REPT BATTERO Energy Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Is Only Now Aiming for Sustainable Profits

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hesai-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36743:1" rel="noopener">Hesai Group (HSAI US)</a> (HSAI) raised around US$190m in its US IPO.</li>
<li>HSAI is a manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging (Lidar) solutions. It has shipped over 103,000 Lidar units from 2017 to the end of 2022.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we will talk about the trading updates.</li>
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Hesai Group (HSAI US) (HSAI) raised around US$190m in its US IPO.
HSAI is a manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging (Lidar) solutions. It has shipped over 103,000 Lidar units from 2017 to the end of 2022.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations. In this note, we will talk about the trading updates.


Hesai Group IPO Trading - Managed to Break the Drought

Event-Driven

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<li>With <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</a> coming to a new arrangement regarding their working relationship, Renault will be left with a US$4.3bn Nissan stake that it will look to sell eventually.</li>
<li>The selldown will probably take a long while to materialize.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the announcement and take a very early look at the possible selldown.</li>
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With Nissan (7201 JP) and Renault coming to a new arrangement regarding their working relationship, Renault will be left with a US$4.3bn Nissan stake that it will look to sell eventually.
The selldown will probably take a long while to materialize.
In this note, we talk about the announcement and take a very early look at the possible selldown.


Nissan’s Renault Led Selldown Very Early Look - US$4.3bn Prolonged Overhang or Lack Thereof

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hesai-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36743:1" rel="noopener">Hesai Group (HSAI US)</a> is looking to raise around US$170m in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>HSAI is a manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging (Lidar) solutions. It has shipped over 103,000 Lidar units from 2017 to the end of 2022.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.</li>
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Hesai Group (HSAI US) is looking to raise around US$170m in its upcoming US IPO.
HSAI is a manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging (Lidar) solutions. It has shipped over 103,000 Lidar units from 2017 to the end of 2022.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.


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.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Nine new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including BYD, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Aito, Neta and Leap reported their Jan 2023 sales volumes on 1 Feb 2023.</li><li>Sales volume of the nine brands combined rose 22% YoY (ranged from -86% to +449%) and dropped 42% MoM (ranged from -87% to -23%)</li><li>Li Auto beat, NIO and Xpeng miss. Li Auto delivered over 15,000 units in Jan 2023, exceeding some investors’ expectation.</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>

Nine new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including BYD, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Aito, Neta and Leap reported their Jan 2023 sales volumes on 1 Feb 2023.Sales volume of the nine brands combined rose 22% YoY (ranged from -86% to +449%) and dropped 42% MoM (ranged from -87% to -23%)Li Auto beat, NIO and Xpeng miss. Li Auto delivered over 15,000 units in Jan 2023, exceeding some investors’ expectation.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 – Jan NEV likely in line or slightly miss; Li Auto beat

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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NIO (NIO US)

REPT BATTERO Energy Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Is Only Now Aiming for Sustainable Profits

REPT BATTERO Energy (REPT HK) is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of...

Sumeet Singh

Hesai Group IPO Trading - Managed to Break the Drought

Hesai Group (HSAI US) raised around US$190m in its US IPO. We have looked at the company's performance in our previous note, in this note we will...

Sumeet Singh

Nissan’s Renault Led Selldown Very Early Look - US$4.3bn Prolonged Overhang or Lack Thereof

With Nissan (7201 JP) and Renault (RNO FP) coming to a new arrangement regarding their working relationship, Renault will be left with a US$4.3bn...

Sumeet Singh

Hesai Group IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Hesai Group (HSAI US) is looking to raise around US$170m in its upcoming US IPO. In this note, we till talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

China Auto Sector – Jan NEV likely in line or slightly miss; Li Auto beat

Nine new-energy vehicle (NEV) brands including BYD, NIO, Xpeng, Li Auto, Zeekr, Aion, Aito, Neta and Leap reported their Jan 2023 sales volumes on...

CMB International

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