Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 18. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interests increases for HKEx, Nongfu Spring, and Baidu. </li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 18. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interests increases for HKEx, Nongfu Spring, and Baidu. 


HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for HKEx, Nongfu, Baidu

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>China A-Shares allocations continues to grow among active EM investors. Average holding weights sit close to all-time highs of 5.60%, with a record 87.8% of funds invested</li>
<li>Over the past 6-months, EM investors have made a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving higher vs country peers. Growth investors are the key allocators</li>
<li>Ecovacs Robotics Co Ltd and East Money Information have seen ownership levels double, whilst CATL and Midea Group remain the most widely held stocks.</li>
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China A-Shares allocations continues to grow among active EM investors. Average holding weights sit close to all-time highs of 5.60%, with a record 87.8% of funds invested
Over the past 6-months, EM investors have made a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving higher vs country peers. Growth investors are the key allocators
Ecovacs Robotics Co Ltd and East Money Information have seen ownership levels double, whilst CATL and Midea Group remain the most widely held stocks.


<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 11.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interest increases for HSBC, Techtronic, SHK Properties, Kuaishou. </li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 11.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interest increases for HSBC, Techtronic, SHK Properties, Kuaishou. 


HK Short Interest: HSBC, Techtronic, SHK Properties, Kuaishou

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Short notional in Hong Kong is HK$488bn and has been falling mainly as a result of a falling market. Short interest has increased substantially from end January.</li>
<li>From 31 January to 4 March, the largest shorts have been built on Tencent, China Merchants Bank, AIA Group Ltd, Alibaba, JD.com, Meituan, Xiaomi, JD Health and Xinyi Solar.</li>
<li>Over the same period, shorts have covered on COSCO Shipping Holdings, HKEX, Longfor Properties, China Construction Bank, Ping An Insurance, Yanzhou Coal Mining Company and HSBC Holdings.</li>
</ul>


Short notional in Hong Kong is HK$488bn and has been falling mainly as a result of a falling market. Short interest has increased substantially from end January.
From 31 January to 4 March, the largest shorts have been built on Tencent, China Merchants Bank, AIA Group Ltd, Alibaba, JD.com, Meituan, Xiaomi, JD Health and Xinyi Solar.
Over the same period, shorts have covered on COSCO Shipping Holdings, HKEX, Longfor Properties, China Construction Bank, Ping An Insurance, Yanzhou Coal Mining Company and HSBC Holdings.


Hong Kong: Where Have Shorts Increased & Decreased?

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

<ul>
<li>On 23rd Dec, Tencent declared a dividend in the form of distribution in specie of 457.326m shares of JD.com, i.e. 1 share of JD.com for every 21 shares of Tencent.</li>
<li>While Tencent went ex-div on 20th Jan 2022, the actual settlement of the distribution is expected to happen on or about 25th Mar 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the likely impact of Prosus' shareholding on passive flows at the time of settlement.</li>
</ul>


On 23rd Dec, Tencent declared a dividend in the form of distribution in specie of 457.326m shares of JD.com, i.e. 1 share of JD.com for every 21 shares of Tencent.
While Tencent went ex-div on 20th Jan 2022, the actual settlement of the distribution is expected to happen on or about 25th Mar 2022.
In this note, we talk about the likely impact of Prosus' shareholding on passive flows at the time of settlement.


JD.com Tencent Div Distribution - The US$10bn Overhang - Passives Might Have to Sell

China

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China Limited provides products and services through its five ecosystems in financial services, healthcare, auto services, real estate services and Smart City solutions. The Group's insurance business writes property, casualty, and life insurance products.

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Ping An Insurance Group of (601318 CH)

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for HKEx, Nongfu, Baidu

We highlight week on week short interests increases for HKEx, Nongfu Spring, and Baidu based on the latest HK SFC Short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China A-Shares: Powering to New Highs

China A-Shares allocations have hit new highs among EM investors. We see a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving...

Steven Holden

HK Short Interest: HSBC, Techtronic, SHK Properties, Kuaishou

We highlight week on week short interest increases for HSBC, Techtronic, SHK Properties, Kuaishou based on the latest HK SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong: Where Have Shorts Increased & Decreased?

From 31 Jan to 4 March, most shorted stocks are Tencent, China Merchants Bank, AIA Group, Alibaba, JD.com, Meituan, Xiaomi, JD Health and Xinyi...

Brian Freitas

JD.com Tencent Div Distribution - The US$10bn Overhang - Passives Might Have to Sell

On 23rd Dec, Tencent declared a dividend in the form of distribution in specie of 457.326m shares of JD.com, i.e. 1 share of JD.com for every 21...

Sumeet Singh

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