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

FWD Group Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>FWD, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, now aims to raise over US$1bn in its HK IPO after having tried to list in the US last year.</li>
<li>FWD is a pan-Asia life insurer operating in ten markets including Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates from the HK filing.</li>
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FWD, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, now aims to raise over US$1bn in its HK IPO after having tried to list in the US last year.
FWD is a pan-Asia life insurer operating in ten markets including Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.
In this note, we will talk about the updates from the HK filing.


FWD Pre-IPO - Updates from HK Filings, Trends Remain as Confusing as Ever

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Financials sector allocations continue to move higher.  Average holding weights stand at 18.78%, the highest level since early 2020 and well up from the lows of 15.06% in Sep 2020</li>
<li>Indonesia, Singapore, India and Thailand were responsible for the moves higher, with China &amp; HK not participating in the upturn. </li>
<li>AIA Group Ltd is the most widely held stock.  China Merchants Bank and Bank Central Asia the key overweights. China Construction Bank and ICBC are largely avoided by Asian investors.</li>
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Financials sector allocations continue to move higher.  Average holding weights stand at 18.78%, the highest level since early 2020 and well up from the lows of 15.06% in Sep 2020
Indonesia, Singapore, India and Thailand were responsible for the moves higher, with China &amp; HK not participating in the upturn. 
AIA Group Ltd is the most widely held stock.  China Merchants Bank and Bank Central Asia the key overweights. China Construction Bank and ICBC are largely avoided by Asian investors.


Asia Ex-Japan:  Financials Recovery Leaves China Behind

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Consumer staples and information technology led the outflows of the market.</li>
<li>Stocks we highlighted include Zijin Mining, Nari, Wuxi Apptec, Sungrow, Moutai, Wuliangye, Yangtze Power, East Money</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Consumer staples and information technology led the outflows of the market.
Stocks we highlighted include Zijin Mining, Nari, Wuxi Apptec, Sungrow, Moutai, Wuliangye, Yangtze Power, East Money


Northbound Flows: Moutai, Wuliangye, Yangtze Power, East Money

<ul>
<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>
</ul>


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

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>
</ul>


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.


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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FWD Pre-IPO - Updates from HK Filings, Trends Remain as Confusing as Ever

FWD, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, now aims to raise over US$1bn in its HK IPO after having tried to list in the US last year.

Sumeet Singh

Asia Ex-Japan: Financials Recovery Leaves China Behind

Financials exposure moves higher. Active weights hit their highest level since early 2020. Indonesia, Singapore and India Financials were the...

Steven Holden

Northbound Flows: Moutai, Wuliangye, Yangtze Power, East Money

We highlighted top weekly northbound stock connect outflows from Moutai, Wuliangye, China Yangtze Power, East Money at the back drop of three weeks...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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

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