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 changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Mar 21st which has an aggregated holding worth USD500.4bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,889mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hanwha Aerospace.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Mar 21st which has an aggregated holding worth USD500.4bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,889mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hanwha Aerospace.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 21st): Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hanwha Aerospace

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Mar 14th which has an aggregated holding worth USD483.5bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,135mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Mar 14th which has an aggregated holding worth USD483.5bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,135mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Electronics.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 14th): Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Electronics

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

Posco International Corporation / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Posco International Corporation (047050 KS) and SeAH Steel Holdings (003030 KS) are two key beneficiaries of the Trump administration's efforts to significantly increase the Alaskan gas fields.</li>
<li>The initial estimated cost of this massive project is about $44 billion for the pipeline and related infrastructure.</li>
<li>Despite recent rallies, the valuations of POSCO International and Seah Steel Holdings remain attractive. </li>
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Posco International Corporation (047050 KS) and SeAH Steel Holdings (003030 KS) are two key beneficiaries of the Trump administration's efforts to significantly increase the Alaskan gas fields.
The initial estimated cost of this massive project is about $44 billion for the pipeline and related infrastructure.
Despite recent rallies, the valuations of POSCO International and Seah Steel Holdings remain attractive. 


POSCO Int & Seah Steel Holdings: Key Beneficiaries of Trump's Plan to Develop Alaskan Gas Fields

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the March rebalance ended on 31 January, changes will be announced first week of March and implemented at the close of trading on 13 March.</li>
<li>We forecast two changes for the Bio Index and one change for the Internet Index. Plus there will be capping changes for all indices.</li>
<li>The largest flows will be in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-sdi-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:503:1" rel="noopener">Samsung SDI</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/posco-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:208:1" rel="noopener">POSCO Holdings</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alteogen-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15886:1" rel="noopener">Alteogen</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/naver-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16029:1" rel="noopener">Naver Corp</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/legochem-biosciences-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19803:1" rel="noopener">Legochem Biosciences</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/netmarble-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22839:1" rel="noopener">Netmarble</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/celltrion-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:991:1" rel="noopener">Celltrion Inc</a>.</li>
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The review period for the March rebalance ended on 31 January, changes will be announced first week of March and implemented at the close of trading on 13 March.
We forecast two changes for the Bio Index and one change for the Internet Index. Plus there will be capping changes for all indices.
The largest flows will be in Samsung SDI, LG Energy Solution, POSCO Holdings, Alteogen, Naver Corp, Legochem Biosciences, Netmarble and Celltrion Inc.


KRX New Deal Index Rebalance Preview: Smaller Deal Than Usual

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jan 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Biologics (207940 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jan 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Biologics (207940 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 3rd): Samsung Biologics

South Korea

POSCO Holdings Inc. manufactures and distributes steel products. The Company produces crude steel, hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel, stainless steel, steel plates, wire rods, galvanized steel, electrical steel, and other related products. POSCO Holdings markets its products worldwide.

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KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 21st): Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hanwha Aerospace

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Hanwha Aerospace.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 14th): Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Hanwha Aerospace, Hanwha Ocean, Samsung Electronics.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

POSCO Int & Seah Steel Holdings: Key Beneficiaries of Trump's Plan to Develop Alaskan Gas Fields

Posco International Corporation (047050 KS) and SeAH Steel Holdings (003030 KS) are two key beneficiaries of the Trump administration's efforts to...

Douglas Kim

KRX New Deal Index Rebalance Preview: Smaller Deal Than Usual

Indications are for a smaller rebalance than usual as index performance suffers and AUM continues to shrink. There are some constituent changes...

Brian Freitas

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 3rd): Samsung Biologics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samsung Biologics(207940 KS).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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