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 analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Sep 8th based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Country Garden Services (6098 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), CK Asset (1113 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Sep 8th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Country Garden Services (6098 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), CK Asset (1113 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Sep 8th): Tencent, Aia, Country Garden Services

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

Private Capital Markets

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<li>Underpinned by strong economic growth and a growing population, Southeast Asia has been one of the hottest emerging markets for investors in recent years</li>
<li>This is especially the case for the largest economy in the region, Indonesia, where there has been a significant increase in venture investments and their valuations</li>
<li>Vietnam is also becoming an increasingly interesting place to tap into the growth potential of the region, given its strong economic growth outlook, and at a more reasonable valuation</li>
<li>The article looks to introduce the only tech unicorn currently in the country – VNG</li>
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Underpinned by strong economic growth and a growing population, Southeast Asia has been one of the hottest emerging markets for investors in recent years
This is especially the case for the largest economy in the region, Indonesia, where there has been a significant increase in venture investments and their valuations
Vietnam is also becoming an increasingly interesting place to tap into the growth potential of the region, given its strong economic growth outlook, and at a more reasonable valuation
The article looks to introduce the only tech unicorn currently in the country – VNG


VNG (VinaGame): The Only Tech Unicorn In Vietnam

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Meituan, Tencent, CNOOC, and Li Ning. </li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight inflows into Meituan, Tencent, CNOOC, and Li Ning. 


Hong Kong Connect Flows: Meituan, Tencent, CNOOC, Li Ning

Silver Point

Thomas J. Monaco

Independent Insight Provider

Silver Point is a boutique research firm that focuses on the broader financial services sector, with a particular focus on troubled institutions globally. 

Asia Ex Japan

Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

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Management Shake-up: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.US) [Alibaba] announced that long-time CFO Maggie Wu will be stepping down in April 2022;</li>
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Restructure: Alibaba also announced that it will be reorganizing its international and domestic e-commerce businesses; and</li>
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Further Pressure:Just last month, Alibaba reduced its revenue growth forecast. The formation of a financial holding company will cause earnings to compress while capital requirements increase.</li>
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Management Shake-up: Alibaba Group Holding (BABA.US) [Alibaba] announced that long-time CFO Maggie Wu will be stepping down in April 2022;

Restructure: Alibaba also announced that it will be reorganizing its international and domestic e-commerce businesses; and

Further Pressure:Just last month, Alibaba reduced its revenue growth forecast. The formation of a financial holding company will cause earnings to compress while capital requirements increase.


Alibaba Group Holding – Palace Intrigue

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy, Urbem (HK) Limited

Steven Chen

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Businesses pursue various routes to grow their earnings power and shareholder value;</li>
<li>As equity investors, we prefer to invest in growth stories built upon absolute market leadership and ample room for market penetration;</li>
<li>To demonstrate, we present three examples from our portfolio here.</li>
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Businesses pursue various routes to grow their earnings power and shareholder value;
As equity investors, we prefer to invest in growth stories built upon absolute market leadership and ample room for market penetration;
To demonstrate, we present three examples from our portfolio here.


Market Domination + Under-Penetration = Our Favorite Growth Scenario

China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Tencent Holdings (ADR) (TCEHY US)

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Sep 8th): Tencent, Aia, Country Garden Services

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were Tencent (700 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

VNG (VinaGame): The Only Tech Unicorn In Vietnam

VNG filed for a US listing last week. The investment thesis of the company remains more or less the same as what we highlighted in this note.

Alec Tseung

Hong Kong Connect Flows: Meituan, Tencent, CNOOC, Li Ning

We highlight southbound HK Connect inflows into Meituan (3690 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Cnooc (883 HK), and Li Ning (2331 HK).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Alibaba Group Holding – Palace Intrigue

ALIBABA: Alibaba announced that long-time CFO Maggie Wu will be stepping down in April 2022, and that it will be reorganizing its international and...

Thomas J. Monaco

Market Domination + Under-Penetration = Our Favorite Growth Scenario

We present three examples from our portfolio here to demonstrate our preference to invest in growth stories built upon absolute market leadership...

Steven Chen

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