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

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hesai-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36743:1" rel="noopener">Hesai Group (HSAI US)</a> provided the first Asia linked listing for the year.</li>
<li>Things were quiet on the placement front owing to the annual earnings reporting season.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, Hesai Group (HSAI US) provided the first Asia linked listing for the year.
Things were quiet on the placement front owing to the annual earnings reporting season.


ECM Weekly (12th Feb 2023) - Hesai, Oasis, Mankind, Greatpower, Ruipeng, CATL, Nissan/Renault

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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 Feb 10th 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 Aia (1299 HK), Esr (1821 HK), Sunshine Paper (2002 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Aia (1299 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Esr (1821 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 Feb 10th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Aia (1299 HK), Esr (1821 HK), Sunshine Paper (2002 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Aia (1299 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Esr (1821 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Feb 10th): Aia, Esr, Sunshine Paper

Smartkarma Research Team, Smartkarma

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Smartkarma Research Team

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Research Reinvented

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>In the next installment of our Webinar Wednesdays, we go live with Smartkarma Insight Provider, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/shawn-yang-0668bbf2-2f7c-4383-83ed-5389f1dd9587" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:44897" rel="noopener">Shawn Yang</a> as he shares more about his top picks in the Chinese internet space. He'll be touching on major players in the industry, the latest trends, and business opportunities of these major players.</p>
<h3>The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 17:00 SGT/HKT.</h3>
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<p>Shawn has extensive experience in internet industry and investment banking and his research findings were published in well-known websites and media outlets. Shawn mainly covers China internet sector; he joined Blue Lotus in October 2015. Shawn has been frequently interviewed by various financial medias like CCTV, Bloomberg, WSJ and CNBC. Prior to joining Blue Lotus, Mr. Yang served as the director of strategy for CMGE, a mobile game company, and was responsible for strategic research and investor relations. Mr. Yang also worked for HSBC Asset Management and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Yang graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor’s degree and received his master’s degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.</p>

In the next installment of our Webinar Wednesdays, we go live with Smartkarma Insight Provider, Shawn Yang as he shares more about his top picks in the Chinese internet space. He'll be touching on major players in the industry, the latest trends, and business opportunities of these major players.
The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 17:00 SGT/HKT.















Register for the Webinar here















Shawn has extensive experience in internet industry and investment banking and his research findings were published in well-known websites and media outlets. Shawn mainly covers China internet sector; he joined Blue Lotus in October 2015. Shawn has been frequently interviewed by various financial medias like CCTV, Bloomberg, WSJ and CNBC. Prior to joining Blue Lotus, Mr. Yang served as the director of strategy for CMGE, a mobile game company, and was responsible for strategic research and investor relations. Mr. Yang also worked for HSBC Asset Management and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Yang graduated from Tsinghua University with a bachelor’s degree and received his master’s degree from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Smartkarma Webinar | Top China Internet Picks

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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

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

IndiaFirst Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indiafirst-life-insurance-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36532:1" rel="noopener">IndiaFirst Life Insurance (1083896D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>IndiaFirst Life Insurance (IFLI) is a private life insurer in India with a product portfolio of retail and group products, ranging across different segments. </li>
<li>Its GWP and AUM have grown over the track record period. However, bottomline growth has on the other hand, declined further. </li>
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IndiaFirst Life Insurance (1083896D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
IndiaFirst Life Insurance (IFLI) is a private life insurer in India with a product portfolio of retail and group products, ranging across different segments. 
Its GWP and AUM have grown over the track record period. However, bottomline growth has on the other hand, declined further. 


IndiaFirst Life Insurance Pre-IPO - Hardly Stands Out as One of the Smallest Players

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 (700 HK)

ECM Weekly (12th Feb 2023) - Hesai, Oasis, Mankind, Greatpower, Ruipeng, CATL, Nissan/Renault

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Feb 10th): Aia, Esr, Sunshine Paper

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were Aia (1299 HK), Esr...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Smartkarma Webinar | Top China Internet Picks

In this webinar, we speak to Insight Provider Shawn Yang who share with us his top picks in the Chinese internet space, the latest trends, and...

Smartkarma Research

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

IndiaFirst Life Insurance Pre-IPO - Hardly Stands Out as One of the Smallest Players

IndiaFirst Life Insurance (1083896D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. Its GWP and AUM have grown over the track...

Ethan Aw

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