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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:359:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)</a> aims to sell around US$9bn worth of  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>, trimming its stake by a third.</li>
<li>We have looked at the deal in our previous notes, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/japan-post-bank-placement-deal-structure-past-deals-index-buyback" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:96666" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank Placement - Deal Structure, past Deals, Index, Buyback</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/japan-post-bank-placement-misbehaving-still-has-time-to-correct-a-look-at-past-deals" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:97201" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank Placement - Misbehaving</a>. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the updates since our last note and have a look at the post pricing performance of a few more deals.</li>
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Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP) aims to sell around US$9bn worth of  Japan Post Bank (7182 JP), trimming its stake by a third.
We have looked at the deal in our previous notes, Japan Post Bank Placement - Deal Structure, past Deals, Index, Buyback and Japan Post Bank Placement - Misbehaving. 
In this note, we talk about the updates since our last note and have a look at the post pricing performance of a few more deals.


Japan Post Bank Placement -  Still Misbehaving - Post-Pricing Performance of Some More Deals

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 the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 10th.</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 flows for China Mobile, Tencent, China Vanke, ICBC, CCB.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 10th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for China Mobile, Tencent, China Vanke, ICBC, CCB.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 10th): China Mobile, Tencent, China Vanke, ICBC, CCB

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 3rd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Tencent, Meituan, Hsbc, Bidu, Hkelectric, Goldwind, Zijin Mining.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 3rd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Tencent, Meituan, Hsbc, Bidu, Hkelectric, Goldwind, Zijin Mining.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Tencent, Meituan, Hsbc, Bidu, Hkelectric, Goldwind, Zijin Mining

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>IPO activity appears to be picking up across the region, with deal in Japan, Hong Kong, US and Indonesia being lined up.</li>
<li>Placements as well picked up pace, despite the ongoing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>'s mega deal set to suck liquidity out of the system for a while. </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.
IPO activity appears to be picking up across the region, with deal in Japan, Hong Kong, US and Indonesia being lined up.
Placements as well picked up pace, despite the ongoing Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)'s mega deal set to suck liquidity out of the system for a while. 


ECM Weekly (12th Mar 2023) - Meituan, Japan Post Bank, SBI Sumishin, JFW, Ventia, Doosan, DXN, DPC

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-nippon-printing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19388:1" rel="noopener">Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP)</a> is a range trade. The juice is in the speed of the Corporate Buyback and how excited people get.</li>
<li>With the renewal of the gaming concession in the bag and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/melco-crown-entertainme-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:810:1" rel="noopener">Melco Resorts (MLCO US)</a> up 128% in the past six months, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/melco-international-development-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:809:1" rel="noopener">Melco (200 HK)</a> has extracted ~HK$2.5bn from MLCO.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hosokawa-micron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6433:1" rel="noopener">Hosokawa Micron (6277 JP)</a>'s current PER of 9.9x ignores that net cash and securities holdings is about half of market cap. This is a cheap stock.  </li>
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Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP) is a range trade. The juice is in the speed of the Corporate Buyback and how excited people get.
With the renewal of the gaming concession in the bag and Melco Resorts (MLCO US) up 128% in the past six months, Melco (200 HK) has extracted ~HK$2.5bn from MLCO.

Hosokawa Micron (6277 JP)'s current PER of 9.9x ignores that net cash and securities holdings is about half of market cap. This is a cheap stock.  


Last Week in Event SPACE: Dai Nippon Printing, Melco, Hosokawa Micron,Tencent/Meituan, Ihara Science

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)

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Japan Post Holdings aims to sell around US$9bn worth of Japan Post Bank (7182 JP), trimming its stake by a third. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 10th): China Mobile, Tencent, China Vanke, ICBC, CCB

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for China Mobile, Tencent, China Vanke, ICBC, CCB.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Tencent, Meituan, Hsbc, Bidu, Hkelectric, Goldwind, Zijin Mining

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 3rd and highlight short interest changes in Tencent, Meituan, Hsbc,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ECM Weekly (12th Mar 2023) - Meituan, Japan Post Bank, SBI Sumishin, JFW, Ventia, Doosan, DXN, DPC

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

Last Week in Event SPACE: Dai Nippon Printing, Melco, Hosokawa Micron,Tencent/Meituan, Ihara Science

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

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