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

<ul>
<li>Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/british-american-tobacco-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21828:1" rel="noopener">British American Tobacco (BATS LN)</a>’s management stated that they were reviewing their stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/itc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:327:1" rel="noopener">ITC Ltd (ITC IN)</a> to enhance its balance sheet flexibility.</li>
<li>BAT has owned its stake in ITC for over a century and remains its largest shareholder.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the possible deal structure and dynamics.</li>
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Earlier this month, British American Tobacco (BATS LN)’s management stated that they were reviewing their stake in ITC Ltd (ITC IN) to enhance its balance sheet flexibility.
BAT has owned its stake in ITC for over a century and remains its largest shareholder.
In this note, we talk about the possible deal structure and dynamics.


BAT’s Possible US$2.5bn ITC Selldown - Will Be Well Flagged but Still Won’t Be an Easy One to Digest

Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<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/trial-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36821:1" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings (5882 JP)</a> was hoping for better luck with its listing this time around.</li>
<li>For placements, it was a very busy week for a change with most regions, apart from Hong Kong, chipping in.</li>
</ul>


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, Trial Holdings (5882 JP) was hoping for better luck with its listing this time around.
For placements, it was a very busy week for a change with most regions, apart from Hong Kong, chipping in.


ECM Weekly (11th Mar 2024) - Oriental Land, ARM, Tuhu, Wiwynn, Macrotech, Zomato, Trial Holding

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 Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 8th.</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 thre stocks, Meituan, China Mobile, and CNOOC.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 8th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for thre stocks, Meituan, China Mobile, and CNOOC.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Mar 8th): Meituan, China Mobile, CNOOC

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 1st.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Meituan, Shk Ppt, Baba, Bud Apac, New World Dev.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 1st.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Meituan, Shk Ppt, Baba, Bud Apac, New World Dev.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Meituan, Shk Ppt, Baba, Bud Apac, New World Dev

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>700 HK: Tencent has announced a new SLG mobile game titled &lt;Civilization Mobile&gt;（+）</li>
<li>BABA: Alibaba launches new AI tool targeting content creation for merchants (+)</li>
<li>BILI: Source suggested that Bilibili will establish a new game development department.(/)</li>
</ul>


700 HK: Tencent has announced a new SLG mobile game titled &lt;Civilization Mobile&gt;（+）
BABA: Alibaba launches new AI tool targeting content creation for merchants (+)
BILI: Source suggested that Bilibili will establish a new game development department.(/)


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA/BILI

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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BAT’s Possible US$2.5bn ITC Selldown - Will Be Well Flagged but Still Won’t Be an Easy One to Digest

The deal is now live for a target raising of US$2bn, which will drop BAT's stake to 25.5%. The news of the deal was leaked earlier today so its...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (11th Mar 2024) - Oriental Land, ARM, Tuhu, Wiwynn, Macrotech, Zomato, Trial Holding

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 Connect Flows (Mar 8th): Meituan, China Mobile, CNOOC

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week. We estimate the inflows to be USD1.4bn and highlight flows for Meituan, China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Meituan, Shk Ppt, Baba, Bud Apac, New World Dev

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 1st and highlight short interest changes in Meituan, Shk Ppt, Baba, Bud...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA/BILI

Tencent has announced a new SLG mobile game titled ;Alibaba launches new AI tool ;Source suggested that Bilibili will establish a new game...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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