APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fadu-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39896:1" rel="noopener">Fadu (440110 KS)</a> raised US$151m in its Korean IPO, after the deal was priced at KRW31,000/share, the top end of its IPO price range.</li>
<li>Fadu is a South Korean fabless semiconductor maker mainly engaged in flash storage technology innovation. Its core products are Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) and Enterprise SSDs. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.</li>
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Fadu (440110 KS) raised US$151m in its Korean IPO, after the deal was priced at KRW31,000/share, the top end of its IPO price range.
Fadu is a South Korean fabless semiconductor maker mainly engaged in flash storage technology innovation. Its core products are Enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) and Enterprise SSDs. 
In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.


Fadu IPO Trading - Strong Subscription Rates Compared to Recent Korean IPOs

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>US Mutual Fund exposure in Ford Motor Company hits all-time lows with just 11 out of 295 funds holding a position.</li>
<li>Ford Motor Company is now the 6th most widely held Auto stock after Tesla, General Motors, Rivian Automotive, Harley Davidson and Oshkosh Corp.</li>
<li>Ford tops the list of unloved companies in the US, with the vast majority of active managers expecting Ford to underperform.</li>
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US Mutual Fund exposure in Ford Motor Company hits all-time lows with just 11 out of 295 funds holding a position.
Ford Motor Company is now the 6th most widely held Auto stock after Tesla, General Motors, Rivian Automotive, Harley Davidson and Oshkosh Corp.
Ford tops the list of unloved companies in the US, with the vast majority of active managers expecting Ford to underperform.


US Mutual Funds: Is Ford Motor Company Uninvestible?

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Tesla managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.</li><li>Tesla achieved an all-time high in vehicle production, deliveries, and revenue.</li><li>Tesla managed an impressive operating margin despite high-interest rates and macro uncertainty.</li></ul>

Tesla managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street.Tesla achieved an all-time high in vehicle production, deliveries, and revenue.Tesla managed an impressive operating margin despite high-interest rates and macro uncertainty.

Tesla Inc.: In Hot Pursuit of Wireless Charging Advancements! – Key Drivers

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Robosense Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-robosense-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39903:1" rel="noopener">Robosense Technology (ROBO HK)</a> (RT) is looking to raise around US$400m (estimated) in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>As of Mar 23, it had earned design wins for mass production of LiDAR for 52 vehicles with 21OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, ranking No. 1 globally, according to CIC.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Robosense Technology (ROBO HK) (RT) is looking to raise around US$400m (estimated) in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
As of Mar 23, it had earned design wins for mass production of LiDAR for 52 vehicles with 21OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, ranking No. 1 globally, according to CIC.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Robosense Technology Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not a Whole Lot of Earnings

Clarence Chu

Black Sesame International Holding / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/black-sesame-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39894:1" rel="noopener">Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Black Sesame International Holdings (BSIH) is an automotive-grade computing SoC and SoC-based intelligent vehicle solution provider.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Black Sesame Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Losses Remain Wide and Suffers from a Concentration Risk

United States

Tesla Inc. operates as a multinational automotive and clean energy company. The Company designs and manufactures electric vehicles, battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services. Tesla owns its sales and service network and sells electric power train components to other automobile manufacturers.

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Tesla (TSLA US)

Fadu IPO Trading - Strong Subscription Rates Compared to Recent Korean IPOs

Fadu (440110 KS) raised US$151m in its Korean IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.

Ethan Aw

US Mutual Funds: Is Ford Motor Company Uninvestible?

US active mutual fund exposure in Ford Motor Company hits all-time lows with just 11 out of 295 funds holding a position.

Steven Holden

Tesla Inc.: In Hot Pursuit of Wireless Charging Advancements! – Key Drivers

Tesla managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street. Tesla achieved an all-time high in vehicle...

Baptista Research

Robosense Technology Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not a Whole Lot of Earnings

Robosense Technology is looking to raise around US$400m (estimated) in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Sumeet Singh

Black Sesame Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Losses Remain Wide and Suffers from a Concentration Risk

Black Sesame Technologies (BLACKSES HK) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we will talk about the not...

Clarence Chu

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