Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

A veteran with 19-year experience in equity research.

Geographical coverage:
* Companies operating in China, but listed in Hong Kong and the U.S.
* Previously China A-share (listed in mainland China).

Equity sector coverage:
* Chinese App / Internet-based consumption in China, e.g., Alibaba, Tencent, etc.
* Previously covered education, transportation, telecom, power, bank, advertisement, hotel, etc.

Research methods:
* Generally bottom-up.
* Talk to related people on the ground.  Talk to readers and independent writers for analyzing a news portal.  Talk to parents and teachers for analyzing a tutoring school. 
* Visit stores and show photos as evidence in notes.
* Do technical analysis when finding a short-seller attacking an equity.

Languages:
* English
* Mandarin Chinese (Official language of China)
* Shanghainese (Language of Shanghai, the most developed city in China)
* Cantonese (Language of Hong Kong and Canton Province, one of the most developed provinces in China)

Overseas Chinese Equities

Weekly (20Jul2020): Tax Check on Online Retailers Stopped, Cross-Province Group Tour Reopened

China Internet Weekly (27Jul2020): Online Retail Continued to Accelerate in June

China Internet Weekly (3Aug2020): JD Acquired Appliance Store, Xiaomi Phone Sales Plunged

Sina (SINA): Goes Private to Realize Arbitrage Opportunity in Weibo

China Internet Weekly (6July2020): Chinese Public Companies in Indian App Blacklist

Blue Moon: No. 1 But No Exclusive Advantage, Observation on the Ground

Battle Lines Drawn As BABA Builds Out First/Last-Mile Capacity; But Who Will Fund 75+ Bn CNY CapEx?

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 Bottom-Up

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul class="">
<li>Alibaba (BABA)’s Freshippo opened two “Freshippo-mini” stores in Beijing.</li>
<li>Alibaba (BABA)’s Ele.me began to deliver goods other than cooked food.</li>
<li>The smart phone shipment decreased by 16.6% YoY in June, worse than 11.8% YoY in May.</li>
</ul>


Alibaba (BABA)’s Freshippo opened two “Freshippo-mini” stores in Beijing.
Alibaba (BABA)’s Ele.me began to deliver goods other than cooked food.
The smart phone shipment decreased by 16.6% YoY in June, worse than 11.8% YoY in May.


China Internet Weekly (13Jul2020): Alibaba’s Freshippo and Ele.me Exploring Cities and Businesses