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

Pinduoduo (PDD): Least Loss Since IPO, But Market Just Needs an Excuse to Leave the Strategy

Pinduoduo Placement - Should Do Well If, It Corrects Beforehand

China Internet Weekly (11Jan2021): PDD Employee Died at Frozen Deep Night, US Banned 8 Chinese Apps.

Pinduoduo (PDD) IPO Risk: Too Many Fakes, Vulnerable to Lawsuits

China Internet Weekly (8Jun2020): AMD Said Not to Buy AMD on Pinduoduo.

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

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

<ul>
<li>Apple (APPL) stores are still crowded.</li>
<li>Tesla (TSLA) refused to deliver vehicles to customers who ordered via Pinduoduo (PDD).</li>
<li>JD.com (JD) did not extend the contract with Alibaba (BABA)’s Sto Express (002468 CN),</li>
<li>Tencent (700 HK) started mini-store in its WeChat for small retailers.</li>
</ul>


Apple (APPL) stores are still crowded.
Tesla (TSLA) refused to deliver vehicles to customers who ordered via Pinduoduo (PDD).
JD.com (JD) did not extend the contract with Alibaba (BABA)’s Sto Express (002468 CN),
Tencent (700 HK) started mini-store in its WeChat for small retailers.


China Internet Weekly (24Aug2020): TSLA Refused PDD’s Customers, JD Fired BABA’s Sto Express

PDD Holdings

China Internet Weekly (24Aug2020): TSLA Refused PDD’s Customers, JD Fired BABA’s Sto Express