Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

An inquisitive investment analyst with background in both finance and computing. Covering ECM research, biotech, market data analytics.

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for Baba & JD

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for Meituan, Kuaishou, Li Ning

HK Short Interest: Short Cover for Dongyue, WH Group

HK Short Interest: Kuaishou and Netease Short Covers

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for Topsports Intl

HK Short Interest: New Oriental Edu Short Cover After Policy Announcement

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.

Quantitative Analysis

China Consumer discretionary / Quantitative Analysis

<p>Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Aug 20. The aggregate short value for equities decreased by $-4,182m (-6.1%) WoW and decreased by $4,188m (-6.1%) over the preceding four weeks.<br><br>Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($4,519m, -5.9% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($2,233m, -1.4% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($1,868m, -10.3% WoW), Anta Sports Products Limited/2020 HK($1,667m, -0.2% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($1,505m, -16.5% WoW).</p>

Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Aug 20. The aggregate short value for equities decreased by $-4,182m (-6.1%) WoW and decreased by $4,188m (-6.1%) over the preceding four weeks.  Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($4,519m, -5.9% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($2,233m, -1.4% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($1,868m, -10.3% WoW), Anta Sports Products Limited/2020 HK($1,667m, -0.2% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($1,505m, -16.5% WoW).

HK Short Interest: Short Increased in Xiaomi, Pop Mart and Cansino