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: Biggest Weekly Short Covers YTD

HK Short Interest: BABA Shorts Doubled in 4 Weeks

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for Smoore, CR Land

HK Short Interest: Alibaba, China Soft Intl

HK Short Interest: Wuxi Apptec, China Resource Power Short Spiked in September

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

<p>Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Oct 22. The aggregate short value for equities increased by $2,800m (+4.1%) WoW and increased by $6,326m (+9.7%) over the preceding four weeks.</p><p>Most shorted stocks by aggregate short value of positions are Ping An Insurance (Group) Company Of China, Ltd./2318 HK($3,731m, +8.0% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($2,436m, +10.6% WoW), Meituan/3690 HK($2,235m, +0.1% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($2,183m, +5.3% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($1,903m, +4.6% WoW).</p><section class="figure"><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/238/854/original/Hong_Kong_Market_Short_Position_Value_%28line%29_and_1W_Changes_%28bar%29_%28%24m%292021-11-01+10_01_35.png?1635735141" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="238854"></figure></section>

Hong Kong SFC reported aggregate short position as of Oct 22. The aggregate short value for equities increased by $2,800m (+4.1%) WoW and increased by $6,326m (+9.7%) 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($3,731m, +8.0% WoW), Tencent Holdings Limited/700 HK($2,436m, +10.6% WoW), Meituan/3690 HK($2,235m, +0.1% WoW), Zhongsheng Group Holdings Limited/881 HK($2,183m, +5.3% WoW), China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd./3968 HK($1,903m, +4.6% WoW).

HK Short Interest: Short Spiked for Alibaba