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

ECM Weekly (18 May 2019) - MabPharm, Frontage, Mulsanne, Xinyi Energy, Helenbergh

ECM Weekly (25 May 2019) - ESR Cayman, Hansoh Pharma, Tai Hing, China East Edu, Haitong UniTrust

The Week That Was in North Asia 🇰🇷 🇯🇵:  Nexon, Japan CVS/Drugstores, Nissan/Renault, KOSPI Rebal

Kakao Corp Placement - Poor Track Record and Seems to Be an Unexpected Deal

AliPay's US$200mil Investment in KakaoPay - Reality Check

Why Do I Have a Good Feeling About Kakao?

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

<p>Post market close today, Kakao Corp's investor Affinity Equity Partners, is selling their remaining stake in Kakao Corp that worths up to USD 296 million. In this insight, we will discuss our views on the deal. While the company has not achieved significant improvement in the bottom line since listing, it has consistently been growing its top line. The decent liquidity and the small deal size gives us good reasons for a quick trade. </p>

Post market close today, Kakao Corp's investor Affinity Equity Partners, is selling their remaining stake in Kakao Corp that worths up to USD 296 million. In this insight, we will discuss our views on the deal. While the company has not achieved significant improvement in the bottom line since listing, it has consistently been growing its top line. The decent liquidity and the small deal size gives us good reasons for a quick trade. 

Kakao Corp Placement - A Quick Trade Post Solid 4Q Results