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

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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

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<li>China announced game approval for the June batch. The number of games approved remained at a higher level than 2023.</li>
<li>The pace of China game approval appears to have accelerated to the same level as pre-tightening. Of companies that we are monitoring, none got any approval.</li>
<li>China's CADPA published a semi-annual report pointing to flattish growth of gaming revenue in the first half. </li>
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China announced game approval for the June batch. The number of games approved remained at a higher level than 2023.
The pace of China game approval appears to have accelerated to the same level as pre-tightening. Of companies that we are monitoring, none got any approval.
China's CADPA published a semi-annual report pointing to flattish growth of gaming revenue in the first half. 


Tencent/Netease: Zero for Major Names; Industry Revenue Growth Flattish in First Half