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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of May 10th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD20.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in BHP, ANZ, Seven, South32, NAB, Telstra, Woolworths, Origin Energy, Xero.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of May 10th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD20.0bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in BHP, ANZ, Seven, South32, NAB, Telstra, Woolworths, Origin Energy, Xero.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (May 10th): BHP, ANZ, Seven, South32, NAB, Telstra, Woolworths

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on May 17th based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past week, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Hang Seng Bank (11 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Hang Seng Bank (11 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on May 17th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past week, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Hang Seng Bank (11 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Hang Seng Bank (11 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Swire Pacific (19 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (May 17th): Hang Seng Bank, Swire Pacific, Wuxi Biologics

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Giant Biogene Holding Co., Ltd researches, develops, manufactures, and distributes, and markets skin treatment products. The Company produces recombinant collagen and rare ginsenosides skin treatment products, functional foods, and other products. Giant Biogene Holding conducts businesses in China.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/giant-biogene-holding-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35950:1" rel="noopener">Giant Biogene (2367 HK)</a> aims to raise up to US$205m via a top-up placement.</li>
<li>We have followed the company since listing and its recent performance has been great. Although it doesn’t seem to need the cash.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
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Giant Biogene (2367 HK) aims to raise up to US$205m via a top-up placement.
We have followed the company since listing and its recent performance has been great. Although it doesn’t seem to need the cash.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Giant Biogene Placement - Has Been Doing Well but Doesn’t Need the Cash

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Equity Capital Markets

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. operates as a shipbuilding company. The Company provides naval shipbuilding, industrial shipbuilding, crude oil tanker, bulk carrier, container carrier, and other related services. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries also offers offshore and engineering, engine and machinery, offshore, industrial, and marine plant services.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hd-korea-shipbuilding-offshore-engineering-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10155:1" rel="noopener">HD Korea Shipbuilding &amp; Offshore Engineering (009540 KS)</a> is looking to raise approximately US$258m, via selling 2.6m shares (2.9% of TSO) of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hd-hyundai-heavy-industries-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33808:1" rel="noopener">HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180 KS)</a> stock.</li>
<li>The deal is a large one to digest at 14.6 days of three month ADV. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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HD Korea Shipbuilding &amp; Offshore Engineering (009540 KS) is looking to raise approximately US$258m, via selling 2.6m shares (2.9% of TSO) of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (329180 KS) stock.
The deal is a large one to digest at 14.6 days of three month ADV. 
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Hyundai Heavy Industries Block - Not Well Flagged and Recent Korean Deals Haven’t Done Well

Lalatech Holdings Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lalatech-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36848:1" rel="noopener">Lalatech Holdings</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO.</li>
<li>Lalatech operates via a marketplace model serving merchants and carriers. Its platform facilitates closed-loop transactions from online shipping order booking to intelligent order matching, and automated dispatching to after-sale services.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we will talk about the updates from its refiling.</li>
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Lalatech Holdings is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming HK IPO.
Lalatech operates via a marketplace model serving merchants and carriers. Its platform facilitates closed-loop transactions from online shipping order booking to intelligent order matching, and automated dispatching to after-sale services.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we will talk about the updates from its refiling.


Lalatech Holdings Limited Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Continues to Improve, Valuation Gap Narrowing