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 KRX stocks as of Mar 7th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.6bn.</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 Kakao, Hlb, Samsung Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Mar 7th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.6bn.
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 Kakao, Hlb, Samsung Electronics.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 7th): Kakao, Hlb, Samsung Electronics

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Feb 14th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.7bn.</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 SK Hynix, Hanwha Ocean.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Feb 14th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.7bn.
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 SK Hynix, Hanwha Ocean.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Feb 14th): SK Hynix, Hanwha Ocean

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jan 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.</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 Samsung Biologics (207940 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jan 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.
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 Samsung Biologics (207940 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 3rd): Samsung Biologics

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Dec 20th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.</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 SCD (000250 KS) , SKC (011790 KS) , Yuhan (000100 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Dec 20th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.
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 SCD (000250 KS) , SKC (011790 KS) , Yuhan (000100 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 20th):SCD, SKC, Yuhan

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>S&amp;P500 is up 27.7% YTD, outperforming KOSPI which is down 6.9% YTD. Global fund flow continues to pour into top quality US stocks such as Palantir, Tesla, and NVIDIA.</li>
<li>The top 20 best performing stocks in KOSPI 200 are up on average 106.8% YTD. However, the remaining 180 stocks in KOSPI 200 are down on average 9.2% YTD. </li>
<li>There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are increasingly expanding their AI/data analytics related business.</li>
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S&amp;P500 is up 27.7% YTD, outperforming KOSPI which is down 6.9% YTD. Global fund flow continues to pour into top quality US stocks such as Palantir, Tesla, and NVIDIA.
The top 20 best performing stocks in KOSPI 200 are up on average 106.8% YTD. However, the remaining 180 stocks in KOSPI 200 are down on average 9.2% YTD. 
There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are increasingly expanding their AI/data analytics related business.


A Comparison of KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Companies Performances in 2024

South Korea

Posco Future M Co., Ltd. manufactures and distributes energy materials. The Company produces battery materials, advanced chemical materials, basic industrial materials, and other related products. Posco Future M also produces lime chemical and refractory products.

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KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 7th): Kakao, Hlb, Samsung Electronics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Kakao, Hlb, Samsung Electronics.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Feb 14th): SK Hynix, Hanwha Ocean

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in SK Hynix, Hanwha Ocean.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 3rd): Samsung Biologics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samsung Biologics(207940 KS).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 20th):SCD, SKC, Yuhan

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in SCD (000250 KS) , SKC (011790 KS) , Yuhan (000100...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A Comparison of KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Companies Performances in 2024

There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are...

Douglas Kim

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