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.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>After a 35% price decline in 2021 and 11% performance YTD, we are exploring if SMM is able to capitalize on the high oil price environment.</li>
<li>We will look at its recent financial performance, orderbook, and financial forecast in 2022.</li>
<li>We will also look at how to value the company and the key risk with our valuation.</li>
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After a 35% price decline in 2021 and 11% performance YTD, we are exploring if SMM is able to capitalize on the high oil price environment.
We will look at its recent financial performance, orderbook, and financial forecast in 2022.
We will also look at how to value the company and the key risk with our valuation.


Sembcorp Marine: Beneficiary of High Oil Price? Not so Fast

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>Three local indexes in Korea face rebalancing trading on March 10, supposedly at the close.</li>
<li>They are 1. KOSPI 200 Fast Entry for LG Energy Solution, 2. KOSPI Size Index Series biannual rebalancing, and 3. KRX BBIG K-New Deal biannual rebalancing.</li>
<li>There are 18 stocks in total, which have an estimated passive flow of ±0.5x ADTV &amp; an average daily trade value of +₩5.0B.</li>
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Three local indexes in Korea face rebalancing trading on March 10, supposedly at the close.
They are 1. KOSPI 200 Fast Entry for LG Energy Solution, 2. KOSPI Size Index Series biannual rebalancing, and 3. KRX BBIG K-New Deal biannual rebalancing.
There are 18 stocks in total, which have an estimated passive flow of ±0.5x ADTV &amp; an average daily trade value of +₩5.0B.


Combined Rebalancing Flow Estimations of Three Indexes in Korea on March 10

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its six month IPO lock-up will expire on 17th March, 2022.</li>
<li>Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a South Korean shipbuilder. The company is majority owned by Korea Shipbuilding &amp; Offshore Engineering (009540 KS) after the latter’s spin-off in 2019.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry, along with recent updates.</li>
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Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its six month IPO lock-up will expire on 17th March, 2022.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is a South Korean shipbuilder. The company is majority owned by Korea Shipbuilding &amp; Offshore Engineering (009540 KS) after the latter’s spin-off in 2019.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry, along with recent updates.


Hyundai Heavy IPO Lock-Up - Last of the Insti Lock-Ups, Parent’s Shares Out of Lock-Up as Well

Index Rebalance

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<li>KOSPI Size Index Series rebalances twice a year in March and September. The base date is February 28. It is a three-month review, so, from December 1 to February 28.</li>
<li>In the KOSPI size index rebalancing, an increase in the buying volume of local institutions for stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap is generally detected. </li>
<li>14 new MidCap entrants are expected to have a sizable passive impact.</li>
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KOSPI Size Index Series rebalances twice a year in March and September. The base date is February 28. It is a three-month review, so, from December 1 to February 28.
In the KOSPI size index rebalancing, an increase in the buying volume of local institutions for stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap is generally detected. 
14 new MidCap entrants are expected to have a sizable passive impact.


KOSPI Size Index Series Rebalancing Screening Results

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory, ROK Advisory LLC

Ken S. Kim

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory

ROK Advisory LLC

ROK is an independent research advisory firm. We guide you to minimize the information gap between foreign and local investors in Northeast Asia with a focus in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

Independent Research Advisory Firm

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<li>The family of the accused has said that the embezzlement was not an act of one man but due to orders taken from superiors.</li>
<li>The recovery shoudn't be an issue as the accused had bought in gold in Dec and Dongjin Chem has not had a substantial drop for the period in question.  </li>
<li>When did this start? According to the Capital Market Act, if an investor incurs loss due to false statements/omissions in the business/quarterly report, the company is responsible for damages.  </li>
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The family of the accused has said that the embezzlement was not an act of one man but due to orders taken from superiors.
The recovery shoudn't be an issue as the accused had bought in gold in Dec and Dongjin Chem has not had a substantial drop for the period in question.  
When did this start? According to the Capital Market Act, if an investor incurs loss due to false statements/omissions in the business/quarterly report, the company is responsible for damages.  


South Korea

Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. operates as a shipbuilding and offshore company. The Company provides floating structure construction, steel wire drying, commercial vessels, specialty vessels, gas carrier, tanker, containership, ro ro, bulk carrier, submarine, warship, auxiliaries, cruise ships, and ferries manufacturing services. Hanwha Ocean also offers onshore plants services.

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Hanwha Ocean (042660 KS)

Sembcorp Marine: Beneficiary of High Oil Price? Not so Fast

In this rapid response, we examine the business of Sembcorp Marine and are of the view that the high oil price will not translate into a more...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Combined Rebalancing Flow Estimations of Three Indexes in Korea on March 10

This post estimates the combined rebalancing flows of Korea's three local indexes, which should be seen on March 10, supposedly at the close.

Sanghyun Park

Hyundai Heavy IPO Lock-Up - Last of the Insti Lock-Ups, Parent’s Shares Out of Lock-Up as Well

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) was listed on Korea Exchange on 17th September, 2021. Its six month IPO lock-up will expire on 17th March, 2022.

Sumeet Singh

KOSPI Size Index Series Rebalancing Screening Results

This post has the screening results of the KOSPI Size Index Series rebalancing: 14 new MidCap entrants are expected to have a sizable passive impact.

Sanghyun Park

Osstem Implant - Where to Next?

Osstem Implant - where are we headed from here and learning from precedent cases in Korea which seems to indicate this will be a long halt

Ken S. Kim

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