Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we provided the most recent ranking of the top 100 most popular YouTube channels in Korea (according to Socialblade website).</li>
<li>The top 100 YouTube channels in Korea have received 390.7 billion in total views as of June 2023. Of these total views, K-Pop channels views accounted for 46.4% share.</li>
<li>YouTube has been meaningfully taking away market share from Kakao and Naver in the past three years. KakaoTalk's MAU was 41.5 million in May 2023. YouTube was a close second.</li>
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In this insight, we provided the most recent ranking of the top 100 most popular YouTube channels in Korea (according to Socialblade website).
The top 100 YouTube channels in Korea have received 390.7 billion in total views as of June 2023. Of these total views, K-Pop channels views accounted for 46.4% share.
YouTube has been meaningfully taking away market share from Kakao and Naver in the past three years. KakaoTalk's MAU was 41.5 million in May 2023. YouTube was a close second.


Analysis of Top 100 Korean YouTube Channels + Significant Market Share Gains for YouTube in Korea

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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

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<li>2022 marked our seventh year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. 2022 was rather quiet ending with us covering one of the lowest number of IPOs and placements.</li>
<li>We ended 2022 with an accuracy rate of 74.6% across 55 IPOs that we covered and 70.5% across 78 placements. </li>
<li>For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.</li>
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2022 marked our seventh year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. 2022 was rather quiet ending with us covering one of the lowest number of IPOs and placements.
We ended 2022 with an accuracy rate of 74.6% across 55 IPOs that we covered and 70.5% across 78 placements. 
For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.


Aequitas 2022 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - From the Busiest Year to the Slowest Year

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Dec 12th. The aggregated holding was USD848.5bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,741mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Alteogen.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Dec 12th. The aggregated holding was USD848.5bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,741mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, Alteogen.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 12th): SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Dec 5th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables 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 LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&amp;M Insurance, HanmiPharm.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Dec 5th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.8bn.
We tabulate league tables 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 LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&amp;M Insurance, HanmiPharm.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 5th): LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&M Insurance, HanmiPharm

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Dec 5th. The aggregated holding was USD835.4bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD623mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, NAVER, Doosan Enerbility.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Dec 5th. The aggregated holding was USD835.4bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD623mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, NAVER, Doosan Enerbility.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 5th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, NAVER

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Aequitas 2022 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - From the Busiest Year to the Slowest Year

2022 marked our seventh year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. 2022 was rather quiet ending with us covering one of the lowest...

Sumeet Singh

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 12th): SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 5th): LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&M Insurance, HanmiPharm

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&M...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 5th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, NAVER

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Analysis of Top 100 Korean YouTube Channels + Significant Market Share Gains for YouTube in Korea

In this insight, we analyze the most recent ranking of the top 100 most popular YouTube channels in Korea (according to Socialblade website).

Douglas Kim

Aequitas 2022 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - From the Busiest Year to the Slowest Year

2022 marked our seventh year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. 2022 was rather quiet ending with us covering one of the lowest...

Sumeet Singh

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 12th): SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, ECOPRO, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 5th): LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&M Insurance, HanmiPharm

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in LCB, Alteogen, Hyundai Motor, Samsung F&M...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Dec 5th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor, NAVER

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Hyundai Motor,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM