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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eve-energy-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14769:1" rel="noopener">EVE Energy (300014 CH)</a> (EVE), a lithium battery provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>EVE produces lithium batteries which cater to consumer battery, power battery and ESS battery sectors.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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EVE Energy (300014 CH) (EVE), a lithium battery provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
EVE produces lithium batteries which cater to consumer battery, power battery and ESS battery sectors.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Eve Energy A/H Listing - One of the Leaders but Growth Has Been Slowing

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Garvit Bhandari

Founder, CEO

Leading Provider of Equity and Investment Research

GSBR Research

We are an independent equity research provider focused on covering global markets. The aim of the research is to provide an unbiased view of the fundamentals of the company.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The U.S. EV charging infrastructure continues to grow slowly. Compared to this, China is progressing rapidly.</li>
<li>China had 4.096 million public charging stations at the end of June 2025. Compared to this, U.S. had 77,160 public EV charging stations at the end of July 2025.</li>
<li>Overall, the current EV charging infrastructure in the US remains inadequate and needs to grow rapidly to meet future demand.</li>
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The U.S. EV charging infrastructure continues to grow slowly. Compared to this, China is progressing rapidly.
China had 4.096 million public charging stations at the end of June 2025. Compared to this, U.S. had 77,160 public EV charging stations at the end of July 2025.
Overall, the current EV charging infrastructure in the US remains inadequate and needs to grow rapidly to meet future demand.


US EV Charging Infrastructure Tracker - July 2025

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Magnificent 7 positioning remains elevated across global funds, but momentum has clearly stalled, with recent activity pointing to consolidation rather than renewed conviction buying. </li>
<li>Growth and GARP funds are near fully allocated, while Value and Yield managers remain structurally underweight— potentially limiting the potential for broad-based participation from here. </li>
<li>Microsoft leads with cross-style appeal; Tesla lags with minimal support. Apple is the conviction underweight, while NVIDIA’s benchmark surge has left it at a record active underweight.</li>
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Magnificent 7 positioning remains elevated across global funds, but momentum has clearly stalled, with recent activity pointing to consolidation rather than renewed conviction buying. 
Growth and GARP funds are near fully allocated, while Value and Yield managers remain structurally underweight— potentially limiting the potential for broad-based participation from here. 
Microsoft leads with cross-style appeal; Tesla lags with minimal support. Apple is the conviction underweight, while NVIDIA’s benchmark surge has left it at a record active underweight.


Magnificent 7:  Global Fund Positioning Update

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist, Clifton Derivatives

John Ley

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist

Clifton Derivatives

Independent derivative and volatility research firm focusing on events/catalysts, earnings, relative value and cross asset volatility strategies.

Equity Derivatives

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<li>MSFT is set to report Q4 earnings after the market close on Wednesday, July 30.</li>
<li>We examine the implied volatility and projected earnings-day move following a near 30% rally since the last report.</li>
<li>Volatility metrics and historical earnings reactions are analyzed to help frame expectations.</li>
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MSFT is set to report Q4 earnings after the market close on Wednesday, July 30.
We examine the implied volatility and projected earnings-day move following a near 30% rally since the last report.
Volatility metrics and historical earnings reactions are analyzed to help frame expectations.


MSFT Q4 Earnings: Exceedingly Calm Trading Drags Implied Vol Lower

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>On 28 July, it was reported that Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) clinched a huge chip contract worth $16.5 billion from Tesla (TSLA US). </li>
<li>This is a major win for Samsung Electronics since it is one of the largest foundry orders for the company from a single customer in the past decade.</li>
<li>Samsung Electronics is trading at attractive valuations. It is trading at P/E of 12.3x, P/B of 1.0x, and EV/EBITDA of 3.6x in 2026, based on consensus estimates.</li>
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On 28 July, it was reported that Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) clinched a huge chip contract worth $16.5 billion from Tesla (TSLA US). 
This is a major win for Samsung Electronics since it is one of the largest foundry orders for the company from a single customer in the past decade.
Samsung Electronics is trading at attractive valuations. It is trading at P/E of 12.3x, P/B of 1.0x, and EV/EBITDA of 3.6x in 2026, based on consensus estimates.


Samsung Electronics Clinches a Huge Chip Contract from Tesla

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Eve Energy A/H Listing - One of the Leaders but Growth Has Been Slowing

EVE Energy (300014 CH) (EVE), a lithium battery provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

US EV Charging Infrastructure Tracker - July 2025

China's EV charging infrastructure far surpasses the US, highlighting the need for rapid growth in the United States to meet future demand.

GSBR Research

Magnificent 7: Global Fund Positioning Update

Positioning in the Magnificent 7 remains near record highs, but momentum is fading as growth funds top out and value remains sidelined.

Steven Holden

MSFT Q4 Earnings: Exceedingly Calm Trading Drags Implied Vol Lower

Despite a nearly 30% rally, MSFT’s volatility setup reflects a rare stretch of subdued trading ahead of a closely watched earnings release.

John Ley

Samsung Electronics Clinches a Huge Chip Contract from Tesla

On 28 July, it was reported that Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) clinched a huge chip contract worth $16.5 billion from Tesla (TSLA US). We...

Douglas Kim

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Eve Energy A/H Listing - One of the Leaders but Growth Has Been Slowing

EVE Energy (300014 CH) (EVE), a lithium battery provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

US EV Charging Infrastructure Tracker - July 2025

​China's EV charging infrastructure far surpasses the US, highlighting the need for rapid growth in the United States to meet future demand.

GSBR Research

Magnificent 7: Global Fund Positioning Update

Positioning in the Magnificent 7 remains near record highs, but momentum is fading as growth funds top out and value remains sidelined.

Steven Holden

MSFT Q4 Earnings: Exceedingly Calm Trading Drags Implied Vol Lower

Despite a nearly 30% rally, MSFT’s volatility setup reflects a rare stretch of subdued trading ahead of a closely watched earnings release.

John Ley

Samsung Electronics Clinches a Huge Chip Contract from Tesla

On 28 July, it was reported that Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) clinched a huge chip contract worth $16.5 billion from Tesla (TSLA US). We...

Douglas Kim

China's EV charging infrastructure far surpasses the US, highlighting the need for rapid growth in the United States to meet future demand.