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>Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, raised around US$420m in its Hong Kong IPO in Dec 21. The IPO was almost entirely taken up by cornerstones.</li>
<li>The company had also earlier obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other mainly PE investors. These investors will be released from their lock-up on 1st Jun 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates over the past few months.</li>
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Cloud Village Inc. (CVI), also known as NetEase Music, raised around US$420m in its Hong Kong IPO in Dec 21. The IPO was almost entirely taken up by cornerstones.
The company had also earlier obtained investments from Baidu and Alibaba, along with other mainly PE investors. These investors will be released from their lock-up on 1st Jun 2022.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates over the past few months.


Cloud Village IPO Lock-Up - Selling the PE Stock (US$350m) Might Solve the Liquidity Issues

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> reported 1Q2022 results today. Revenue grew 0.1% YoY to RMB135.5bn (vs consensus RMB140.7bn) while reported OP decreased 34% YoY to RMB37.2bn (vs consensus RMB37.3bn).</li>
<li>Adjusted OP was down 36% YoY to RMB22.3bn while adjusted OPM declined to 39.2% from 56.1% in the same period a year ago.</li>
<li>Tencent’s 1Q2022 revenues were below our estimates of RMB144.3bn which was mainly due to significant drop in Fintech and business services revenues.</li>
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Tencent (700 HK) reported 1Q2022 results today. Revenue grew 0.1% YoY to RMB135.5bn (vs consensus RMB140.7bn) while reported OP decreased 34% YoY to RMB37.2bn (vs consensus RMB37.3bn).
Adjusted OP was down 36% YoY to RMB22.3bn while adjusted OPM declined to 39.2% from 56.1% in the same period a year ago.
Tencent’s 1Q2022 revenues were below our estimates of RMB144.3bn which was mainly due to significant drop in Fintech and business services revenues.


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Cross Asset Strategy

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CX Daily: PBOC Isn’t Done With Fintech As Ethics Governance Regulations Loom

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-music-entertainment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27255:1" rel="noopener">Tencent Music (TME US)</a> reported 1Q2022 results today. Revenue declined 15% YoY to RMB6.64bn (vs consensus RMB6.69n) while reported OP dropped 35.7% YoY to RMB749m (vs consensus RMB817m).</li>
<li>Revenue from Online music services declined YoY for the first time since 2017 while revenue from Social Entertainment services further declined during the quarter.</li>
<li>We expect TME’s earnings to remain under pressure with increased competition and regulatory restrictions on livestreaming sector.</li>
</ul>



Tencent Music (TME US) reported 1Q2022 results today. Revenue declined 15% YoY to RMB6.64bn (vs consensus RMB6.69n) while reported OP dropped 35.7% YoY to RMB749m (vs consensus RMB817m).
Revenue from Online music services declined YoY for the first time since 2017 while revenue from Social Entertainment services further declined during the quarter.
We expect TME’s earnings to remain under pressure with increased competition and regulatory restrictions on livestreaming sector.


TME – Miss on Revenue and Margins; Earnings Continue to Remain Under Pressure

Life Insurance  of India / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, LIC's anchor book wasn't great while Delhivery finally launched its IPO and Hong Kong market saw its first launch in a while.</li>
<li>Placements remained few and far between with only <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/air-new-zealand-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:815:1" rel="noopener">Air New Zealand (AIR NZ)</a> launching its shortfall bookbuild.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPOs front, LIC's anchor book wasn't great while Delhivery finally launched its IPO and Hong Kong market saw its first launch in a while.
Placements remained few and far between with only Air New Zealand (AIR NZ) launching its shortfall bookbuild.


ECM Weekly (9th May 22) - LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Delhivery, Shieldus, Yunkang, PAG, Keep, Air NZ

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Tencent Music Entertainment operates an online music entertainment platform in China. The Company offers platform that comprises of online music, recording, music-centric live streaming enabling users to discover, listen, sing, watch, perform, and socialize music.

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Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

ECM Weekly (9th May 22) - LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Delhivery, Shieldus, Yunkang, PAG, Keep, Air NZ

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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