Equity Research in HK and Mainland China

Li Tang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Relevant government departments have reportedly issued opinions on the supervision of presales funds</li>
<li>Property lending dropped YoY in January despite adequate liquidity in last month</li>
<li>We think policy support is still inadequate and should step up in the real estate sector on the demand-side</li>
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Relevant government departments have reportedly issued opinions on the supervision of presales funds
Property lending dropped YoY in January despite adequate liquidity in last month
We think policy support is still inadequate and should step up in the real estate sector on the demand-side


China Plan Easing Rules on Presales Funds Held in Escrow

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 latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 7th. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK).</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 7th. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK).


HK Short Interest: Alibaba, China Overseas Land

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Sunac China Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Sunac is looking to raise around US$500m via a top-up placement.</li>
<li>The company last raised cash in Nov 21 when it undertook a top-up placement worth US$500m and raised another US$270m via  selldown in Sunac Services.</li>
<li>That deal didn’t end up doing well and this deal as well won’t move the needle much, in terms of bringing down debt.</li>
</ul>


Sunac is looking to raise around US$500m via a top-up placement.
The company last raised cash in Nov 21 when it undertook a top-up placement worth US$500m and raised another US$270m via  selldown in Sunac Services.
That deal didn’t end up doing well and this deal as well won’t move the needle much, in terms of bringing down debt.


Sunac China Placement - Previous Deal Didn’t Do Much, This Won’t Move the Needle Either

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<li>Some developers have been informed by banks that M&amp;A loans will not be counted in the "three red lines" if these loans are used for takeovers of insolvent companies' projects</li>
<li>Stronger state and private developers will be given funding support for project-level M&amp;A</li>
<li>The impact of credit policy plus local level policy shifts will be continued</li>
</ul>


Some developers have been informed by banks that M&amp;A loans will not be counted in the "three red lines" if these loans are used for takeovers of insolvent companies' projects
Stronger state and private developers will be given funding support for project-level M&amp;A
The impact of credit policy plus local level policy shifts will be continued


Developers Informed by Banks that M&A Loans Are Excluded from Three Red Lines

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<li>Wang Menghui, Minister of MOHURD, gave an interview with Xinhua News .</li>
<li>As ministry did not release the report of their post-CEWC meeting, his words in the interview help set the tone for their work plans for next year.</li>
<li>He reiterated that "houses are for living in, not speculation" and "refrain from using real estate as a short-term means for stimulating the economy".</li>
</ul>


Wang Menghui, Minister of MOHURD, gave an interview with Xinhua News .
As ministry did not release the report of their post-CEWC meeting, his words in the interview help set the tone for their work plans for next year.
He reiterated that "houses are for living in, not speculation" and "refrain from using real estate as a short-term means for stimulating the economy".


China Housing Ministry Flags Key Tasks for Next Year

Hong Kong

China Overseas Land & Investment Limited provides real estate services. The Company develops, manages, and invests in commercial properties. China Overseas Land & Investment serves customers globally.

China Overseas Land & Investment (688 HK)

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China Plan Easing Rules on Presales Funds Held in Escrow

Recovery of the real estate sector is still reliant on the demand side, which should take longer to recover as people wait for policy support and...

Li Tang

HK Short Interest: Alibaba, China Overseas Land

We highlight week on week short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK) from the latest SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Sunac China Placement - Previous Deal Didn’t Do Much, This Won’t Move the Needle Either

Sunac is looking to raise around US$500m via a top-up placement. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM Framework.

Sumeet Singh

Developers Informed by Banks that M&A Loans Are Excluded from Three Red Lines

We maintain our view that state-backed developers would take the advantage to obtain quality assets and gain market share, of which our recommends

Li Tang

China Housing Ministry Flags Key Tasks for Next Year

We believe prefab and green construction will be supported China's push for affordable rental housing during the 14th Five-Year period

Li Tang

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