Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Yunsung F&amp;C is a leading maker of materials mixing equipment that are used in the rechargeable battery production.</li>
<li>The IPO price range is from 53,000 won to 62,000 won and offering amount is from 106 billion won to 124 billion won. The book building starts on 26 October. </li>
<li>According to the bankers' valuation, the expected IPO market cap range is from 423 billion won to 495 billion won. </li>
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Yunsung F&amp;C is a leading maker of materials mixing equipment that are used in the rechargeable battery production.
The IPO price range is from 53,000 won to 62,000 won and offering amount is from 106 billion won to 124 billion won. The book building starts on 26 October. 
According to the bankers' valuation, the expected IPO market cap range is from 423 billion won to 495 billion won. 


IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/calb-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35985:1" rel="noopener">CALB (3931 HK)</a> priced its H Share at HK$38.00 per share to raise net proceeds of HK$9.9 billion (US$1.3 billion). The H Share will start trading tomorrow.</li>
<li>Grey market prices across various platforms show the shares last traded at HK$37.30-38.00 per share i.e., -2% down to unchanged compared to the IPO price.</li>
<li>Despite peer multiple derating, the IPO price continues to imply a discount to the median peer CY2023 EV/EBITDA multiple. CALB should be, at least, valued in line with peer multiples.</li>
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CALB (3931 HK) priced its H Share at HK$38.00 per share to raise net proceeds of HK$9.9 billion (US$1.3 billion). The H Share will start trading tomorrow.
Grey market prices across various platforms show the shares last traded at HK$37.30-38.00 per share i.e., -2% down to unchanged compared to the IPO price.
Despite peer multiple derating, the IPO price continues to imply a discount to the median peer CY2023 EV/EBITDA multiple. CALB should be, at least, valued in line with peer multiples.


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
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Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>South Korea moves to the bottom of the 'big 4' as managers aggressively rotate portfolios in 2022.</li>
<li>Nearly a 5th of Asia Ex-Japan managers made the switch to underweight over the last 6-months, pushing allocations to their lowest levels in over a decade. </li>
<li>KakaoBank, Samsung SDI, Kakao Corp and Samsung Electronics Pref Shares saw allocations fall the most.</li>
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South Korea moves to the bottom of the 'big 4' as managers aggressively rotate portfolios in 2022.
Nearly a 5th of Asia Ex-Japan managers made the switch to underweight over the last 6-months, pushing allocations to their lowest levels in over a decade. 
KakaoBank, Samsung SDI, Kakao Corp and Samsung Electronics Pref Shares saw allocations fall the most.


Asia Ex-Japan Funds Rotate Out of South 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.

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<li>WCP raised around US$314m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.</li>
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WCP raised around US$314m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO.
WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries.
In this note, we will talk about the demand for the deal and other trading dynamics.


WCP IPO Trading - Peer Correction Means Price Cut Still Wasn’t Enough

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/calb-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35985:1" rel="noopener">CALB (CALBLZ CH)</a> has launched its HKEx listing at HK$38.00-51.00 per share to raise up to US$1.7 billion. Books are open from 23 to 28 September.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <em><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/calb-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:80243" rel="noopener">CALB IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/calb-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:80286" rel="noopener">CALB IPO: The Bear Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/calb-ipo-updates-support-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:80643" rel="noopener">CALB IPO: Updates Support the Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/calb-ipo-what-s-it-worth" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:80842" rel="noopener">CALB IPO: What's It Worth?</a></strong></em>.</li>
<li>CALB should be, at least, valued in line with the median peer multiples. CALB is attractively valued at the IPO price range. We would participate. </li>
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CALB (CALBLZ CH) has launched its HKEx listing at HK$38.00-51.00 per share to raise up to US$1.7 billion. Books are open from 23 to 28 September.
We previously discussed the IPO in CALB IPO: The Bull Case, CALB IPO: The Bear Case, CALB IPO: Updates Support the Bull Case, CALB IPO: What's It Worth?.
CALB should be, at least, valued in line with the median peer multiples. CALB is attractively valued at the IPO price range. We would participate. 


South Korea

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. specializes in developing Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) technology.  The Company also manufactures cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for televisions and computer monitors.  Samsung SDI also produces liquid crystal display (LCD) components and rechargeable batteries for cellular phones , personal digital assistants (PDAs), Energy Storage Systems and solar panels.

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Sumeet Singh

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Arun George

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