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 Oct 24th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Shandong Gold Mining, CSPC Pharma, CCB, Zhaojin Mining Industry.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 24th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Shandong Gold Mining, CSPC Pharma, CCB, Zhaojin Mining Industry.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Shandong Gold Mining, CSPC Pharma, CCB, Zhaojin Mining Industry

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Oct 31st based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were HSBC (5 HK), China Feihe (6186 HK), Lianlian (2598 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), Xiaomi (1810 HK), Linklogis (9959 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Oct 31st based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were HSBC (5 HK), China Feihe (6186 HK), Lianlian (2598 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), Xiaomi (1810 HK), Linklogis (9959 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Oct 31st): HSBC, China Feihe, Lianlian

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of HSI in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Pop Mart Intl, WUXI APPTEC, MEITUAN, PING AN INSURANCE, JD.COM, China Life, China Life, Ping An, Pop Mart, Meituan, Jd, Wuxi Apptec.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of HSI in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Pop Mart Intl, WUXI APPTEC, MEITUAN, PING AN INSURANCE, JD.COM, China Life, China Life, Ping An, Pop Mart, Meituan, Jd, Wuxi Apptec.


HSI Index Earning Revision (Oct): Pop Mart Intl, WUXI APPTEC, MEITUAN, PING AN INSURANCE, JD.COM

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

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Active UK funds gained +11.75% through Q3, lagging the FTSE All Share ETF’s +15.9%—a 4.15% gap, with nearly 75% of managers underperforming.</li>
<li>Value strategies led returns (+16.6%), while Aggressive Growth funds averaged just +4.5%.</li>
<li>Key underweights in Rolls-Royce, HSBC, BAE Systems and BATS cost roughly 3% in relative performance.</li>
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Active UK funds gained +11.75% through Q3, lagging the FTSE All Share ETF’s +15.9%—a 4.15% gap, with nearly 75% of managers underperforming.
Value strategies led returns (+16.6%), while Aggressive Growth funds averaged just +4.5%.
Key underweights in Rolls-Royce, HSBC, BAE Systems and BATS cost roughly 3% in relative performance.


UK Active Funds Face a Benchmark Blowout in 2025

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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Context: Several of Hong Kong’s largest companies will report in the coming days, representing 27% of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Index (HSI)</a>.</li>
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Highlight: This Insight identifies which stocks have option-implied swings deviating from historical averages.</li>
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Why Read: Prepare for earnings season by understanding where single-stock and broader market volatility may be elevated.</li>
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Context: Several of Hong Kong’s largest companies will report in the coming days, representing 27% of the Hang Seng Index (HSI).

Highlight: This Insight identifies which stocks have option-implied swings deviating from historical averages.

Why Read: Prepare for earnings season by understanding where single-stock and broader market volatility may be elevated.


BYD (1211 HK) And JD.com (9618 HK) Lead Expected Swings as 27% of HSI Reports Before Month-End

United Kingdom

HSBC Holdings plc is the holding company for the HSBC Group. The Company provides a variety of international banking and financial services, including retail and corporate banking, trade, trusteeship, securities, custody, capital markets, treasury, private and investment banking, and insurance.  The Group operates worldwide.

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HSBC Holdings (5 HK)

HK Short Interest Weekly: Shandong Gold Mining, CSPC Pharma, CCB, Zhaojin Mining Industry

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 24th and highlight short interest changes in Shandong Gold Mining, CSPC...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Oct 31st): HSBC, China Feihe, Lianlian

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were HSBC (5 HK), China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HSI Index Earning Revision (Oct): Pop Mart Intl, WUXI APPTEC, MEITUAN, PING AN INSURANCE, JD.COM

We analyzed HSI's consensus for Oct 2025 and highlighted changes of EPS in Pop Mart Intl (9992 HK), WUXI APPTEC (2359 HK), MEITUAN (3690 HK), PING...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

UK Active Funds Face a Benchmark Blowout in 2025

Active UK funds trail the benchmark by 4% YTD. Value managers outperform, but missed calls on Rolls-Royce, HSBC, and BAE Systems weigh heavily on...

Steven Holden

BYD (1211 HK) And JD.com (9618 HK) Lead Expected Swings as 27% of HSI Reports Before Month-End

Spot the Swing: Some of Hong Kong’s biggest names — HSBC, Ping An, Bank of China, ICBC, China Construction Bank, BYD, and AIA Group — report this...

Gaudenz Schneider

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