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

Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-sanhua-intellignt-controls-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12940:1" rel="noopener">Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls (002050 CH)</a> (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, raised around US$1.4bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>ZSIC is a market leader in a number of products, with commanding market share both domestically and globally.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls (002050 CH) (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, raised around US$1.4bn in its H-share listing.
ZSIC is a market leader in a number of products, with commanding market share both domestically and globally.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls A/H Trading - Strong Demand, Weakening Sentiment

Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Longsys-Kingston JV delay and uncertain future of Shanghai plant sale causing concern in the semiconductor industry.</li><li>Kaynes SemiCon secures India's first paying OSAT customer, reaching a significant milestone in advanced semiconductor packaging.</li><li>Evalue sets ambitious goal to dominate Taiwan's EV charging market with 30% share by 2026, while AWS sparks cloud battle in SEA.</li></ul>

Longsys-Kingston JV delay and uncertain future of Shanghai plant sale causing concern in the semiconductor industry.Kaynes SemiCon secures India's first paying OSAT customer, reaching a significant milestone in advanced semiconductor packaging.Evalue sets ambitious goal to dominate Taiwan's EV charging market with 30% share by 2026, while AWS sparks cloud battle in SEA.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (27-Aug-2024): Longsys-Kingston venture stalls, Shanghai sale uncertain.

Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

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<li>Fanuc reported slightly better-than-expected Q1 sales and OP forecasts, mainly due to a recovery in sales of FA equipment</li>
<li>Fanuc's results are consistent with a bottoming out of Japan's machine tool orders in the first half of the year</li>
<li>We turn bullish on the stock given the cyclical bottoming out of orders and margins. However, the stock is still not "cheap" and the company faces a number of challenges</li>
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Fanuc reported slightly better-than-expected Q1 sales and OP forecasts, mainly due to a recovery in sales of FA equipment
Fanuc's results are consistent with a bottoming out of Japan's machine tool orders in the first half of the year
We turn bullish on the stock given the cyclical bottoming out of orders and margins. However, the stock is still not "cheap" and the company faces a number of challenges


Fanuc (6954) | Improved Orders and Margins Amid Long-Term Challenges

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

Nomura Research Institute / Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nomura-research-institute-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18129:1" rel="noopener">Nomura Research Institute (4307 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ryohin-keikaku-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2765:1" rel="noopener">Ryohin Keikaku (7453 JP)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-paper-industries-co-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:557:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Paper Industries Co L (3863 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dic-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7343:1" rel="noopener">Dic Corp (4631 JP)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX)</a>. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1" rel="noopener">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a>'s CPAF will drop from 3 to 2.7 and there will be further selling in March 2025 as the CPAF drops to 2.4 (or possibly even 2.1!) </li>
<li>Passives will need to buy 7-15x ADV (13-14% of real float) in the adds and sell 2.7-6.5x ADV in the deletes. There is a big reverse funding trade too.</li>
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Nomura Research Institute (4307 JP) and Ryohin Keikaku (7453 JP) will replace Nippon Paper Industries Co L (3863 JP) and Dic Corp (4631 JP) in the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX). 

Fast Retailing (9983 JP)'s CPAF will drop from 3 to 2.7 and there will be further selling in March 2025 as the CPAF drops to 2.4 (or possibly even 2.1!) 
Passives will need to buy 7-15x ADV (13-14% of real float) in the adds and sell 2.7-6.5x ADV in the deletes. There is a big reverse funding trade too.


Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance: NRI, Ryohin Keikaku IN; Nippon Paper, DIC OUT; Fast Retailing Capped

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Doosan Robotics  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/doosan-robotics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36816:1" rel="noopener">Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS)</a> is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. </li>
<li>Doosan Robotics (DR) manufactures and sells collaborative robots (Cobots). The firm’s product portfolio primarily includes different series of robot arms as well as its coffee module. </li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.</li>
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Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS) is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. 
Doosan Robotics (DR) manufactures and sells collaborative robots (Cobots). The firm’s product portfolio primarily includes different series of robot arms as well as its coffee module. 
In our previous notes, we looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.


Doosan Robotics IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - A Punt at Best, a Crash at Worst

Japan

FANUC CORPORATION manufactures factory automation (FA) systems and equipments, and robots. The Company's products include computerized numerically-controlled (CNC) equipment, servo motors, laser systems, industrial robots, wire-cut electric discharge machines, and CNC drill.  Fanuc participates in a joint venture with General Electric in the FA field.

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Fanuc Corp (6954 JP)

Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls A/H Trading - Strong Demand, Weakening Sentiment

Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls (002050 CH) (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, raised around...

Sumeet Singh

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (27-Aug-2024): Longsys-Kingston venture stalls, Shanghai sale uncertain.

Longsys-Kingston JV delayed, Kaynes SemiCon secures India's first paying OSAT customer, Evalue targets Taiwan EV market dominance, AWS vs. cloud...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Fanuc (6954) | Improved Orders and Margins Amid Long-Term Challenges

Fanuc's Q1 results show improvement in sales and operating profit forecasts, underpinned by a turnaround in Japan's machine tool orders. Bullish...

Mark Chadwick

Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance: NRI, Ryohin Keikaku IN; Nippon Paper, DIC OUT; Fast Retailing Capped

Nomura Research Institute and Ryohin Keikaku replace Nippon Paper and DIC in the Nikkei 225. Fast Retailing will be capped (and probably again in...

Brian Freitas

Doosan Robotics IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - A Punt at Best, a Crash at Worst

Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS) is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.

Ethan Aw

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Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls A/H Trading - Strong Demand, Weakening Sentiment

Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls (002050 CH) (ZSIC), a manufacturer of refrigeration and air-conditioning control components, raised around...

Sumeet Singh

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (27-Aug-2024): Longsys-Kingston venture stalls, Shanghai sale uncertain.

Longsys-Kingston JV delayed, Kaynes SemiCon secures India's first paying OSAT customer, Evalue targets Taiwan EV market dominance, AWS vs. cloud...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Fanuc (6954) | Improved Orders and Margins Amid Long-Term Challenges

​Fanuc's Q1 results show improvement in sales and operating profit forecasts, underpinned by a turnaround in Japan's machine tool orders. Bullish...

Mark Chadwick

Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance: NRI, Ryohin Keikaku IN; Nippon Paper, DIC OUT; Fast Retailing Capped

Nomura Research Institute and Ryohin Keikaku replace Nippon Paper and DIC in the Nikkei 225. Fast Retailing will be capped (and probably again in...

Brian Freitas

Doosan Robotics IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - A Punt at Best, a Crash at Worst

Doosan Robotics (DOOSANROBO KS) is looking to raise up to US$314m in its Korean IPO. comparison. In this note, we talk about valuation.

Ethan Aw

Fanuc's Q1 results show improvement in sales and operating profit forecasts, underpinned by a turnaround in Japan's machine tool orders. Bullish...