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 analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on May 9th 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 AIA (1299 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK), Cosco Shipping (1919 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), Tencent (700 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 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 May 9th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK), Cosco Shipping (1919 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), Tencent (700 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (May 9th): AIA, China Hongqiao, Cosco Shipping

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Apple (AAPL US, NR) reported in-line FY2Q25 (CY1Q25) results and also provided the framework for tariff impact for the next quarter.</li><li>Overall, FY2Q revenue of US$95.4bn (+5% YoY) and EPS of US$1.65 (+8% YoY) were largely in-line with market expectations, thanks to better iPhone/iPad/Mac sales (+2%/15%/7% YoY) and services GPM, offsetting weakness of sales in China (-2% YoY) and wearables (-5% YoY).</li><li>For FY3Q25E, mgmt. guided revenue growth of “low- to mid-single digit” and GPM of 45.5%-46.5%, including impact of US$900mn tariff-related costs (20% on China imports). </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Apple (AAPL US, NR) reported in-line FY2Q25 (CY1Q25) results and also provided the framework for tariff impact for the next quarter.Overall, FY2Q revenue of US$95.4bn (+5% YoY) and EPS of US$1.65 (+8% YoY) were largely in-line with market expectations, thanks to better iPhone/iPad/Mac sales (+2%/15%/7% YoY) and services GPM, offsetting weakness of sales in China (-2% YoY) and wearables (-5% YoY).For FY3Q25E, mgmt. guided revenue growth of “low- to mid-single digit” and GPM of 45.5%-46.5%, including impact of US$900mn tariff-related costs (20% on China imports). Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Technology - Apple FY2Q25 Read-Through: IPhone/China Weakness and US$900mn Tariff Cost

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Apr 18th 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 AIA (1299 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK), Kuaishou (1024 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 Apr 18th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were AIA (1299 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), China Hongqiao (1378 HK), Kuaishou (1024 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Apr 17th): AIA, Tencent, Wuxi Biologics

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$1.53bn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 7.4%.</li>
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The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.
In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.
We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$1.53bn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 7.4%.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Jun25: US$1.5bn One-Way; Large Inflow for Net Ease

<ul><li>The US's CBP published an updated guidance on 11 Apr to exempt 20 product categories (incl. smartphones, PCs, servers and tablets) from reciprocal tariffs (i.e. 125% China tariff and 10% global tariff).</li><li>However, the US commerce secretary stated on 13 Apr (link) that tariff exemptions for electronic devices were temporary and electronics will come under separate tariffs, along with semiconductors that will be imposed in a month or two.</li><li>Overall, while the upcoming electronics tariff remains an overhang in the near term, we believe 1) the new tariff (vs. 25% for other sectoral tariffs) will be lower than the 125% for China’s previous reciprocal tariff, and 2) recent sector correction has priced in the worst scenario for reciprocal tariffs. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The US's CBP published an updated guidance on 11 Apr to exempt 20 product categories (incl. smartphones, PCs, servers and tablets) from reciprocal tariffs (i.e. 125% China tariff and 10% global tariff).However, the US commerce secretary stated on 13 Apr (link) that tariff exemptions for electronic devices were temporary and electronics will come under separate tariffs, along with semiconductors that will be imposed in a month or two.Overall, while the upcoming electronics tariff remains an overhang in the near term, we believe 1) the new tariff (vs. 25% for other sectoral tariffs) will be lower than the 125% for China’s previous reciprocal tariff, and 2) recent sector correction has priced in the worst scenario for reciprocal tariffs. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Technology - US Tariff Updates: Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions for Smartphone /PC...

China

AAC Technologies Holdings Inc designs, develops and manufactures a broad range of miniaturized components that include speakers, receivers and microphones in the acoustic segment and others such as haptics vibrators, RF and antennas, and optical lenses. AAC's products are found in mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, wearables, ultrabooks, notebooks and electronic book-readers.

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AAC Technologies Holdings (2018 HK)

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (May 9th): AIA, China Hongqiao, Cosco Shipping

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were AIA (1299 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Technology - Apple FY2Q25 Read-Through: IPhone/China Weakness and US$900mn Tariff Cost

Apple (AAPL US, NR) reported in-line FY2Q25 (CY1Q25) results and also provided the framework for tariff impact for the next quarter.

CMB International

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Apr 17th): AIA, Tencent, Wuxi Biologics

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were AIA (1299 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Jun25: US$1.5bn One-Way; Large Inflow for Net Ease

Collectively, we expect more than US$1bn index inflows for NetEase (9999 HK), Baidu (9888 HK), Trip.com Group (9961 HK), and NIO (9866 HK) from...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Technology - US Tariff Updates: Reciprocal Tariff Exemptions for Smartphone /PC...

The US's CBP published an updated guidance on 11 Apr to exempt 20 product categories (incl. smartphones, PCs, servers and tablets) from reciprocal...

CMB International

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