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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/akeso-biopharma-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28830:1" rel="noopener">Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$460m from a mix of primary placement and selldown by its founders.</li>
<li>Past deals in the name have been mixed, but the shares have been doing well and the deal size remains small.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) is looking to raise around US$460m from a mix of primary placement and selldown by its founders.
Past deals in the name have been mixed, but the shares have been doing well and the deal size remains small.
In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Akeso Inc Placement - Another Opportunistic Raise, Mixed past Deal but Is Relatively Small

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, India deal flow remains strong, with HK A/H listing starting to flow in again.</li>
<li>On the placements front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec-co-ltd-bf4a1265-beef-48b6-b82d-29308426030f" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27795:1" rel="noopener">WuXi AppTec (2359 HK)</a> undertook a mega raising, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/prosus-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28104:1" rel="noopener">Prosus NV (PRX NA)</a> has begun to pare its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a>. </li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, India deal flow remains strong, with HK A/H listing starting to flow in again.
On the placements front, WuXi AppTec (2359 HK) undertook a mega raising, while Prosus NV (PRX NA) has begun to pare its stake in Meituan (3690 HK). 


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HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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<li>Quadrivalent subunit influenza vaccine has been approved for market launch, but performance deteriorated due to product returns and provision for impairment of inventories.Fierce competition has intensified the pressure on profits.</li>
<li>Core founding shareholders have no background in vaccine R&amp;D.Ab&amp;B lags behind in terms of R&amp;D capabilities/forward-looking vision, leading to insufficient depth of pipeline layout and a decline in future competitiveness.</li>
<li>After Series B financing, post-money valuation reached RMB4.2 billion. We think <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ab-b-bio-tech-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44278:1" rel="noopener">Ab&amp;B Bio-Tech (ABB HK)</a>’s valuation should be lower than CanSino, but would be higher than <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aim-vaccine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33778:1" rel="noopener">AIM Vaccine (6660 HK)</a>. </li>
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Quadrivalent subunit influenza vaccine has been approved for market launch, but performance deteriorated due to product returns and provision for impairment of inventories.Fierce competition has intensified the pressure on profits.
Core founding shareholders have no background in vaccine R&amp;D.Ab&amp;B lags behind in terms of R&amp;D capabilities/forward-looking vision, leading to insufficient depth of pipeline layout and a decline in future competitiveness.
After Series B financing, post-money valuation reached RMB4.2 billion. We think Ab&amp;B Bio-Tech (ABB HK)’s valuation should be lower than CanSino, but would be higher than AIM Vaccine (6660 HK). 


Pre-IPO Ab&B Bio-Tech (PHIP Updates) - Some Points Worth the Attention

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<li>China-Based vaccine biopharmaceutical company Ab&amp;B is looking to raise at least US$100 million via a Hong Kong listing. The joint book runners are CITIC and CMBI.</li>
<li>In our previous insight, we looked at the story that the company is trying to sell and the influenza vaccine market.</li>
<li>In this insight, we look at the latest updates in its PHIP filing.</li>
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China-Based vaccine biopharmaceutical company Ab&amp;B is looking to raise at least US$100 million via a Hong Kong listing. The joint book runners are CITIC and CMBI.
In our previous insight, we looked at the story that the company is trying to sell and the influenza vaccine market.
In this insight, we look at the latest updates in its PHIP filing.


Ab&B Bio-Tech (中慧生物) Pre-IPO: PHIP Updates Suggest Competition Intensifying

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<li>The investment logic of vaccine companies is different from that of biotech. Generally speaking, vaccine companies cannot develop to large scale without successfully betting on blockbuster vaccine varieties.</li>
<li>Commercialization of Ab&amp;B’s vaccines could face uncertainties due to fierce competition/price war/slower R&amp;D progress. Some Class II vaccines could be converted to Class I vaccines. Breakthrough point lies in internationalization. </li>
<li>After Series B financing, post-money valuation reached RMB4.2 billion. Since CanSino’s pipelines are either global innovative, or potential best-in-class or first-in-class in China, Ab&amp;B’s valuation should be lower than CanSino.</li>
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The investment logic of vaccine companies is different from that of biotech. Generally speaking, vaccine companies cannot develop to large scale without successfully betting on blockbuster vaccine varieties.
Commercialization of Ab&amp;B’s vaccines could face uncertainties due to fierce competition/price war/slower R&amp;D progress. Some Class II vaccines could be converted to Class I vaccines. Breakthrough point lies in internationalization. 
After Series B financing, post-money valuation reached RMB4.2 billion. Since CanSino’s pipelines are either global innovative, or potential best-in-class or first-in-class in China, Ab&amp;B’s valuation should be lower than CanSino.


Pre-IPO Ab&B Bio-Tech: Commercialization May Be Lower than Expected, Thereby Dragging Down Valuation

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Akeso Inc Placement - Another Opportunistic Raise, Mixed past Deal but Is Relatively Small

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) is looking to raise around US$460m from a mix of primary placement and selldown by its founders. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (4 August 2025)-Meituan, LG CNS, Wuxi AppTec, SICC, NSDL, Aditya Info, GigaDevice, WeWork

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Pre-IPO Ab&B Bio-Tech (PHIP Updates) - Some Points Worth the Attention

Ab&B's performance has deteriorated due to product returns and inventory impairment.Intense competition/lacking R&D vision impact future...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Ab&B Bio-Tech (中慧生物) Pre-IPO: PHIP Updates Suggest Competition Intensifying

China-based vaccine company Ab&B seeks to raise $100 million through Hong Kong listing. We look at the updates in PHIP and noted the intensified...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Ab&B Bio-Tech: Commercialization May Be Lower than Expected, Thereby Dragging Down Valuation

Vaccine companies need to bet on blockbuster varieties to scale up. Ab&B face commercialization uncertainty. Internationalization is the...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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Akeso Inc Placement - Another Opportunistic Raise, Mixed past Deal but Is Relatively Small

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) is looking to raise around US$460m from a mix of primary placement and selldown by its founders. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (4 August 2025)-Meituan, LG CNS, Wuxi AppTec, SICC, NSDL, Aditya Info, GigaDevice, WeWork

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Pre-IPO Ab&B Bio-Tech (PHIP Updates) - Some Points Worth the Attention

​Ab&B's performance has deteriorated due to product returns and inventory impairment.Intense competition/lacking R&D vision impact future...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Ab&B Bio-Tech (中慧生物) Pre-IPO: PHIP Updates Suggest Competition Intensifying

​China-based vaccine company Ab&B seeks to raise $100 million through Hong Kong listing. We look at the updates in PHIP and noted the intensified...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Ab&B Bio-Tech: Commercialization May Be Lower than Expected, Thereby Dragging Down Valuation

​Vaccine companies need to bet on blockbuster varieties to scale up. Ab&B face commercialization uncertainty. Internationalization is the...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Ab&B's performance has deteriorated due to product returns and inventory impairment.Intense competition/lacking R&D vision impact future...

China-based vaccine company Ab&B seeks to raise $100 million through Hong Kong listing. We look at the updates in PHIP and noted the intensified...

Vaccine companies need to bet on blockbuster varieties to scale up. Ab&B face commercialization uncertainty. Internationalization is the...