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 Feb 18. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in AIA (1299 HK) and Bank of China (3988 HK).</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Feb 18. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interest changes in AIA (1299 HK) and Bank of China (3988 HK).


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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>China &amp; HK Insurance stocks have suffered an immense collapse in exposure among active China managers.</li>
<li>Investors scaled back exposure in Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK), with 8.3% of investors closing positions over the last 6-months.</li>
<li>AIA Group Limited and Ping An Insurance remain the key positions. Without these 2 stocks, conviction in the Insurance sector is almost non-existent.</li>
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China &amp; HK Insurance stocks have suffered an immense collapse in exposure among active China managers.
Investors scaled back exposure in Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK), with 8.3% of investors closing positions over the last 6-months.
AIA Group Limited and Ping An Insurance remain the key positions. Without these 2 stocks, conviction in the Insurance sector is almost non-existent.


<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Feb 11. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Bank of China, Wuxi Biologics, and Wuxi Apptec.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Feb 11. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interest changes in Bank of China, Wuxi Biologics, and Wuxi Apptec.


HK Short Interest: BOC, Wuxi Biologics/Apptec

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 21. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short increases in AIA (1299 HK) and Country Garden (2007 HK). </li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 21. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short increases in AIA (1299 HK) and Country Garden (2007 HK). 


Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>China allocations fall to a 2-year low, driven by widespread closures in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group (BABA US)</a> New Oriental Education (EDU US), China Mobile (941 HK) and CNOOC Ltd.</li>
<li>Active GEM Managers head in to 2022 with Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services the key China sector exposures, though Industrial stocks stand out the main overweight.</li>
<li>On a stock level, the most widely held company is Tencent, held by 81% of the managers in our analysis and taking the crown from Alibaba Group in 2021. </li>
</ul>


China allocations fall to a 2-year low, driven by widespread closures in Alibaba Group (BABA US) New Oriental Education (EDU US), China Mobile (941 HK) and CNOOC Ltd.
Active GEM Managers head in to 2022 with Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services the key China sector exposures, though Industrial stocks stand out the main overweight.
On a stock level, the most widely held company is Tencent, held by 81% of the managers in our analysis and taking the crown from Alibaba Group in 2021. 


China:  EM Active Fund Positioning Update.  BABA Drives Allocations Lower

Hong Kong

AIA Group Limited offers insurance and financial services. The Company writes life insurance for individuals, businesses, accident, and health insurance, as well as retirement planning and wealth management services.

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AIA Group Ltd (1299 HK)

HK Short Interest: AIA, Bank of China

We highlight week on week short interest changes in AIA (1299 HK) and Bank of China (3988 HK) based on the latest HK SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MSCI China Funds: Insurance Write-Off

China & HK Insurance stocks have suffered a collapse in exposure. Ping An Insurance is the most widely held stock in the sector, but more and more...

Steven Holden

HK Short Interest: BOC, Wuxi Biologics/Apptec

We highlight week on week short interest changes in Bank of China, Wuxi Biologics, and Wuxi Apptec based on the latest Hong Kong SFC short...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: AIA, Country Garden

We highlight week on week short increases in AIA (1299 HK) and Country Garden (2007 HK) in the latest Hong Kong SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China: EM Active Fund Positioning Update. BABA Drives Allocations Lower

China allocations fall to 2-year low, driven by widespread closures in Alibaba Group, New Oriental Education, China Mobile and CNOOC Ltd.

Steven Holden

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