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

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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$200m from its primary placement. Proceeds from the placement will be used for R&amp;D.</li>
<li>Past deals in the name haven’t done well recently 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$200m from its primary placement. Proceeds from the placement will be used for R&amp;D.
Past deals in the name haven’t done well recently 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 Placement - Opportunistic Raise, past Deal Record Has Been Mixed but Relative Size Is Small

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

DZT Research

DZT Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 27th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB, CNOOC, China Mobile, Akeso, Zhaojin Mining.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 27th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB, CNOOC, China Mobile, Akeso, Zhaojin Mining.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB, CNOOC, China Mobile, Akeso, Zhaojin Mining

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SBP12 HK)

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<li>Biokin's traditional chemical drug and TCM businesses would continue to shrink and their valuation contribution can be negligible. The collaboration agreement for BL-B01D1 with BMS changes the outlook of Biokin.</li>
<li>The clinical data of BL-B01D1 look good so far, but the R&amp;D failure risk of BL-B01D1 is not low. It is uncertain if BL-B01D1 would finally be druggable.</li>
<li>Biokin is overvalued and there is big bubble in valuation. If BL-B01D1 fails in R&amp;D or its clinical data fail to meet high expectation, Biokin’s market value will plummet.</li>
</ul>


Biokin's traditional chemical drug and TCM businesses would continue to shrink and their valuation contribution can be negligible. The collaboration agreement for BL-B01D1 with BMS changes the outlook of Biokin.
The clinical data of BL-B01D1 look good so far, but the R&amp;D failure risk of BL-B01D1 is not low. It is uncertain if BL-B01D1 would finally be druggable.
Biokin is overvalued and there is big bubble in valuation. If BL-B01D1 fails in R&amp;D or its clinical data fail to meet high expectation, Biokin’s market value will plummet.


Pre-IPO Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical - Would Investors Be Willing to Take a Gamble?

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<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Alibaba, Kuaishou, Anta, HKEx, China Resource Land, China Telecom, and outflows from Meituan, Tencent, CNOOC, Xiaomi, China Mobile. </li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight inflows into Alibaba, Kuaishou, Anta, HKEx, China Resource Land, China Telecom, and outflows from Meituan, Tencent, CNOOC, Xiaomi, China Mobile. 


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep): Weak Inflows Ex-Alibaba

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>AK112’s HARMONi-2 results were impressive, but there’s still critical data gap before obtaining approval from FDA. The main concern is whether good PFS can be translated into significant OS benefits.</li>
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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 </a>will be eligible to receive low double-digit royalties on net sales from Summit. So, Summit is actually a better investment because it has complete global rights of AK112.</li>
<li>Investors are betting Summit to be acquired by MNCs at a high price.Due to anti-monopoly issue, the narrowing pool of potential buyers would increase the difficulty of Summit being acquired.</li>
</ul>


AK112’s HARMONi-2 results were impressive, but there’s still critical data gap before obtaining approval from FDA. The main concern is whether good PFS can be translated into significant OS benefits.

Akeso will be eligible to receive low double-digit royalties on net sales from Summit. So, Summit is actually a better investment because it has complete global rights of AK112.
Investors are betting Summit to be acquired by MNCs at a high price.Due to anti-monopoly issue, the narrowing pool of potential buyers would increase the difficulty of Summit being acquired.


Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) - Something Beautiful Is Happening

China

Akeso is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the research, development, manufacturing, and commercialization of innovative antibody drugs. It develops treatments for major diseases such as cancer, autoimmune diseases, inflammation, and metabolic diseases, with key products including cadonilimab, ivonescimab, and penpulimab. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China.

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Akeso (9926 HK)

Akeso Placement - Opportunistic Raise, past Deal Record Has Been Mixed but Relative Size Is Small

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) is looking to raise around US$200m from its primary placement. Proceeds from the placement will be used for R&D.

Sumeet Singh

HK Short Interest Weekly: Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB, CNOOC, China Mobile, Akeso, Zhaojin Mining

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 27th and highlight short interest changes in Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical - Would Investors Be Willing to Take a Gamble?

Biokin's future hinges on collaboration with BMS for BL-B01D1, as traditional business shrink due to VBP/fierce competition.Overvaluation poses...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep): Weak Inflows Ex-Alibaba

We noted 12 months of inflows for Southbound connect stocks and highlighted inflows into Alibaba, Kuaishou, Anta, HKEx, China Resource Land, China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) - Something Beautiful Is Happening

AK112's HARMONi-2 results show promise, but FDA approval depends on OS. Summit is actually a better investment than Akeso. Investors bet Summit to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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Akeso Placement - Opportunistic Raise, past Deal Record Has Been Mixed but Relative Size Is Small

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) is looking to raise around US$200m from its primary placement. Proceeds from the placement will be used for R&D.

Sumeet Singh

HK Short Interest Weekly: Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB, CNOOC, China Mobile, Akeso, Zhaojin Mining

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 27th and highlight short interest changes in Ping An, Baba, Jd, CCB,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Pre-IPO Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical - Would Investors Be Willing to Take a Gamble?

​Biokin's future hinges on collaboration with BMS for BL-B01D1, as traditional business shrink due to VBP/fierce competition.Overvaluation poses...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Sep): Weak Inflows Ex-Alibaba

We noted 12 months of inflows for Southbound connect stocks and highlighted inflows into Alibaba, Kuaishou, Anta, HKEx, China Resource Land, China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Akeso Biopharma Inc (9926 HK) - Something Beautiful Is Happening

​AK112's HARMONi-2 results show promise, but FDA approval depends on OS. Summit is actually a better investment than Akeso. Investors bet Summit to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Biokin's future hinges on collaboration with BMS for BL-B01D1, as traditional business shrink due to VBP/fierce competition.Overvaluation poses...

AK112's HARMONi-2 results show promise, but FDA approval depends on OS. Summit is actually a better investment than Akeso. Investors bet Summit to...