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 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

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>TCOM US: Overseas Travel for National Holiday Grow Faster than Domestic Travel, Potentially Signaling the End of Consumption Downgrading (+)</li>
<li>PDD US: PDD announces another support plan for “quality merchants” (/)</li>
<li>BABA US/JD US/002352 CH: E-commerce players intensify logistics competition in Hong Kong (////-)</li>
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TCOM US: Overseas Travel for National Holiday Grow Faster than Domestic Travel, Potentially Signaling the End of Consumption Downgrading (+)
PDD US: PDD announces another support plan for “quality merchants” (/)
BABA US/JD US/002352 CH: E-commerce players intensify logistics competition in Hong Kong (////-)


[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:TCOMUS/PDDUS/BABA/JD/002352CH/700HK/NTES/BILI/002624CH/3888HK/3690HK

Co-founder of Cube Asia, Cube Asia

Simon Torring

Co-founder of Cube Asia

Defining Social Commerce in Southeast Asia

Cube Asia

We offer granular market data and insights for online retail in Southeast Asia, helping brands and retail companies drive profitable growth. 

Why the Cube?
3 dimensions of granularity to help you get deep into the 1) geographies, 2) categories, and 3) types of data and insights you need for your business.

The Cube is a big-data machine that is continuously listening to public data sources and primary research, and triangulating across thousands of data points using probabilistic modeling to produce an accurate and granular picture of Southeast Asia’s online retail landscape.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>It has been a challenging couple of years for Lazada, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia.</li><li>After entering – and arguably helping create – the region’s modern online shopping market in 2012 as a first-mover (then backed by Rocket Internet), Lazada’s competitive environment got tougher and tougher over the years.</li><li>First, Shopee emerged as a formidable regional competitor from 2015/2016.</li></ul>

It has been a challenging couple of years for Lazada, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia.After entering – and arguably helping create – the region’s modern online shopping market in 2012 as a first-mover (then backed by Rocket Internet), Lazada’s competitive environment got tougher and tougher over the years.First, Shopee emerged as a formidable regional competitor from 2015/2016.

Return of the King, or The Changing of the Guard: How Should We Think About Lazada

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>Although the tech sector in Hong Kong has surged over the last couple of weeks there appears to be minimal short covering in US-listed China tech names.</li>
<li>The performance of the "Magnificent 5" China tech names has led the rally as we outlined in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/hong-kong-the-glass-is-half-full-time-to-buy-beta" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:134396" rel="noopener">Hong Kong: The Glass Is Half Full, Time to BUY Beta</a> .</li>
<li>The combination of of large outstanding short positions and a significant underweight of HK/China in international funds will lead to further upside in the tech sector.</li>
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Although the tech sector in Hong Kong has surged over the last couple of weeks there appears to be minimal short covering in US-listed China tech names.
The performance of the "Magnificent 5" China tech names has led the rally as we outlined in Hong Kong: The Glass Is Half Full, Time to BUY Beta .
The combination of of large outstanding short positions and a significant underweight of HK/China in international funds will lead to further upside in the tech sector.


Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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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, the roaring China/HK market led to some refilings, in what is likely to be the start of a tsunami of refilings, if the market momentum sustains. </li>
<li>On the placements front, given the China/HK holidays there weren't any deals. We instead looked at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-hexacom" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40858:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Hexacom</a> upcoming lockup expiry.</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, the roaring China/HK market led to some refilings, in what is likely to be the start of a tsunami of refilings, if the market momentum sustains. 
On the placements front, given the China/HK holidays there weren't any deals. We instead looked at Bharti Hexacom upcoming lockup expiry.


ECM Weekly (7th Oct 2024) - Tokyo Metro, Rigaku, China Resources, K Bank, JD Ind, Swiggy, Lalatech

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Alibaba (BABA US)

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

[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:TCOMUS/PDDUS/BABA/JD/002352CH/700HK/NTES/BILI/002624CH/3888HK/3690HK

Overseas travel for national holidays on the rise, signaling potential end to consumption downgrading. PDD announces support plan for quality...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Return of the King, or The Changing of the Guard: How Should We Think About Lazada

It has been a challenging couple of years for Lazada, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. After entering – and arguably helping...

Simon Torring

HK/China: THE BIG SHORT (SQUEEZE)

Even though HK/China tech names have surged, short positions have not covered. The large underweight position in HK/China by international funds...

David Mudd

ECM Weekly (7th Oct 2024) - Tokyo Metro, Rigaku, China Resources, K Bank, JD Ind, Swiggy, Lalatech

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

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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

[Blue Lotus Daily-TMT Update]:TCOMUS/PDDUS/BABA/JD/002352CH/700HK/NTES/BILI/002624CH/3888HK/3690HK

​Overseas travel for national holidays on the rise, signaling potential end to consumption downgrading. PDD announces support plan for quality...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Return of the King, or The Changing of the Guard: How Should We Think About Lazada

It has been a challenging couple of years for Lazada, Alibaba’s e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia. After entering – and arguably helping...

Simon Torring

HK/China: THE BIG SHORT (SQUEEZE)

Even though HK/China tech names have surged, short positions have not covered. The large underweight position in HK/China by international funds...

David Mudd

ECM Weekly (7th Oct 2024) - Tokyo Metro, Rigaku, China Resources, K Bank, JD Ind, Swiggy, Lalatech

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

Overseas travel for national holidays on the rise, signaling potential end to consumption downgrading. PDD announces support plan for quality...