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 changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 30th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Quanta computer, Cathay Financial, Fubon Financial, Largan Precision.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 30th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.0bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Quanta computer, Cathay Financial, Fubon Financial, Largan Precision.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 30th): Evergreen Marine, Quanta, Cathay, Fubon, Largan

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 23rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.3bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Eva Airways, Powerchip Semiconductor, AUO Corp, Formosa Plastics, Realtek, Yageo.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 23rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.3bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Eva Airways, Powerchip Semiconductor, AUO Corp, Formosa Plastics, Realtek, Yageo.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 23rd): Eva Airways, Powerchip

Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elan-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19789:1" rel="noopener">Elan Microelectronics (2458 TT)</a> will be removed from the FTSE Taiwan Mid Cap 100 Index on September 16th. As a result, it could see 12+ days of volume of selling.</li>
<li>We had a call with management. Guidance and product performance implies the company has relative strength vs. its end-market demand weakness.</li>
<li>The stock has already underperformed notebook-related peers by a wide margin, hence a further underperformance caused by passive selling could open up a rebound opportunity,</li>
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Elan Microelectronics (2458 TT) will be removed from the FTSE Taiwan Mid Cap 100 Index on September 16th. As a result, it could see 12+ days of volume of selling.
We had a call with management. Guidance and product performance implies the company has relative strength vs. its end-market demand weakness.
The stock has already underperformed notebook-related peers by a wide margin, hence a further underperformance caused by passive selling could open up a rebound opportunity,


Elan Microelectronics Event: Index Removal Selling Could Exacerbate Price Divergence

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing)

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<li>US bans high end chip sales to China, Nvidia shares sink in reaction, as do Nvida suppliers and the overall sector.</li>
<li>Broadcom's fiscal Q3 results beat expectations and its optimistic outlook bucks the industry trend.</li>
<li>Yulon motors soars 9%; its JV with Hon Hai has received 10,000 EV pre-orders in two days.</li>
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US bans high end chip sales to China, Nvidia shares sink in reaction, as do Nvida suppliers and the overall sector.
Broadcom's fiscal Q3 results beat expectations and its optimistic outlook bucks the industry trend.
Yulon motors soars 9%; its JV with Hon Hai has received 10,000 EV pre-orders in two days.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: More Nvidia Issues, Broadcom Surprises, Yulon Soars

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Performance overall flat, though some fallen stocks have staged rebounds</li>
<li>More signs of manufacturing diversifying away from China, this time from Foxconn</li>
<li>Earnings season tended to show earnings beats across hardware and semiconductors, however semiconductor forward earnings tended to be downgraded</li>
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Performance overall flat, though some fallen stocks have staged rebounds
More signs of manufacturing diversifying away from China, this time from Foxconn
Earnings season tended to show earnings beats across hardware and semiconductors, however semiconductor forward earnings tended to be downgraded


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Rebounds of Sold-Down Stocks, Manufacturing Diversifying Away from China

Taiwan

AU Optronics Corp. manufactures and markets thin film transistor-liquid crystal displays (TFT-LCDs) and plasma display panels (PDPs).  The Company sells its products in Taiwan and exports worldwide.

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TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 30th): Evergreen Marine, Quanta, Cathay, Fubon, Largan

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Quanta computer, Cathay...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 23rd): Eva Airways, Powerchip

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Eva Airways, Powerchip Semiconductor, AUO Corp,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Elan Microelectronics Event: Index Removal Selling Could Exacerbate Price Divergence

We had a call with management. Guidance and product performance implies the company has relative strength vs. its end-market demand weakness.

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Tech Weekly: More Nvidia Issues, Broadcom Surprises, Yulon Soars

Nvidia shares sink in reaction to US banning high-end chip sales to China, Taiwan's Nvida suppliers and the overall sector fall as well. Broadcom...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Rebounds of Sold-Down Stocks, Manufacturing Diversifying Away from China

Earnings season has shown mostly earnings beats, however, semiconductor outlook mostly downgraded. More signs of manufacturing diversifying sway...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

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