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

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technolog" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)</a> , one of the world’s largest battery solutions providers, aims to raise around US$4bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>CATL is the global leader in new energy vehicle battery solutions, in China and globally, as per SNE Research. Its A-shares have been listed since 2018.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.</li>
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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH) , one of the world’s largest battery solutions providers, aims to raise around US$4bn in its H-share listing.
CATL is the global leader in new energy vehicle battery solutions, in China and globally, as per SNE Research. Its A-shares have been listed since 2018.
We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.


CATL A/H Listing - High Quality, Large Size Make It Unavoidable but Needs a Discount

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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, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technolog" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-medicine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14128:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH)</a> are gearing up for an IPO launch soon.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were two primary placements in Hong Kong, along with a number of lockup expiries coming up.</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, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH) and Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine (600276 CH) are gearing up for an IPO launch soon.
On the placements front, there were two primary placements in Hong Kong, along with a number of lockup expiries coming up.


ECM Weekly (12 May 2025) - CATL, Hengrui, Ather, Drinda, Green Tea, Swiggy, Sagility, Niva Bupa

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 149 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 84.2% as of May 9th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -2.3ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, energy, consumer discretionary and offset by health care.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Datang Intl Power Gen, Beigene, CSSC O&amp;M Engineering, Xinhua Winshare Publishing And Media.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 149 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 84.2% as of May 9th.
The average A-H premium changed by -2.3ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, energy, consumer discretionary and offset by health care.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Datang Intl Power Gen, Beigene, CSSC O&amp;M Engineering, Xinhua Winshare Publishing And Media.


A-H Premium Weekly (May 9th): Datang Intl Power Gen, Beigene, CSSC O&M Engineering

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/geely-automobile-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:127:1" rel="noopener">Geely Auto (175 HK)</a></strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/geely-automobile-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:127:1" rel="noopener"></a>'s discount to NAV is less than half its 12-month average. And Geely is generally trading tighter to listed PRC auto peers. </li>
<li>Preceding my comments on Geely - and <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntt-data-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11232:1" rel="noopener">NTT Data Corp (9613 JP)</a></strong> - are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.</li>
<li>These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.</li>
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Geely Auto (175 HK)'s discount to NAV is less than half its 12-month average. And Geely is generally trading tighter to listed PRC auto peers. 
Preceding my comments on Geely - and NTT Data Corp (9613 JP) - are the current setup/unwind tables for Asia-Pacific Holdcos.
These relationships trade with a minimum liquidity of US$1mn, and a % market capitalisation &gt;20%.


StubWorld: Geely Is (Mostly) Trading "Rich"; And May Still Bump Zeekr Terms

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 25th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in BYD, Meituan, Jd, Kingsoft, China Mobile, CNOOC.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 25th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in BYD, Meituan, Jd, Kingsoft, China Mobile, CNOOC.


HK Short Interest Weekly: BYD, Meituan, Jd, Kingsoft, China Mobile, CNOOC

China

BYD Company Limited, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells automobiles. The Company also researches, develops, manufactures and sells batteries, which are applied on mobile phones, cordless phones, power tools and other kinds of portable electronic devices.

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BYD (1211 HK)

CATL A/H Listing - High Quality, Large Size Make It Unavoidable but Needs a Discount

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH) , one of the world’s largest battery solutions providers, aims to raise around US$4bn in its H...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (12 May 2025) - CATL, Hengrui, Ather, Drinda, Green Tea, Swiggy, Sagility, Niva Bupa

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

A-H Premium Weekly (May 9th): Datang Intl Power Gen, Beigene, CSSC O&M Engineering

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Datang Intl Power Gen, Beigene, CSSC O&M Engineering, Xinhua...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

StubWorld: Geely Is (Mostly) Trading "Rich"; And May Still Bump Zeekr Terms

Geely is trading at a 20% disc. to NAV, half the 12-mth average. Shares are up 22% in the past month, and 78% over the past year. It may still bump...

David Blennerhassett

HK Short Interest Weekly: BYD, Meituan, Jd, Kingsoft, China Mobile, CNOOC

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 25th and highlight short interest changes in BYD, Meituan, Jd,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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