IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Chery Automobile / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chery-automobile-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39918:1" rel="noopener">Chery Automobile (CH3456 CH)</a>, a Chinese automobile manufacturer, has secured HKEx listing approval for a US$1.5-2.0 billion IPO.</li>
<li>Chery is the second largest Chinese domestic brand passenger vehicle company, and the 11th largest passenger vehicle company globally. </li>
<li>The bull case rests on market share gains, encouraging NEV segmental performance, good margin profile and cash generation.</li>
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Chery Automobile (CH3456 CH), a Chinese automobile manufacturer, has secured HKEx listing approval for a US$1.5-2.0 billion IPO.
Chery is the second largest Chinese domestic brand passenger vehicle company, and the 11th largest passenger vehicle company globally. 
The bull case rests on market share gains, encouraging NEV segmental performance, good margin profile and cash generation.


External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Topline Securities

Topline Securities

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Hub Power Company (HUBC) held its corporate briefing today to discuss FY25 financial result and future outlook.</li><li>The company is confident that its two Thar-based plants, TEL and ThalNova, will declare their maiden dividend in 2H2025.</li><li>We have a BUY recommendation on the company as it is trading at FY26/27 PE of 4.2/3.0 and dividend yield of 10%/11%.</li></ul>

Hub Power Company (HUBC) held its corporate briefing today to discuss FY25 financial result and future outlook.The company is confident that its two Thar-based plants, TEL and ThalNova, will declare their maiden dividend in 2H2025.We have a BUY recommendation on the company as it is trading at FY26/27 PE of 4.2/3.0 and dividend yield of 10%/11%.

Topline Flash Note: Hub Power Company (HUBC): Corporate Briefing Key Takeaways

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Tencent Music Entertainment Group / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Since inception, our Model Portfolio underperformed, having appreciated 5.8%, while MSCI Asia-ex-Japan moved up 8.3%. BYD, Hyundai Engineering and Digiplus dragged it down. Alibaba, Trip.Com, Tencent, Maruti pulled it up.</li>
<li>We exclude the secular underperformers BYD and Digiplus and the unexciting Yum China. We include Tencent Music, Wuxi AppTec, International Container Terminals. Focus on China's "new consumption" trends, CRDMO prowess.</li>
<li>We remain overweight HK/China despite the market's recent outperformance. Immense stock selection opportunities in the market guide our stance. We remain overweight Korea, neutral India and underweight Taiwan. </li>
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Since inception, our Model Portfolio underperformed, having appreciated 5.8%, while MSCI Asia-ex-Japan moved up 8.3%. BYD, Hyundai Engineering and Digiplus dragged it down. Alibaba, Trip.Com, Tencent, Maruti pulled it up.
We exclude the secular underperformers BYD and Digiplus and the unexciting Yum China. We include Tencent Music, Wuxi AppTec, International Container Terminals. Focus on China's "new consumption" trends, CRDMO prowess.
We remain overweight HK/China despite the market's recent outperformance. Immense stock selection opportunities in the market guide our stance. We remain overweight Korea, neutral India and underweight Taiwan. 


Asian Equities: Changes to Our Model Portfolio; More Selective on Chinese Consumption

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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hesai-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36743:1" rel="noopener">Hesai Group (HSAI US)</a> plans to raise around US$200-300m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong. </li>
<li>The company won HK listing approval and filed its PHIP on 31st August 2025. It will look to launch its secondary offering soon.</li>
<li>In this note, we’ll take a look at the deal and talk about the impact of the raising.</li>
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Hesai Group (HSAI US) plans to raise around US$200-300m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong. 
The company won HK listing approval and filed its PHIP on 31st August 2025. It will look to launch its secondary offering soon.
In this note, we’ll take a look at the deal and talk about the impact of the raising.


Hesai Secondary HK Offering - Stock Has Been Recovering, a Look at Possible Trading Setup

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We still believe that the automotive industry has growth potential supported by the continuous expansion of GPM, despite declining revenue, which should allow companies in the sector to achieve slight profit growth this year.</li><li>Thailand’s auto production in July fell 11% YoY to 110k units, marking the first decline after two consecutive months of YoY growth.</li><li>July auto production raised some concerns for us regarding the revenue of companies in the sector in 3Q25 because i) EV sales, which are not considered particularly beneficial for Thai auto parts manufacturers, have begun to account for a significantly larger share as the market becomes more active with new model launches and price competition.</li></ul>

We still believe that the automotive industry has growth potential supported by the continuous expansion of GPM, despite declining revenue, which should allow companies in the sector to achieve slight profit growth this year.Thailand’s auto production in July fell 11% YoY to 110k units, marking the first decline after two consecutive months of YoY growth.July auto production raised some concerns for us regarding the revenue of companies in the sector in 3Q25 because i) EV sales, which are not considered particularly beneficial for Thai auto parts manufacturers, have begun to account for a significantly larger share as the market becomes more active with new model launches and price competition.

Automotive: Confident In Long-Term Outlook Despite Short-Term Slowdown - Neutral

China

BYD Company Limited manufactures automotive products. The Company produces ordinary passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and other products. BYD also operates battery making, rail transportation construction, and other businesses.

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BYD (002594 CH)

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Automotive: Confident In Long-Term Outlook Despite Short-Term Slowdown - Neutral

Thailand’s auto production in July fell 11% YoY to 110k units, marking the first decline after two consecutive months of YoY growth.

Krungthai XSpring

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