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

Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-biren-intelligent-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39934:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology,</a> a GPGPU chips and computing solutions provider, aims to raise up to US$624m in its Hong Kong listing.</li>
<li>According to CIC, Biren was the first company in China to package dual AI computing dies using 2.5D chiplet technology and the first to support advanced interconnection specifications.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology, a GPGPU chips and computing solutions provider, aims to raise up to US$624m in its Hong Kong listing.
According to CIC, Biren was the first company in China to package dual AI computing dies using 2.5D chiplet technology and the first to support advanced interconnection specifications.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Shanghai Biren Technology IPO - It's Not Cheap, but Neither Are Its Peers

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-biren-intelligent-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39934:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology</a>, a GPGPU chips and computing solutions provider, aims to raise around US$600m in its Hong Kong listing.</li>
<li>According to CIC, Biren was the first company in China to package dual AI computing dies using 2.5D chiplet technology and the first to support advanced interconnection specifications.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.</li>
</ul>



Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology, a GPGPU chips and computing solutions provider, aims to raise around US$600m in its Hong Kong listing.
According to CIC, Biren was the first company in China to package dual AI computing dies using 2.5D chiplet technology and the first to support advanced interconnection specifications.
In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.


Shanghai Biren Technology Pre-IPO - Growing Rapidly, Sometimes

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

Cambricon Technologies  Lt / Index Rebalance

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<li>There is 1 constituent change for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">STAR50 INDEX</a> and 5 changes for the STAR100 Index at the next rebalance that will be implemented at the close on 12 September.</li>
<li>We estimate one-way turnover of 6.1% for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a> resulting in a round-trip trade of CNY 23.8bn (US$3.3bn).</li>
<li>There will be huge capping outflows for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cambricon-technologies-corp-lt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31068:1" rel="noopener">Cambricon Technologies Lt (688256 CH)</a> following the massive rally in the stock over the last couple of months.</li>
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There is 1 constituent change for the STAR50 INDEX and 5 changes for the STAR100 Index at the next rebalance that will be implemented at the close on 12 September.
We estimate one-way turnover of 6.1% for the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) resulting in a round-trip trade of CNY 23.8bn (US$3.3bn).
There will be huge capping outflows for Cambricon Technologies Lt (688256 CH) following the massive rally in the stock over the last couple of months.


STAR50/STAR100 Index Rebalance: Changes & Capping Lead to US$3.3bn Trade

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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<li>The September 2025 index review results for the STAR 50 and STAR 100 indices were announced after market close on Friday 29th August 2025.</li>
<li>There will be one change for the STAR 50 index and five changes for the STAR 100 index.</li>
<li>We expect one-way flows of approximately US$2.1bn and US$239mn for the STAR 50 and STAR 100 index rebal events respectively.</li>
</ul>


The September 2025 index review results for the STAR 50 and STAR 100 indices were announced after market close on Friday 29th August 2025.
There will be one change for the STAR 50 index and five changes for the STAR 100 index.
We expect one-way flows of approximately US$2.1bn and US$239mn for the STAR 50 and STAR 100 index rebal events respectively.


Quiddity STAR 50/100 Sep25 Results: 11/12 Expected ADDs/DELs Correct; Large Outflow for Cambricon

Articles from Caixin Global, Caixin Global

Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

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Equity Bottom-Up

Cambricon Technologies  Lt / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Shares of Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies Corp. Ltd. (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/688256.SH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">688256.SH</a> +3.24%) surged Monday, bringing the company to the brink of unseating Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/600519.SH" target="_blank" rel="noopener">600519.SH</a> -2.27%) as the most expensive stock on China’s A-share market.</li><li>Cambricon’s stock closed up 11.4% on Monday at 1,384.93 yuan ($191.07) per share, just shy of the fiery liquor-maker Kweichow Moutai, which closed at 1,490.33 yuan.</li><li>The chip company’s shares have more than doubled since mid-July and have climbed over 562% since September 2024. The rally has pushed Cambricon’s price-to-earnings ratio to 4,463 times, far exceeding Moutai’s 20 times.</li></ul>

Shares of Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies Corp. Ltd. (688256.SH +3.24%) surged Monday, bringing the company to the brink of unseating Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (600519.SH -2.27%) as the most expensive stock on China’s A-share market.Cambricon’s stock closed up 11.4% on Monday at 1,384.93 yuan ($191.07) per share, just shy of the fiery liquor-maker Kweichow Moutai, which closed at 1,490.33 yuan.The chip company’s shares have more than doubled since mid-July and have climbed over 562% since September 2024. The rally has pushed Cambricon’s price-to-earnings ratio to 4,463 times, far exceeding Moutai’s 20 times.

AI Chipmaker Cambricon Inches Closer to Becoming China’s Priciest Stock 

China

Cambricon Technologies Corporation Limited develops and distributes software products. The Company produces terminal intelligent processors, cloud intelligent chips, accelerator cards, intelligent computing cluster systems, and other products. Cambricon Technologies also produces computer peripheral products.

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Cambricon Technologies Lt (688256 CH)

Shanghai Biren Technology IPO - It's Not Cheap, but Neither Are Its Peers

Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology, a GPGPU chips and computing solutions provider, aims to raise up to US$624m in its Hong Kong listing. In...

Sumeet Singh

Shanghai Biren Technology Pre-IPO - Growing Rapidly, Sometimes

Shanghai Biren Intelligent Technology, a GPGPU chips and computing solutions provider, aims to raise around US$600m in its Hong Kong listing.

Sumeet Singh

STAR50/STAR100 Index Rebalance: Changes & Capping Lead to US$3.3bn Trade

The STAR50 and STAR100 indices rebalance at the close today. The add is up, the delete is down, and the big capping name sold off hard before...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity STAR 50/100 Sep25 Results: 11/12 Expected ADDs/DELs Correct; Large Outflow for Cambricon

All of our expected ADDs/DELs for STAR 50 were correct. For Star 100, 4/5 Expected ADDs and 5/5 Expected DELs were correct.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

AI Chipmaker Cambricon Inches Closer to Becoming China’s Priciest Stock

Shares of Chinese AI chipmaker Cambricon Technologies Corp. Ltd. (688256.SH +3.24%) surged Monday, bringing the company to the brink of unseating...

Caixin Global

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