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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 123.2% as of Mar 15th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -0.1ppt week-on-week, led by communication services, utilities, energy and offset by consumer staples, real estate, health care.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina, CGN Power.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 123.2% as of Mar 15th.
The average A-H premium changed by -0.1ppt week-on-week, led by communication services, utilities, energy and offset by consumer staples, real estate, health care.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina, CGN Power.


A-H Premium Weekly (Mar 15th): Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina, CGN Power

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.</li>
<li>SOUTHBOUND a net buyer <em>every day</em> since the end of Chinese New Year. NORTHBOUND a huge net buyer this week, now net buyers in size (RMB +93bn) over 7 weeks.</li>
<li>For the first time in a while, AH premia among liquid stocks fell convincingly. Narrow AH premia pairs saw Hs outperform more than wide AH premia Hs (vs As).</li>
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The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.
SOUTHBOUND a net buyer every day since the end of Chinese New Year. NORTHBOUND a huge net buyer this week, now net buyers in size (RMB +93bn) over 7 weeks.
For the first time in a while, AH premia among liquid stocks fell convincingly. Narrow AH premia pairs saw Hs outperform more than wide AH premia Hs (vs As).


A/H Premium Tracker (To 15 Mar 2024):  Liquid AH Premia Starting to Narrow

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-longyuan-power-group-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14215:1" rel="noopener">China Longyuan Power (916 HK)</a> should see a mean reversion of its valuations. It has rebounded 36% from the the 2024 trough, but has only gone up 0.3% YTD.</li>
<li>There are three catalysts in place to drive the move: acceleration in power generation, cash flow improvement, and recovery in the wind power market.</li>
<li>Its P/B is at a 40% discount to average, and a return to such level will generate a 60% upside. Even after reversion, its PER of 7.8x is not stretched.</li>
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China Longyuan Power (916 HK) should see a mean reversion of its valuations. It has rebounded 36% from the the 2024 trough, but has only gone up 0.3% YTD.
There are three catalysts in place to drive the move: acceleration in power generation, cash flow improvement, and recovery in the wind power market.
Its P/B is at a 40% discount to average, and a return to such level will generate a 60% upside. Even after reversion, its PER of 7.8x is not stretched.


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

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<li>There were a few rebalance announcements in the last week and 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> and STAR100 Index rebalances were implemented at the close on Friday.</li>
<li>There are a lot of rebalances that will be implemented at the close on the coming Thursday and Friday.</li>
<li>Another big week of inflows for onshore China ETFs with Central Huijin likely behind the big flows to ETFs tracking the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-inde" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Inde (SHSZ300 INDEX)</a>. </li>
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There were a few rebalance announcements in the last week and the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) and STAR100 Index rebalances were implemented at the close on Friday.
There are a lot of rebalances that will be implemented at the close on the coming Thursday and Friday.
Another big week of inflows for onshore China ETFs with Central Huijin likely behind the big flows to ETFs tracking the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Inde (SHSZ300 INDEX). 


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, ASX, CSI300, A50, STTF, LowVol30, Value Up

China Power International / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-power-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15548:1" rel="noopener">China Power International (2380 HK)</a>'s Jan power sales showed a sharp 41.2% YoY growth. More importantly, this marks sustaining a solid MoM trend in the last few months. </li>
<li>Recovery of the hydropower generation is encouraging as this was a drag last year. Meanwhile, higher coal-fired generation will capture the better profitability of this segment.</li>
<li>CPI's strongest earnings CAGR in the sector has made its earnings multiples increasingly cheap over the next two years. After +15.7% YTD in its share price, there is further upside.</li>
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China Power International (2380 HK)'s Jan power sales showed a sharp 41.2% YoY growth. More importantly, this marks sustaining a solid MoM trend in the last few months. 
Recovery of the hydropower generation is encouraging as this was a drag last year. Meanwhile, higher coal-fired generation will capture the better profitability of this segment.
CPI's strongest earnings CAGR in the sector has made its earnings multiples increasingly cheap over the next two years. After +15.7% YTD in its share price, there is further upside.


China Power International (2380 HK): We See More Upside

China

CGN Power Co., Ltd. operates and manages nuclear power generating stations. The Company sells all of the electricity from its stations, manages, oversees the construction of nuclear power stations, and provides technical research plus develops support services. CGN Power has stations in Guangdong, Fujian and Liaoning, and is a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation.

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CGN Power (1816 HK)

A-H Premium Weekly (Mar 15th): Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina, CGN Power

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A/H Premium Tracker (To 15 Mar 2024): Liquid AH Premia Starting to Narrow

AH Premia narrowed more on liquid narrow premia than on less liquid and wide premia. This is a new development. Energy and Utilities saw Hs rebound...

Travis Lundy

China Longyuan (916 HK): Mean Reversion

China Longyuan is poised for a valuation mean reversion with three catalysts: power generation acceleration, cash flow improvement, and wind power...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, ASX, CSI300, A50, STTF, LowVol30, Value Up

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

China Power International (2380 HK): We See More Upside

CPI saw a strong 41.2% growth in Jan power sales, sustaining a solid MoM trend. Recovery in hydropower and higher coal-fired generation will boost...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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A-H Premium Weekly (Mar 15th): Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina, CGN Power

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Air China, QHD Port, Datang Intl, Wuxi Apptec, PetroChina,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A/H Premium Tracker (To 15 Mar 2024): Liquid AH Premia Starting to Narrow

AH Premia narrowed more on liquid narrow premia than on less liquid and wide premia. This is a new development. Energy and Utilities saw Hs rebound...

Travis Lundy

China Longyuan (916 HK): Mean Reversion

​China Longyuan is poised for a valuation mean reversion with three catalysts: power generation acceleration, cash flow improvement, and wind power...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: NKY, ASX, CSI300, A50, STTF, LowVol30, Value Up

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

China Power International (2380 HK): We See More Upside

CPI saw a strong 41.2% growth in Jan power sales, sustaining a solid MoM trend. Recovery in hydropower and higher coal-fired generation will boost...

Osbert Tang, CFA

China Longyuan is poised for a valuation mean reversion with three catalysts: power generation acceleration, cash flow improvement, and wind power...