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 analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight flows of Alibaba, Horizon Robotics, Meituan, Byd, Xiaomi.</li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight flows of Alibaba, Horizon Robotics, Meituan, Byd, Xiaomi.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (September): $20bn Inflows

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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Exchange holidays: Early October holidays in China (Golden Week) and South Korea (Chuseok) may dampen market activity, while India’s Diwali on 21–22 October brings the traditional Muhurat trading session.</li>
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Earnings season begins in the final third of October across India, Japan, China/Hong Kong, and South Korea, alongside key central bank meetings and the TOPIX rebalance on 30 October.</li>
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Why Read: Plan ahead and take into account known market events when making investment and trading decision.</li>
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Exchange holidays: Early October holidays in China (Golden Week) and South Korea (Chuseok) may dampen market activity, while India’s Diwali on 21–22 October brings the traditional Muhurat trading session.

Earnings season begins in the final third of October across India, Japan, China/Hong Kong, and South Korea, alongside key central bank meetings and the TOPIX rebalance on 30 October.

Why Read: Plan ahead and take into account known market events when making investment and trading decision.


Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 26th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Alibaba, Shandong Hi-Speed, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile, CSPC Pharma, China Telecom, HKEx, Hua Hong Semiconductor.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 26th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Alibaba, Shandong Hi-Speed, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile, CSPC Pharma, China Telecom, HKEx, Hua Hong Semiconductor.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 26th): Alibaba, Shandong Hi-Speed, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile

Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The macro-economic backdrop in China is challenging for banks, with soft economic growth driving worsening credit quality and dovish monetary policy pushing interest margins lower</li>
<li>Nonetheless, China banks balance sheets appear to be relatively robust, and we screen ten large cap banks for contrarian buy opportunities</li>
<li>We focus on two banks; Ping An Bank and CCB are our buy recommendations for their relatively strong returns and sound credit quality metrics</li>
</ul>


The macro-economic backdrop in China is challenging for banks, with soft economic growth driving worsening credit quality and dovish monetary policy pushing interest margins lower
Nonetheless, China banks balance sheets appear to be relatively robust, and we screen ten large cap banks for contrarian buy opportunities
We focus on two banks; Ping An Bank and CCB are our buy recommendations for their relatively strong returns and sound credit quality metrics


Big Cap China Banks – Two Positive Picks

China

China Construction Bank Corporation provides banking services. The Company offers deposits, loans, fund management, foreign exchange, and other services. China Construction Bank provides its services to individuals, enterprises, and other clients.

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China Construction Bank (601939 CH)

Hong Kong Connect Flows (September): $20bn Inflows

We estimate that there were inflows of USD 20,828.1 million into HK Stocks in September. We highlight inflows into Alibaba, Horizon Robotics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

October 2025 kicks off earnings season – reports from Fast Retailing (9983 JP), ICICI Bank (ICICIB IN) & more – alongside holidays and central bank...

Gaudenz Schneider

HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th and highlight short interest changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 26th): Alibaba, Shandong Hi-Speed, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba (9988 HK), Shandong Hi-Speed (412 HK), Meituan...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Big Cap China Banks – Two Positive Picks

Despite the challenging economic conditions in China, we select large cap banks Ping An Bank and CCB, both of which offer contrarian buy...

Victor Galliano

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52-week Range

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Hong Kong Connect Flows (September): $20bn Inflows

We estimate that there were inflows of USD 20,828.1 million into HK Stocks in September. We highlight inflows into Alibaba, Horizon Robotics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Earnings Kickoff Dominates October 2025 Key Events

October 2025 kicks off earnings season – reports from Fast Retailing (9983 JP), ICICI Bank (ICICIB IN) & more – alongside holidays and central bank...

Gaudenz Schneider

HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart Intl, CSPC Pharma, Hua Hong Semiconductor

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 19th and highlight short interest changes in Pop Mart Intl, CSPC...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 26th): Alibaba, Shandong Hi-Speed, Meituan, Tencent, China Mobile

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba (9988 HK), Shandong Hi-Speed (412 HK), Meituan...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Big Cap China Banks – Two Positive Picks

​Despite the challenging economic conditions in China, we select large cap banks Ping An Bank and CCB, both of which offer contrarian buy...

Victor Galliano

Despite the challenging economic conditions in China, we select large cap banks Ping An Bank and CCB, both of which offer contrarian buy...