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 weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of December 13th.</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, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic (International), Meituan, Wuxi Biologics, Tencent.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of December 13th.
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, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic (International), Meituan, Wuxi Biologics, Tencent.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Dec 13th): Alibaba, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic (International)

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of November 29th.</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, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of November 29th.
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, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Nov 29th): Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Life premium growth eased in Oct as expected, due to the release of front-loaded demands in Jul/Aug prior to the PIR cut, which dragged the rise of 10M24 premiums.</li><li>Except CPIC Life (+2.3% YoY), other life peers’ premiums declined in Oct, as China Life/Ping An Life/New China Life/PICC Life slid 2.6%/2.0%/0.2%/2.8% respectively.</li><li>Health momentum remained strong, where Ping An Health and PICC Health grew 10.5%/2.6% YoY in Oct following a six-month increasing streak. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Life premium growth eased in Oct as expected, due to the release of front-loaded demands in Jul/Aug prior to the PIR cut, which dragged the rise of 10M24 premiums.Except CPIC Life (+2.3% YoY), other life peers’ premiums declined in Oct, as China Life/Ping An Life/New China Life/PICC Life slid 2.6%/2.0%/0.2%/2.8% respectively.Health momentum remained strong, where Ping An Health and PICC Health grew 10.5%/2.6% YoY in Oct following a six-month increasing streak. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Insurance - Life Premium Retreated as Expected, P&C Grew with Auto Sales Momentum

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

China Life Insurance Company / Event-Driven

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<li>Huge volumes continue to be traded on the mainland share markets. SOUTHBOUND volumes bounced, and net buying was both large and broad-based.</li>
<li>It was an odd week. Strangely, HK stocks sharply underperformed mainland indices but AH premia fell on average, more so for liquid names, but wider spreads narrowed, narrow spreads widened.</li>
<li>This week's confabs did NOT deliver stimulus plans, but with Donald Trump's election, I expect any major fiscal plans get pushed back to next spring to adapt on the fly.</li>
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Huge volumes continue to be traded on the mainland share markets. SOUTHBOUND volumes bounced, and net buying was both large and broad-based.
It was an odd week. Strangely, HK stocks sharply underperformed mainland indices but AH premia fell on average, more so for liquid names, but wider spreads narrowed, narrow spreads widened.
This week's confabs did NOT deliver stimulus plans, but with Donald Trump's election, I expect any major fiscal plans get pushed back to next spring to adapt on the fly.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 8 Nov 2024): AH Premia Lower Despite A-Share Outperformance

Equity Bottom-Up

China Life Insurance Company / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Positive on pure life insurer; raise TP to HK$20.0. We revise up the insurer’s FY24-26E EPS forecasts by 148%/38%/31% to RMB4.45/2.58/2.61 (table), to reflect the 3Q investment outperformance and improved fundamentals, and remain positive on the insurer’s profit realization in 4Q24.</li><li>3Q NPAT soared 17.7x YoY to RMB66.2bn, outgrowing most listed peers, mainly driven by net fair value gains (+80x YoY), as the insurer held the second highest exposure of FVTPL core equities (i.e. stocks and equity funds) among listed peers at 11.2% by 1H24.</li><li>As a pure life insurer, we expect China Life capable of riding on the wave of equity market rally, and result in better 2H24 investment prints on top of a low base in 2H23. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Positive on pure life insurer; raise TP to HK$20.0. We revise up the insurer’s FY24-26E EPS forecasts by 148%/38%/31% to RMB4.45/2.58/2.61 (table), to reflect the 3Q investment outperformance and improved fundamentals, and remain positive on the insurer’s profit realization in 4Q24.3Q NPAT soared 17.7x YoY to RMB66.2bn, outgrowing most listed peers, mainly driven by net fair value gains (+80x YoY), as the insurer held the second highest exposure of FVTPL core equities (i.e. stocks and equity funds) among listed peers at 11.2% by 1H24.As a pure life insurer, we expect China Life capable of riding on the wave of equity market rally, and result in better 2H24 investment prints on top of a low base in 2H23. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Life (2628 HK) - 3Q NPAT Boosted by Net Fair Value Gains

China

China Life Insurance Co., Limited offers a wide range of life, accident, and health insurance products and services.

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China Life Insurance Co (Adr) (LFC US)

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Dec 13th): Alibaba, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic (International)

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Nov 29th): Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Insurance - Life Premium Retreated as Expected, P&C Grew with Auto Sales Momentum

Life premium growth eased in Oct as expected, due to the release of front-loaded demands in Jul/Aug prior to the PIR cut, which dragged the rise of...

CMB International

China Life (2628 HK) - 3Q NPAT Boosted by Net Fair Value Gains

Positive on pure life insurer; raise TP to HK$20.0. We revise up the insurer’s FY24-26E EPS forecasts by 148%/38%/31% to RMB4.45/2.58/2.61 (table)

CMB International

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Hong Kong Connect Flows (Dec 13th): Alibaba, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic (International)

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, CCB, China Mobile, ICBC, Byd Electronic...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Nov 29th): Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, Ping An Insurance, China Mobile, Meituan.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China Insurance - Life Premium Retreated as Expected, P&C Grew with Auto Sales Momentum

Life premium growth eased in Oct as expected, due to the release of front-loaded demands in Jul/Aug prior to the PIR cut, which dragged the rise of...

CMB International

A/H Premium Tracker (To 8 Nov 2024): AH Premia Lower Despite A-Share Outperformance

SOUTHBOUND was a big buyer last week of H shares. AH Premia fell slightly. Wide spreads saw Hs outperform. Narrow spreads underperformed. I expect...

Travis Lundy

China Life (2628 HK) - 3Q NPAT Boosted by Net Fair Value Gains

Positive on pure life insurer; raise TP to HK$20.0. We revise up the insurer’s FY24-26E EPS forecasts by 148%/38%/31% to RMB4.45/2.58/2.61 (table)

CMB International