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 Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Information Technology, Materials, and Real Estate led the inflows while Health Care and Communication Services led the outflows.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Moutai, CSCC, Beijing Oriental Yuhong, Sungrow and outflows from Jiangsu Hengrui.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Information Technology, Materials, and Real Estate led the inflows while Health Care and Communication Services led the outflows.
We highlight inflows into Moutai, CSCC, Beijing Oriental Yuhong, Sungrow and outflows from Jiangsu Hengrui.


Northbound Flows: Moutai, CSCC, Beijing Oriental Yuhong, Sungrow

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 25th. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Wuxi Biologics, HK China Gas, Geely, Netease.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 25th. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interest changes in Wuxi Biologics, HK China Gas, Geely, Netease.


HK Short Interest: Wuxi Biologics, HK China Gas, Geely, Netease

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<li>We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>$4.7bn USD inflows led by material, industrials and consumer staple. </li>
<li>We highlight inflows into CATL, Moutai, Yunnan Energy New Material, and outflows from Aier Eye. </li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
$4.7bn USD inflows led by material, industrials and consumer staple. 
We highlight inflows into CATL, Moutai, Yunnan Energy New Material, and outflows from Aier Eye. 


Northbound Flows: CATL, Moutai, Yunnan Energy New Material, Aier Eye

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 25. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short interest increases for Wuxi Biologics and Hong Kong &amp; China Gas. </li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Mar 25. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short interest increases for Wuxi Biologics and Hong Kong &amp; China Gas. 


HK Short Interest: Wuxi Biologics, Kong Kong & China Gas

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Financials sector allocations continue to move higher.  Average holding weights stand at 18.78%, the highest level since early 2020 and well up from the lows of 15.06% in Sep 2020</li>
<li>Indonesia, Singapore, India and Thailand were responsible for the moves higher, with China &amp; HK not participating in the upturn. </li>
<li>AIA Group Ltd is the most widely held stock.  China Merchants Bank and Bank Central Asia the key overweights. China Construction Bank and ICBC are largely avoided by Asian investors.</li>
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Financials sector allocations continue to move higher.  Average holding weights stand at 18.78%, the highest level since early 2020 and well up from the lows of 15.06% in Sep 2020
Indonesia, Singapore, India and Thailand were responsible for the moves higher, with China &amp; HK not participating in the upturn. 
AIA Group Ltd is the most widely held stock.  China Merchants Bank and Bank Central Asia the key overweights. China Construction Bank and ICBC are largely avoided by Asian investors.


Asia Ex-Japan:  Financials Recovery Leaves China Behind

China

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. operates as a commercial bank. The Company provides deposits, loans, wealth management, asset custody, finance leasing, investment banking, and other banking services. China Merchants Bank conducts businesses domestically and internationally.

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China Merchants Bank H (3968 HK)

Northbound Flows: Moutai, CSCC, Beijing Oriental Yuhong, Sungrow

We highlight weekly northbound inflows into Moutai, CSCC, Beijing Oriental Yuhong, Sungrow as well as outflows from Jiangsu Hengrui.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: Wuxi Biologics, HK China Gas, Geely, Netease

We highlight week on week short interest changes in Wuxi Biologics, HK China Gas, Geely, Netease based on latest HK SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Northbound Flows: CATL, Moutai, Yunnan Energy New Material, Aier Eye

We highlight weekly southbound inflows into the A-share market into CATL, Moutai, Yunnan Energy New Material, and outflows from Aier Eye.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: Wuxi Biologics, Kong Kong & China Gas

We highlight weekly short interest increases for Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK) and Hong Kong & China Gas (3 HK), as well as short cover for Netease...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Ex-Japan: Financials Recovery Leaves China Behind

Financials exposure moves higher. Active weights hit their highest level since early 2020. Indonesia, Singapore and India Financials were the...

Steven Holden

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