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.

Event-Driven

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<li>Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history.</li>
<li>This was on back of the Aug 2022 agreement between PCAOB, CSRC and MOF, which was followed up with a Hong Kong visit by PCAOB officials over Sep-Nov 2022.</li>
<li>We wrote about this on 14th Dec 2022 and expected the results to be out on Friday (16th Dec), they have come out a day earlier than we expected.</li>
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Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history.
This was on back of the Aug 2022 agreement between PCAOB, CSRC and MOF, which was followed up with a Hong Kong visit by PCAOB officials over Sep-Nov 2022.
We wrote about this on 14th Dec 2022 and expected the results to be out on Friday (16th Dec), they have come out a day earlier than we expected.


China ADRs Delisting - Christmas Came a Day Earlier than We Expected - No Delisting Risk for Now

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 115.3% as of Dec 9th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -2.6ppt weeok on week, led by health care, real estate, materials and offset by consumer discretionary, information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Weichai Power, Shanghai Fudan, Guolian Securities, Joinn Lab, Great Wall Motor, Tsingtao Brewery.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 115.3% as of Dec 9th.
The average A-H premium changed by -2.6ppt weeok on week, led by health care, real estate, materials and offset by consumer discretionary, information technology.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Weichai Power, Shanghai Fudan, Guolian Securities, Joinn Lab, Great Wall Motor, Tsingtao Brewery.


A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 9th): Weichai Power, Shanghai Fudan, Guolian, Joinn Lab, GWC, Tsingtao

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

AviChina Industry & Technology H / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avichina-industry-technology-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16315:1" rel="noopener">AviChina Industry &amp; Technology H (2357 HK)</a> offers unique exposure to China's aerospace and defense sector and it will ride on China's ambition to solidify its military strengths. </li>
<li>We think the key drivers are increase in civil and defense demand, commercialisation of C919 aircraft, localisation of helicopters and potential for corporate restructuring.</li>
<li>The stock is undervalued with its holdings in four listed A-shares amounted to Rmb70.6bn, against its own market cap of HK$25bn. Also, earnings multiples are cheap relative to global peers.</li>
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AviChina Industry &amp; Technology H (2357 HK) offers unique exposure to China's aerospace and defense sector and it will ride on China's ambition to solidify its military strengths. 
We think the key drivers are increase in civil and defense demand, commercialisation of C919 aircraft, localisation of helicopters and potential for corporate restructuring.
The stock is undervalued with its holdings in four listed A-shares amounted to Rmb70.6bn, against its own market cap of HK$25bn. Also, earnings multiples are cheap relative to global peers.


2023 High Conviction: AviChina Industry (2357 HK) - The Sky Is the Limit

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.

News from Caixin

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Chinese and global airlines completed only 70% of their planned international flights to China in the three weeks through Monday, signaling that recent easing of some inbound travel restrictions didn’t boost travel demand.</li><li>From Oct. 30 to Nov. 21, 3,595 international flights reached Chinese cities, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.</li><li>Although that was up from the same period last year, the total was still just 6% of the pre-pandemic level in 2019.</li></ul>

Chinese and global airlines completed only 70% of their planned international flights to China in the three weeks through Monday, signaling that recent easing of some inbound travel restrictions didn’t boost travel demand.From Oct. 30 to Nov. 21, 3,595 international flights reached Chinese cities, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.Although that was up from the same period last year, the total was still just 6% of the pre-pandemic level in 2019.

Airlines Complete Only 70% of Planned International China Flights

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<li>China's twists in its COVID combating measures are positive to the economy as many quarantine requirements are relaxed and secondary contacts are not identified and traced.</li>
<li>The latest change should bring more spending confidence to the consumers, and this will benefit consumer discretionary companies in the retail and F&amp;B sectors. </li>
<li>Relaxed quarantine requirements are positive to the travel and hospitality companies. Chinese airlines and international air tickets have seen immediate demand surge after the announcement.  </li>
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China's twists in its COVID combating measures are positive to the economy as many quarantine requirements are relaxed and secondary contacts are not identified and traced.
The latest change should bring more spending confidence to the consumers, and this will benefit consumer discretionary companies in the retail and F&amp;B sectors. 
Relaxed quarantine requirements are positive to the travel and hospitality companies. Chinese airlines and international air tickets have seen immediate demand surge after the announcement.  


China's Latest COVID Policy: What Are the Plays?

China

China Southern Airlines Company Limited provides commercial airline services throughout China, Southeast Asia and other parts of the world.  The Company also provides other airline related services including aircraft maintenance and air catering.

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China ADRs Delisting - Christmas Came a Day Earlier than We Expected - No Delisting Risk for Now

Today PCAOB announced that they had secured complete access to inspect and investigate Chinese Firms for the first time in history. This removes...

Sumeet Singh

A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 9th): Weichai Power, Shanghai Fudan, Guolian, Joinn Lab, GWC, Tsingtao

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Weichai Power, Shanghai Fudan, Guolian Securities, Joinn...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

2023 High Conviction: AviChina Industry (2357 HK) - The Sky Is the Limit

AviChina is cheap against global peers and key drivers are increase in civil and defense demand, commercialisation of C919 aircraft, localisation...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Airlines Complete Only 70% of Planned International China Flights

Chinese and global airlines completed only 70% of their planned international flights to China in the three weeks through Monday

Caixin Global

China's Latest COVID Policy: What Are the Plays?

The refined COVID combating measures in China is welcoming and should benefit the consumer discretionary, travel and hospitality and airlines...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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