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.

Equity Capital Markets

Unisplendour Guhan Group A / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/unisplendour-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9688:1" rel="noopener">Unisplendour Corporation Limited (000938 CH)</a>, an ICT infrastructure products provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>UC designs and sells a diverse portfolio of ICT infrastructure products, covering the entire digital solutions industry chain.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Unisplendour Corporation Limited (000938 CH), an ICT infrastructure products provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
UC designs and sells a diverse portfolio of ICT infrastructure products, covering the entire digital solutions industry chain.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Unisplendour Corp A/H Listing - Growth Slowing, Margins Dropping

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Back on the 7th May, <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/geely-automobile-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:127:1" rel="noopener">Geely Auto (175 HK)</a></strong>, China’s second-largest carmaker, made a US$25.66/ADS non-binding proposal for 62.8%-held <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zeekr-intelligent-technology-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36785:1" rel="noopener">ZEEKR (ZK US)</a></strong>, a premium Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer</li>
<li>Yesterday, Geely tweaked and firmed terms at US$26.87/ADS, a 4.7% bump to the original NBIO, and ~3.4% below ZEEKR's last close.  ZEEKR promptly gained 2.4% on the news.</li>
<li>ZEEKR shareholders also have the option to receive Geely scrip. Given Geely's and Li Shufu's (10.61%) holdings - neither are required to abstain on voting - this Offer is done. </li>
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Back on the 7th May, Geely Auto (175 HK), China’s second-largest carmaker, made a US$25.66/ADS non-binding proposal for 62.8%-held ZEEKR (ZK US), a premium Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer
Yesterday, Geely tweaked and firmed terms at US$26.87/ADS, a 4.7% bump to the original NBIO, and ~3.4% below ZEEKR's last close.  ZEEKR promptly gained 2.4% on the news.
ZEEKR shareholders also have the option to receive Geely scrip. Given Geely's and Li Shufu's (10.61%) holdings - neither are required to abstain on voting - this Offer is done. 


ZEEKR (ZK US): Geely Firms Low-Balled Offer. It Is What It Is

Muyuan Foodstuff Co Ltd A / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/muyuan-foodstuff-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3705:1" rel="noopener">Muyuan Foodstuff Co Ltd A (002714 CH)</a>, a leader in the hog farming industry, aims to raise around US$2bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>MF is a leading pork company with over 30 years of expertise in the hog farming industry.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
</ul>



Muyuan Foodstuff Co Ltd A (002714 CH), a leader in the hog farming industry, aims to raise around US$2bn in its H-share listing.
MF is a leading pork company with over 30 years of expertise in the hog farming industry.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Muyuan Foods A/H Listing - Long Term Growth with Short-Term Volatility

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China International Capital Corporation / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-international-capital-corporation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1071:1" rel="noopener">China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)</a>'s 1H25 positive profit alert is encouraging, with 1H25 results growing by 55-78% YoY.  </li>
<li>YTD, CICC has a 59.5% share of the HK IPO market. The solid H-share IPO pipeline of A-share companies is beneficial, as this is its major area of strength.</li>
<li>Market consensus has underestimated its FY25 earnings, inflating its PER multiples. The current 51% discount of its H-share to A-share is just too steep (average 37.7%).</li>
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China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)'s 1H25 positive profit alert is encouraging, with 1H25 results growing by 55-78% YoY.  
YTD, CICC has a 59.5% share of the HK IPO market. The solid H-share IPO pipeline of A-share companies is beneficial, as this is its major area of strength.
Market consensus has underestimated its FY25 earnings, inflating its PER multiples. The current 51% discount of its H-share to A-share is just too steep (average 37.7%).


CICC (3908 HK): It Is the Best of the Time

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 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 63.9% as of Jul 11th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -4.0ppt week-on-week, led by financials, real estate, energy and offset by information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering, Guolian Minsheng Securities, CHALIECO, Tigermed, Guotai Haitong Securities.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 157 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 63.9% as of Jul 11th.
The average A-H premium changed by -4.0ppt week-on-week, led by financials, real estate, energy and offset by information technology.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering, Guolian Minsheng Securities, CHALIECO, Tigermed, Guotai Haitong Securities.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 11th): Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering

China

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited. operates as a battery products manufacturing company. The Company produces and sells power battery materials, energy storage batteries energy storage battery cells, systems, and other products. Contemporary Amperex Technology also provides batteries recycling services.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

Unisplendour Corp A/H Listing - Growth Slowing, Margins Dropping

Unisplendour Corporation Limited (000938 CH), an ICT infrastructure products provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

ZEEKR (ZK US): Geely Firms Low-Balled Offer. It Is What It Is

Trading through the cash terms and right at the scrip terms. Unless already in, or have a strong conviction Geely needs to bump (I don't), not a...

David Blennerhassett

Muyuan Foods A/H Listing - Long Term Growth with Short-Term Volatility

Muyuan Foodstuff Co Ltd A (002714 CH), a leader in the hog farming industry, aims to raise around US$2bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

CICC (3908 HK): It Is the Best of the Time

CICC is alerting a strong 1H25 profit growth, leading in the HK IPO market with a promising H-share IPO pipeline of A-share companies. The market...

Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 11th): Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering, Guolian...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)

Unisplendour Corp A/H Listing - Growth Slowing, Margins Dropping

Unisplendour Corporation Limited (000938 CH), an ICT infrastructure products provider, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

ZEEKR (ZK US): Geely Firms Low-Balled Offer. It Is What It Is

Trading through the cash terms and right at the scrip terms. Unless already in, or have a strong conviction Geely needs to bump (I don't), not a...

David Blennerhassett

Muyuan Foods A/H Listing - Long Term Growth with Short-Term Volatility

Muyuan Foodstuff Co Ltd A (002714 CH), a leader in the hog farming industry, aims to raise around US$2bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

CICC (3908 HK): It Is the Best of the Time

​CICC is alerting a strong 1H25 profit growth, leading in the HK IPO market with a promising H-share IPO pipeline of A-share companies. The market...

Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly (Jul 11th): Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Central China Securities, China Energy Engineering, Guolian...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

CICC is alerting a strong 1H25 profit growth, leading in the HK IPO market with a promising H-share IPO pipeline of A-share companies. The market...