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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 129.3% as of Dec 8th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 1.8ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, health care, energy and offset by consumer discretionary, utilities.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 129.3% as of Dec 8th.
The average A-H premium changed by 1.8ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, health care, energy and offset by consumer discretionary, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene.


A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 8th): CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 127.1% as of Dec 1st.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 4.7ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, utilities, communication services.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene, Ganfeng Lithium.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 127.1% as of Dec 1st.
The average A-H premium changed by 4.7ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, utilities, communication services.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene, Ganfeng Lithium.


A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 1st): CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene, Ganfeng Lithium

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The YTD underperformance of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongfang-electric-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1251:1" rel="noopener">Dongfang Electric (1072 HK)</a> has put it on very attractive PER of 5.8x for FY23. More importantly, it has delivered both earnings and new order growth. </li>
<li>Financial position has improved with net cash of Rmb16.5bn and its recurring earnings soared 26.5% at 1H23. The adverse economic environment has not had an impact on its operations.</li>
<li>New orders amounted to Rmb48.9bn (+33.3% YoY), a record high, and we estimate backlog at Rmb166bn. This equals 2.5x FY23F revenue and suggests forward earnings are well covered.</li>
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The YTD underperformance of Dongfang Electric (1072 HK) has put it on very attractive PER of 5.8x for FY23. More importantly, it has delivered both earnings and new order growth. 
Financial position has improved with net cash of Rmb16.5bn and its recurring earnings soared 26.5% at 1H23. The adverse economic environment has not had an impact on its operations.
New orders amounted to Rmb48.9bn (+33.3% YoY), a record high, and we estimate backlog at Rmb166bn. This equals 2.5x FY23F revenue and suggests forward earnings are well covered.


Dongfang Electric (1072 HK): Don't Miss Out on This Undervalued Play

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>It was a busy week with index rebalance implementations and announcements of index changes.</li>
<li>The coming week has the KOSPI200 and KOSDAQ150 rebalancing on Thursday and a bunch of onshore China indices rebalancing on Friday.</li>
<li>There were big inflows to China ETFs during the week while the largest inflows went to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tracker-fund-of-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29257:1" rel="noopener">Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK)</a> ETF.</li>
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It was a busy week with index rebalance implementations and announcements of index changes.
The coming week has the KOSPI200 and KOSDAQ150 rebalancing on Thursday and a bunch of onshore China indices rebalancing on Friday.
There were big inflows to China ETFs during the week while the largest inflows went to the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK) ETF.


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: CSI300/500, Chinext, China Semi Chips, Nifty Next50, SET50, REMX

China Merchants Energy A / Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 9 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX)</a> at the upcoming rebalance that will be implemented at the close of trading on 9 June.</li>
<li>While nearly all the changes are in line with forecasts, there are some stocks that have not been added or deleted as the index committee has used discretion.</li>
<li>The Energy sector is the biggest gainer in terms of index spots, while the Consumer Discretionary and Health Care sectors lose two index spots each.</li>
</ul>


There are 9 changes for the Shanghai Shenzhen CSI 300 Index (SHSZ300 INDEX) at the upcoming rebalance that will be implemented at the close of trading on 9 June.
While nearly all the changes are in line with forecasts, there are some stocks that have not been added or deleted as the index committee has used discretion.
The Energy sector is the biggest gainer in terms of index spots, while the Consumer Discretionary and Health Care sectors lose two index spots each.


CSI300 Index Rebalance: 9 Changes as Discretion Used

China

Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited manufactures and sells hydro and steam power generators and AC/DC electric motors. The Company also provides repair, upgrade, maintenance, and other services for the products.

Dongfang Electric Corporation (600875 CH)

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Dongfang Electric Corporation (600875 CH)

A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 8th): CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for CMB, Ping An Insurance and Beigene.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 1st): CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene, Ganfeng Lithium

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for CMB, Ping An Insurance, Beigene, Ganfeng Lithium.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Dongfang Electric (1072 HK): Don't Miss Out on This Undervalued Play

DEC has underperformed but has an attractive PER of just 5.8x for FY23, with good earnings and new order growth. Net cash reached Rmb16.5bn and...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: CSI300/500, Chinext, China Semi Chips, Nifty Next50, SET50, REMX

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

CSI300 Index Rebalance: 9 Changes as Discretion Used

There are 9 changes for the CSI300 Index in June. Nearly all changes were forecast. Some stocks are conspicuous by their non-addition/deletion. The...

Brian Freitas

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