APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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

Lygend Resources & Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lygend-resources-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36493:1" rel="noopener">Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (LR HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$600m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (Lygend) is a nickel trading and production firm with a portfolio covering multiple areas across the nickel industry value chain.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at peers and undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (LR HK) is looking to raise about US$600m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (Lygend) is a nickel trading and production firm with a portfolio covering multiple areas across the nickel industry value chain.
In this note, we look at peers and undertake a peer comparison.


Lygend Resources & Technology Pre-IPO Peer Comp - Peers Have Underperformed over the past Year

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

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<li>Nearing the end of the review period for the December rebalance of the CSI500 Index, we forecast 50 changes (the maximum permitted) at the close on 9 December.</li>
<li>There is a big sector skew in the potential changes. We estimate a one-way turnover of 13.67% at the December rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 7.53bn.</li>
<li>The potential adds have outperformed over the last 6 months but have given up some of the gains recently as market turned volatile. Expect outperformance as the review period ends.</li>
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Nearing the end of the review period for the December rebalance of the CSI500 Index, we forecast 50 changes (the maximum permitted) at the close on 9 December.
There is a big sector skew in the potential changes. We estimate a one-way turnover of 13.67% at the December rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 7.53bn.
The potential adds have outperformed over the last 6 months but have given up some of the gains recently as market turned volatile. Expect outperformance as the review period ends.


CSI500 Index Rebalance Preview: Positioned for Outperformance

Lepu Medical Technology A / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lepu-medical-technology-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16654:1" rel="noopener">Lepu Medical Technology A (300003 CH)</a> is looking to raise up to US$550m in its Swiss GDR listing. Bookrunners on the deal are CICC, Citic Securities, and Credit Suisse.</li>
<li>The firm has earlier secured CSRC’s approval to list a maximum 36.09m GDRs (or 180.46m A-shares, at a 1:5 conversion). </li>
<li>As per media reports, Lepu Medical will look to launch its Swiss GDR offering soon and the eventual deal size might amount to US$300m.</li>
</ul>



Lepu Medical Technology A (300003 CH) is looking to raise up to US$550m in its Swiss GDR listing. Bookrunners on the deal are CICC, Citic Securities, and Credit Suisse.
The firm has earlier secured CSRC’s approval to list a maximum 36.09m GDRs (or 180.46m A-shares, at a 1:5 conversion). 
As per media reports, Lepu Medical will look to launch its Swiss GDR offering soon and the eventual deal size might amount to US$300m.


Lepu Medical GDR Listing - Financials Improved Sequentially, However, Price Momentum Has Been Weak

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Country Garden Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>There were no major IPO launches during the week. Soosan will list early next week.</li>
<li>There were a number of placements/blocks across the region, including GDR launches for Swiss listing.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
There were no major IPO launches during the week. Soosan will list early next week.
There were a number of placements/blocks across the region, including GDR launches for Swiss listing.


ECM Weekly (31st Jul 2022) - Soosan, WCP, GDRs, Yancoal, Country Garden, Legend Biotech, MEP, PSMC

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>China started mulling an expansion of its Stock Connect relationships in late 2021 with plans to allow GDR issuance in Switzerland and eventually Germany.</li>
<li>New GDR issuance rules came into effect in February and companies started planning to issue GDRs in Switzerland in March.</li>
<li>The new SIX Listing Rules went into effect 25 July. Two companies priced GDRs on 22 July and two more yesterday. US$1.5bn so far. There are 6 more near-term.</li>
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China started mulling an expansion of its Stock Connect relationships in late 2021 with plans to allow GDR issuance in Switzerland and eventually Germany.
New GDR issuance rules came into effect in February and companies started planning to issue GDRs in Switzerland in March.
The new SIX Listing Rules went into effect 25 July. Two companies priced GDRs on 22 July and two more yesterday. US$1.5bn so far. There are 6 more near-term.


Chinese GDRs on the SIX Exchange - More Names, Smaller Discounts, Smaller Size, Less Liquidity

China

GEM Co., Ltd. collects and recycles cobalt and nickel scraps into ultra-fine coba lt and nickel powder and other products.

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Gem Co Ltd A (002340 CH)

Lygend Resources & Technology Pre-IPO Peer Comp - Peers Have Underperformed over the past Year

Lygend Resources & Technology (LR HK) is looking to raise about US$600m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we look at peers and undertake...

Clarence Chu

CSI500 Index Rebalance Preview: Positioned for Outperformance

There could be 50 changes to the index in December. We estimate a one-way turnover of 13.67% at the December rebalance leading to a one-way trade...

Brian Freitas

Lepu Medical GDR Listing - Financials Improved Sequentially, However, Price Momentum Has Been Weak

Lepu Medical Technology A (300003 CH) is looking to raise up to US$550m in its Swiss GDR listing. Bookrunners on the deal are CICC, Citic...

Clarence Chu

ECM Weekly (31st Jul 2022) - Soosan, WCP, GDRs, Yancoal, Country Garden, Legend Biotech, MEP, PSMC

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Chinese GDRs on the SIX Exchange - More Names, Smaller Discounts, Smaller Size, Less Liquidity

China amended its rules for GDR issuance in February 2022 and planned issuance in Switzerland to start this summer. Official issuance was permitted...

Travis Lundy

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