APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

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.

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Horizon Robotics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics (9660 HK)</a> raised around US$800m in its Oct'24 IPO and another US$600m via a placement in June'25. It’s back again to raise another US$834m via a top-up placement.</li>
<li>Horizon Robotics (HR) is a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.</li>
<li>In this note we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) raised around US$800m in its Oct'24 IPO and another US$600m via a placement in June'25. It’s back again to raise another US$834m via a top-up placement.
Horizon Robotics (HR) is a provider of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) solutions for passenger vehicles, empowered by its proprietary software and hardware technologies.
In this note we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Horizon Robotics Placement - Another Opportunistic Raising

Nicholas Tan

Pateo Connect Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pateo-connect-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43712:1" rel="noopener">Pateo Connect Technology (PTC HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$140m in its upcoming HK IPO.</li>
<li>PTC is one of the largest domestic providers of smart cockpit and intelligent connectivity solutions in China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Pateo Connect Technology (PTC HK) is looking to raise around US$140m in its upcoming HK IPO.
PTC is one of the largest domestic providers of smart cockpit and intelligent connectivity solutions in China.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Pateo Connect IPO: Weak Margins and Expensive Valuation

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Zijin Gold International / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zijin-gold" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45448:1" rel="noopener">Zijin Gold</a> appears to be shining bright.</li>
<li>On the placements front, it was a relatively quiter week, as compared to some of the more recent weekly flows.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, Zijin Gold appears to be shining bright.
On the placements front, it was a relatively quiter week, as compared to some of the more recent weekly flows.


ECM Weekly (22 September 2025)- Chery, Zijin Gold, Orion, Myungin, Urban, Avepoint, Dongfang

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Hong Kong's Secular Bull Market continues with the index breaking  above its long term resistance levels.  Market breadth is expanding with 87% of stocks trading above their 200  (DMA).</li>
<li>Hong Kong market valuations are well below all other Asian markets.  This year, the materials and healthcare sectors have been the best performers.</li>
<li>Robosense Technology (2498 HK)  reported solid earnings in its LIDAR business with robotics posting surprising growth.  Deutsche Bank and China Renaissance both rate the company a BUY and raise targets.</li>
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Hong Kong's Secular Bull Market continues with the index breaking  above its long term resistance levels.  Market breadth is expanding with 87% of stocks trading above their 200  (DMA).
Hong Kong market valuations are well below all other Asian markets.  This year, the materials and healthcare sectors have been the best performers.
Robosense Technology (2498 HK)  reported solid earnings in its LIDAR business with robotics posting surprising growth.  Deutsche Bank and China Renaissance both rate the company a BUY and raise targets.


BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (September 10)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hesai-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36743:1" rel="noopener">Hesai Group (HSAI US)</a> raised around US$530m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>We have looked at the deal dynamics in our previous note. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the ADS movement and trading dynamics.</li>
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Hesai Group (HSAI US) raised around US$530m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong.
We have looked at the deal dynamics in our previous note. 
In this note, we talk about the ADS movement and trading dynamics.


Hesai Secondary Trading - Decent Demand, Despite Lack of Correction

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Hesai Group provides 3D light detection and ranging solutions. The Company's LiDAR products enables a broad spectrum of applications across passenger and commercial vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems, as well as autonomous vehicle fleets providing passenger and freight mobility services.

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Hesai Group (HSAI US)

Horizon Robotics Placement - Another Opportunistic Raising

Horizon Robotics raised around US$800m in its Hong Kong IPO in Oct 2024 and another US$600m via a placement in June 2025. It’s back again to raise...

Akshat Shah

Pateo Connect IPO: Weak Margins and Expensive Valuation

Pateo Connect is looking to raise around US$140m in its upcoming HK IPO. In this note, we talk about peers and valuations.

Nicholas Tan

ECM Weekly (22 September 2025)- Chery, Zijin Gold, Orion, Myungin, Urban, Avepoint, Dongfang

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (September 10)

Hong Kong reached the technical resistance level of 27100 targeted in the insight, and promptly reversed. The interday reversal could be the start...

David Mudd

Hesai Secondary Trading - Decent Demand, Despite Lack of Correction

Hesai Group (HSAI US) raised around US$530m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

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