APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aux-electric-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45549:1" rel="noopener">Aux Electric (2580 HK)</a>  is looking to raise up to US$460m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>It is one of the global top five air conditioner providers, with capabilities covering the design, R&amp;D, production, sales and related services of household and central air conditioners.</li>
<li>In this note, we examine the IPO dynamics, and look at the firm’s valuation.</li>
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Aux Electric (2580 HK)  is looking to raise up to US$460m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
It is one of the global top five air conditioner providers, with capabilities covering the design, R&amp;D, production, sales and related services of household and central air conditioners.
In this note, we examine the IPO dynamics, and look at the firm’s valuation.


Aux Electric IPO: Smallest Player but Superior Growth and Margins

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aux-electric-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45549:1" rel="noopener">Aux Electric (2580 HK)</a> is the fifth-largest air conditioner provider globally as measured by volume. It has launched an HKEx IPO to raise up to US$462 million.</li>
<li>I discussed the investment case in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/aux-electric-ipo-the-investment-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:198161" rel="noopener">Aux Electric IPO: The Investment Case</a>. </li>
<li>In this note, I present my forecasts and valuation. My analysis suggests that the IPO price is attractive.</li>
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Aux Electric (2580 HK) is the fifth-largest air conditioner provider globally as measured by volume. It has launched an HKEx IPO to raise up to US$462 million.
I discussed the investment case in Aux Electric IPO: The Investment Case. 
In this note, I present my forecasts and valuation. My analysis suggests that the IPO price is attractive.


Aux Electric IPO (2580 HK): Valuation Insights

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Fuyao Glass Industry Group / Event-Driven

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<li>HUGE, rampaging, "Beautiful Skew"... unwinds. Big swings in H/A ratios continue, this time on average with 2.3% H underperformance vs As, 4% wider on the highest AH premia.</li>
<li>Last week's long reco on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangzhou-automobile-group-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11082:1" rel="noopener">Guangzhou Automobile Group (2238 HK)</a> was up 1 tick on the week in Hs and Hs underperformed the A by 1.5%. </li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Pairs Monitor</a> are both there free for SK readers.</li>
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HUGE, rampaging, "Beautiful Skew"... unwinds. Big swings in H/A ratios continue, this time on average with 2.3% H underperformance vs As, 4% wider on the highest AH premia.
Last week's long reco on Guangzhou Automobile Group (2238 HK) was up 1 tick on the week in Hs and Hs underperformed the A by 1.5%. 
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Pairs Monitor are both there free for SK readers.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 22 Aug 2025):  BIG Beautiful Skew Corrects

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

Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. H / Index Rebalance

Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. H

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<li>The fall in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hisense-home-appliances-group-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20107:1" rel="noopener">Hisense Home Appliances Group (921 HK)</a>'s stock price over the last year puts it at risk of deletion from a global index in August.</li>
<li>Short interest and positioning have picked up in the stock over the last couple of weeks and there should be short covering against the passive selling.</li>
<li>The AH premium for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hisense-home-appliances-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27165:1" rel="noopener">Hisense Home Appliances Group</a> could increase over the near-term as positioning continues ahead of the passive selling.</li>
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The fall in Hisense Home Appliances Group (921 HK)'s stock price over the last year puts it at risk of deletion from a global index in August.
Short interest and positioning have picked up in the stock over the last couple of weeks and there should be short covering against the passive selling.
The AH premium for Hisense Home Appliances Group could increase over the near-term as positioning continues ahead of the passive selling.


Hisense Home Appliances (921 HK): Global Index Deletion Coming Up

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Equity Bottom-Up

Gree Electric Appliances / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Since inception on February 23, our Robust Dividend Yielders basket has generated 20.3% total return, vs MSCI Asia-ex-Japan's 11.34%. 10 stocks in our basket of 23 appreciated more than 20%.</li>
<li>We reconstruct our basket screening all Asian stocks &gt; US$2bn market cap, dividend yield &gt;6% in 2025 and 2026, EPS CAGR &gt; 5% and upward revision to EPS forecasts.</li>
<li>Our new Dividend Yield basket has 15 stocks, 10 from HK, 3 from onshore China, 1 each from Indonesia and Singapore. Bosideng is the only stock common in both baskets. </li>
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Since inception on February 23, our Robust Dividend Yielders basket has generated 20.3% total return, vs MSCI Asia-ex-Japan's 11.34%. 10 stocks in our basket of 23 appreciated more than 20%.
We reconstruct our basket screening all Asian stocks &gt; US$2bn market cap, dividend yield &gt;6% in 2025 and 2026, EPS CAGR &gt; 5% and upward revision to EPS forecasts.
Our new Dividend Yield basket has 15 stocks, 10 from HK, 3 from onshore China, 1 each from Indonesia and Singapore. Bosideng is the only stock common in both baskets. 


Asian Equities: Our Asian Robust Dividend Yield Basket – Revisiting After Sharp Outperformance

China

Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells refrigerators, air conditioners, freezers, and product components.

Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. H (921 HK)

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Hisense Home Appliances Group Co., Ltd. H (921 HK)

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Nicholas Tan

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Arun George

A/H Premium Tracker (To 22 Aug 2025): BIG Beautiful Skew Corrects

BIG BEAUTIFUL SKEW Corrects 2.3%. Feels like more of a correction to come. A shares seeing a real push on the speculative side.

Travis Lundy

Hisense Home Appliances (921 HK): Global Index Deletion Coming Up

Hisense Home could be deleted from a global index in 3 weeks. Impact is near 10x ADV. Short interest and positioning have been increasing. AH...

Brian Freitas

Asian Equities: Our Asian Robust Dividend Yield Basket – Revisiting After Sharp Outperformance

Since inception (Feb 23) our Robust Dividend Yielders basket generated 20.3% total return vs MSCI AxJ's 11.34%. Our new Dividend Yield basket...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

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