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.

Event-Driven

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<li>With <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota (7203 JP)</a> having sold some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1" rel="noopener">KDDI</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/harmonic-drive-systems-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10238:1" rel="noopener">Harmonic Drive</a> this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.</li>
<li>Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
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With Toyota (7203 JP) having sold some of its stake in Denso, KDDI and Harmonic Drive this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.
Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


Toyota Cross-Shareholding - To Say a Whole Lot Is Left Would Be a US$26bn Understatement

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The T50 index represents the top 50 largest stocks by market capitalization on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The T100 index represents the next 100 largest names (51-150 ranks).</li>
<li>Currently, we see four T50 changes and nine other T100 changes for the June 2026 index rebal event.</li>
<li>Among the expected T100 deletes, we see three TDIV members that could get deleted from TDIV in June 2026, with a fourth sitting close to the border.</li>
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The T50 index represents the top 50 largest stocks by market capitalization on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The T100 index represents the next 100 largest names (51-150 ranks).
Currently, we see four T50 changes and nine other T100 changes for the June 2026 index rebal event.
Among the expected T100 deletes, we see three TDIV members that could get deleted from TDIV in June 2026, with a fourth sitting close to the border.


Quiddity Leaderboard T50/​​​100 Jun26: Three TDIV DELs And One High-Impact T50 DEL Now in the Money!

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 9th. The aggregated short interest was USD41.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, Winbond Electronics, MediaTek.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 9th. The aggregated short interest was USD41.5bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, Winbond Electronics, MediaTek.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 9th): Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, MediaTek

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 2nd. The aggregated short interest was USD41.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics, Wistron, Walsin Technology, Nanya Technology.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 2nd. The aggregated short interest was USD41.4bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics, Wistron, Walsin Technology, Nanya Technology.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 2nd): Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics, Wistron

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 25th. The aggregated short interest was USD41.3bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE Industrial, Nan Ya Plastics, Wistron.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Sep 25th. The aggregated short interest was USD41.3bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE Industrial, Nan Ya Plastics, Wistron.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 25th): Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE Industrial

Taiwan

Hotai Motor Company Ltd. operates as an automobile dealership. The Company sells and services new and used cars and trucks in Taiwan.

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Sumeet Singh

Quiddity Leaderboard T50/100 Jun26: Three TDIV DELs And One High-Impact T50 DEL Now in the Money!

There are six TDIV members close to T100 deletion. Three of them are already in the money. The other three are just outside the border.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 9th): Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, MediaTek

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 2nd): Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics, Wistron

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 25th): Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE Industrial

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Toyota Cross-Shareholding - To Say a Whole Lot Is Left Would Be a US$26bn Understatement

Toyota, Toyota Industries and Denso are tag teaming to unwind some of their stake in Aisin, in a deal worth over US$1bn. While the timing of the...

Sumeet Singh

Quiddity Leaderboard T50/​​​100 Jun26: Three TDIV DELs And One High-Impact T50 DEL Now in the Money!

There are six TDIV members close to T100 deletion. Three of them are already in the money. The other three are just outside the border.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 9th): Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, MediaTek

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 2nd): Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics, Wistron

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Gold Circuit Electronics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Sep 25th): Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE Industrial

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Zhen Ding Technology, ASE...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard T50/100 Jun26: Three TDIV DELs And One High-Impact T50 DEL Now in the Money!