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.

Equity Capital Markets

Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin / Equity Capital Markets

Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin (002821 CH)

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<li>Asymchem Laboratories (AL) aims to raise up to US$968m in its H-share listing in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>AL is a provider of outsourced pharmaceutical development and manufacturing solutions and services. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the recent updates and IPO pricing.</li>
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Asymchem Laboratories (AL) aims to raise up to US$968m in its H-share listing in Hong Kong.
AL is a provider of outsourced pharmaceutical development and manufacturing solutions and services. 
In this note, we will talk about the recent updates and IPO pricing.


Asymchem Labs A/​H Listing - Pricing Seems Adequate Despite the Share Price Run Up

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/asymchem-laboratories-tianjin-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28265:1" rel="noopener">Asymchem Laboratories (002821 CH)</a> is a global contract development manufacturing organisation (CDMO). Asymchem is pre-marketing an H Share listing to raise $1.5 billion, according to press reports.</li>
<li>Asymchem has delivered strong growth and margin progression (on a constant currency basis) over the track record period.</li>
<li>The forward indicators suggest that the near-term prospects remain solid. Overall, we think that Asymchem has robust fundamentals.  </li>
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Asymchem Laboratories (002821 CH) is a global contract development manufacturing organisation (CDMO). Asymchem is pre-marketing an H Share listing to raise $1.5 billion, according to press reports.
Asymchem has delivered strong growth and margin progression (on a constant currency basis) over the track record period.
The forward indicators suggest that the near-term prospects remain solid. Overall, we think that Asymchem has robust fundamentals.  


Asymchem Laboratories H Share Listing: On-Demand Science

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

DZT Research

DZT 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>As of Friday Nov 19, the average A/H premium of 134 A/H stocks are 109.3%. The average A/H premium changed by -1.4ppt over the past one week.</li>
<li>The sector with the biggest A/H premium increase was Utilities (ΔA/H premium=5.1ppt) while the sector with the biggest A/H premium decrease was Consumer Discretionary (ΔA/H premium=-13.1ppt).</li>
<li>The top 3 stocks based on increase in A/H premium in the past week were SINOPEC SHANG, YANTAI NORTH, and SINOPEC OILFIELD.</li>
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As of Friday Nov 19, the average A/H premium of 134 A/H stocks are 109.3%. The average A/H premium changed by -1.4ppt over the past one week.
The sector with the biggest A/H premium increase was Utilities (ΔA/H premium=5.1ppt) while the sector with the biggest A/H premium decrease was Consumer Discretionary (ΔA/H premium=-13.1ppt).
The top 3 stocks based on increase in A/H premium in the past week were SINOPEC SHANG, YANTAI NORTH, and SINOPEC OILFIELD.


A/H Premium Weekly: Utility Led the Premium Increase

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

<p>Since <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-medicilon-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30368:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Medicilon Inc (688202 CH)</a> was listed on the SSE STAR Market in November 2019, in less than two years, its share price has been up about 1535%, the highest among all CRO companies in A-share. By the end of October 18, 2021, its market value was RMB42.9 billion. So, what is so special about this CRO company that its stock is rising so sharply? This insight mainly analyzed the business, the financial performance, the outlook and the concerns of the Company. </p>

Since Shanghai Medicilon Inc (688202 CH) was listed on the SSE STAR Market in November 2019, in less than two years, its share price has been up about 1535%, the highest among all CRO companies in A-share. By the end of October 18, 2021, its market value was RMB42.9 billion. So, what is so special about this CRO company that its stock is rising so sharply? This insight mainly analyzed the business, the financial performance, the outlook and the concerns of the Company. 

Shanghai Medicilon (688202.CH)- Concerns on Long-Term Outlook Despite Amazing Short Term Performance

Novotech Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novotech-health-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33411:1" rel="noopener">Novotech Holdings (NVT HK)</a> is a global contract research organisation (CRO). Novotech is the third-largest Asia-Pacific-based CRO and the largest biotech-specialist CRO in the Asia-Pacific region, both in terms of revenue in 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. The controlling shareholder is TPG and the other shareholders include GIC, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Sequoia Capital. Novotech has started pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise $0.5-1.0 billion, according to press reports.</p></div><div>
<div><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/novotech-health-ipo-initiation-on-demand-science" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:57198" rel="noopener">Novotech Health IPO Initiation: On-Demand Science</a>, we noted that, unlike other H-listed CRO peers, Novotech gives investors an avenue to gain exposure to the broader Asia-Pacific CRO industry. We concluded that Novotech’s fundamentals are solid and the IPO is worth a look for investors willing to brave the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs. </p></div>
<div><div><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/novotech-health-ipo-a-solid-start-to-2021" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:57255" rel="noopener">Novotech Health IPO: A Solid Start to 2021</a>, we examined the PHIP which discloses the 1Q21 results along with additional disclosures and recent developments. Overall, we maintained our view that the fundamentals look attractive. </p></div></div>
</div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Novotech's potential valuation range. </p></div></div></div>

Novotech Holdings (NVT HK) is a global contract research organisation (CRO). Novotech is the third-largest Asia-Pacific-based CRO and the largest biotech-specialist CRO in the Asia-Pacific region, both in terms of revenue in 2020, according to Frost &amp; Sullivan. The controlling shareholder is TPG and the other shareholders include GIC, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Sequoia Capital. Novotech has started pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise $0.5-1.0 billion, according to press reports.
In Novotech Health IPO Initiation: On-Demand Science, we noted that, unlike other H-listed CRO peers, Novotech gives investors an avenue to gain exposure to the broader Asia-Pacific CRO industry. We concluded that Novotech’s fundamentals are solid and the IPO is worth a look for investors willing to brave the current weak sentiment on HKEx IPOs. 
In Novotech Health IPO: A Solid Start to 2021, we examined the PHIP which discloses the 1Q21 results along with additional disclosures and recent developments. Overall, we maintained our view that the fundamentals look attractive. 
In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Novotech's potential valuation range. 

Novotech Health IPO: Valuation First-Look

China

JOINN Laboratories is a specialized drug development outsourcing company (CRO) that provides non-clinical pharmacology and toxicology research and evaluation services, including drug safety assessment, pharmacodynamic, and pharmacokinetic studies. The company also offers clinical trial services and the production and sale of experimental models. Headquartered in Beijing, China, it was founded in 1995.

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JOINN Laboratories (6127 HK)

A/H Premium Weekly: Utility Led the Premium Increase

We highlight the utility sector as the biggest A/H premium gainer and the Consumer Discretionary as the biggest A/H premium lager.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shanghai Medicilon (688202.CH)- Concerns on Long-Term Outlook Despite Amazing Short Term Performance

The insight mainly analyzed Medicilon in terms of the business, the financial performance, the comparison with peers, the outlook, the concerns and...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Novotech Health IPO: Valuation First-Look

Novotech is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise $0.5-1.0 billion. In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Novotech's...

Arun George

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Asymchem Labs A/​H Listing - Pricing Seems Adequate Despite the Share Price Run Up

Asymchem Laboratories (AL) aims to raise up to US$968m in its H-share listing in Hong Kong. In this note, we will talk about the IPO pricing.

Sumeet Singh

Asymchem Laboratories H Share Listing: On-Demand Science

Asymchem is pre-marketing an H Share listing to raise $1.5 billion, according to press reports. The forward indicators suggest that the near-term...

Arun George

A/H Premium Weekly: Utility Led the Premium Increase

We highlight the utility sector as the biggest A/H premium gainer and the Consumer Discretionary as the biggest A/H premium lager.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shanghai Medicilon (688202.CH)- Concerns on Long-Term Outlook Despite Amazing Short Term Performance

The insight mainly analyzed Medicilon in terms of the business, the financial performance, the comparison with peers, the outlook, the concerns and...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Novotech Health IPO: Valuation First-Look

Novotech is pre-marketing an HKEx IPO to raise $0.5-1.0 billion. In this note, we present our forecasts and take the first look at Novotech's...

Arun George

Asymchem Labs A/H Listing - Pricing Seems Adequate Despite the Share Price Run Up