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

Manycore Tech Inc. (MTI), the world’s largest platform for 3D interior design, decoration and construction, aims to raise at least US$100m in its US IPO. The company is backed by IDG, GGV and Hillhouse.MTI is a pure play SaaS provider. As of Mar 21, it had 20,806 enterprise customers across different industry verticals. In addition, it also served over 240,000 and 89,000 paying individuals over FY20 and 1Q21. MTI had a 56.5% market share in the residential cloud-based DDC software market in China.

Manycore Tech Inc. (MTI), the world’s largest platform for 3D interior design, decoration and construction, aims to raise at least US$100m in its US IPO. The company is backed by IDG, GGV and Hillhouse.MTI is a pure play SaaS provider. As of Mar 21, it had 20,806 enterprise customers across different industry verticals. In addition, it also served over 240,000 and 89,000 paying individuals over FY20 and 1Q21. MTI had a 56.5% market share in the residential cloud-based DDC software market in China. 

Manycore Tech Pre-IPO - High but Declining Market Share

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

Better late than never, as they say.Typically, I publish pre-IPO ESG assessments well before book building). This pre-IPO ESG report on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/full-truck-alliance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33429:1" rel="noopener">Full Truck Alliance (YMM US)</a>, aka Manbang, aka the "Uber for trucks," is admittedly a tad late in the IPO process – given that shares are expected to be trading in one day from now.Nevertheless, there are some important ESG issues to contemplate. Nothing that will alter the IPO, of course. And there really aren't all that many highly-material ESG issues for FTA. However, there are one or two big ones – the sort that could crush a technology stock just out of the IPO gate.For this Insight, I changed my modus operandi. Instead of addressing every conceivable ESG issue, I focus on the two most material issues for each ESG pillar. The ultra-condensed version is as follows (in decreasing order of materiality hence the Social, Governance, Environmental sequence):<ul>
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Social: Nothing else matters in terms of acute investment risk. To be clear, FTA seems on top of things vis-à-vis cyber-risk management. There are no specific concerns. But one data breach, or one ransomware attack. That's all it takes to decimate any newly-listed technology company.</li>
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Governance: They pale in comparison to Social-pillar cyber-risks, but two material Governance issues are: 1) disproportionate ownership and voting control (nothing new for tech, but an ESG hot-button), and 2) regulatory risk and uncertainty, mainly regarding China's antitrust stance.</li>
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Environmental: Environmental issues just don't matter that much from a financial-materiality viewpoint. As a technology firm, FTA's direct climate footprint is negligible. Longer-term it must address its indirect footprint (emissions from third-party activities enabled by its platform).</li>
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Better late than never, as they say.Typically, I publish pre-IPO ESG assessments well before book building). This pre-IPO ESG report on Full Truck Alliance (YMM US), aka Manbang, aka the "Uber for trucks," is admittedly a tad late in the IPO process – given that shares are expected to be trading in one day from now.Nevertheless, there are some important ESG issues to contemplate. Nothing that will alter the IPO, of course. And there really aren't all that many highly-material ESG issues for FTA. However, there are one or two big ones – the sort that could crush a technology stock just out of the IPO gate.For this Insight, I changed my modus operandi. Instead of addressing every conceivable ESG issue, I focus on the two most material issues for each ESG pillar. The ultra-condensed version is as follows (in decreasing order of materiality hence the Social, Governance, Environmental sequence):

Social: Nothing else matters in terms of acute investment risk. To be clear, FTA seems on top of things vis-à-vis cyber-risk management. There are no specific concerns. But one data breach, or one ransomware attack. That's all it takes to decimate any newly-listed technology company.

Governance: They pale in comparison to Social-pillar cyber-risks, but two material Governance issues are: 1) disproportionate ownership and voting control (nothing new for tech, but an ESG hot-button), and 2) regulatory risk and uncertainty, mainly regarding China's antitrust stance.

Environmental: Environmental issues just don't matter that much from a financial-materiality viewpoint. As a technology firm, FTA's direct climate footprint is negligible. Longer-term it must address its indirect footprint (emissions from third-party activities enabled by its platform).


Pre-IPO ESG Analysis of Full Truck Alliance: Strong ESG Profile... But With One Potential Landmine

Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

We plan to do a deep dive on Didi Chuxing now that the prospectus is out but there are a few points related to Softbank that are worth highlighting in advance. In general, the IPO needs to be wildly successful to provide a meaningful bump in sentiment and anything less is probably factored into Softbank’s share price already. At equity valuations of $70-100bn, the upside for SBG shareholders would be ¥93-291/share. That is positive of course but relatively less than what Uber shareholders could expect (6% Didi exposure v SBG 4%) and also a smaller gain that that offered by the headline listings from Beike, DoorDash and Coupang in the last three periods. The good news is a placement before quarter-end helps the public portfolio which is down $8bn+ QTD.

We plan to do a deep dive on Didi Chuxing now that the prospectus is out but there are a few points related to Softbank that are worth highlighting in advance. In general, the IPO needs to be wildly successful to provide a meaningful bump in sentiment and anything less is probably factored into Softbank’s share price already. At equity valuations of $70-100bn, the upside for SBG shareholders would be ¥93-291/share. That is positive of course but relatively less than what Uber shareholders could expect (6% Didi exposure v SBG 4%) and also a smaller gain that that offered by the headline listings from Beike, DoorDash and Coupang in the last three periods. The good news is a placement before quarter-end helps the public portfolio which is down $8bn+ QTD.

Softbank Group - Initial Thoughts on the Didi Chuxing IPO Filing

Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

Overseas Chinese Equities

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<li>We do not believe that the death of the founder will negatively impact BEKE.</li>
<li>The 1Q21 result is much better than the market consensus.</li>
<li>The booming existing home is exactly the market BEKE is good at.</li>
<li>We believe the stock will have an upside of 36% for the end of 2022.</li>
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We do not believe that the death of the founder will negatively impact BEKE.
The 1Q21 result is much better than the market consensus.
The booming existing home is exactly the market BEKE is good at.
We believe the stock will have an upside of 36% for the end of 2022.


BK (BEKE): Buy for Strong Quarter When Others Fear for Founder’s Death

When you go to a live music show in Japan there is almost always an encore. In fact, that is the standard. If an artist has truly done well, there may be a second encore. And if the performance has been legendary, there might even be a third. That is how the last year with Vision Fund has felt...

When you go to a live music show in Japan there is almost always an encore. In fact, that is the standard. If an artist has truly done well, there may be a second encore. And if the performance has been legendary, there might even be a third. That is how the last year with Vision Fund has felt...

Softbank Group: Q4 20 Results – Will There Be an Encore?

China

KE Holdings Inc. operates as an integrated online and offline platform for housing transactions and services. The Company offers existing and new home sales, home rentals, home renovation, real estate financial solutions, and other services. KE Holdings conducts businesses in China.

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Pre-IPO ESG Analysis of Full Truck Alliance: Strong ESG Profile... But With One Potential Landmine

There aren't many highly material ESG issues for FTA. But quantity is irrelevant when there is one big ESG issue with the potential to crush any...

Kyle Rudden

Softbank Group - Initial Thoughts on the Didi Chuxing IPO Filing

Softbank's reaction to Didi's IPO filing has been muted as expectations are set and only a wildly sucecssful debut would boost sentiment. Also,...

Kirk Boodry

BK (BEKE): Buy for Strong Quarter When Others Fear for Founder’s Death

We do not believe that the death of the founder will negatively impact BEKE. The 1Q21 result is much better than the market consensus. The booming...

Ming Lu

Softbank Group: Q4 20 Results – Will There Be an Encore?

Softbank reported record earnings but this was anticipated and what happens moving forward is more relevant. It has high exposure to a tech sell...

Kirk Boodry

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Manycore Tech Pre-IPO - High but Declining Market Share

Manycore Tech (MTI), the world’s largest platform for 3D interior design, decoration and construction, aims to raise at least US$100m in its US...

Sumeet Singh

Pre-IPO ESG Analysis of Full Truck Alliance: Strong ESG Profile... But With One Potential Landmine

There aren't many highly material ESG issues for FTA. But quantity is irrelevant when there is one big ESG issue with the potential to crush any...

Kyle Rudden

Softbank Group - Initial Thoughts on the Didi Chuxing IPO Filing

Softbank's reaction to Didi's IPO filing has been muted as expectations are set and only a wildly sucecssful debut would boost sentiment. Also,...

Kirk Boodry

BK (BEKE): Buy for Strong Quarter When Others Fear for Founder’s Death

We do not believe that the death of the founder will negatively impact BEKE. The 1Q21 result is much better than the market consensus. The booming...

Ming Lu

Softbank Group: Q4 20 Results – Will There Be an Encore?

Softbank reported record earnings but this was anticipated and what happens moving forward is more relevant. It has high exposure to a tech sell...

Kirk Boodry