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.

Equity Capital Markets

Kingboard Laminates / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Holdco <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingboard-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8122:1" rel="noopener">Kingboard Holdings (148 HK)</a> is looking to sell around a 3.8% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingboard-laminates-hldg-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10276:1" rel="noopener">Kingboard Laminates Holdings (1888 HK)</a> to raise up to US$357m via a secondary selldown.</li>
<li>Kingboard Laminates Holdings Limited is a manufacturer of laminates used in printed circuit boards, and is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the electronics industry.</li>
<li>In this note we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Holdco Kingboard Holdings (148 HK) is looking to sell around a 3.8% stake in Kingboard Laminates Holdings (1888 HK) to raise up to US$357m via a secondary selldown.
Kingboard Laminates Holdings Limited is a manufacturer of laminates used in printed circuit boards, and is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the electronics industry.
In this note we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Kingboard Laminates Placement - Stock Has Done Exceedingly Well, Last Deal Went Great

CEO / Founder, Crea8

Kim-Hwa Lim

CEO / Founder

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Crea8

Crea8 blends AI-driven precision, big data scalability, and rigorous quantitative frameworks with seasoned human insight. By extracting actionable intelligence from vast global datasets, we eliminate emotional bias and deliver optimal risk-adjusted returns. Our hybrid approach uncovers hidden market efficiencies and ensures your capital is dynamically positioned across markets.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>The strategy seeks to invest in Shariah compliant companies in Greater China.</li><li>These companies may be established State Owned Enterprise, technology/entrepreneurial companies listed on Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and ChiNext.</li><li>By adopting a portfolio of stocks instead of individual stocks, the strategy is diversified across countries and industries; and optimised with respect to their expected risks and returns.</li></ul>

The strategy seeks to invest in Shariah compliant companies in Greater China.These companies may be established State Owned Enterprise, technology/entrepreneurial companies listed on Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and ChiNext.By adopting a portfolio of stocks instead of individual stocks, the strategy is diversified across countries and industries; and optimised with respect to their expected risks and returns.

Greater China (Shariah) Portfolio (18-Aug-2026)

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 latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

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<li>
The Hong Kong Alpha portfolio posted a -0.5% return for April. Since its inception, the HK Alpha portfolio has outperformed the HK indexes by 38.69% to 60.42%.  </li>
<li>Overall alpha generation remains at 64% of overall returns.  The Sharpe ratio for the portfolio is 1.15, compared with 0.89 for the benchmark.</li>
<li>As the US retreats from its war in Iran, we have repositioned the portfolio by adding exposure to the AI-related tech sector, including platform, agentic, and hardware.</li>
</ul>



The Hong Kong Alpha portfolio posted a -0.5% return for April. Since its inception, the HK Alpha portfolio has outperformed the HK indexes by 38.69% to 60.42%.  
Overall alpha generation remains at 64% of overall returns.  The Sharpe ratio for the portfolio is 1.15, compared with 0.89 for the benchmark.
As the US retreats from its war in Iran, we have repositioned the portfolio by adding exposure to the AI-related tech sector, including platform, agentic, and hardware.


Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>The Hang Seng Index is the main benchmark index for Hong Kong stocks. It follows a highly-subjective selection process which makes it difficult to formulaically predict index changes.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at a group of names with reasonably high likelihood of getting added/deleted during the next review in December 2026.</li>
<li>The results are expected to be confirmed publicly on 20th November 2026.</li>
</ul>


The Hang Seng Index is the main benchmark index for Hong Kong stocks. It follows a highly-subjective selection process which makes it difficult to formulaically predict index changes.
In this insight, we take a look at a group of names with reasonably high likelihood of getting added/deleted during the next review in December 2026.
The results are expected to be confirmed publicly on 20th November 2026.


Quiddity Leaderboard Hang Seng Index Dec26: Z.AI, COSCO, 3SBIO Among Our Top Picks

Hong Kong

Kingboard Laminates Holdings Limited is a vertically-integrated electronics materials manufacturer, specializing in the production of glass epoxy and paper laminates. The company also produces upstream component materials like copper foils, glass yarns, and epoxy resins, and has diversified interests in properties, chemicals, and hotel services. It was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

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Kingboard Laminates (1888 HK)

Aequitas: Kingboard Laminates Placement - Stock Has Done Exceedingly Well, Last Deal Went Great

Holdco Kingboard Holdings is looking to sell around a 3.8% stake in Kingboard Laminates Holdings to raise up to US$357m via a secondary selldown....

Akshat Shah

Greater China (Shariah) Portfolio (18-Aug-2026)

The strategy seeks to invest in Shariah compliant companies in Greater China. These companies may be established State Owned Enterprise,...

Crea8

HK Short Interest Weekly: Lenovo, Baba, Meituan, Tencent, Kb Laminates, Zj Innolight

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 2nd and highlight short interest changes in Lenovo, Baba, Meituan,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HONG KONG ALPHA PORTFOLIO: (April 2026)

The Hong Kong Alpha portfolio posted a -0.5% return for April. Since its inception, the HK Alpha portfolio has outperformed the HK indexes by...

David Mudd

Quiddity Leaderboard Hang Seng Index Dec26: Z.AI, COSCO, 3SBIO Among Our Top Picks

We have presented our top 10 picks for addition for HSI in Dec26. In the last 5 rebalances, at least one name has been added from our top 10 picks...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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