Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Materials, Healthcare and Tech sectors continue to lead the Hong Kong Secular Bull Market higher. The tech sector has been re-rating since Alibaba (9988 HK) announced its AI chip.</li>
<li>Momentum, Growth, and Liquidity factors have led the Hong Kong market performance year-to-date.  Southbound flows into the Hong Kong market continue at historically high levels.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingsoft-cloud-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36647:1" rel="noopener">Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (3896 HK)</a> was rated a BUY by Deutsche Bank with its initial target price of HK$11.  Shenwan Hongyuan initiates coverage of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/caocao-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:42803:1" rel="noopener">CaoCao (2643 HK)</a> a BUY.
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</ul>


Materials, Healthcare and Tech sectors continue to lead the Hong Kong Secular Bull Market higher. The tech sector has been re-rating since Alibaba (9988 HK) announced its AI chip.
Momentum, Growth, and Liquidity factors have led the Hong Kong market performance year-to-date.  Southbound flows into the Hong Kong market continue at historically high levels.

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (3896 HK) was rated a BUY by Deutsche Bank with its initial target price of HK$11.  Shenwan Hongyuan initiates coverage of CaoCao (2643 HK) a BUY.



BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (October 5)

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

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingsoft-cloud-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36647:1" rel="noopener">Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (3896 HK)</a> is looking to raise around US$304m in a primary placement.</li>
<li>The company will use the proceeds to support its AI business, including infrastructure expansion and enhancement of cloud services.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (3896 HK) is looking to raise around US$304m in a primary placement.
The company will use the proceeds to support its AI business, including infrastructure expansion and enhancement of cloud services.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Kingsoft Cloud Placement: Second Primary Offering This Year

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

<ul>
<li>HSTECH index on the verge of breaking through its Deepsek high</li>
<li>The market is again rewarding AI and cloud infrastructure spending</li>
<li>We add some names to benefit from this ongoing trend</li>
</ul>


HSTECH index on the verge of breaking through its Deepsek high
The market is again rewarding AI and cloud infrastructure spending
We add some names to benefit from this ongoing trend


Tactical Trading – Adding AI Infrastructure to the China Tech Trade

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>China's cloud companies like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kingsoft-cloud-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36647:1" rel="noopener">Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (3896 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ming-yuan-cloud-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29268:1" rel="noopener">Ming Yuan Cloud Group (909 HK)</a> benefit from the democratization of AI its concurrent increased data needs.</li>
<li>China's telecom companies like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mobile-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27:1" rel="noopener">China Mobile (941 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-unicom-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1016:1" rel="noopener">China Unicom Hong Kong (762 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-telecom-corp-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1015:1" rel="noopener">China Telecom (H) (728 HK)</a> are now major players in the country's AI ecosystem.</li>
<li>China's data center companies like GDS Holdings (9698 HK) , 21Vianet Group (VNET US) , and SUNeVision Holdings (1686 HK) are benefiting from the increased data needs of AI industry.</li>
</ul>


China's cloud companies like Kingsoft Cloud Holdings (3896 HK) and Ming Yuan Cloud Group (909 HK) benefit from the democratization of AI its concurrent increased data needs.
China's telecom companies like China Mobile (941 HK) , China Unicom Hong Kong (762 HK) and China Telecom (H) (728 HK) are now major players in the country's AI ecosystem.
China's data center companies like GDS Holdings (9698 HK) , 21Vianet Group (VNET US) , and SUNeVision Holdings (1686 HK) are benefiting from the increased data needs of AI industry.


Deepseek Rally Creates Winners in CLOUD, TELECOM and DATA CENTERS

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 26th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi Apptec, China Mobile.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 26th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi Apptec, China Mobile.


HK Short Interest Weekly: CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi Apptec, China Mobile

Hong Kong

Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides cloud computing solutions such as gaming, video streaming, and financial services.

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BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (October 5)

Materials, Healthcare and Tech sectors continue to lead the Hong Kong Secular Bull Market higher. The tech sector has been re-rating since Alibaba...

David Mudd

Kingsoft Cloud Placement: Second Primary Offering This Year

Kingsoft Cloud is looking to raise around US$304m in a primary placement. In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal...

Nicholas Tan

Tactical Trading – Adding AI Infrastructure to the China Tech Trade

HSTECH index showing increased momentum as market approaches Deepseek high. We look at some AI infrastructure beneficiaries

Rikki Malik

Deepseek Rally Creates Winners in CLOUD, TELECOM and DATA CENTERS

Cloud, Telecom and Data Center companies are winners from the DeepSeek sparked AI revolution. Increased data storage, processing and distribution...

David Mudd

HK Short Interest Weekly: CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi Apptec, China Mobile

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 26th and highlight short interest changes in CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Market Update (October 5)

Materials, Healthcare and Tech sectors continue to lead the Hong Kong Secular Bull Market higher. The tech sector has been re-rating since Alibaba...

David Mudd

Kingsoft Cloud Placement: Second Primary Offering This Year

Kingsoft Cloud is looking to raise around US$304m in a primary placement. In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal...

Nicholas Tan

Tactical Trading – Adding AI Infrastructure to the China Tech Trade

​HSTECH index showing increased momentum as market approaches Deepseek high. We look at some AI infrastructure beneficiaries

Rikki Malik

Deepseek Rally Creates Winners in CLOUD, TELECOM and DATA CENTERS

Cloud, Telecom and Data Center companies are winners from the DeepSeek sparked AI revolution. Increased data storage, processing and distribution...

David Mudd

HK Short Interest Weekly: CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi Apptec, China Mobile

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Sep 26th and highlight short interest changes in CSPC Pharma, HSBC, Wuxi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HSTECH index showing increased momentum as market approaches Deepseek high. We look at some AI infrastructure beneficiaries