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

Topsports International Holdings / Event-Driven

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<li>Topsports International Holdings (TIH) is now trading close to its all time lows, after the shares corrected by 50% over the past year.</li>
<li>The company is one of the largest retailers for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nike-inc-cl-b" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6658:1" rel="noopener">Nike (NKE US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adidas-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21578:1" rel="noopener">Adidas AG (ADS GR)</a> in China.</li>
<li>Given then on/off lockdowns the near term outlook isn't great, but the stock appears cheap for those willing to take a longer view.</li>
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Topsports International Holdings (TIH) is now trading close to its all time lows, after the shares corrected by 50% over the past year.
The company is one of the largest retailers for Nike (NKE US) and Adidas AG (ADS GR) in China.
Given then on/off lockdowns the near term outlook isn't great, but the stock appears cheap for those willing to take a longer view.


Topsports International Holdings - Is Cheap Enough to Counter Some of the Risks

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 30th. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight changes in short interests for AIA, Li Ning, and Li Auto.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 30th. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight changes in short interests for AIA, Li Ning, and Li Auto.


Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>Currently at 69 constituents, it is unlikely that we reach 80 member by year end. Hang Seng Indexes is finding it tough to reach the target by excluding unprofitable companies.</li>
<li>We list 11 stocks that could be added to the index in September - with one-way turnover just over 5%, the actual number of inclusions will be lower.</li>
<li>There are a few potential inclusions where short interest is over 5% of the free float. These stocks could see short covering ahead of announcement of the changes.</li>
</ul>


Currently at 69 constituents, it is unlikely that we reach 80 member by year end. Hang Seng Indexes is finding it tough to reach the target by excluding unprofitable companies.
We list 11 stocks that could be added to the index in September - with one-way turnover just over 5%, the actual number of inclusions will be lower.
There are a few potential inclusions where short interest is over 5% of the free float. These stocks could see short covering ahead of announcement of the changes.


HSI Index Rebalance Preview: Finding the Balance

Equity Capital Markets

Weilong Delicious Global Holdi / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 6.2%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the updates from its refiled PHIP.</li>
</ul>


Weilong Delicious Global (WDG), a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO.
According to F&amp;S, WDG ranked first among spicy snack food enterprises in China, with a market share of 6.2%, and in the seasoned flour product and spicy vegetable snacks categories.
In this note, we talk about the updates from its refiled PHIP.


Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - Growth Is Slowing but Pre-IPO Valuation Has Been Halved

<ul>
<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors. There have been 7 months of southbound inflows.</li>
<li>We highlight monthly flows for Li Auto, Kuaishou, HKEx, Xpeng. </li>
</ul>


We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outlfows, and holding by mainland investors. There have been 7 months of southbound inflows.
We highlight monthly flows for Li Auto, Kuaishou, HKEx, Xpeng. 


Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly (June): Li Auto, Kuaishou, HKEx, Xpeng

China

Kuaishou Technology operates as a content community and social platform. The Company helps users create, upload and watch short videos on mobile devices. Kuaishou Technology offers services worldwide.

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Topsports International Holdings - Is Cheap Enough to Counter Some of the Risks

Topsports International Holdings (TIH) is now trading close to its all time lows, after the shares corrected by 50% over the past year.

Sumeet Singh

HK Short Interest: AIA, Li Ning, Li Auto

We highlight week on week changes in short interests for AIA, Li Ning, and Li Auto based on the latest Hong Kong SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HSI Index Rebalance Preview: Finding the Balance

There could be up to 5 inclusions as Hang Seng works its way up to 80 index members. We highlight the probable inclusions and find that some of...

Brian Freitas

Weilong Delicious Global Pre-IPO - Growth Is Slowing but Pre-IPO Valuation Has Been Halved

Weilong Delicious Global, a spicy snack food company in China, aims to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

Hong Kong Connect Flows Monthly (June): Li Auto, Kuaishou, HKEx, Xpeng

We highlight the 7th month of consecutive inflows from mainland to HK and individual stocks with top inflows: Li Auto, Kuaishou, HKEx, Xpeng.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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