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

<ul>
<li>2024 marked our ninth year covering Equity Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific. In 2024, IPO volumes were mainly driven by India, even as Hong Kong showed signs of turning a corner.</li>
<li>We ended 2024 with an accuracy rate of 79.4% across 68 IPOs that we covered and 68.8% across 109 placements.</li>
<li>For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.</li>
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2024 marked our ninth year covering Equity Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific. In 2024, IPO volumes were mainly driven by India, even as Hong Kong showed signs of turning a corner.
We ended 2024 with an accuracy rate of 79.4% across 68 IPOs that we covered and 68.8% across 109 placements.
For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.


Aequitas 2024 IPOs and Placements Performance Review-India Driving Volumes as HK Shows Signs of Life

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the final rankings of potential ADDs and potential DELs for the March 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect one change for the HSTECH index in March 2025 and combined with capping flows currently see US$475mn one-way flows.</li>
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The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.
In this insight, we take a look at the final rankings of potential ADDs and potential DELs for the March 2025 index rebal event.
We expect one change for the HSTECH index in March 2025 and combined with capping flows currently see US$475mn one-way flows.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Mar 25: One High-Conviction Change; US$475mn One-Way

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist, Clifton Derivatives

John Ley

Equity Derivatives and Volatility Specialist

Clifton Derivatives

Independent derivative and volatility research firm focusing on events/catalysts, earnings, relative value and cross asset volatility strategies.

Equity Derivatives

<ul>
<li>Big increase in single stock volumes particularly Puts which pushed the single stock put call ratio over 1 for the first time since early November.</li>
<li>Heavy Put trading in the Financial Sector especially with ICBC and CCB.</li>
<li>Health Care, Energy and Materials are the 3 sectors seeing higher Put trading vs Calls and are also the 3 sectors with the lowest 3M implied vol 1 year percentile.</li>
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Big increase in single stock volumes particularly Puts which pushed the single stock put call ratio over 1 for the first time since early November.
Heavy Put trading in the Financial Sector especially with ICBC and CCB.
Health Care, Energy and Materials are the 3 sectors seeing higher Put trading vs Calls and are also the 3 sectors with the lowest 3M implied vol 1 year percentile.


EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly Dec 30 – Jan 03

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>New and renewed trade-in subsidies on smart phone, tablet and wearables can add low to high single digit growth to major e-commerce platforms. Raising basic pension invites more questions;</li>
<li>Meituan's latest anti-fatigue and algorithm change is a way to deflect criticism of its not paying social security for its riders;</li>
<li>Several games on NetEase received positive feedbacks, paving way for a rebounding 2025.</li>
</ul>


New and renewed trade-in subsidies on smart phone, tablet and wearables can add low to high single digit growth to major e-commerce platforms. Raising basic pension invites more questions;
Meituan's latest anti-fatigue and algorithm change is a way to deflect criticism of its not paying social security for its riders;
Several games on NetEase received positive feedbacks, paving way for a rebounding 2025.


China Internet Weekly Wrap (1/2025): JD, BABA, PDD, SE, CPNG, Meituan, NTES

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>SOUTHBOUND gross trading activity was quite light the last two weeks of the year. Non-SB trading of HK was even lighter. Net buying was strong.</li>
<li>Net buying on tech was VERY big but not on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (BABA US)</a> (small positive) or <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> (largest outflow). </li>
<li>Financials and High Div SOEs are back on the menu. SOUTHBOUND has been a Very Big Percentage of traded volume. </li>
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SOUTHBOUND gross trading activity was quite light the last two weeks of the year. Non-SB trading of HK was even lighter. Net buying was strong.
Net buying on tech was VERY big but not on Alibaba Group Holding (BABA US) (small positive) or Meituan (3690 HK) (largest outflow). 
Financials and High Div SOEs are back on the menu. SOUTHBOUND has been a Very Big Percentage of traded volume. 


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 3 Jan 2025); SB Buys InfoTech, Financials, Energy, Telecoms

China

Meituan operates as a web based shopping platform for locally found consumer products and retail services. The Company offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment, dining, delivery, and other services. Meituan provides its services throughout China.

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Aequitas 2024 IPOs and Placements Performance Review-India Driving Volumes as HK Shows Signs of Life

2024 marked our ninth year covering Equity Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific. We had an accuracy rate of 79.4% for IPOs and 68.8% for placements in...

Sumeet Singh

Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Mar 25: One High-Conviction Change; US$475mn One-Way

We see Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) as a high conviction ADD and East Buy Holding (1797 HK) as a high-conviction DEL. In total, we estimate one-way...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly Dec 30 – Jan 03

Single stock put volumes are on the rise, pushing the put call ratio over 1 for the first time since November. Heavy put trading in financial...

John Ley

China Internet Weekly Wrap (1/2025): JD, BABA, PDD, SE, CPNG, Meituan, NTES

Trade-in subsidies on smartphones can boost e-commerce growth, Meituan deflects criticism with anti-fatigue measures, NetEase games receive...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 3 Jan 2025); SB Buys InfoTech, Financials, Energy, Telecoms

Overall HK volumes the last two weeks of the year were low. SOUTHBOUND volumes were low but net buying continued strongly. High Div SOEs and SOE...

Travis Lundy

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Aequitas 2024 IPOs and Placements Performance Review-India Driving Volumes as HK Shows Signs of Life

2024 marked our ninth year covering Equity Capital Markets in Asia-Pacific. We had an accuracy rate of 79.4% for IPOs and 68.8% for placements in...

Sumeet Singh

Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Mar 25: One High-Conviction Change; US$475mn One-Way

We see Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) as a high conviction ADD and East Buy Holding (1797 HK) as a high-conviction DEL. In total, we estimate one-way...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

EQD | Hong Kong Single Stock Options Weekly Dec 30 – Jan 03

​Single stock put volumes are on the rise, pushing the put call ratio over 1 for the first time since November. Heavy put trading in financial...

John Ley

China Internet Weekly Wrap (1/2025): JD, BABA, PDD, SE, CPNG, Meituan, NTES

​Trade-in subsidies on smartphones can boost e-commerce growth, Meituan deflects criticism with anti-fatigue measures, NetEase games receive...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 3 Jan 2025); SB Buys InfoTech, Financials, Energy, Telecoms

Overall HK volumes the last two weeks of the year were low. SOUTHBOUND volumes were low but net buying continued strongly. High Div SOEs and SOE...

Travis Lundy

Single stock put volumes are on the rise, pushing the put call ratio over 1 for the first time since November. Heavy put trading in financial...

Trade-in subsidies on smartphones can boost e-commerce growth, Meituan deflects criticism with anti-fatigue measures, NetEase games receive...