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

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sichuan-baicha-baidao-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40029:1" rel="noopener">Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial (2555 HK)</a> raised around US$330m in its Hong Kong IPO, in April 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon</li>
<li>SBBI sells new-style tea drinks through its ChaPanda stores. According to F&amp;S, SBBI ranked third in China’s new-style tea shop market in 2023, with a market share of 6.8%</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial (2555 HK) raised around US$330m in its Hong Kong IPO, in April 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon
SBBI sells new-style tea drinks through its ChaPanda stores. According to F&amp;S, SBBI ranked third in China’s new-style tea shop market in 2023, with a market share of 6.8%
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial IPO Lockup - Steep Losses for Pre-IPO Investors

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/duality-biotherapeutics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43878:1" rel="noopener">Duality Biotherapeutics </a>delivered a strong listing, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-zenergy-battery-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43855:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Zenergy Battery Technologies</a> was still holding on to its deal price.</li>
<li>On the placements front, we looked at number of upcoming lockup expiries.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, Duality Biotherapeutics delivered a strong listing, while Jiangsu Zenergy Battery Technologies was still holding on to its deal price.
On the placements front, we looked at number of upcoming lockup expiries.


ECM Weekly (22 Apr 2025) - Suzuki, Zenergy, Chagee, Duality, Manycore, Horizon, Giant Bio, TV Asahi

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dada-nexus-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28961:1" rel="noopener">Dada Nexus (DADA US)</a> has filed the <a href="https://ir.imdada.cn/static-files/159abee6-f8ee-4ad7-ac9a-e1943183d072" target="_blank" rel="noopener">13E-3</a> relating to the binding proposal from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-com-inc-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:446:1" rel="noopener">JD.com Inc (ADR) (JD US)</a> at US$2.00 per ADS, a 41.8% premium to the undisturbed price.</li>
<li>The 13E-3 filing provides more details on the price negotiations, required regulatory approvals and IFA valuation. Crucially, no Chinese regulatory approvals are required.</li>
<li>The completion conditions are low-risk. At last close and for an end-September payment, the gross/annualised spread is 5.4%/12.1% (including the US$0.05 ADS cancellation fee). </li>
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Dada Nexus (DADA US) has filed the 13E-3 relating to the binding proposal from JD.com Inc (ADR) (JD US) at US$2.00 per ADS, a 41.8% premium to the undisturbed price.
The 13E-3 filing provides more details on the price negotiations, required regulatory approvals and IFA valuation. Crucially, no Chinese regulatory approvals are required.
The completion conditions are low-risk. At last close and for an end-September payment, the gross/annualised spread is 5.4%/12.1% (including the US$0.05 ADS cancellation fee). 


Dada Nexus (DADA US): Takeaways from the 13E-3 Filing

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 HSCEI serves as a benchmark to reflect the overall performance of the top 50 "Mainland China" securities listed in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$470mn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 4.3%.</li>
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The HSCEI serves as a benchmark to reflect the overall performance of the top 50 "Mainland China" securities listed in Hong Kong.
In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.
We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$470mn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 4.3%.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSCEI Jun25: US$470mn One-Way Flows Expected

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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 flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$1.53bn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 7.4%.</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 flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.
We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$1.53bn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 7.4%.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Jun25: US$1.5bn One-Way; Large Inflow for Net Ease

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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Meituan (3690 HK)

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial IPO Lockup - Steep Losses for Pre-IPO Investors

Sichuan Baicha Baidao Industrial (2555 HK) raised around US$330m in its Hong Kong IPO, in April 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (22 Apr 2025) - Suzuki, Zenergy, Chagee, Duality, Manycore, Horizon, Giant Bio, TV Asahi

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Dada Nexus (DADA US): Takeaways from the 13E-3 Filing

The 13E-3 filing provides more details on the price negotiations, required regulatory approvals and IFA valuation. The gross/annualised spread is...

Arun George

Quiddity Leaderboard HSCEI Jun25: US$470mn One-Way Flows Expected

Our index change expectations remain the same since mid-March 2025. We expect the ADDs/DELs and indicative weights to be publicly confirmed on 16th...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Jun25: US$1.5bn One-Way; Large Inflow for Net Ease

Collectively, we expect more than US$1bn index inflows for NetEase (9999 HK), Baidu (9888 HK), Trip.com Group (9961 HK), and NIO (9866 HK) from...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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