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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> aims to raise around US$400m via selling some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bilibili-inc-class-z" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32215:1" rel="noopener">Bilibili (9626 HK)</a> in HK.</li>
<li>At the same time, the company will issue CB, along with a delta placement, and buyback some shares.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Tencent (700 HK) aims to raise around US$400m via selling some of its stake in Bilibili (9626 HK) in HK.
At the same time, the company will issue CB, along with a delta placement, and buyback some shares.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Bilibili Placement - CB, Placement, Repurchase - Confused?

Eoptolink Technology   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eoptolink-technology-inc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29558:1" rel="noopener">Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH)</a> one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over &gt;US$3bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>Eoptolink was one of the global leaders in 2025 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
</ul>



Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over &gt;US$3bn in its H-share listing.
Eoptolink was one of the global leaders in 2025 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Aequitas: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Early Look - At What Could Be HK’s Largest 4Q Listing at >US$3bn

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>The changes to the Hang Seng family of indices were announced post market close on 21 August - final capping will use closing prices from the close on 1 September.</li>
<li>There are 2 adds for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">HSI</a>, no constituent changes <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22900:1" rel="noopener">HSCEI</a>, 1 change for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">HSTECH</a>, 5 changes for the HSIII, and 1 change for the HSBIO.</li>
<li>There are 61 adds and 15 deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index and that should lead to 54 additions to Southbound Stock Connect from the open on 7 September.</li>
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The changes to the Hang Seng family of indices were announced post market close on 21 August - final capping will use closing prices from the close on 1 September.
There are 2 adds for the HSI, no constituent changes HSCEI, 1 change for the HSTECH, 5 changes for the HSIII, and 1 change for the HSBIO.
There are 61 adds and 15 deletes for the Hang Seng Composite Index and that should lead to 54 additions to Southbound Stock Connect from the open on 7 September.


Hang Seng Indexes: US$3.2bn of Flows Post Capping + Stock Connect Changes (Sep 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.

Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies (MMRT HK)

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<li>Mech-Mind raised HKD 2,200.2m (USD 280.6m) in net proceeds from its global offering and will list on the HKEX on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company's fundamentals, deal terms and peer valuation.</li>
<li>In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before its trading debut.</li>
</ul>


Mech-Mind raised HKD 2,200.2m (USD 280.6m) in net proceeds from its global offering and will list on the HKEX on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company's fundamentals, deal terms and peer valuation.
In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before its trading debut.


Shenzhen Longsys Electronics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-longsys-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45480:1" rel="noopener">Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH)</a> (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is looking to raise around US$800m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>SLE designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of memory products for edge AI and traditional consumer, enterprise and industrial applications.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.</li>
</ul>



Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH) (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is looking to raise around US$800m in its H-share listing.
SLE designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of memory products for edge AI and traditional consumer, enterprise and industrial applications.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.


Aequitas: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics A/H Listing - It’s Cheap but Might Not Be Cheap Enough

China

MiniMax Group is an artificial intelligence company that develops multimodal AI models and consumer applications. Its offerings include AI character apps like Talkie and Xingye, and video-generation services such as Hailuo AI. The company also creates proprietary foundation models capable of understanding, generating, and integrating various modalities including text, audio, images, video, and music. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, MiniMax was founded in December 2021.

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Aequitas: Bilibili Placement - CB, Placement, Repurchase - Confused?

Tencent (700 HK) aims to raise around US$400m via selling some of its stake in Bilibili (9626 HK) in HK. There is also a CB issuance and buyback...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Early Look - At What Could Be HK’s Largest 4Q Listing at >US$3bn

Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over >US$3bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh

Hang Seng Indexes: US$3.2bn of Flows Post Capping + Stock Connect Changes (Sep 2026)

The Sep rebalance of the HSI, HSCEI, HSTECH, HSIII indices will use 1 Sep closing prices for capping. The round-trip trade across the four indices...

Brian Freitas

Mech-Mind (梅卡曼德) IPO Trading

We analyze Mech-Mind's USD 300m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms and track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors. We would participate...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Aequitas: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics A/H Listing - It’s Cheap but Might Not Be Cheap Enough

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH) (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is looking to raise around US$800m...

Sumeet Singh

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