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

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<li>Multiple new agencies have been reporting that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> plans to trim its investment portfolio over the remainder of the year. </li>
<li>The reports have been coming in since the second half of the year and the company has been duly denying these rumors.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at Tencent’s shareholding in various companies to try and gauge which ones it could sell out of and how.</li>
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Multiple new agencies have been reporting that Tencent (700 HK) plans to trim its investment portfolio over the remainder of the year. 
The reports have been coming in since the second half of the year and the company has been duly denying these rumors.
In this note, we look at Tencent’s shareholding in various companies to try and gauge which ones it could sell out of and how.


Tencent Investee Selldown - The US$120bn Global Overhang

Defining Social Commerce in Southeast Asia, Cube Asia

Sarabjit Singh

Defining Social Commerce in Southeast Asia

Cube Asia

We offer granular market data and insights for online retail in Southeast Asia, helping brands and retail companies drive profitable growth. 

Why the Cube?
3 dimensions of granularity to help you get deep into the 1) geographies, 2) categories, and 3) types of data and insights you need for your business.

The Cube is a big-data machine that is continuously listening to public data sources and primary research, and triangulating across thousands of data points using probabilistic modeling to produce an accurate and granular picture of Southeast Asia’s online retail landscape.

Private Capital Markets

<ul><li>Community group buying is a type of B2C e-commerce where purchases are instigated or influenced not by individual buyers alone, but by reseller agents or a group of fellow consumers</li><li>Community group buying is a 3-5bn USD market in Southeast Asia today; future outlook depends on how well current players will be able to continue to innovate</li><li>In its most basic form, Community group buying is innovating by introducing agents of resellers who can take on the tasks performed by traditional distributors or retailers</li></ul>

Community group buying is a type of B2C e-commerce where purchases are instigated or influenced not by individual buyers alone, but by reseller agents or a group of fellow consumersCommunity group buying is a 3-5bn USD market in Southeast Asia today; future outlook depends on how well current players will be able to continue to innovateIn its most basic form, Community group buying is innovating by introducing agents of resellers who can take on the tasks performed by traditional distributors or retailers

Global Emerging Market Equities, Propitious Research

Wium Malan, CFA

Global Emerging Market Equities

Independent, Fundamental Quantitative Research

Propitious Research

Fully independent, fundamental and quantitative equity research, focused on companies in the Telecommunication, Media, Technology, Internet and Healthcare sectors in the Global Emerging Markets. Idea generation focused on Quality stocks, trading below their intrinsic Value, with sound Corporate Governance.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In line with previously reported trends in Chinese retail sales growth, the large Chinese eCommerce operators reported a decline (or contraction) in GMV growth in 2Q2022.</li>
<li>Following a contraction between March and May this year, China’s retail sales growth has returned to growth since June, which continued in July and accelerated in August.</li>
<li>Alibaba’s next reported quarter’s annualised growth will be on an extremely depressed base.</li>
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In line with previously reported trends in Chinese retail sales growth, the large Chinese eCommerce operators reported a decline (or contraction) in GMV growth in 2Q2022.
Following a contraction between March and May this year, China’s retail sales growth has returned to growth since June, which continued in July and accelerated in August.
Alibaba’s next reported quarter’s annualised growth will be on an extremely depressed base.


Alibaba: Accelerating Retail Sales, and a Depressed Comp Base, Bode Well for Near-Term Earnings

Equity Capital Markets

Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologie / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1.0bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015.</li>
<li>As of end Jun 22, it had delivered a total of 104,829 cars with most of its sales coming from its mini units, T03.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>


Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1.0bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015.
As of end Jun 22, it had delivered a total of 104,829 cars with most of its sales coming from its mini units, T03.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.


Leapmotor IPO - Peers Recent Down Move Won’t Help

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/onewo-space-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36204:1" rel="noopener">Onewo Space-Tech (ONEWO HK)</a> (OST) aims to raise upto US$784m in its Hong Kong IPO. OST is a property management service provider primarily owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-vanke-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18368:1" rel="noopener">China Vanke (2202 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, amongst the residential community service providers in China, OST ranked first. It also ranked first in the commercial space integrated services market in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.</li>
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Onewo Space-Tech (ONEWO HK) (OST) aims to raise upto US$784m in its Hong Kong IPO. OST is a property management service provider primarily owned by China Vanke (2202 HK). 
As per Frost &amp; Sullivan, amongst the residential community service providers in China, OST ranked first. It also ranked first in the commercial space integrated services market in China.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about valuations.


Onewo Space-Tech IPO - Appears Digestible Even on Conservative Assumptions

China

PDD Holdings Inc. is a multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. The Company focuses on digital economy so that local communities and small businesses can benefit from the increased productivity and new opportunities. PDD Holdings has built a network of sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities for its underlying businesses.

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PDD Holdings (PDD US)

Tencent Investee Selldown - The US$120bn Global Overhang

There have been multiple reports that Tencent (700 HK) plans to trim its investment portfolio over the remainder of the year. We look at Tencent's...

Sumeet Singh

Community Group Buying in Southeast Asia

Community group buying is a type of B2C e-commerce where purchases are instigated or influenced not by individual buyers alone, but by reseller...

Sarabjit Singh

Alibaba: Accelerating Retail Sales, and a Depressed Comp Base, Bode Well for Near-Term Earnings

In this insight, we analyse recent retail sales data, industry top-line and user growth trends, earnings revisions, and valuation levels for...

Wium Malan, CFA

Leapmotor IPO - Peers Recent Down Move Won’t Help

Leapmotor (LM) aims to raise around US$1.0bn in its Hong Kong IPO. LM is a smart EV company based in China, founded in 2015. In this note, we run...

Sumeet Singh

Onewo Space-Tech IPO - Appears Digestible Even on Conservative Assumptions

Onewo Space-Tech aims to raise upto US$784m in its Hong Kong IPO. OST is a property management service provider primarily owned by China Vanke.

Sumeet Singh

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