APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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/tuhu-car" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36012:1" rel="noopener">Tuhu Car (2007986D HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. </li>
<li>Tuhu is an integrated online and offline platform for automotive services in China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the firm’s past performance and PHIP updates in earlier notes. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Tuhu Car (2007986D HK) is looking to raise up to US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. 
Tuhu is an integrated online and offline platform for automotive services in China.
We have looked at the firm’s past performance and PHIP updates in earlier notes. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.


Tuhu Car Pre-IPO Peer Comp - While It Has Been Loss Making, GPM Expansion Has Been the Strongest

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>After a multi-year drop in ownership, UK fund exposure in HSBC Holdings is on the rise. </li>
<li>Over the last 6-months, average fund weights have increased by +0.33% as new positions outnumbered closing positions by a factor of 2.</li>
<li>With increasing active fund ownership and rising benchmark weights, UK Equity funds need higher conviction to omit HSBC from their portfolio.</li>
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After a multi-year drop in ownership, UK fund exposure in HSBC Holdings is on the rise. 
Over the last 6-months, average fund weights have increased by +0.33% as new positions outnumbered closing positions by a factor of 2.
With increasing active fund ownership and rising benchmark weights, UK Equity funds need higher conviction to omit HSBC from their portfolio.


Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>We identify stocks in the EMEA region that are filling the void created by Russia's removal from financial markets in 2022.</li>
<li>MENA stocks have benefitted from rotation, led by Saudi Aramco,  Emaar Properties and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/saudi-basic-industries-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27316:1" rel="noopener">Saudi Basic Industries</a>
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<li>Outside of MENA, South Africa remains an important destination, whilst <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dino-polska-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27637:1" rel="noopener">Dino Polska SA (DNP PW)</a> and MOL are favoured in Eastern Europe</li>
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We identify stocks in the EMEA region that are filling the void created by Russia's removal from financial markets in 2022.
MENA stocks have benefitted from rotation, led by Saudi Aramco,  Emaar Properties and Saudi Basic Industries

Outside of MENA, South Africa remains an important destination, whilst Dino Polska SA (DNP PW) and MOL are favoured in Eastern Europe


Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>UK Energy is still under-owned.  22.1% of UK managers have zero exposure and 67.4% are positioned underweight.</li>
<li>Signs of a rotation are under way, driven by Value and Yield funds and mainly in Shell PLC and BP PLC.  </li>
<li>Missing from the picture is the return of Growth and Aggressive Growth managers, who remain lightly positioned and clearly unconvinced by the investment case at present. </li>
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UK Energy is still under-owned.  22.1% of UK managers have zero exposure and 67.4% are positioned underweight.
Signs of a rotation are under way, driven by Value and Yield funds and mainly in Shell PLC and BP PLC.  
Missing from the picture is the return of Growth and Aggressive Growth managers, who remain lightly positioned and clearly unconvinced by the investment case at present. 


UK Energy: Investors Split as Tentative Rotation Begins

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.

Event-Driven

Total Access Communication / Event-Driven

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<li>A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.</li>
<li>ECM developments - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chongqing-hongjiu-fruit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36023:1" rel="noopener">Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit (CHF HK)</a> is pre-marketing a US$200-300m IPO.</li>
<li>Event-Driven developments at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atlas-arteria-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14430:1" rel="noopener">Atlas Arteria (ALX AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/genex-power-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29079:1" rel="noopener">Genex Power Ltd (GNX AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infomedia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11385:1" rel="noopener">Infomedia Ltd (IFM AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-administration-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:970:1" rel="noopener">Link Administration (LNK AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ramsay-health-care-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:673:1" rel="noopener">Ramsay Health Care (RHC AU)</a>, ResApp, DTAC/True, Dongzheng AFC.  </li>
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A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.
ECM developments - Chongqing Hongjiu Fruit (CHF HK) is pre-marketing a US$200-300m IPO.
Event-Driven developments at Atlas Arteria (ALX AU), Genex Power Ltd (GNX AU), Infomedia Ltd (IFM AU), Link Administration (LNK AU), Ramsay Health Care (RHC AU), ResApp, DTAC/True, Dongzheng AFC.  


Weekly Deals Digest (07 Aug) - Hongjiu Fruit, Link, Infomedia, Atlas Arteria, ResApp, DTAC/True

United Kingdom

Shell PLC explores and refines petroleum products. The Company produces fuels, chemicals, and lubricants. Shell serves clients worldwide.

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Tuhu Car Pre-IPO Peer Comp - While It Has Been Loss Making, GPM Expansion Has Been the Strongest

Tuhu Car (2007986D HK) is looking to raise up to US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the firm’s past performance in earlier...

Clarence Chu

HSBC Holdings: Conviction Returns

After years of decline, UK active managers are buying back into HSBC. Increased fund ownership and rising index weights make it more difficult for...

Steven Holden

Replacing Russia: EMEA Stock Screening

We identify stocks in the EMEA region that are filling the void created by Russia's removal from financial markets in 2022.

Steven Holden

UK Energy: Investors Split as Tentative Rotation Begins

UK managers are raising allocations to the Energy sector, driven by buying in BP and Shell PLC. However, the majority of funds remain underweight.

Steven Holden

Weekly Deals Digest (07 Aug) - Hongjiu Fruit, Link, Infomedia, Atlas Arteria, ResApp, DTAC/True

Last week, notable developments occurred in Event-Driven (Link Admin, ResApp, Ramsay, DTAC/True, Infomedia, Atlas Arteria, Genex Power, Dongzheng...

Arun George

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