IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Company / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/foshan-haitian-flavouring-food-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44279:1" rel="noopener">Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food Company (3288 HK)</a> has launched its H Share listing at HK$35.00 to HK$36.30 per H Share. Pricing will be on 17 June.</li>
<li>I discussed the H Share listing in <strong><em><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/foshan-haitian-flavouring-h-share-listing-the-investment-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:187902" rel="noopener">Foshan Haitian Flavouring H Share Listing: The Investment Case</a></em></strong>.</li>
<li>The proposed AH discount can be argued as either light or attractive. I lean toward the latter and would participate in the H Share listing.</li>
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Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food Company (3288 HK) has launched its H Share listing at HK$35.00 to HK$36.30 per H Share. Pricing will be on 17 June.
I discussed the H Share listing in Foshan Haitian Flavouring H Share Listing: The Investment Case.
The proposed AH discount can be argued as either light or attractive. I lean toward the latter and would participate in the H Share listing.


Foshan Haitian Flavouring H Share Listing (3288 HK): Valuation Insights

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport, Tracking Traffic

Daniel Hellberg

Asian Equities Analyst, Logistics & Transport

Tracking Traffic

Focusing on Asian logistics, transportation, and travel companies

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Pinduoduo's surprise Q125 OP &amp; NP declines happened before US tariff, de minimis changes</li>
<li>Recent data from Bain &amp; Co. suggests extremely difficult US conditions for Temu, SHEIN</li>
<li>If representative, the April-May US data suggest deep, lasting US challenges for the platforms</li>
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Pinduoduo's surprise Q125 OP &amp; NP declines happened before US tariff, de minimis changes
Recent data from Bain &amp; Co. suggests extremely difficult US conditions for Temu, SHEIN
If representative, the April-May US data suggest deep, lasting US challenges for the platforms


PDD's Q125 Profit Decline Occurred Before US Squeeze | April-May US Sales Far Weaker for Temu, SHEIN

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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pop-mart-international-group-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29016:1" rel="noopener">Pop Mart (9992 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-f-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44093:1" rel="noopener">S.F. Holding (6936 HK)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-railway-group-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:264:1" rel="noopener">China Railway Group (390 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-merchants-securities-co-4f5d644c-0051-426f-9706-eaa74b0ba280" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22738:1" rel="noopener">China Merchants Securities (6099 HK)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-china-large-cap-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:766:1" rel="noopener">iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) (FXI US)</a>. </li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to buy between 0.4-0.6x ADV in the adds and sell between 0.5-1.3x ADV in the deletes. There are some small capping flows too.</li>
<li>There are a lot of shorts in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pop-mart-international-group-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29016:1" rel="noopener">Pop Mart (9992 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-railway-group-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:264:1" rel="noopener">China Railway Group Ltd H (390 HK)</a> and China <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-merchants-securities-co-4f5d644c-0051-426f-9706-eaa74b0ba280" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22738:1" rel="noopener">China Merchants Securities Co Ltd (H) (6099 HK)</a>.   </li>
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Pop Mart (9992 HK) and S.F. Holding (6936 HK) will replace China Railway Group (390 HK) and China Merchants Securities (6099 HK) in the iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) (FXI US). 
Passive trackers will need to buy between 0.4-0.6x ADV in the adds and sell between 0.5-1.3x ADV in the deletes. There are some small capping flows too.
There are a lot of shorts in Pop Mart (9992 HK), China Railway Group Ltd H (390 HK) and China China Merchants Securities Co Ltd (H) (6099 HK).   


FXI Rebalance: Pop Mart, SF Holding In; China Merchant Sec, China Railway Out

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<li>Chinese parcel volume growth in April was solid, and unit price trend appears benign</li>
<li>No signs (yet) of aggressive moves by ZTO Express to recovery volume share in Q225</li>
<li>Besides SF, express companies have struggled to differentiate themselves in recent years</li>
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Chinese parcel volume growth in April was solid, and unit price trend appears benign
No signs (yet) of aggressive moves by ZTO Express to recovery volume share in Q225
Besides SF, express companies have struggled to differentiate themselves in recent years


Monthly Chinese Express Tracker | Volume Firm, Price Benign | ZTO Under Pressure? (May 2025)

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.

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-pharmaceuticals-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44224:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK)</a> (JHP, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-medicine-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14128:1" rel="noopener">600276 CH</a> ), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>JHP Has been ranked as one of the global Top 50 pharmaceutical companies by Pharm Exec for six consecutive years since 2019.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and other deal dynamics in our previous note. In this note, we talk about trading dynamics.</li>
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK) (JHP, 600276 CH ), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing.
JHP Has been ranked as one of the global Top 50 pharmaceutical companies by Pharm Exec for six consecutive years since 2019.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and other deal dynamics in our previous note. In this note, we talk about trading dynamics.


Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma A/H Trading - Strong Demand for Quality Asset, but Is Pricey

Hong Kong

S. F. Holding Co., Ltd. offers express courier services. The Company provides logistics, order tracking, supply chain management, warehousing, and other services. S. F. Holding offers services worldwide.

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S.F. Holding (6936 HK)

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Pinduoduo's shock decline in profitability in Q125 came before US tariff and de minimis changes. Recent April-May data out of the US suggests...

Tracking Traffic

FXI Rebalance: Pop Mart, SF Holding In; China Merchant Sec, China Railway Out

Pop Mart and SF Holdings replace China Railway and China Merchant Securities in the FXI ETF at the close on 20 June. SF Holding will also be added...

Brian Freitas

Monthly Chinese Express Tracker | Volume Firm, Price Benign | ZTO Under Pressure? (May 2025)

April volume and price trends were mostly benign, but the fact remains that most of China's express companies have struggled to differentiate their...

Tracking Traffic

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma A/H Trading - Strong Demand for Quality Asset, but Is Pricey

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK) (JHP, 600276 CH ), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh

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Foshan Haitian Flavouring H Share Listing (3288 HK): Valuation Insights

Haitian has launched its H Share listing at HK$35.00 to HK$36.30 per H Share. The proposed AH discount is attractive, and I recommend participating...

Arun George

PDD's Q125 Profit Decline Occurred Before US Squeeze | April-May US Sales Far Weaker for Temu, SHEIN

Pinduoduo's shock decline in profitability in Q125 came before US tariff and de minimis changes. Recent April-May data out of the US suggests...

Tracking Traffic

FXI Rebalance: Pop Mart, SF Holding In; China Merchant Sec, China Railway Out

Pop Mart and SF Holdings replace China Railway and China Merchant Securities in the FXI ETF at the close on 20 June. SF Holding will also be added...

Brian Freitas

Monthly Chinese Express Tracker | Volume Firm, Price Benign | ZTO Under Pressure? (May 2025)

April volume and price trends were mostly benign, but the fact remains that most of China's express companies have struggled to differentiate their...

Tracking Traffic

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma A/H Trading - Strong Demand for Quality Asset, but Is Pricey

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK) (JHP, 600276 CH ), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh