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.

Event-Driven

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-techn-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">CATL (A) (300750 CH)</a> is looking to raise up to US$6bn in its upcoming Swiss GDR listing. Bookrunners on the deal are CICC, China Securities, Goldman Sachs, and UBS.</li>
<li>The relatively large listing comes after the firm has been undertaking a series of capital raisings, since it's A-share debut back in Jun 2018, to fund its expansion. </li>
<li>In this note, we discuss GDR timelines, and the firm’s recent financial performance/valuations.</li>
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CATL (A) (300750 CH) is looking to raise up to US$6bn in its upcoming Swiss GDR listing. Bookrunners on the deal are CICC, China Securities, Goldman Sachs, and UBS.
The relatively large listing comes after the firm has been undertaking a series of capital raisings, since it's A-share debut back in Jun 2018, to fund its expansion. 
In this note, we discuss GDR timelines, and the firm’s recent financial performance/valuations.


CATL GDR Listing Early Look - Past Deals Have Done Well. Valuations Somewhat Justifiable

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. Its demand forecasting is slated to take place today and tomorrow.</li>
<li>WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates from the revised filing, and re-look at valuations.</li>
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WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. Its demand forecasting is slated to take place today and tomorrow.
WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries
In this note, we will talk about the updates from the revised filing, and re-look at valuations.


WCP IPO - 2Q22 Updates and Valuation Refresh

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<li>CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>CALB undertakes design, R&amp;D, production and sales of EV batteries and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) products. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the updates from the company’s recent PHIP filings.</li>
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CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO.
CALB undertakes design, R&amp;D, production and sales of EV batteries and Energy Storage Systems (ESS) products. 
In this note, we talk about the updates from the company’s recent PHIP filings.


CALB Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Growth Picking up Further, Margins Turnaround

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Samsung Electronics Pref Shares / Event-Driven

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 Korean prefs have outperformed ords on a YTD basis, probably due to the LG Energy listing. Many of KOSPI's large-cap stocks have seen an outflow to make room for LGES.</li>
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Samsung Electronics 1P and Mirae Asset 2PB have a negative pref-ord YTD yield difference and are currently below-1.0σ on a 20-day MA.</li>
<li>Mirae widened the pref-ord spread by announcing an ord-only share buyback. So it should be seen as an outlier. Then, virtually all that remains is the Samsung Electronics 1P.</li>
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 Korean prefs have outperformed ords on a YTD basis, probably due to the LG Energy listing. Many of KOSPI's large-cap stocks have seen an outflow to make room for LGES.

Samsung Electronics 1P and Mirae Asset 2PB have a negative pref-ord YTD yield difference and are currently below-1.0σ on a 20-day MA.
Mirae widened the pref-ord spread by announcing an ord-only share buyback. So it should be seen as an outlier. Then, virtually all that remains is the Samsung Electronics 1P.


Korea Large-Cap Prefs: Pref-Ord YTD Yield Difference & 20-Day MA Sigma

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO, after pricing at the top-end of  the IPO price range .</li>
<li>LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem and it was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and GM.</li>
<li>LGES will be included into MSCI and KOSPI. But MSCI’s fast entry could likely be scheduled with February’s quarterly review which will be effective only on 1st of March.</li>
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LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO, after pricing at the top-end of  the IPO price range .
LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem and it was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and GM.
LGES will be included into MSCI and KOSPI. But MSCI’s fast entry could likely be scheduled with February’s quarterly review which will be effective only on 1st of March.


LG Energy IPO Trading - Allocations, Index, and Updates

South Korea

Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. specializes in developing Lithium Ion Battery (LIB) technology. The Company also manufactures cathode ray tubes (CRTs) for televisions and computer monitors. Samsung SDI also produces liquid crystal display (LCD) components and rechargeable batteries for cellular phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), Energy Storage Systems and solar panels.

Samsung SDI Co Ltd (006405 KS)

CATL GDR Listing Early Look - Past Deals Have Done Well. Valuations Somewhat Justifiable

CATL (A) (300750 CH) is looking to raise up to US$6bn in its upcoming Swiss GDR listing. Bookrunners on the deal are CICC, China Securities,...

Clarence Chu

WCP IPO - 2Q22 Updates and Valuation Refresh

WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. In this note, we talk about its 2Q22 updates...

Sumeet Singh

CALB Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Growth Picking up Further, Margins Turnaround

CALB aims to raise around US$1.5bn in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk abou the updates from the company's recent PHIP filings.

Sumeet Singh

Korea Large-Cap Prefs: Pref-Ord YTD Yield Difference & 20-Day MA Sigma

This post examines Korea's large-cap preferred shares for their pref-ord YTD yield difference and sigma on a 20-day moving average.

Sanghyun Park

LG Energy IPO Trading - Allocations, Index, and Updates

LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO, after pricing at the top-end of the IPO price range. LGES will be included into...

Sumeet Singh