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/guangdong-huayan-robotics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47616:1" rel="noopener">Guangdong Huayan Robotics </a>(GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>GHR is a collaborative robotics (cobot) company engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of cobots and core motion components for industrial automation applications.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Guangdong Huayan Robotics (GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
GHR is a collaborative robotics (cobot) company engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of cobots and core motion components for industrial automation applications.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Aequitas: Guangdong Huayan Robotics Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Most of the Revenue Comes from Related

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guangdong-huayan-robotics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47616:1" rel="noopener">Guangdong Huayan Robotics</a> (GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>GHR is a collaborative robotics (cobot) company engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of cobots and core motion components for industrial automation applications.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Guangdong Huayan Robotics (GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
GHR is a collaborative robotics (cobot) company engaged in the development, manufacturing and sale of cobots and core motion components for industrial automation applications.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Aequitas: Guangdong Huayan Robotics Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth

Contemporary Amperex Technology / Equity Capital Markets

Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK)

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<li>With over 27 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings.</li>
<li>In this note, we will also talk about how the A/H premiums have moved since our last note in July 2025.</li>
<li>Overall, A/H listings since 2025 have reversed the trend of past A/H listings not doing much in the near term, with a few exceptions. </li>
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With over 27 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings.
In this note, we will also talk about how the A/H premiums have moved since our last note in July 2025.
Overall, A/H listings since 2025 have reversed the trend of past A/H listings not doing much in the near term, with a few exceptions. 


Aequitas: A/H Premiums and 27 Deals Performance-Better Returns, Some Premium & Coverage Correlation

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>As of end February, there have been 23 new listings on the Main Board of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-exchanges-clearing" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:490:1" rel="noopener">HKEX (388 HK)</a>. There will be more in March.</li>
<li>Of the 23 new listings, we forecast 7 inclusions to the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) in June. 6 of those stocks will then be added to Southbound Stock Connect.</li>
<li>As a stock with Weighted Voting Rights (WVR), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minimax-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46185:1" rel="noopener">MiniMax Group (100 HK)</a> will need to wait till early August to be added to Southbound Stock Connect.</li>
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As of end February, there have been 23 new listings on the Main Board of the HKEX (388 HK). There will be more in March.
Of the 23 new listings, we forecast 7 inclusions to the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) in June. 6 of those stocks will then be added to Southbound Stock Connect.
As a stock with Weighted Voting Rights (WVR), MiniMax Group (100 HK) will need to wait till early August to be added to Southbound Stock Connect.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview: Semiconductor & Software Stocks Dominate Potential Adds in June

Montage Technology   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/montage-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28236:1" rel="noopener">Montage Technology (688008 CH)</a> (MT), a provider of memory interface chips and interconnect chips, raised around US$1bn in its H-share listing</li>
<li>MT’s product portfolio, mainly comprises memory interface chips and interconnect chips, addresses interconnect bottlenecks while enhancing data rate/bandwidth, reliability, and power efficiency, as per the company.</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 trading dynamics.</li>
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Montage Technology (688008 CH) (MT), a provider of memory interface chips and interconnect chips, raised around US$1bn in its H-share listing
MT’s product portfolio, mainly comprises memory interface chips and interconnect chips, addresses interconnect bottlenecks while enhancing data rate/bandwidth, reliability, and power efficiency, as per the company.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: Montage Technology A/H Trading - Highest Insti Coverage so Far

China

Biren Technology is a Chinese fabless semiconductor design company that develops general-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPUs) and intelligent computing solutions. Its products, such as the BR100 series, are aimed at artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and cloud applications. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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Biren Technology (6082 HK)

Aequitas: Guangdong Huayan Robotics Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth

Guangdong Huayan Robotics (GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: A/H Premiums and 27 Deals Performance-Better Returns, Some Premium & Coverage Correlation

With over 27 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings including returns, premiums and...

Sumeet Singh

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview: Semiconductor & Software Stocks Dominate Potential Adds in June

Of the 23 stocks that have listed on the HKEX this year, 7 could be added to the HSCI at the close on 5 June, and 6 of those will be added to...

Brian Freitas

Aequitas: Montage Technology A/H Trading - Highest Insti Coverage so Far

Montage Technology (688008 CH) (MT), a provider of memory interface chips and interconnect chips, raised around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In...

Sumeet Singh

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Aequitas: Guangdong Huayan Robotics Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Most of the Revenue Comes from Related

Guangdong Huayan Robotics (GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: Guangdong Huayan Robotics Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth

Guangdong Huayan Robotics (GHR), a collaborative robotics company, is looking to raise around US$200m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: A/H Premiums and 27 Deals Performance-Better Returns, Some Premium & Coverage Correlation

With over 27 A/H listings since the start of 2025, we look back at some of the trends from the recent listings including returns, premiums and...

Sumeet Singh

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview: Semiconductor & Software Stocks Dominate Potential Adds in June

Of the 23 stocks that have listed on the HKEX this year, 7 could be added to the HSCI at the close on 5 June, and 6 of those will be added to...

Brian Freitas

Aequitas: Montage Technology A/H Trading - Highest Insti Coverage so Far

Montage Technology (688008 CH) (MT), a provider of memory interface chips and interconnect chips, raised around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In...

Sumeet Singh