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

Eoptolink Technology   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eoptolink-technology-inc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29558:1" rel="noopener">Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH)</a> one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over &gt;US$3bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>Eoptolink was one of the global leaders in 2025 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over &gt;US$3bn in its H-share listing.
Eoptolink was one of the global leaders in 2025 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Aequitas: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Early Look - At What Could Be HK’s Largest 4Q Listing at >US$3bn

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/minimax-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46185:1" rel="noopener">MiniMax (100 HK)</a>, an AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing in January 2026. A second set of shares are set to be unlocked soon.</li>
<li>Minimax’s foundation model suite includes large language models, video generation models, and models for speech and music generation.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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MiniMax (100 HK), an AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing in January 2026. A second set of shares are set to be unlocked soon.
Minimax’s foundation model suite includes large language models, video generation models, and models for speech and music generation.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Aequitas: MiniMax Lockup Expiry - US$1.6bn Southbound Linked Lockup Release

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-longsys-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45480:1" rel="noopener">Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH)</a> (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is looking to raise around US$800m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>SLE designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of memory products for edge AI and traditional consumer, enterprise and industrial applications.</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 IPO pricing.</li>
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Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH) (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is looking to raise around US$800m in its H-share listing.
SLE designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of memory products for edge AI and traditional consumer, enterprise and industrial applications.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.


Aequitas: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics A/H Listing - It’s Cheap but Might Not Be Cheap Enough

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-longsys-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45480:1" rel="noopener">Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH)</a> (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is now said to be aiming to raise around US$1.5-2.0bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>SLE designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of memory products for edge AI and traditional consumer, enterprise and industrial applications.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we had looked at the company’s past performance and other deal dynamics. In this note, we talk about its PHIP updates, and likely A/H discount.</li>
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Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH) (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is now said to be aiming to raise around US$1.5-2.0bn in its H-share listing.
SLE designs, develops, manufactures and sells a comprehensive portfolio of memory products for edge AI and traditional consumer, enterprise and industrial applications.
In our previous note, we had looked at the company’s past performance and other deal dynamics. In this note, we talk about its PHIP updates, and likely A/H discount.


Aequitas: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on Valuations

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

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<li>An addition to the existing index themes will see 14 stocks added to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kraneshares-csi-china-internet-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28208:1" rel="noopener">KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US)</a> next week.</li>
<li>The trade is over US$2bn round-trip and there is a big funding impact for some of the existing index constituents.</li>
<li>Following the methodology change, more money could flow into the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kraneshares-csi-china-internet-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28208:1" rel="noopener">KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US)</a> as the free float market cap increases significantly.</li>
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An addition to the existing index themes will see 14 stocks added to the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US) next week.
The trade is over US$2bn round-trip and there is a big funding impact for some of the existing index constituents.
Following the methodology change, more money could flow into the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US) as the free float market cap increases significantly.


KWEB Ad Hoc Index Rebalance: 14 Adds and Over US$2bn Trade

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: Eoptolink A/H Listing - Early Look - At What Could Be HK’s Largest 4Q Listing at >US$3bn

Eoptolink Technology (300502 CH) one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise over >US$3bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: MiniMax Lockup Expiry - US$1.6bn Southbound Linked Lockup Release

MiniMax (100 HK), an AI foundation model company, raised around US$700m in its Hong Kong listing in January 2026. A second set of shares are set to...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics A/H Listing - It’s Cheap but Might Not Be Cheap Enough

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH) (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is looking to raise around US$800m...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: Shenzhen Longsys Electronics A/H Listing - PHIP Updates and Thoughts on Valuations

Shenzhen Longsys Electronics (301308 CH) (SLE), a branded independent semiconductor memory product enterprise, is now said to be aiming to raise...

Sumeet Singh

KWEB Ad Hoc Index Rebalance: 14 Adds and Over US$2bn Trade

KWEB rebalances at the close today. On average, the adds were up 2.8% on the 20th, up 3.6% on the 21st, and down 6.3% on the 24th. The funding adds...

Brian Freitas

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