Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Equity Capital Markets

Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

Mech-Mind Robotics Technologies (MMRT HK)

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<li>Mech-Mind raised HKD 2,200.2m (USD 280.6m) in net proceeds from its global offering and will list on the HKEX on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we looked at the company's fundamentals, deal terms and peer valuation.</li>
<li>In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before its trading debut.</li>
</ul>


Mech-Mind raised HKD 2,200.2m (USD 280.6m) in net proceeds from its global offering and will list on the HKEX on Tuesday, 1 September 2026.
In our previous notes, we looked at the company's fundamentals, deal terms and peer valuation.
In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before its trading debut.


<ul>
<li>Mech-Mind, a provider of 3D vision-guided robot components, launched its Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 300m. CSC and CITIC are the Joint Sponsors.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.</li>
<li>We analyze cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Mech-Mind, a provider of 3D vision-guided robot components, launched its Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 300m. CSC and CITIC are the Joint Sponsors.
In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.
We analyze cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.


Mech-Mind (梅卡曼德) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms

Index Rebalance

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<li>The September 2026 HSCI review adds 53 names to southbound Connect, 49 new and 4 returning, and removes 15, all effective 7 Sep 2026.</li>
<li>The announced list ran wider than our forecast. 33 of our 36 ADD calls and 14 of 25 DELETE calls were announced.</li>
<li>Current ADDs rose into the announcement and DELETEs fell. Historically, ADD-NEWs outperformed ADD-REJOINs over the bridge, while DELETEs fell further after announcement.</li>
</ul>


The September 2026 HSCI review adds 53 names to southbound Connect, 49 new and 4 returning, and removes 15, all effective 7 Sep 2026.
The announced list ran wider than our forecast. 33 of our 36 ADD calls and 14 of 25 DELETE calls were announced.
Current ADDs rose into the announcement and DELETEs fell. Historically, ADD-NEWs outperformed ADD-REJOINs over the bridge, while DELETEs fell further after announcement.


HSCI / HK Connect Sep 2026 Rebalance: Post-Announcement Positioning

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.

Zhongji Innolight   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhongji-innolight-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6986:1" rel="noopener">Zhongji Innolight (300308 CH)</a>, one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise around US$5bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>Innolight was the global leader in 2024 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison and talk about the likely A/H premium/discount.</li>
</ul>



Zhongji Innolight (300308 CH), one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, aims to raise around US$5bn in its H-share listing.
Innolight was the global leader in 2024 in optical modules, with its products being in high demand for data centers.
In our previous note, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison and talk about the likely A/H premium/discount.


Aequitas: Innolight A/H Listing - Early Look - Peer Comparison and Thoughts on A/H Premium/Discount

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

Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) / Index Rebalance

Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) (2476 HK)

<ul>
<li>There could be 55 potential inclusions and 14 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in September. There are more stocks that are close on market cap/liquidity.</li>
<li>A lot of the potential adds are very recently listed stocks that have a limited trading history. The low free float could lead to price spikes in the stocks.</li>
<li>There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.</li>
</ul>


There could be 55 potential inclusions and 14 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in September. There are more stocks that are close on market cap/liquidity.
A lot of the potential adds are very recently listed stocks that have a limited trading history. The low free float could lead to price spikes in the stocks.
There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect (Sep 2026): Adds Outnumber Deletes as IPOs Dominate

China

Shanghai Xizhi Technology designs, develops, and manufactures optoelectronic hybrid computing power solutions, including photonic computing evaluation boards, optoelectronic hybrid computing accelerator cards, and optical interconnect hardware products. The company focuses on optical interconnect and optical computing to deliver scalable and cost-effective solutions. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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Shanghai Xizhi Technology (1879 HK)

Mech-Mind (梅卡曼德) IPO Trading

We analyze Mech-Mind's USD 300m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms and track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors. We would participate...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Mech-Mind (梅卡曼德) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms

We analyze Mech-Mind's USD 300m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms and track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors. We would participate...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HSCI / HK Connect Sep 2026 Rebalance: Post-Announcement Positioning

HSIL announced the September review result on 21 Aug 2026 after market close. We forecast 53 southbound Connect ADDs and 15 DELETEs. We review the...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Aequitas: Innolight A/H Listing - Early Look - Peer Comparison and Thoughts on A/H Premium/Discount

Zhongji Innolight (300308 CH), one of the world’s largest optical transceiver manufacturers, is said to be looking to start premartketing its...

Sumeet Singh

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect (Sep 2026): Adds Outnumber Deletes as IPOs Dominate

There could be 80 changes for the HSCI in March. That could result in 70 changes to the Southbound Stock Connect list and also have implications...

Brian Freitas

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