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

Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/foshan-haitian-flavouring-food-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15577:1" rel="noopener">Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food (603288 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-sanhua-intellignt-controls-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12940:1" rel="noopener">Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls Co., Ltd. (002050 CH) might launch their IPOs soon</a>.</li>
<li>On the placements front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wistron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2189:1" rel="noopener">Wistron Corp (3231 TT)</a> launched its well flagged GDR, along with a few more deals this week.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, Foshan Haitian Flavouring &amp; Food (603288 CH) and Zhejiang Sanhua Intellignt Controls Co., Ltd. (002050 CH) might launch their IPOs soon.
On the placements front, Wistron Corp (3231 TT) launched its well flagged GDR, along with a few more deals this week.


ECM Weekly (9 June 2025) - Haitian, Sanhua, Virgin Aus, Primo, Kitazato, Wistron, Kelun Bio, Mao Gep

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>CR Sanjiu plans to transfer 49.8967% equity of Sanjiu (Anguo) and pay more attention to the quality of external M&amp;As. China Resources+Tasly+KPC will be the core drivers of future performance.</li>
<li>Akeso’s first global phase 3 readout for ivonescimab was disappointing, which cast shadow on the final FDA approval. We shared our views on the outlook and valuation ahead.</li>
<li>The failure of HER3-DXd cast shadow over the outlook of HER3. We think Biokin is overvalued. Its valuation should be lower than Akeso and Kelun Bio.</li>
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CR Sanjiu plans to transfer 49.8967% equity of Sanjiu (Anguo) and pay more attention to the quality of external M&amp;As. China Resources+Tasly+KPC will be the core drivers of future performance.
Akeso’s first global phase 3 readout for ivonescimab was disappointing, which cast shadow on the final FDA approval. We shared our views on the outlook and valuation ahead.
The failure of HER3-DXd cast shadow over the outlook of HER3. We think Biokin is overvalued. Its valuation should be lower than Akeso and Kelun Bio.


China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.1)-Akeso/Summit's Disappointing Ph3 Readout,Valuation Outlook of Biokin

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Innovent: ASCO data reinforce IBI363’s potential as a potential nextgeneration IO.</li><li>We view IBI363 as a highly promising candidate in the IOresistant sq-NSCLC space, supported by an impressive mPFS of 7.3 months in monotherapy, which is very competitive compared to other innovative agents. Innovent plans to initiate a Ph3 trial of IBI363 in IOresistant sq-NSCLC in 2H25. In 3L+ CRC, IBI363 has shown superior early efficacy signals and a more favorable safety profile.</li><li>IBI363 mono delivered an ORR of 12.7% and an mOS of 16.1 months—both significantly outperforming fruquintinib. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Innovent: ASCO data reinforce IBI363’s potential as a potential nextgeneration IO.We view IBI363 as a highly promising candidate in the IOresistant sq-NSCLC space, supported by an impressive mPFS of 7.3 months in monotherapy, which is very competitive compared to other innovative agents. Innovent plans to initiate a Ph3 trial of IBI363 in IOresistant sq-NSCLC in 2H25. In 3L+ CRC, IBI363 has shown superior early efficacy signals and a more favorable safety profile.IBI363 mono delivered an ORR of 12.7% and an mOS of 16.1 months—both significantly outperforming fruquintinib. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Healthcare - ASCO Highlights: Spotlight on Next-Gen IO & ADCs

Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The main purpose for Sihuan to acquire Combio is to form a strong innovative drug business Xuanzhu and then make large capital gains from the subsequent spin-off and listing.</li>
<li>All the three Core Products need to face fierce competition, and their clinical data do not show obvious advantages to competing products, making them hard to stand out.</li>
<li>Based on the announcement on Nov.12, 2024, valuation of Xuanzhu was RMB8.5 billion. However, due to the lack of competitive pipelines and weak commercialization prospects, we think Xuanzhu is overvalued.</li>
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The main purpose for Sihuan to acquire Combio is to form a strong innovative drug business Xuanzhu and then make large capital gains from the subsequent spin-off and listing.
All the three Core Products need to face fierce competition, and their clinical data do not show obvious advantages to competing products, making them hard to stand out.
Based on the announcement on Nov.12, 2024, valuation of Xuanzhu was RMB8.5 billion. However, due to the lack of competitive pipelines and weak commercialization prospects, we think Xuanzhu is overvalued.


Pre-IPO Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical- Outdated Pipelines Are Difficult to Bring Good Investment Returns

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Duality Biotherapeutics / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Duality Biotherapeutics raised HKD 1,512m (USD 194m) from its global offering and will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday, April 14th.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company's business lines of ADC products and analyzed its valuation.</li>
<li>In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before trading debut.</li>
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Duality Biotherapeutics raised HKD 1,512m (USD 194m) from its global offering and will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday, April 14th.
In our previous note, we looked at the company's business lines of ADC products and analyzed its valuation.
In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before trading debut.


Duality Biotherapeutics (映恩生物) Trading Update

China

Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharmaceutical Co., Ltd. operates biotechnology businesses. The Company develops and provides biological drugs, chemical raw materials, antibody conjugating drugs, innovative drugs, and other products. Kelun Biotech also operates import and export businesses.

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Sichuan Kelun-Biotech Biopharm (6990 HK)

ECM Weekly (9 June 2025) - Haitian, Sanhua, Virgin Aus, Primo, Kitazato, Wistron, Kelun Bio, Mao Gep

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.1)-Akeso/Summit's Disappointing Ph3 Readout,Valuation Outlook of Biokin

CR Sanjiu plans to transfer 49.8967% equity of Sanjiu (Anguo).Summit/Akeso's disappointing phase 3 readout raises doubts on FDA approval for...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Healthcare - ASCO Highlights: Spotlight on Next-Gen IO & ADCs

Innovent: ASCO data reinforce IBI363’s potential as a potential nextgeneration IO. We view IBI363 as a highly promising candidate in the...

CMB International

Pre-IPO Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical- Outdated Pipelines Are Difficult to Bring Good Investment Returns

Sihuan's acquisition of Combio aims to create a strong innovative drug business Xuanzhu, but concerns arise over its outdated pipeline,...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Duality Biotherapeutics (映恩生物) Trading Update

Duality Biotherapeutics raises $194m in global offering will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 14th. We provide an update before its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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ECM Weekly (9 June 2025) - Haitian, Sanhua, Virgin Aus, Primo, Kitazato, Wistron, Kelun Bio, Mao Gep

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.1)-Akeso/Summit's Disappointing Ph3 Readout,Valuation Outlook of Biokin

​CR Sanjiu plans to transfer 49.8967% equity of Sanjiu (Anguo).Summit/Akeso's disappointing phase 3 readout raises doubts on FDA approval for...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Healthcare - ASCO Highlights: Spotlight on Next-Gen IO & ADCs

Innovent: ASCO data reinforce IBI363’s potential as a potential nextgeneration IO. We view IBI363 as a highly promising candidate in the...

CMB International

Pre-IPO Xuanzhu Biopharmaceutical- Outdated Pipelines Are Difficult to Bring Good Investment Returns

​Sihuan's acquisition of Combio aims to create a strong innovative drug business Xuanzhu, but concerns arise over its outdated pipeline,...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Duality Biotherapeutics (映恩生物) Trading Update

​Duality Biotherapeutics raises $194m in global offering will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 14th. We provide an update before its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

CR Sanjiu plans to transfer 49.8967% equity of Sanjiu (Anguo).Summit/Akeso's disappointing phase 3 readout raises doubts on FDA approval for...

Sihuan's acquisition of Combio aims to create a strong innovative drug business Xuanzhu, but concerns arise over its outdated pipeline,...

Duality Biotherapeutics raises $194m in global offering will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 14th. We provide an update before its...