Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Index Rebalance

<p>The Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (HSIL) announced the results of its review of the Hang Seng Family of Indexes post market close on 26 February. The constituent changes will be effective after the close of trading on 12 March.</p><p>For the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) there are 36 inclusions and 29 deletions, taking the number of index constituents up to 500.</p><p>Although there are almost no assets indexed to the HSCI, the index forms the basis of stocks that are eligible for Southbound Stock Connect. Stocks that are included in the HSCI and subsequently included in the Stock Connect program get inflows from mainland investors. Secondary Listings are not eligible for inclusion in the Stock Connect program.</p><p>Of the 36 inclusions, 4 are already a part of Stock Connect by virtue of having listed A-shares, 2 are Secondary listings and will not be included in Stock Connect, 9 will be added to Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Connect, while 21 stocks will only be added to Shenzhen Stock Connect.</p><p>Of the 29 index deletions, 13 are not a part of Stock Connect, 7 will continue to remain a part of Stock Connect by virtue of having listed A-shares, while 9 will be deleted from the Stock Connect program.</p><p>We identify 4 stocks that could sell off ahead of their removal from the Stock Connect Buy list, while Biotech stocks could be in focus ahead of their inclusion in the Stock Connect Buy and Sell list.</p>

The Hang Seng Indexes Company Limited (HSIL) announced the results of its review of the Hang Seng Family of Indexes post market close on 26 February. The constituent changes will be effective after the close of trading on 12 March.For the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) there are 36 inclusions and 29 deletions, taking the number of index constituents up to 500.Although there are almost no assets indexed to the HSCI, the index forms the basis of stocks that are eligible for Southbound Stock Connect. Stocks that are included in the HSCI and subsequently included in the Stock Connect program get inflows from mainland investors. Secondary Listings are not eligible for inclusion in the Stock Connect program.Of the 36 inclusions, 4 are already a part of Stock Connect by virtue of having listed A-shares, 2 are Secondary listings and will not be included in Stock Connect, 9 will be added to Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Connect, while 21 stocks will only be added to Shenzhen Stock Connect.Of the 29 index deletions, 13 are not a part of Stock Connect, 7 will continue to remain a part of Stock Connect by virtue of having listed A-shares, while 9 will be deleted from the Stock Connect program.We identify 4 stocks that could sell off ahead of their removal from the Stock Connect Buy list, while Biotech stocks could be in focus ahead of their inclusion in the Stock Connect Buy and Sell list.

HSCI Index Rebalance & Stock Connect: Inclusions & Exclusions

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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SciClone Pharmaceuticals / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sciclone-pharmaceuticals-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17351:1" rel="noopener">Sciclone Pharmaceuticals (6600 HK)</a> is a biopharmaceutical company with an integrated platform for product development and commercialisation of drugs in the oncology and severe infection therapeutic areas. </p></div><div><p>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sciclone-pharmaceuticals-ipo-initiation-a-hard-sell" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:48114" rel="noopener">SciClone Pharmaceuticals IPO Initiation: A Hard Sell</a>, we stated that SciClone is a less than ideal IPO candidate. Despite efforts at diversification, SciClone is highly dependent on a single product, Zadaxin, which was launched in 1996. The risk to Zadaxin’s sales remains undiminished. The large pre-IPO dividends by existing shareholders in face of these challenges also sends the wrong message to potential IPO investors. Overall, on a fundamental basis, we are inclined to give this IPO a pass. </p></div><div><p>SciClone has launched its Hong Kong IPO at an indicative price range of HK$17.20-18.80 per share to raise net proceeds of HK$1,950.4 million ($252 million), at the mid-point of the price range. The raise is materially below the original target of a $500 million raise. Eleven cornerstone investors will subscribe for $133.7 million of the offer shares (49.65% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price). The cornerstone investors are largely domestic funds and lack international blue-chip names.</p></div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><p>Relative valuation suggests that SciClone trades at a material discount to peers at the proposed IPO price range. We think that this discount is warranted due to SciClone's heavy reliance on Zadaxin, which faces ongoing challenges. Consequently, we are inclined to give this IPO a pass as our concerns on the fundamentals more than offset the "cheap" valuation.</p></div></div></div>

Sciclone Pharmaceuticals (6600 HK) is a biopharmaceutical company with an integrated platform for product development and commercialisation of drugs in the oncology and severe infection therapeutic areas. In SciClone Pharmaceuticals IPO Initiation: A Hard Sell, we stated that SciClone is a less than ideal IPO candidate. Despite efforts at diversification, SciClone is highly dependent on a single product, Zadaxin, which was launched in 1996. The risk to Zadaxin’s sales remains undiminished. The large pre-IPO dividends by existing shareholders in face of these challenges also sends the wrong message to potential IPO investors. Overall, on a fundamental basis, we are inclined to give this IPO a pass. SciClone has launched its Hong Kong IPO at an indicative price range of HK$17.20-18.80 per share to raise net proceeds of HK$1,950.4 million ($252 million), at the mid-point of the price range. The raise is materially below the original target of a $500 million raise. Eleven cornerstone investors will subscribe for $133.7 million of the offer shares (49.65% of the offer shares at the mid-point of the IPO price). The cornerstone investors are largely domestic funds and lack international blue-chip names.Relative valuation suggests that SciClone trades at a material discount to peers at the proposed IPO price range. We think that this discount is warranted due to SciClone's heavy reliance on Zadaxin, which faces ongoing challenges. Consequently, we are inclined to give this IPO a pass as our concerns on the fundamentals more than offset the "cheap" valuation.

SciClone Pharmaceuticals IPO: Valuation Insights

APAC IPOs & Placements

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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.

Suzhou Basecare Medical / Equity Capital Markets

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<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/basecare-medical-device-co-l" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31086:1" rel="noopener">Basecare Medical Device Co L (2170 HK)</a> raised about US$235m at HK$27.36 per share, the top-end of its IPO price range. </p>
<p>Basecare Medical (Basecare) is a genetic testing solutions provider for assisted reproduction in China. The company’s current core product, PGT-A kit, is the first and only third-generation IVF genetic test kit approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in February 2020.</p>
<p>Our previous coverage of the IPO:</p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/basecare-medical-pre-ipo-genetic-testing-leader-in-china" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47361" rel="noopener">Basecare Medical (贝康医疗) Pre-IPO - Genetic Testing Leader in China</a> </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/basecare-medical-ipo-a-leader-in-the-making" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:47427" rel="noopener">Basecare Medical (贝康医疗) IPO - A Leader in the Making</a> </li>
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Basecare Medical Device Co L (2170 HK) raised about US$235m at HK$27.36 per share, the top-end of its IPO price range. 
Basecare Medical (Basecare) is a genetic testing solutions provider for assisted reproduction in China. The company’s current core product, PGT-A kit, is the first and only third-generation IVF genetic test kit approved by the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) in February 2020.
Our previous coverage of the IPO:




Basecare Medical (贝康医疗) Pre-IPO - Genetic Testing Leader in China 

Basecare Medical (贝康医疗) IPO - A Leader in the Making 



Basecare Medical (贝康医疗) IPO Trading - Poised for a Strong Debut

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

<p>2020 marked our second full year of operations as an Independent Research Company, and our fifth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM). While the year started off on a precarious note for ECM, it ended with very strong momentum. Even as IPOs have hogged the limelight in 2020, we actually ended up covering more than twice the number of placements as IPOs. </p><p>We ended 2020 with an accuracy rate of 72.7% across 88 IPOs that we covered and 70.1% across 174 placements. While our placements hit rate improved, our IPO hit rate took a dip from 2019.</p><p>For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific (ex-Korea), including China ADRs.</p>

2020 marked our second full year of operations as an Independent Research Company, and our fifth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM). While the year started off on a precarious note for ECM, it ended with very strong momentum. Even as IPOs have hogged the limelight in 2020, we actually ended up covering more than twice the number of placements as IPOs. We ended 2020 with an accuracy rate of 72.7% across 88 IPOs that we covered and 70.1% across 174 placements. While our placements hit rate improved, our IPO hit rate took a dip from 2019.For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific (ex-Korea), including China ADRs.

Aequitas 2020 IPOs and Placements Performance - IPOs in the Limelight but Placements Stole the Show

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vesync" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31067:1" rel="noopener">Vesync (2148 HK)</a> raised US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at the top-end of its price range.</p>
<p>The company sells small home appliances mainly through Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace and its products range from home environment appliances to health monitoring devices. The company derived most of its revenue from North America.</p>
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<p>In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide a table with implied valuation at different share price levels.</p>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/vesync-ipo-the-tale-of-valuation-dichotomy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:46142" rel="noopener">Vesync IPO - The Tale of Valuation Dichotomy</a> </li>
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Vesync (2148 HK) raised US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at the top-end of its price range.
The company sells small home appliances mainly through Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace and its products range from home environment appliances to health monitoring devices. The company derived most of its revenue from North America.

In this note, we will look at the deal dynamics and provide a table with implied valuation at different share price levels.


Our previous coverage of the IPO:


Vesync IPO - The Tale of Valuation Dichotomy 



Vesync IPO Trading - Priced at Top-End but Still Reasonable

China

Simcere Pharmaceutical Group is an innovation and R&D-driven pharmaceutical company engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and sale of pharmaceutical products. It focuses on therapeutic areas such as oncology, central nervous system diseases, autoimmune diseases, and anti-infection, with key products including Sanbexin, Endostar, and Bicun. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Nanjing, China.

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Simcere Pharmaceutical (2096 HK)

HSCI Index Rebalance & Stock Connect: Inclusions & Exclusions

There are 36 inclusions/ 29 exclusions for the Hang Seng Composite Index. 9 stocks will be deleted from the Stock Connect Buy list & there are a...

Brian Freitas

SciClone Pharmaceuticals IPO: Valuation Insights

SciClone has launched its IPO to raise net proceeds of $252m, at the mid-point of the price range. We recommend a pass as our concerns on the...

Arun George

Basecare Medical (贝康医疗) IPO Trading - Poised for a Strong Debut

Basecare Medical (2170 HK) raised about US$235m at HK$27.36 per share, the top-end of its IPO price range. The company is a genetic testing...

Zhen Zhou, Toh

Aequitas 2020 IPOs and Placements Performance - IPOs in the Limelight but Placements Stole the Show

2020 marked our second year of operations as an Independent Research Company, and our fifth year covering ECM. In 2020 we had an accuracy rate of...

Sumeet Singh

Vesync IPO Trading - Priced at Top-End but Still Reasonable

Vesync (2148 HK) raised US$200m in its Hong Kong IPO, priced at the top-end of its price range. The company sells small home appliances mainly...

Zhen Zhou, Toh

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