Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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%.

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Suzhou Novosense Microelectron / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzhou-novosense-microelectron" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36368:1" rel="noopener">Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH)</a>, an analog chips producer, aims to raise around US$285m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, in terms of revenue from analog chips in 2024, SNM ranked fifth among Chinese analog chip companies in the Chinese analog chip market.</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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Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH), an analog chips producer, aims to raise around US$285m in its H-share listing.
According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, in terms of revenue from analog chips in 2024, SNM ranked fifth among Chinese analog chip companies in the Chinese analog chip market.
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.


Suzhou Novosense A/H Listing - Strong Growth but Lacks Margin Stability

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzhou-novosense-microelectron" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36368:1" rel="noopener">Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH)</a>, an analog chips producer, aims to raise around US$500m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, in terms of revenue from analog chips in 2024, SNM ranked fifth among Chinese analog chip companies in the Chinese analog chip market.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
</ul>



Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH), an analog chips producer, aims to raise around US$500m in its H-share listing.
According to Frost &amp; Sullivan, in terms of revenue from analog chips in 2024, SNM ranked fifth among Chinese analog chip companies in the Chinese analog chip market.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Suzhou Novosense A/H Listing - Growth Has Been Strong but Margins Weak

Kioxia Holdings  / 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, busy season remains on in full swing going into the year end.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were a few large deals across the region.</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, busy season remains on in full swing going into the year end.
On the placements front, there were a few large deals across the region.


ECM Weekly (1 December 2025)-Kioxia, Airtel, Nippon, Toyoda Gosei, SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Super Bank

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China’s analog chip probe and revived Nvidia antitrust case are part of a deeper strategy to force foreign tech out of its supply chain.</li>
<li>Nvidia’s China-only B40 flops, with buyers preferring grey market alternatives. Meanwhile, Domestic chipmakers like Novosense and SG Micro have rallied sharply as procurement tilts inward.</li>
<li>If Beijing blocks Nvidia’s B30A next, it could mark a full commercial exit. U.S. peers like TXN, AMD, and Synopsys may also not be far behind.</li>
</ul>


China’s analog chip probe and revived Nvidia antitrust case are part of a deeper strategy to force foreign tech out of its supply chain.
Nvidia’s China-only B40 flops, with buyers preferring grey market alternatives. Meanwhile, Domestic chipmakers like Novosense and SG Micro have rallied sharply as procurement tilts inward.
If Beijing blocks Nvidia’s B30A next, it could mark a full commercial exit. U.S. peers like TXN, AMD, and Synopsys may also not be far behind.


Not a Bargaining Chip: Beijing Is Dismantling Nvidia’s China Playbook

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.

<ul><li>On 28 May, the Trump administration issued a new directive prohibiting leading EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software companies, including Synopsys (SNPS US, NR), Cadence (CDNS US, NR), and Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics, SIEGY US, NR), from selling their products to Chinese entities.</li><li>This action represents yet another significant escalation between US-China technological decoupling.</li><li>EDA is instrumental in semi design, in which overseas vendors currently command 70% of the market share in China, per Reuters. </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>

On 28 May, the Trump administration issued a new directive prohibiting leading EDA (Electronic Design Automation) software companies, including Synopsys (SNPS US, NR), Cadence (CDNS US, NR), and Siemens EDA (Mentor Graphics, SIEGY US, NR), from selling their products to Chinese entities.This action represents yet another significant escalation between US-China technological decoupling.EDA is instrumental in semi design, in which overseas vendors currently command 70% of the market share in China, per Reuters. 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.

BaTeLab (2149 HK) - Potential EDA Restrictions Not to Impede Growth

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Suzhou Novosense Microelectronics Co., Ltd. produces and sells integrated circuits. The Company manufactures and sells integrated sensor chips, isolation and interface chips, drive and sampling chips, and other products. Suzhou Novosense Microelectronics provides its products for energy, industrial automation, auto electronic, and consumer electronic fields.

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Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH)

Suzhou Novosense A/H Listing - Strong Growth but Lacks Margin Stability

Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH), an analog chips producer, aims to raise around US$285m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

Suzhou Novosense A/H Listing - Growth Has Been Strong but Margins Weak

The deal is now live with the company looking to raise a smaller amount of US$285m, as expected. We will follow-up with another note looking at...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (1 December 2025)-Kioxia, Airtel, Nippon, Toyoda Gosei, SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Super Bank

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

Not a Bargaining Chip: Beijing Is Dismantling Nvidia’s China Playbook

China is strategically pushing foreign tech out of its supply chain, with Nvidia facing challenges and domestic chipmakers benefiting. Another ban...

Mint Finance

BaTeLab (2149 HK) - Potential EDA Restrictions Not to Impede Growth

EDA is instrumental in semi design, in which overseas vendors currently command 70% of the market share in China, per Reuters.

CMB International

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Suzhou Novosense A/H Listing - Strong Growth but Lacks Margin Stability

Suzhou Novosense Microelectron (688052 CH), an analog chips producer, aims to raise around US$285m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

Suzhou Novosense A/H Listing - Growth Has Been Strong but Margins Weak

The deal is now live with the company looking to raise a smaller amount of US$285m, as expected. We will follow-up with another note looking at...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (1 December 2025)-Kioxia, Airtel, Nippon, Toyoda Gosei, SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Super Bank

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

Not a Bargaining Chip: Beijing Is Dismantling Nvidia’s China Playbook

​China is strategically pushing foreign tech out of its supply chain, with Nvidia facing challenges and domestic chipmakers benefiting. Another ban...

Mint Finance

BaTeLab (2149 HK) - Potential EDA Restrictions Not to Impede Growth

EDA is instrumental in semi design, in which overseas vendors currently command 70% of the market share in China, per Reuters.

CMB International

China is strategically pushing foreign tech out of its supply chain, with Nvidia facing challenges and domestic chipmakers benefiting. Another ban...