APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC 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

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufa / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/powerchip-semiconductor-manufa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35299:1" rel="noopener">Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (6770 TT)</a> is looking to raise around US$895m, selling 420m shares (28m GDRs) via a GDR offering.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (6770 TT) is looking to raise around US$895m, selling 420m shares (28m GDRs) via a GDR offering.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Aequitas: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing GDR Offering -

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>There could be 6 adds, 5 deletes for the Yuanta/​P-Shares Taiwan Dividend Plus ETF in June as the tech rally creates multiple changes for the Yuanta/P-shares Taiwan Mid-Cap 100 ETF.</li>
<li>Constituent changes along with capping changes will lead to a one-way turnover of 26.4% and in a round-trip trade of TWD 386bn (US$12.2bn).</li>
<li>There are multiple stocks that have same-way or opposite flow from trackers of other Taiwan indices and present some interesting trading opportunities.</li>
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There could be 6 adds, 5 deletes for the Yuanta/​P-Shares Taiwan Dividend Plus ETF in June as the tech rally creates multiple changes for the Yuanta/P-shares Taiwan Mid-Cap 100 ETF.
Constituent changes along with capping changes will lead to a one-way turnover of 26.4% and in a round-trip trade of TWD 386bn (US$12.2bn).
There are multiple stocks that have same-way or opposite flow from trackers of other Taiwan indices and present some interesting trading opportunities.


Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Div+ ETF Rebalance Preview: 6 Adds, 5 Deletes; US$12bn Trade

WT Microelectronics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wt-microelectronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19712:1" rel="noopener">WT Microelectronics (3036 TT)</a> (WT Micro) is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming GDR offering. The firm is also looking to raise another US$500m via convertible bonds.</li>
<li>In May 2026, WT Micro announced its board’s resolution to issue between 75-100m shares via a GDR offering, with proceeds earmarked to purchase overseas raw materials and repay bank loans.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
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WT Microelectronics (3036 TT) (WT Micro) is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming GDR offering. The firm is also looking to raise another US$500m via convertible bonds.
In May 2026, WT Micro announced its board’s resolution to issue between 75-100m shares via a GDR offering, with proceeds earmarked to purchase overseas raw materials and repay bank loans.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.


Aequitas: WT Micro GDR Early Look - Revisiting the GDR Market Six Months Later Amid Strong Momentum

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

DZT Research

DZT 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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Hon Hai Precision, Taiwan Cement, Catcher Technology, Fubon Financial, China Steel, TSMC, Nan Ya Plastics.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Hon Hai Precision, Taiwan Cement, Catcher Technology, Fubon Financial, China Steel, TSMC, Nan Ya Plastics.


MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (May): Hon Hai Precision, Taiwan Cement, Catcher Technology, TSMC

Director | Exposing Creative Accounting, Bucephalus Research Partnership

Robert Medd

Director | Exposing Creative Accounting

Exposing Creative Accounting

Bucephalus Research Partnership

Bucephalus Research Partnership Limited. Exposing Creative Accounting.

At the Bucephalus Research Partnership (BRP) we analyse financial statements using our accountant's practical experience and our own quantitative algorithms for corporate governance, accounting risk and peer performance.

Our thematic research refines our unique algorithms while our single stock research focuses on examples where we discover a significant gap between published accounts and business reality.

​Bucephalus Research Partnership:
- Is an independent fee-based research service
- Does not take proprietary positions, long or short
- Does not solicit business or fees from the corporates we review

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<h2>Introducing the Bucephalus Operating Return on Utilised Capital</h2><p>We created BORUC, to reveal the true operating performance of businesses because ‘traditional’ measures (ROE, ROCE etc.) are easy to manipulate. Struggling companies often resort to creative accounting to obscure their problems and hide their decline. This alters the numerator in ROE, ROCE etc. and disguises their investment and capex cycles.</p>

Introducing the Bucephalus Operating Return on Utilised CapitalWe created BORUC, to reveal the true operating performance of businesses because ‘traditional’ measures (ROE, ROCE etc.) are easy to manipulate. Struggling companies often resort to creative accounting to obscure their problems and hide their decline. This alters the numerator in ROE, ROCE etc. and disguises their investment and capex cycles.

Taiwan

Taiwan Cement Corporation manufactures and markets cement.  The Company's products include Portland cement, high strength cement, oil well cement, and sludge treatment agents.  Through its subsidiaries, the Company also operates in transportation, construction, and information products businesses.

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Taiwan Cement (1101 TT)

Aequitas: Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing GDR Offering -

Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing (6770.TT) is looking to raise around US$895m, selling 420m shares (28m GDRs) via a GDR offering.

Akshat Shah

Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Div+ ETF Rebalance Preview: 6 Adds, 5 Deletes; US$12bn Trade

There could be 6 adds, 5 deletes and capping changes in June leading to a one-way turnover of 26.4% and in a round-trip trade of US$12.2bn. Many...

Brian Freitas

Aequitas: WT Micro GDR Early Look - Revisiting the GDR Market Six Months Later Amid Strong Momentum

WT Microelectronics (WT Micro) is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering. The firm is also...

Akshat Shah

MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (May): Hon Hai Precision, Taiwan Cement, Catcher Technology, TSMC

We analyzed MS-Taiwan's consensus for May 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Hon Hai Precision, Taiwan Cement, Catcher Technology, Fubon...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Using BORUC to Pick Asian Growth Stocks

Introducing the Bucephalus Operating Return on Utilised CapitalWe created BORUC, to reveal the true operating performance of businesses because...

Bucephalus Research Partnership

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