APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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.

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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> is looking to raise US$341m in its GDR offering. The proceeds will be used to purchase raw materials overseas.</li>
<li>The deal is a very well flagged one, and will be a relatively small one to digest at just 4.8 days of the stock’s three month ADV.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on the deal dynamics.</li>
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WT Microelectronics (3036 TT) is looking to raise US$341m in its GDR offering. The proceeds will be used to purchase raw materials overseas.
The deal is a very well flagged one, and will be a relatively small one to digest at just 4.8 days of the stock’s three month ADV.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on the deal dynamics.


WT Micro Placement - Another Well-Flagged Taiwan GDR Offering, This One Is Easier to Digest

Event-Driven

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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> is looking to raise up to US$444m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.</li>
<li>WT Microelectronics recently announced its board’s resolution to issue between 68-85m new shares in the form of GDRs, with the use of proceeds geared towards purchasing of raw materials overseas.</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) is looking to raise up to US$444m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.
WT Microelectronics recently announced its board’s resolution to issue between 68-85m new shares in the form of GDRs, with the use of proceeds geared towards purchasing of raw materials overseas.
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.


WT Micro GDR Early Look - Last Offering Had a Mixed Performance, This One Is Shaping up Better

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 22nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD73.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Getac Holdings, Lite-On Tech, Nanya Tech, Alchip Tech, TSMC, Chung-Hsin.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 22nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD73.8bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Getac Holdings, Lite-On Tech, Nanya Tech, Alchip Tech, TSMC, Chung-Hsin.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 22nd): Evergreen Marine, Getac Holdings, Lite-On Tech, Nanya Tech

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/globalwafers-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17916:1" rel="noopener">Globalwafers (6488 TT)</a> is looking to raise up to US$870m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.</li>
<li>GlobalWafer recently announced its board’s resolution to issue between 36-45m new shares in the form of GDRs, with the use of proceeds geared towards purchasing of raw materials overseas.</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>
</ul>



Globalwafers (6488 TT) is looking to raise up to US$870m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.
GlobalWafer recently announced its board’s resolution to issue between 36-45m new shares in the form of GDRs, with the use of proceeds geared towards purchasing of raw materials overseas.
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.


GlobalWafer GDRs Early Look - Last Deal Did Well, the US$870m Raising Here Will Take It to Net Cash

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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adbri-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20166:1" rel="noopener">Adbri (ABC AU)</a> has entered a scheme implementation deed with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crh-plc-054117b2-cd70-470a-9efc-8f6fab2c83ec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28655:1" rel="noopener">CRH (CRH US)</a> and Barro at A$3.20 per share, a 41.0% premium to the undisturbed price of A$2.27 (13 December).</li>
<li>The offer requires shareholder and FIRB approval. FIRB approval for the bidder, CRH, should be forthcoming as it is a Fortune 500 company with HQ in Ireland. </li>
<li>The offer is attractive vs. peer multiples and historical ranges. At the last close and for a mid-June payment, the gross/annualised spread is 1.9%/6.6%.</li>
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Adbri (ABC AU) has entered a scheme implementation deed with CRH (CRH US) and Barro at A$3.20 per share, a 41.0% premium to the undisturbed price of A$2.27 (13 December).
The offer requires shareholder and FIRB approval. FIRB approval for the bidder, CRH, should be forthcoming as it is a Fortune 500 company with HQ in Ireland. 
The offer is attractive vs. peer multiples and historical ranges. At the last close and for a mid-June payment, the gross/annualised spread is 1.9%/6.6%.


Adbri (ABC AU): CRH and Barro’s Binding A$3.20 Offer

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)

WT Micro Placement - Another Well-Flagged Taiwan GDR Offering, This One Is Easier to Digest

WT Microelectronics (3036 TT) is looking to raise US$341m in its GDR offering. The proceeds will be used to purchase raw materials overseas.

Clarence Chu

WT Micro GDR Early Look - Last Offering Had a Mixed Performance, This One Is Shaping up Better

WT Microelectronics just launched its US$341m GDR offering. In total, 17m GDRs (1 GDR to 5 common shares conversion ratio) are on offer, marketed...

Clarence Chu

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Mar 22nd): Evergreen Marine, Getac Holdings, Lite-On Tech, Nanya Tech

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Evergreen Marine, Getac Holdings, Lite-On Tech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

GlobalWafer GDRs Early Look - Last Deal Did Well, the US$870m Raising Here Will Take It to Net Cash

Globalwafers (6488 TT) is looking to raise up to US$870m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering. If and when the deal...

Clarence Chu

Adbri (ABC AU): CRH and Barro’s Binding A$3.20 Offer

The offer is attractive vs. peer multiples and historical ranges. At the last close and for a mid-June payment, the gross/annualised spread is 1.9%...

Arun George

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