US/Europe Event-Driven Analyst

John DeMasi

Event-Driven

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<li>Microsoft’s largest-ever acquisition provides boost for cloud gaming and metaverse ambitions.</li>
<li>Deal comes as Activision Blizzard’s been mired in gender pay disparity and sexual harassment storm.</li>
<li>Controversial CEO Bobby Kotick to continue in his role as head of Activision Blizzard, though WSJ says otherwise.</li>
</ul>


Microsoft’s largest-ever acquisition provides boost for cloud gaming and metaverse ambitions.
Deal comes as Activision Blizzard’s been mired in gender pay disparity and sexual harassment storm.
Controversial CEO Bobby Kotick to continue in his role as head of Activision Blizzard, though WSJ says otherwise.


Microsoft Got Game! Plans to Buy Activision Blizzard for $95/Share or $68.7 Billion

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

Wanda Commercial Management Group / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Wanda Commercial Management Group (WCMG) is looking to raise up to US$4bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>WCMG is a commercial operation service provider. As of Oct 2021, the firm managed 398 malls with total gross floor area (GFA) under management of 56.5m sqm.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Wanda Commercial Management Group (WCMG) is looking to raise up to US$4bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
WCMG is a commercial operation service provider. As of Oct 2021, the firm managed 398 malls with total gross floor area (GFA) under management of 56.5m sqm.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Wanda Commercial Management Group Pre-IPO - The Positives - Aiming for One of HK's Largest 2022 IPOs

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

<ul>
<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight top inflow stocks: Tencent (700 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), China Mobile (941 HK). </li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight top inflow stocks: Tencent (700 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), China Mobile (941 HK). 


Hong Kong Connect Flows: Tencent, Meituan China Mobile Led Inflows

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 7th. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK).</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 7th. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK).


HK Short Interest: Alibaba, China Overseas Land

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> saw very strong demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.</li>
<li>While other IPO markets were in torpor, a number of placements continued to flow in.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) saw very strong demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.
While other IPO markets were in torpor, a number of placements continued to flow in.


ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Wanda Commercial Management Group Pre-IPO - The Positives - Aiming for One of HK's Largest 2022 IPOs

Wanda Commercial Management Group (WCMG) is looking to raise up to US$4bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive...

Sumeet Singh

Hong Kong Connect Flows: Tencent, Meituan China Mobile Led Inflows

We highlight Hong Kong Connect top inflow stocks last week: Tencent (700 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), China Mobile (941 HK), as well as top outflows:...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: Alibaba, China Overseas Land

We highlight week on week short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK) from the latest SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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Microsoft Got Game! Plans to Buy Activision Blizzard for $95/Share or $68.7 Billion

Microsoft 'ain't' playing games. Its planned buy of Activision Blizzard will get regulators' dander up, but the devil's in the detail, and this...

John DeMasi

Wanda Commercial Management Group Pre-IPO - The Positives - Aiming for One of HK's Largest 2022 IPOs

Wanda Commercial Management Group (WCMG) is looking to raise up to US$4bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive...

Sumeet Singh

Hong Kong Connect Flows: Tencent, Meituan China Mobile Led Inflows

We highlight Hong Kong Connect top inflow stocks last week: Tencent (700 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), China Mobile (941 HK), as well as top outflows:...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: Alibaba, China Overseas Land

We highlight week on week short spike for Alibaba (9988 HK) and China Overseas Land (688 HK) from the latest SFC short aggregate report.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh