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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Dec 8th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD10.8bn.</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 have highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Naver.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Dec 8th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD10.8bn.
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 have highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Naver.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 8th): Naver

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 10th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.0bn.</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 Medytox, Lg Energy Solution, Kakao, Krafton, Amorepacific.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 10th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.0bn.
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 Medytox, Lg Energy Solution, Kakao, Krafton, Amorepacific.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 10th): Short Covers for LG Energy, Kakao, Krafton, Amorepacific

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.7bn.</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 Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri, Hyundai Bioscien, Leeno Industrial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.7bn.
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 Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri, Hyundai Bioscien, Leeno Industrial.


KRX Shorts: Top Changes Prior to Short Ban

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>LX Semicon and Tokai Carbon Korea will be excluded, and these two positions will be filled by Eo Technics and either HPSP or ISC Co Ltd.</li>
<li>The effective date is October 16th, and the rebalancing trading by the TIGER ETF occurs towards the closing (likely to start around 2 p.m.) on Friday, October 13th.</li>
<li>The practical setup would entail an EO Technics-TCK Long Short pair. For a more aggressive strategy, we could explore the inclusion of HPSP in this setup.</li>
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LX Semicon and Tokai Carbon Korea will be excluded, and these two positions will be filled by Eo Technics and either HPSP or ISC Co Ltd.
The effective date is October 16th, and the rebalancing trading by the TIGER ETF occurs towards the closing (likely to start around 2 p.m.) on Friday, October 13th.
The practical setup would entail an EO Technics-TCK Long Short pair. For a more aggressive strategy, we could explore the inclusion of HPSP in this setup.


Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

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<li>NPS has expressed concerns about the wide risk range of the KOSDAQ 150 index, and there has been speculation about whether they will take advantage of the KOSDAQ Global Index.</li>
<li>The launch of these ETFs should be closely watched as it could potentially be a turning point in the investment patterns of local pension funds in KOSDAQ.</li>
<li>It may be worth considering the constituents included in this index where the NPS ownership stake does not reach 5%.</li>
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NPS has expressed concerns about the wide risk range of the KOSDAQ 150 index, and there has been speculation about whether they will take advantage of the KOSDAQ Global Index.
The launch of these ETFs should be closely watched as it could potentially be a turning point in the investment patterns of local pension funds in KOSDAQ.
It may be worth considering the constituents included in this index where the NPS ownership stake does not reach 5%.


Potential Changes to NPS's KOSDAQ Benchmark with the Launch of KOSDAQ Global Index ETFs

South Korea

Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd. produces purified graphite products used in semiconductor equipment, and silicon single crystal puller parts.  The Company also produces carbon products used in rubber parts for machineries.

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KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 8th): Naver

We analyzed the KRX short interest report for the past week and we highlighted weekly KRX short interest changes in Naver.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 10th): Short Covers for LG Energy, Kakao, Krafton, Amorepacific

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Medytox, Lg Energy Solution, Kakao, Krafton,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Shorts: Top Changes Prior to Short Ban

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

This post explores a Long-Short flow trading opportunity, which will likely be presented next Friday by the TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF rebalancing.

Sanghyun Park

Potential Changes to NPS's KOSDAQ Benchmark with the Launch of KOSDAQ Global Index ETFs

This post investigates the possibility of changes to NPS's benchmark for KOSDAQ investments due to the launch of KOSDAQ Global Index ETFs.

Sanghyun Park

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