APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

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

Estun Automation / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/estun-automation-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25177:1" rel="noopener">Estun Automation (002747 CH)</a>, aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>It is a leading industrial robotics company in China, engaged in the sales of (i) industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing systems and (ii) core automation components and motion control systems.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Estun Automation (002747 CH), aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing.
It is a leading industrial robotics company in China, engaged in the sales of (i) industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing systems and (ii) core automation components and motion control systems.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Aequitas: Estun Automation A/H Listing -  Playing the Robotics Theme

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

Zijin Gold International / Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the March rebalance of this global index ended 31 December, the changes should be announced on 20 February and implemented at the close on 20 March.</li>
<li>For Asia Pac ex Japan, we forecast 266 changes (adds, deletes, migrations) for the index. Of those, 63 stocks could have over US$20m to trade from passive trackers.</li>
<li>The forecast passive buys have outperformed the headlines indices in all major markets and there could be some profit-taking following announcement of the changes.</li>
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The review period for the March rebalance of this global index ended 31 December, the changes should be announced on 20 February and implemented at the close on 20 March.
For Asia Pac ex Japan, we forecast 266 changes (adds, deletes, migrations) for the index. Of those, 63 stocks could have over US$20m to trade from passive trackers.
The forecast passive buys have outperformed the headlines indices in all major markets and there could be some profit-taking following announcement of the changes.


Asia Pac: (Forecast) Global Index Changes in March as Adds Outperform Bigly

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>HK$101bn+/Day of gross SOUTHBOUND activity last week, and net buying of HK$23+bn. The gross volumes are down a bit but net continues strongly.</li>
<li>China Mobile was shellacked with net selling every day last week (actually net sold every day since 11 Dec). The numbers are very impressive.</li>
<li>ETFs were net purchased in some size last week which usually means a swing to stocks and sale of ETFs this week.</li>
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HK$101bn+/Day of gross SOUTHBOUND activity last week, and net buying of HK$23+bn. The gross volumes are down a bit but net continues strongly.
China Mobile was shellacked with net selling every day last week (actually net sold every day since 11 Dec). The numbers are very impressive.
ETFs were net purchased in some size last week which usually means a swing to stocks and sale of ETFs this week.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (Week To 23 Jan 2026) - China Mobile Shellacked Again. Tech Bought Again

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 analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of January 23rd.</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 flows for China Mobile, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Hua Hong Semiconductor, SMIC, Tencent, Innovent Biologics, Zijin Mining, China Hongqiao, Ubtech Robotics.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of January 23rd.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for China Mobile, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Hua Hong Semiconductor, SMIC, Tencent, Innovent Biologics, Zijin Mining, China Hongqiao, Ubtech Robotics.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Jan 23rd): China Mobile, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Hua Hong Semiconductor, SMIC

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 2nd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Alibaba, Meituan, AIA, ABC, Sensetime.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 2nd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Alibaba, Meituan, AIA, ABC, Sensetime.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Alibaba, Meituan, AIA, ABC, Sensetime

China

UBTECH Robotics is a leading company specializing in the research, development, design, production, and commercialization of humanoid and smart service robots. Their product offerings include AI education solutions, smart logistics robots, and various sector-tailored service robots. The company was founded in March 2012 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

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UBTECH Robotics (9880 HK)

Aequitas: Estun Automation A/H Listing - Playing the Robotics Theme

Estun Automation, aims to raise up to US$300m in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that...

Nicholas Tan

Asia Pac: (Forecast) Global Index Changes in March as Adds Outperform Bigly

There will be over 250 changes in AP for a global index in March. The large adds have outperformed their country indices over the last few months...

Brian Freitas

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (Week To 23 Jan 2026) - China Mobile Shellacked Again. Tech Bought Again

SOUTHBOUND investors continued net buying HK stocks last week at a similar pace to the previous two weeks. They sold China Mobile at an even faster...

Travis Lundy

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Jan 23rd): China Mobile, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Hua Hong Semiconductor, SMIC

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for China Mobile (941 HK), Alibaba (9988 HK), Xiaomi (1810...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Alibaba, Meituan, AIA, ABC, Sensetime

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jan 2nd and highlight short interest changes in Alibaba, Meituan, AIA, ABC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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