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 analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of December 23rd. </li>
<li>We estimate the weekly inflows to be US$680.7 million, led by consumer staples, health care, financials sectors, and offset by information technology, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Wulianye, Moutai, Sichuan Swell, Ping An, Yiling, China Tourism, CATL, Goertek, BYD.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of December 23rd. 
We estimate the weekly inflows to be US$680.7 million, led by consumer staples, health care, financials sectors, and offset by information technology, materials.
We highlight flows for Wulianye, Moutai, Sichuan Swell, Ping An, Yiling, China Tourism, CATL, Goertek, BYD.


Northbound Flows (Dec 23rd): Inflows into Liquor Names

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

Hubei Feilihua Quartz Glass  / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>At the end of the review period, we forecast 10 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chinext-price-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25483:1" rel="noopener">Chinext Price Index (SZ399006 INDEX)</a> and 5 changes for the ChiNext 50 Index in December.</li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to buy +/-0.5 days of ADV for most inclusions and exclusions from the indices. The impact on the potential deletions is higher on average.</li>
<li>The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes over the last six months, though there has been a sharp narrowing of the gap over the last few weeks.</li>
</ul>


At the end of the review period, we forecast 10 changes for the Chinext Price Index (SZ399006 INDEX) and 5 changes for the ChiNext 50 Index in December.
Passive trackers will need to buy +/-0.5 days of ADV for most inclusions and exclusions from the indices. The impact on the potential deletions is higher on average.
The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes over the last six months, though there has been a sharp narrowing of the gap over the last few weeks.


ChiNext/ChiNext50 Index Rebalance Preview: Overlapping Stocks & Mean Reversion

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>The growth in China A-Share exposure has slowed as we approach full ownership across the EM active fund universe.</li>
<li>China A-Share allocations have remained solid throughout this year’s volatility and heavy country rotation.</li>
<li>Midea Group, Kweichow Moutai and Contemporary Amperex Technology remain the most widely held stocks, but others are starting to make their mark.</li>
</ul>


The growth in China A-Share exposure has slowed as we approach full ownership across the EM active fund universe.
China A-Share allocations have remained solid throughout this year’s volatility and heavy country rotation.
Midea Group, Kweichow Moutai and Contemporary Amperex Technology remain the most widely held stocks, but others are starting to make their mark.


China A-Share Deep Dive:  Growth Slows, but EM Funds Remain Well Invested

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>WH Group has sharply outperformed both global peers and HK/China-listed peers since the last bullish insight pounded the table in mid-March 2022.</li>
<li>Since then, the Pork/Feed ratio has been climbing in China and flat to down in the US, and pork prices in China are particularly robust recently. </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> remains cheap as chips. And despite gains, still Cheapest in Yonks relatively speaking. </li>
</ul>


WH Group has sharply outperformed both global peers and HK/China-listed peers since the last bullish insight pounded the table in mid-March 2022.
Since then, the Pork/Feed ratio has been climbing in China and flat to down in the US, and pork prices in China are particularly robust recently. 

WH Group (288 HK) remains cheap as chips. And despite gains, still Cheapest in Yonks relatively speaking. 


WH Group (288 HK) - Stronger, But Still WAY Cheap to Peers

The shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wh-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13200:1" rel="noopener">WH Group (288 HK)</a> to be returned to shareholders after the Buyback Offer have been returned to shareholders as of this morning. Some appeared to have sold yesterday, some today, and some may not "get notice" of the return until tonight, which means they would sell tomorrow or later. Now we look ahead. Based on a pure price-vs-peers basis, the price today is about 3% below where it was compared to a mix of Chinese and global peers as of the day before the announcement. However, that does not include the 15% accretion to EPS from the buyback. That puts the stock a fair bit cheaper than its peer basket since the announcement 3+ months ago. And it has ALWAYS traded cheap on governance concerns (and one reason why showed up last month in a public spat between the spurned first son and the chairman, discussed in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/wh-group-stock-plummets-as-ousted-son-drags-pigs-into-the-mud" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:56282" rel="noopener">WH Group - Stock Plummets as Ousted Son Drags Pigs Into The Mud</a>. The question investors should ask themselves is.... if the family were ousted, would that be good for the share price? If the answer is yes, then the exposure here probably has some convexity given the shares trade at a multi-year low to Peers on an accretion-adjusted basis.

The shares of WH Group (288 HK) to be returned to shareholders after the Buyback Offer have been returned to shareholders as of this morning. Some appeared to have sold yesterday, some today, and some may not "get notice" of the return until tonight, which means they would sell tomorrow or later. Now we look ahead. Based on a pure price-vs-peers basis, the price today is about 3% below where it was compared to a mix of Chinese and global peers as of the day before the announcement. However, that does not include the 15% accretion to EPS from the buyback. That puts the stock a fair bit cheaper than its peer basket since the announcement 3+ months ago. And it has ALWAYS traded cheap on governance concerns (and one reason why showed up last month in a public spat between the spurned first son and the chairman, discussed in WH Group - Stock Plummets as Ousted Son Drags Pigs Into The Mud. The question investors should ask themselves is.... if the family were ousted, would that be good for the share price? If the answer is yes, then the exposure here probably has some convexity given the shares trade at a multi-year low to Peers on an accretion-adjusted basis.

China

Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd. produces meat products. The Company produces, processes, and sells chicken, duck, pork, and other related products. Guangdong Wens Foodstuffs Group also manufactures and markets cooked meat and frozen meat.

Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd. (300498 CH)

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Wens Foodstuff Group Co., Ltd. (300498 CH)

Northbound Flows (Dec 23rd): Inflows into Liquor Names

We analyzed northbound Shanghai/Shenzhen connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for Wulianye, Moutai, Sichuan Swell, Ping An, Yiling,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ChiNext/ChiNext50 Index Rebalance Preview: Overlapping Stocks & Mean Reversion

We forecast 10 changes to the ChiNext & 5 changes to the ChiNext50 in Dec. There are a few overlapping stocks and the potential adds have...

Brian Freitas

WH Group (288 HK) - Stronger, But Still WAY Cheap to Peers

WH Group is up strongly the past 3 months, outperforming western peers (+43%) and China/HK-listed peers (+17%). China pork price dynamics are...

Travis Lundy

WH Group Post-Tender Outlook

Buyback Offer shares are returned. Now we look forward. Of course, we did before in assuming participation rates. The stock is cheap on accretion...

Travis Lundy

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Northbound Flows (Dec 23rd): Inflows into Liquor Names

We analyzed northbound Shanghai/Shenzhen connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for Wulianye, Moutai, Sichuan Swell, Ping An, Yiling,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ChiNext/ChiNext50 Index Rebalance Preview: Overlapping Stocks & Mean Reversion

We forecast 10 changes to the ChiNext & 5 changes to the ChiNext50 in Dec. There are a few overlapping stocks and the potential adds have...

Brian Freitas

China A-Share Deep Dive: Growth Slows, but EM Funds Remain Well Invested

China A-Share exposure has seen tremendous growth over the last decade, yet the rate of ownership growth has slowed this year. In this piece we...

Steven Holden

WH Group (288 HK) - Stronger, But Still WAY Cheap to Peers

WH Group is up strongly the past 3 months, outperforming western peers (+43%) and China/HK-listed peers (+17%). China pork price dynamics are...

Travis Lundy

WH Group Post-Tender Outlook

Buyback Offer shares are returned. Now we look forward. Of course, we did before in assuming participation rates. The stock is cheap on accretion...

Travis Lundy