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.

Event-Driven

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals / Event-Driven

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jiangsu-hengrui-pharmaceuticals-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44224:1" rel="noopener">Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK)</a>, a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing in May 2025. The lockup on its cornerstone will expire soon.</li>
<li>JHP Has been ranked as one of the global Top 50 pharmaceutical companies by Pharm Exec for six consecutive years since 2019.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing in May 2025. The lockup on its cornerstone will expire soon.
JHP Has been ranked as one of the global Top 50 pharmaceutical companies by Pharm Exec for six consecutive years since 2019.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma IPO Lockup - US$850m Cornerstone Release

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

Contemporary Amperex Technology / Index Rebalance

Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK)

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<li>Post market close on Friday, Hang Seng Indexes will announce the changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)</a> that will be implemented at the close on 5 December.</li>
<li>We highlight 6 stocks that have a higher probability of being added to the index. With the index committee entitled to a lot of discretion, there will be differences.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-catl-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">CATL (3750 HK)</a> will have a 6-month trading history by implementation of the index changes and is a high probability inclusion to the index. But cornerstone lock-up ends tomorrow.</li>
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Post market close on Friday, Hang Seng Indexes will announce the changes for the Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) that will be implemented at the close on 5 December.
We highlight 6 stocks that have a higher probability of being added to the index. With the index committee entitled to a lot of discretion, there will be differences.

CATL (3750 HK) will have a 6-month trading history by implementation of the index changes and is a high probability inclusion to the index. But cornerstone lock-up ends tomorrow.


Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for Dec25

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/duality-biotherapeutics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43878:1" rel="noopener">Duality Biotherapeutics (9606 HK)</a>' s raised around US$200m in its Hong Kong listing in April 2025. The lockup on its cornerstone and pre-IPO investors is set to expire today.</li>
<li>Duality is a biopharma company focused primarily on the independent discovery and development of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) assets.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
</ul>



Duality Biotherapeutics (9606 HK)' s raised around US$200m in its Hong Kong listing in April 2025. The lockup on its cornerstone and pre-IPO investors is set to expire today.
Duality is a biopharma company focused primarily on the independent discovery and development of antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) assets.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Duality Bio IPO Lockup - US$2.7bn Lockup Release, with Lots of CCASS Movement

Equity Capital Markets

Kokusai Electric  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, the year end looks set to see a flurry of listings, with the pace already starting to pick up again.</li>
<li>On the placements front, markets were back where they left of prior to the October holidays.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, the year end looks set to see a flurry of listings, with the pace already starting to pick up again.
On the placements front, markets were back where they left of prior to the October holidays.


ECM Weekly (13 October 2025)- LG India, Tata Capital, Rubicon, Canara, FineToday, Maynilad, Kokusai

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec-co-ltd-bf4a1265-beef-48b6-b82d-29308426030f" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27795:1" rel="noopener">WuXi AppTec (2359 HK)</a> is looking to raise US$308m via selling some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-xdc-cayman-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39917:1" rel="noopener">WuXi XDC Cayman (2268 HK)</a>.</li>
<li>The deal is a small one, representing 4.5 days of the stock’s three month ADV, and 2.3% of total shares outstanding.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



WuXi AppTec (2359 HK) is looking to raise US$308m via selling some of its stake in WuXi XDC Cayman (2268 HK).
The deal is a small one, representing 4.5 days of the stock’s three month ADV, and 2.3% of total shares outstanding.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


WuXi XDC Placement: Past Secondary Deals Weak but Stock on a Tear

China

WuXi XDC is a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO) specializing in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) and other bioconjugates. The company offers integrated, end-to-end services for the discovery, process development, and GMP manufacturing of bioconjugates, monoclonal antibody intermediates, and payload-linkers. WuXi XDC was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Wuxi, China.

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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma IPO Lockup - US$850m Cornerstone Release

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing in May 2025. The...

Sumeet Singh

Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for Dec25

We highlight 6 potential adds to the HSI in Dec. CATL is a high prob add and has a lock-up expiry tomorrow. Estimated turnover is 1.9% and trade is...

Brian Freitas

Duality Bio IPO Lockup - US$2.7bn Lockup Release, with Lots of CCASS Movement

Duality Biotherapeutics (9606 HK)' s raised around US$200m in its Hong Kong listing in April 2025. The lockup on its cornerstone and pre-IPO...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (13 October 2025)- LG India, Tata Capital, Rubicon, Canara, FineToday, Maynilad, Kokusai

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

WuXi XDC Placement: Past Secondary Deals Weak but Stock on a Tear

WuXi AppTec plans to raise $308m by selling stake in WuXi XDC Cayman, a small deal representing 4.5 days of stock ADV and 2.3% of total shares...

Nicholas Tan

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Jiangsu Hengrui Pharma IPO Lockup - US$850m Cornerstone Release

Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceuticals (1276 HK), a China-based pharmaceutical company, raised around US$1.5bn in its H-share listing in May 2025. The...

Sumeet Singh

Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for Dec25

We highlight 6 potential adds to the HSI in Dec. CATL is a high prob add and has a lock-up expiry tomorrow. Estimated turnover is 1.9% and trade is...

Brian Freitas

Duality Bio IPO Lockup - US$2.7bn Lockup Release, with Lots of CCASS Movement

Duality Biotherapeutics (9606 HK)' s raised around US$200m in its Hong Kong listing in April 2025. The lockup on its cornerstone and pre-IPO...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (13 October 2025)- LG India, Tata Capital, Rubicon, Canara, FineToday, Maynilad, Kokusai

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

WuXi XDC Placement: Past Secondary Deals Weak but Stock on a Tear

​WuXi AppTec plans to raise $308m by selling stake in WuXi XDC Cayman, a small deal representing 4.5 days of stock ADV and 2.3% of total shares...

Nicholas Tan

WuXi AppTec plans to raise $308m by selling stake in WuXi XDC Cayman, a small deal representing 4.5 days of stock ADV and 2.3% of total shares...