IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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Shenzhen Transsion Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shenzhen-transsion-holdings-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30323:1" rel="noopener">Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (688036 CH)</a>, Africa’s largest smartphone seller, plans to start bookbuilding as early as Wednesday for a US$400–500 million HKEx listing.</li>
<li>It sells smartphones and feature phones under the TECNO, Infinix and itel brands, mainly in emerging markets, and is expanding into mobile Internet services and IoT products.</li>
<li>The investment case is bearish: Transsion has weak pricing power, memory-exposed margins, and fragile growth outside Africa, while memory stockpiling has turned 1H26 free cash flow sharply negative.</li>
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Shenzhen Transsion Holdings (688036 CH), Africa’s largest smartphone seller, plans to start bookbuilding as early as Wednesday for a US$400–500 million HKEx listing.
It sells smartphones and feature phones under the TECNO, Infinix and itel brands, mainly in emerging markets, and is expanding into mobile Internet services and IoT products.
The investment case is bearish: Transsion has weak pricing power, memory-exposed margins, and fragile growth outside Africa, while memory stockpiling has turned 1H26 free cash flow sharply negative.


Transsion Holdings H Share Listing: The Investment Case

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The elevated crude oil prices are expected to drive persistent inflationary pressure, and this will benefit high dividend yield stocks.</li>
<li>The top 10 high-yield HSI constituents have an average dividend yield of 6.7% for CY26. Since the War, they have outperformed the Index by an average of 1.1pp.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-unicom-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1016:1" rel="noopener">China Unicom HK (762 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mobile-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27:1" rel="noopener">China Mobile (941 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tingyi-cayman-islands-holding-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14016:1" rel="noopener">Tingyi Holding (322 HK)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-hongqiao-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1909:1" rel="noopener">China Hongqiao (1378 HK)</a> are at the top of the list.</li>
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The elevated crude oil prices are expected to drive persistent inflationary pressure, and this will benefit high dividend yield stocks.
The top 10 high-yield HSI constituents have an average dividend yield of 6.7% for CY26. Since the War, they have outperformed the Index by an average of 1.1pp.

China Unicom HK (762 HK), China Mobile (941 HK), Link REIT (823 HK), Tingyi Holding (322 HK), and China Hongqiao (1378 HK) are at the top of the list.


HK Strategy: Winners of Potentially Higher Inflation

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

Shenton Research

Shenton 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 statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Oct 2nd based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were HSBC (5 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Bidu (9888 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), Bidu (9888 HK), Bilibili (9626 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Oct 2nd based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were HSBC (5 HK), Tencent (700 HK), Bidu (9888 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), Bidu (9888 HK), Bilibili (9626 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Oct 2nd): HSBC, Tencent, Bidu

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-China in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech, CANMAX TECHNOLOGIES.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-China in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech, CANMAX TECHNOLOGIES.


MS-China Index Earning Revision (Sep): CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech

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

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<li>TSMC, Tencent and Samsung remain dominant holdings, but are increasingly held as structural underweights as managers sell into strength to manage benchmark risk.</li>
<li>2025 saw sharp ownership increases in emerging leaders such as Xiaomi, CATL and Accton, while former consensus names like Meituan and Indonesian banks were heavily exited.</li>
<li>Across regions, new stock leadership is forming in MENA, LATAM and ASEAN as capital rotates away from long-standing EM favourites into a broader set of positions.</li>
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TSMC, Tencent and Samsung remain dominant holdings, but are increasingly held as structural underweights as managers sell into strength to manage benchmark risk.
2025 saw sharp ownership increases in emerging leaders such as Xiaomi, CATL and Accton, while former consensus names like Meituan and Indonesian banks were heavily exited.
Across regions, new stock leadership is forming in MENA, LATAM and ASEAN as capital rotates away from long-standing EM favourites into a broader set of positions.


EM Active Investors’ Stock Positioning Guide

China

Xiaomi is a Chinese multinational corporation specializing in consumer electronics and technology, primarily known for its smartphones (Mi, Redmi, POCO series) and a wide range of AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) devices, including smart home products, wearables, and laptops. The company also provides internet services, including its MIUI operating system. Xiaomi was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

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HK Strategy: Winners of Potentially Higher Inflation

Elevated crude oil prices are driving inflation, benefiting high dividend yield HSI constituent stocks like China Unicom, China Mobile, Link REIT,...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Oct 2nd): HSBC, Tencent, Bidu

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were HSBC (5 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MS-China Index Earning Revision (Sep): CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech

We analyzed MS-China's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

EM Active Investors’ Stock Positioning Guide

A detailed guide to stock positioning among the world’s largest active EM funds, highlighting dominant holdings, ownership trends, and the key...

Steven Holden

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Transsion Holdings H Share Listing: The Investment Case

Transsion, Africa’s largest smartphone seller, plans to start bookbuilding as early as Wednesday for a US$400–500 million HKEx listing. In this...

Arun George

HK Strategy: Winners of Potentially Higher Inflation

​Elevated crude oil prices are driving inflation, benefiting high dividend yield HSI constituent stocks like China Unicom, China Mobile, Link REIT,...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Oct 2nd): HSBC, Tencent, Bidu

We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were HSBC (5 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MS-China Index Earning Revision (Sep): CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech

We analyzed MS-China's consensus for Sep 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in CCB, TENCENT, ICBC, CHINA LIFE, BOC, LONGFOR, Legend Biotech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

EM Active Investors’ Stock Positioning Guide

A detailed guide to stock positioning among the world’s largest active EM funds, highlighting dominant holdings, ownership trends, and the key...

Steven Holden

Elevated crude oil prices are driving inflation, benefiting high dividend yield HSI constituent stocks like China Unicom, China Mobile, Link REIT,...