China Specialist, Auto and Industrial Specialist

Victoria Li

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Despite the remaining EV subsidies finishing next year, we expect demand to be relatively unimpacted</li>
<li>Battery supply issues should be eased with Covid lockdowns easing and new capacity expansions</li>
<li>&gt;100 new models due for launch in 2023E vs ~70 in 2022 and will keep potential customers and market excited in the sector</li>
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Despite the remaining EV subsidies finishing next year, we expect demand to be relatively unimpacted
Battery supply issues should be eased with Covid lockdowns easing and new capacity expansions
&gt;100 new models due for launch in 2023E vs ~70 in 2022 and will keep potential customers and market excited in the sector


China NEV Outlook: Life After Subsidies Is Still Beautiful

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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

TS Group (Global) / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ts-group-global" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36565:1" rel="noopener">TS Group (Global) (TS HK)</a> is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners are JPM, and China Merchant Securities. </li>
<li>TS Group (Global) is a container shipping firm primarily focusing on the Asia region, which as  per the Drewry report, is the largest and one of the fastest growing regions.</li>
<li>As of Jun 2022, it had a total of 52 vessels, consisting of 26 owned vessels and 26 chartered-in vessels, with a total capacity of 107,907 total equivalent units (TEU).</li>
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TS Group (Global) (TS HK) is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners are JPM, and China Merchant Securities. 
TS Group (Global) is a container shipping firm primarily focusing on the Asia region, which as  per the Drewry report, is the largest and one of the fastest growing regions.
As of Jun 2022, it had a total of 52 vessels, consisting of 26 owned vessels and 26 chartered-in vessels, with a total capacity of 107,907 total equivalent units (TEU).


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

Brilliance China Automotive / Index Rebalance

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<li>We see 3 potential adds for the HSCI in December. We also see 26 potential adds and 16 potential deletes for the index in March.</li>
<li>Following the March rebalance, we see 22 potential inclusions to Stock Connect while we expect 37 stocks to be removed from the link.</li>
<li>Some of the potential deletions/ Stock Connect drops have large Southbound holdings and some of these positions could be pared back over the next few months.</li>
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We see 3 potential adds for the HSCI in December. We also see 26 potential adds and 16 potential deletes for the index in March.
Following the March rebalance, we see 22 potential inclusions to Stock Connect while we expect 37 stocks to be removed from the link.
Some of the potential deletions/ Stock Connect drops have large Southbound holdings and some of these positions could be pared back over the next few months.


HSCI Index Rebalance and Stock Connect: Changes at the Margins

Lygend Resources & Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lygend-resources-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36493:1" rel="noopener">Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (LR HK)</a> is looking to raise about US$800m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (Lygend) is a nickel trading and production firm with a portfolio covering multiple areas across the nickel industry value chain.</li>
<li>With the Obi Project expanding the firm’s capacity into the higher margin production segment, Lygend expects sales and profitability to pick up. </li>
</ul>



Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (LR HK) is looking to raise about US$800m in its Hong Kong IPO.
Lygend Resources &amp; Technology (Lygend) is a nickel trading and production firm with a portfolio covering multiple areas across the nickel industry value chain.
With the Obi Project expanding the firm’s capacity into the higher margin production segment, Lygend expects sales and profitability to pick up. 


Lygend Resources & Technology Pre-IPO - Resting Its Hopes and Dreams on a JV with a Singular Partner

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

<div><div><div><div><ul><li>Golden week data missed market’s already low expectation for all three major categories - property sales, domestic tourism spending and auto sales.</li><li>4Q is unlikely to be a big surprise as property and its supply chain (20-30% of GDP) will still be the major drag that could neutralize the still resilient auto and gradually recovering consumption.</li><li>Together with more market volatility from pandemic and CPC meeting, we recommend investors to avoid one-sided long or short, but focus on pair trade opportunities to play the difference of BtoC over BtoB as BtoB is more vulnerable in terms of bad debts and pricing power than BtoC amid weak macro.</li></ul></div></div></div></div><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Golden week data missed market’s already low expectation for all three major categories - property sales, domestic tourism spending and auto sales.4Q is unlikely to be a big surprise as property and its supply chain (20-30% of GDP) will still be the major drag that could neutralize the still resilient auto and gradually recovering consumption.Together with more market volatility from pandemic and CPC meeting, we recommend investors to avoid one-sided long or short, but focus on pair trade opportunities to play the difference of BtoC over BtoB as BtoB is more vulnerable in terms of bad debts and pricing power than BtoC amid weak macro.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Cross sector report – Post-Golden Week: More positive on BToC recovery potential; Cautious on BToB

China

Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies Ltd. operates as an electric vehicles manufacturer. The Company develops and sells electric vehicles and other products. Zhejiang Leapmotor Technologies markets its products throughout China.

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China NEV Outlook: Life After Subsidies Is Still Beautiful

Despite the remaining EV subsidies finishing next year, we expect demand to be relatively unimpacted. Battery supply issues should be eased with...

Victoria Li

TS Group (Global) Pre-IPO Tearsheet

TS Group (Global) (TS HK) is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners are JPM, and China Merchant Securities.

Clarence Chu

HSCI Index Rebalance and Stock Connect: Changes at the Margins

We see 3 inclusions for the index in Dec, and then 26 adds/16 deletions in March. Following the March rebal, we see 22 adds/37 deletions for Stock...

Brian Freitas

Lygend Resources & Technology Pre-IPO - Resting Its Hopes and Dreams on a JV with a Singular Partner

Lygend Resources & Technology (LR HK) is looking to raise about US$800m in its Hong Kong IPO. Lygend is a nickel trading and production firm.

Clarence Chu

Cross sector report – Post-Golden Week: More positive on BToC recovery potential; Cautious on BToB

Golden week data missed market’s already low expectation for all three major categories - property sales, domestic tourism spending and auto sales.

CMB International

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