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.

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, in a busy listing week, the results from listing were mixed.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were a number of large deals across the region.</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, in a busy listing week, the results from listing were mixed.
On the placements front, there were a number of large deals across the region.


ECM Weekly (30 June 2025) - FWD, Anjoy, IFBH, HDB Financials, Virgin, Xero, Shinhan, Innovent

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 analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 20th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Baba, Chow Tai Fook, Za Online, Cspc Pharma, BOC, Petrochina.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 20th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Baba, Chow Tai Fook, Za Online, Cspc Pharma, BOC, Petrochina.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Baba, Chow Tai Fook, Za Online, Cspc Pharma, BOC, Petrochina

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.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>ZhongAn Online initiated its first placement since listing on 26 June (Thu) premarket, with the offering price of HK$18.25 per share, implying an 8.5% discount compared to the last closing price of HK$19.94.</li><li>An addition of 215mn new shares will be issued to no fewer than six placees with a lock-up period of 90 days after closing on 4 July, raising the total number of shares outstanding post placement to 1,685mn.</li><li>The aggregate net proceeds amounted to HK$3,896.3mn (approx. US$496mn), of which the use will be focusing on 1) supplementing the Group’s capital position, 2) supporting investment in fintech innovations and 3) for general corporate purposes. </li></ul>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.

ZhongAn Online initiated its first placement since listing on 26 June (Thu) premarket, with the offering price of HK$18.25 per share, implying an 8.5% discount compared to the last closing price of HK$19.94.An addition of 215mn new shares will be issued to no fewer than six placees with a lock-up period of 90 days after closing on 4 July, raising the total number of shares outstanding post placement to 1,685mn.The aggregate net proceeds amounted to HK$3,896.3mn (approx. US$496mn), of which the use will be focusing on 1) supplementing the Group’s capital position, 2) supporting investment in fintech innovations and 3) for general corporate purposes. 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.

ZhongAn (6060 HK) - Placement May Cause Limited Downside Despite Short-Term Volatilities

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes up to US$15+bn a day this past 5-day week. Net buying still positive but still below US$500mm/day.</li>
<li>Among the top buys as a percentage of volume, FINANCIALS stood out, dramatically. PROPERTIES too. Among top sells, INFO TECH again. 10 weeks in a row negative. Tencent bigly sold.</li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Monitor</a> are both there free for SK readers.</li>
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Gross SOUTHBOUND volumes up to US$15+bn a day this past 5-day week. Net buying still positive but still below US$500mm/day.
Among the top buys as a percentage of volume, FINANCIALS stood out, dramatically. PROPERTIES too. Among top sells, INFO TECH again. 10 weeks in a row negative. Tencent bigly sold.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 20 June 2025); Net Buying, Volumes Up, TECH Down, BANKS Bought

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of May 30th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.</li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Catl, Horizonrobot, ICBC, Fl2 Csop Hsi, Fi2 Csop Hsi.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of May 30th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period.
We highlight short changes in Catl, Horizonrobot, ICBC, Fl2 Csop Hsi, Fi2 Csop Hsi.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Catl, Horizonrobot, ICBC

China

ZhongAn Online is China's first online-only insurance company, providing internet insurance services and insurance information technology services. It offers personalized products across health, digital life, consumer finance, and automotive ecosystems, and also provides IT consulting and digital banking services. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

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ZhongAn Online (6060 HK)

ECM Weekly (30 June 2025) - FWD, Anjoy, IFBH, HDB Financials, Virgin, Xero, Shinhan, Innovent

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

HK Short Interest Weekly: Baba, Chow Tai Fook, Za Online, Cspc Pharma, BOC, Petrochina

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Jun 20th and highlight short interest changes in Baba, Chow Tai Fook, Za...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ZhongAn (6060 HK) - Placement May Cause Limited Downside Despite Short-Term Volatilities

We maintain our FY25E earnings forecast at HK$1.0bn and the placement could result in 6.8% EPS dilution in FY25E, based on our estimate. Maintain...

CMB International

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 20 June 2025); Net Buying, Volumes Up, TECH Down, BANKS Bought

SOUTHBOUND continues to net buy. Pop Mart is a trading fave but banks are bought, again, and Tencent/Tech is sold, again.

Travis Lundy

HK Short Interest Weekly: Catl, Horizonrobot, ICBC

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of May 30th and highlight short interest changes in Catl, Horizonrobot, ICBC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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