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.

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Ligent Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Ligent, a China-based maker of optical transceivers and optical network terminals, launched its Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 723m. Citi and CITIC are the joint sponsors.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.</li>
<li>We analyze cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Ligent, a China-based maker of optical transceivers and optical network terminals, launched its Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 723m. Citi and CITIC are the joint sponsors.
In this note, we look at the deal terms and provide our thoughts on valuation for the company.
We analyze cornerstone and sponsor performance and assess the risk-reward of the deal.


Ligent (纳真科技) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms and Valuation

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 196 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 83.5% as of Sep 11th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 1.7ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, information technology, materials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Minsheng Bank, Innocare Pharma, Yofc, Citic Sec.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 196 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 83.5% as of Sep 11th.
The average A-H premium changed by 1.7ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, information technology, materials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Minsheng Bank, Innocare Pharma, Yofc, Citic Sec.


A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 11th): Minsheng Bank, Innocare Pharma, Yofc, Citic Sec

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 11th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Smic, Bidu, Hua Hong Semi, Zj Innolight, Xiaomi, Tencent, China Mobile, Innovent Bio, Zijin Mining.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 11th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Smic, Bidu, Hua Hong Semi, Zj Innolight, Xiaomi, Tencent, China Mobile, Innovent Bio, Zijin Mining.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 11th): Smic, Bidu, Hua Hong Semi, Zj Innolight, Xiaomi, Tencent

<ul>
<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 196 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 81.8% as of Sep 4th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 0.4ppt week-on-week, led by communication services, consumer staples, consumer discretionary and offset by energy, financials, utilities.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China South Air, Remegen, China Telecom, Muyuan Foods, Conch Cement, Minsheng Bank.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 196 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 81.8% as of Sep 4th.
The average A-H premium changed by 0.4ppt week-on-week, led by communication services, consumer staples, consumer discretionary and offset by energy, financials, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China South Air, Remegen, China Telecom, Muyuan Foods, Conch Cement, Minsheng Bank.


A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 4th): China South Air, Remegen, China Telecom, Muyuan Foods, Conch Cement

<ul>
<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 4th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Zj Innolight, Tencent, AIA, Minimax, Knowledge Atlas, Yofc, Hua Hong Semi, CCB, Alibaba, ICBC.</li>
</ul>


We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of September 4th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Zj Innolight, Tencent, AIA, Minimax, Knowledge Atlas, Yofc, Hua Hong Semi, CCB, Alibaba, ICBC.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 4th): Zj Innolight, Tencent, AIA, Minimax, Knowledge Atlas, Yofc, CCB

Hong Kong

The company is a leading global provider of optical interconnect solutions, with its principal products being optical transceivers that convert electrical and optical signals into one another to transmit mass volumes of data. It has been the world's largest provider of optical interconnect solutions by revenue for five consecutive years since 2021, accounting for 21.2% of the overall optical interconnect solutions market in 2025.

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Ligent (纳真科技) IPO: Analysis of Deal Terms and Valuation

We analyze Ligent's USD 723m Hong Kong IPO. We look at deal terms and track records of cornerstone investors and sponsors, as well as its...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 11th): Minsheng Bank, Innocare Pharma, Yofc, Citic Sec

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Minsheng Bank, Innocare Pharma, Yofc, Citic Sec.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 11th): Smic, Bidu, Hua Hong Semi, Zj Innolight, Xiaomi, Tencent

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Smic, Bidu, Hua Hong Semi, Zj Innolight, Xiaomi, Tencent,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Sep 4th): China South Air, Remegen, China Telecom, Muyuan Foods, Conch Cement

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for China South Air, Remegen, China Telecom, Muyuan Foods, Conch...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Sep 4th): Zj Innolight, Tencent, AIA, Minimax, Knowledge Atlas, Yofc, CCB

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Zj Innolight, Tencent, AIA, Minimax, Knowledge Atlas,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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