In today’s briefing:
- JX Advanced Metals IPO Preview
- Weekly Deals Digest (02 Mar) – Japan Post Bank, 7&I, Aeon Delight, Tonami, Mixue, JXAM
- MIXUE IPO Trading – Strong Demand, Set to Break the Tea Chain Jinx
- Chifeng Jilong A/H Listing: Why Not Own International Peers Instead?
- ECM Weekly (3rd Mar 2025) – Japan Post Bank, JX Advance, Mixue, Chifeng, JSW Cement, Premier, Guzman

JX Advanced Metals IPO Preview
- JX Advanced Metals (5016 JP) is seeking to raise about ¥460 billion in the upcoming IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The indicative IPO price is ¥862 per share.
- The final IPO pricing will be on 10 March. JX Advanced Metals will be listed on 19 March. Eneos is selling as many as 534.9 million shares in the IPO.
- The company has a strong customer base. It is a key supplier to TSMC, Samsung, Intel, SK Hynix, and Micron for sputtering targets and high-purity metals.
Weekly Deals Digest (02 Mar) – Japan Post Bank, 7&I, Aeon Delight, Tonami, Mixue, JXAM
- A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Korea, India and Chinese ADRs.
- ECM developments: Mixue Group (2097 HK) andJX Advanced Metals (5016 JP) IPOs. Japan Post Bank (7182 JP) placement.
- Event-Driven developments: Seven & I Holdings (3382 JP), Aeon Delight (9787 JP), Tonami Holdings (9070 JP), Sg Fleet (SGF AU).
MIXUE IPO Trading – Strong Demand, Set to Break the Tea Chain Jinx
- Mixue Group (2097 HK) raised around US$450m in its Hong Kong IPO.
- MIXUE Group (MIXUE) is a freshly-made drinks company providing affordable products to consumers, including freshly-made fruit drinks, tea, ice cream and coffee, typically priced at around one USD per item.
- We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.
Chifeng Jilong A/H Listing: Why Not Own International Peers Instead?
- Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining (600988 CH) , a gold mining company in China, is now looking to raise up to US$419m in its H-share listing in Hong Kong.
- It operates six gold mines in Asia and Africa and has been listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange since 2004.
- We have covered the company and deal background in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.
ECM Weekly (3rd Mar 2025) – Japan Post Bank, JX Advance, Mixue, Chifeng, JSW Cement, Premier, Guzman
- 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, Mixue Group (2097 HK) looks set to break the tea chain jinx in its listing today, while JX Advanced Metals (5016 JP) will set its pricing.
- On the placements front, Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP) was back with a US$4bn+ deal in Japan Post Bank (7182 JP).
