Overseas Chinese Equities, Aequitas Research

Ming Lu

A veteran with 19-year experience in equity research.

Geographical coverage:
* Companies operating in China, but listed in Hong Kong and the U.S.
* Previously China A-share (listed in mainland China).

Equity sector coverage:
* Chinese App / Internet-based consumption in China, e.g., Alibaba, Tencent, etc.
* Previously covered education, transportation, telecom, power, bank, advertisement, hotel, etc.

Research methods:
* Generally bottom-up.
* Talk to related people on the ground.  Talk to readers and independent writers for analyzing a news portal.  Talk to parents and teachers for analyzing a tutoring school. 
* Visit stores and show photos as evidence in notes.
* Do technical analysis when finding a short-seller attacking an equity.

Languages:
* English
* Mandarin Chinese (Official language of China)
* Shanghainese (Language of Shanghai, the most developed city in China)
* Cantonese (Language of Hong Kong and Canton Province, one of the most developed provinces in China)

Overseas Chinese Equities

China Internet Weekly (Mar 15): BABA & NTES Subsidiaries Seek IPO, Tencent Invests in Rakuten

Kuaishou (1024 HK): Expanding Ad Mkt for 2020 and Anime Plan for 2021, but Needs Reasonable Price

Bilibili Secondary Listing - Volatile but Should Be Hot

Kuaishou (1024 HK): Short Video Market Expanding, But Express Version Not Profitable

Bilibili Secondary Listing Early Look - Will Probably Be More like JD and NetEase

Bilibili Secondary Listing Early Look - 4Q20 Results Quick Note

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

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 Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>BILI encourages users to upload videos different from game live broadcasting and anime.</li>
<li>BILI does not have strong ability in independent research and development of game.</li>
<li>Tencent aims to contain BILI’s game live broadcasting.</li>
<li>BILI will continue the financing and growing game.</li>
</ul>


BILI encourages users to upload videos different from game live broadcasting and anime.
BILI does not have strong ability in independent research and development of game.
Tencent aims to contain BILI’s game live broadcasting.
BILI will continue the financing and growing game.


Bilibili (BILI): Business Breakout, An Story of What BILI Was and Will Be