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

Hive Box - Pre-IPO: To Understand Who Pays and Why They Pay

KE (BEKE US): Why Earning Money in Weak Market

China Consumption Weekly (30 Sep 2024): PDD, Meituan, BYD, Benz, Miniso, Yonghui

China Consumption Weekly (9 Sep 2024): Tesla, NIO, PDD, Anta, 361 Degree

Alibaba (9988 HK/BABA) Dual Primary Listing: Are We There Yet?

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>Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall apps decide to accept WeChat Pay, the online payment way from Tencent.</li>
<li>JD announced that it will raise employee salaries up to 20 months within two years.</li>
<li>Hive Box, the market dominator of parcel locker in China, submitted its IPO proposal.</li>
</ul>


Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall apps decide to accept WeChat Pay, the online payment way from Tencent.
JD announced that it will raise employee salaries up to 20 months within two years.
Hive Box, the market dominator of parcel locker in China, submitted its IPO proposal.


China Consumption Weekly (16 Sep 2024): Alibaba, Tencent, JD.com, Kuai, Hive Box