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

Pinduoduo (PDD US): Know When to Fold, Know When to Run

Pin Duo Duo (PDD US): Four Charts To Make You Want to Run

China Internet Weekly (Mar 22): U.S. Ban on Xiaomi Lifted, PDD Chair Resigned, China Parcels Up 100%

China Internet Weekly (4Jan2021): Tencent’s Conflict with Huawei, Authorities’ Ban on New Year Tour

Pinduoduo (PDD): Least Loss Since IPO, But Market Just Needs an Excuse to Leave the Strategy

Pinduoduo Placement - Should Do Well If, It Corrects Beforehand

Gravity Works As WeWork Doesn't; Now Plan B

Bifurcated Chinese Express Market Developing

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>Pinduoduo (PDD)’s employee died a sudden death on the way home at a frozen deep night.</li>
<li>Donald Trump banned transactions with 8 Chinese apps.</li>
<li>Chinese developers’ global income increased by 45% yoy, higher than 28% yoy of the global market size.</li>
</ul>


Pinduoduo (PDD)’s employee died a sudden death on the way home at a frozen deep night.
Donald Trump banned transactions with 8 Chinese apps.
Chinese developers’ global income increased by 45% yoy, higher than 28% yoy of the global market size.


China Internet Weekly (11Jan2021): PDD Employee Died at Frozen Deep Night, US Banned 8 Chinese Apps.

PDD Holdings

China Internet Weekly (11Jan2021): PDD Employee Died at Frozen Deep Night, US Banned 8 Chinese Apps.