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

Tencent (700 HK): Illegal Gambling Risk in Merger of Huya and Douyu

China Internet Weekly (26Oct2020): BABA Bought Sun Art, Foxconn Sold BABA

China Internet Weekly (12Oct2020): Tourist Number Recovered to 80% of Last National Day Holidays

TAL Education (TAL): App User Base Bounced, While Competitors Shrank in F2Q21, Upgrade to Hold

Tencent's Home-Run Investments in Korea & Will US Follow India's Move to Remove Tencent's Apps?

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>Management reduced shareholding in Tencent (700 HK).</li>
<li>Funds withdrew from game developers such as 37 Interactive (002555 CN).</li>
<li>Huya (HUYA) and Douyu (DOYU) merged in the way we expected in April.</li>
<li>Delivered parcels increased 28% YoY in 1~3Q20.</li>
</ul>


Management reduced shareholding in Tencent (700 HK).
Funds withdrew from game developers such as 37 Interactive (002555 CN).
Huya (HUYA) and Douyu (DOYU) merged in the way we expected in April.
Delivered parcels increased 28% YoY in 1~3Q20.


37 Interactive Entertainment N (002555 CH)

China Internet Weekly (19Oct20): Tencent Mgt Reduced Shares, HUYA & DOYU Merged in Our Expected Way