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

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

China Internet Weekly (21Dec2020): Online Games Rated by Age, Online Platforms Banned from Deposit

Tencent Overshoot Risk Below Original Buy Target

Tencent (700 HK): China Game Achieved Better 4Q20, Largely Due to Overseas Market

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

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<li>Tencent’s games had disappeared on Huawei’s app store for one day.</li>
<li>The State Administration of Market Regulation fined Alibaba, JD.com, and Vipshop RMB500,000 each for “unfair pricing”.</li>
<li>The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that it would continue the suspension of cross-border group tour during the vacations of the New Year’s Day and the Chinese New Year.</li>
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Tencent’s games had disappeared on Huawei’s app store for one day.
The State Administration of Market Regulation fined Alibaba, JD.com, and Vipshop RMB500,000 each for “unfair pricing”.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced that it would continue the suspension of cross-border group tour during the vacations of the New Year’s Day and the Chinese New Year.


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