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

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Weekly (20Jul2020): Tax Check on Online Retailers Stopped, Cross-Province Group Tour Reopened

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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.

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Sina announced the company plans to go private.</li>
<li>Sina’s offer price is lower than the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weibo-corp-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3826:1" rel="noopener">Weibo (WB US)</a> value in Sina, but close to the market price.</li>
<li>Sina has businesses other than Weibo, which should add value.</li>
<li>We believe Sina aims to realize the arbitrage, as the market does not acknowledge it.</li>
</ul>


Sina announced the company plans to go private.
Sina’s offer price is lower than the Weibo (WB US) value in Sina, but close to the market price.
Sina has businesses other than Weibo, which should add value.
We believe Sina aims to realize the arbitrage, as the market does not acknowledge it.


Sina (SINA): Goes Private to Realize Arbitrage Opportunity in Weibo

Sina Corp (Class A)

Sina (SINA): Goes Private to Realize Arbitrage Opportunity in Weibo