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

Smoore (6969 HK): Expanding Market Sizes, Both Domestic and Global

Smoore (6969 HK): Harsher E-Cigarette Law and Lower Growth Rate in 2H21

RLX Technology Pre-IPO (RLX): Store Visits to Relx and Its Competitors

Smoore (麦克韦尔) Pre-IPO: On-The-Ground Visit Revealed Five Risks in China Market

Smoore International Placement - Mixed Signals

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

Smoore International Holdings / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Smoore’s Chinese clients are now formally legal after the new law promulgated last month.</li>
<li>Smoore’s revenue from mainland China grew by 330% in 1H21, compared to 102% in 2H20.</li>
<li>We believe Smoore components for e-cigarette producers is very similar to CALT’s advantage in e-car batteries.</li>
</ul>


Smoore’s Chinese clients are now formally legal after the new law promulgated last month.
Smoore’s revenue from mainland China grew by 330% in 1H21, compared to 102% in 2H20.
We believe Smoore components for e-cigarette producers is very similar to CALT’s advantage in e-car batteries.


Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

Smoore (6969 HK): Clients Formally Legal, See CALT-Like Advantage