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 510 Support Pivot Pressure Sets up a Fade Trade

China Internet Weekly (10Aug2020): Pompeo Mentioned Decoupling List, How About Apple in China?

Tencent Bullish Flat with Direction Break Points

Tencent (700 HK): Expect Better 2Q20, But Limited Upside

Tencent (700 HK): Privatization Offer to Sogou, For Search Engine Competition

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>We check with WeChat users in the US. There are few advertisements.</li>
<li>We believe the ban will extend to Tencent’s games. However, we do not believe the impact will be significant.</li>
<li>However, we believe the panic selling may continue next week.</li>
</ul>


We check with WeChat users in the US. There are few advertisements.
We believe the ban will extend to Tencent’s games. However, we do not believe the impact will be significant.
However, we believe the panic selling may continue next week.


テンセント（700 HK）：WeChatの禁止は大きな影響はないが、パニックは続く可能性がある