Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Dec 19th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD19,663m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Advantest, Disco, McDonald's, Mizuho Financial, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Lasertec, Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Dec 19th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD19,663m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Advantest, Disco, McDonald's, Mizuho Financial, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Lasertec, Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Dec 19th): Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Dec 19th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.6bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics, NAVER, L&amp;F, Hanwha Ocean.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Dec 19th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.6bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics, NAVER, L&amp;F, Hanwha Ocean.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 19th): HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics, NAVER, L&F

Equity Capital Markets

Shenzhen Edge Medical / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Shenzhen Edge Medical, a China-based surgical robotic company, is seeking to raise at least USD 100 million via a Hong Kong listing. MS and GF are the joint book runners.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s main product, MP1000, and assess the selling point and the market dynamics.</li>
<li>We also look at the company’s management experiences and pre-IPO investors.</li>
</ul>


Shenzhen Edge Medical, a China-based surgical robotic company, is seeking to raise at least USD 100 million via a Hong Kong listing. MS and GF are the joint book runners.
In this note, we look at the company’s main product, MP1000, and assess the selling point and the market dynamics.
We also look at the company’s management experiences and pre-IPO investors.


Shenzhen Edge Medical (精锋医疗) Pre-IPO: Fast Follower, Competition Is Intense

Hanx Biopharmaceuticals / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Hanx Biopharm raised HKD 586m (USD 76m) from its global offering and will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday December 23, 2025.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company's core products, management track records.</li>
<li>In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before trading debut.</li>
</ul>


Hanx Biopharm raised HKD 586m (USD 76m) from its global offering and will list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Tuesday December 23, 2025.
In our previous note, we looked at the company's core products, management track records.
In this note, we provide an update for the IPO before trading debut.


<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Dec 19th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.3bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, Bangchak, Ngern Tid Lor, CP Foods, Gulf Energy Development, Gulf Energy Development, Cp Foods, Bangchak.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of Stock Exchange of Thailand as of Dec 19th. We estimate that they had an aggregated short interest worth USD2.3bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Intouch, Bangchak, Ngern Tid Lor, CP Foods, Gulf Energy Development, Gulf Energy Development, Cp Foods, Bangchak.


Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Dec 19th): Intouch, Bangchak, Ngern Tid Lor, CP Foods

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Ke Yan, CFA, FRM
Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech
• Aequitas Research

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Dec 19th): Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Furukawa Battery (6937 JP), Kioxia (285A JP), Skylark (3197 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 19th): HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics, NAVER, L&F

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shenzhen Edge Medical (精锋医疗) Pre-IPO: Fast Follower, Competition Is Intense

China's Shenzhen Edge Medical plans to raise $100 million through a Hong Kong listing. We look at their surgical robotic product MP1000, market...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hanx Biopharm (翰思爱泰) IPO Trading

Hanx Biopharm will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Dec 23rd after raising USD 76m in global offering. We update the deal dynamics before the...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Dec 19th): Intouch, Bangchak, Ngern Tid Lor, CP Foods

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), Bangchak (BCP TB), Ngern Tid...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Dec 19th): Furukawa Battery, Kioxia, Skylark, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Furukawa Battery (6937 JP), Kioxia (285A JP), Skylark (3197 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 19th): HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics, NAVER, L&F

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, Samsung Electronics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shenzhen Edge Medical (精锋医疗) Pre-IPO: Fast Follower, Competition Is Intense

​China's Shenzhen Edge Medical plans to raise $100 million through a Hong Kong listing. We look at their surgical robotic product MP1000, market...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hanx Biopharm (翰思爱泰) IPO Trading

​Hanx Biopharm will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Dec 23rd after raising USD 76m in global offering. We update the deal dynamics before the...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Thailand Short Interest Weekly (Dec 19th): Intouch, Bangchak, Ngern Tid Lor, CP Foods

We analyzed SET short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Intouch (INTUCH TB), Bangchak (BCP TB), Ngern Tid...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

China's Shenzhen Edge Medical plans to raise $100 million through a Hong Kong listing. We look at their surgical robotic product MP1000, market...

Hanx Biopharm will list on Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Dec 23rd after raising USD 76m in global offering. We update the deal dynamics before the...