Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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 Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avepoint-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:37131:1" rel="noopener">AvePoint (AVPT US)</a> , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.</li>
<li>As of FY24, AP had over 25,000 customers who rely on its Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across environments.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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AvePoint (AVPT US) , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.
As of FY24, AP had over 25,000 customers who rely on its Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across environments.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


AvePoint SGX Secondary Listing - Strong Growth and Large Client Base but Unclear Metrics

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Retail investors net bought S$1.165 billion in Singapore stocks in early April, primarily DBS, OCBC, and UOB.</li><li>Retail net buying reversed by S$253 million after April 14, with Singtel being the most net sold stock.</li><li>IMF downgraded 2025 global growth outlook to 2.8%, citing trade tensions and potential impacts on ASEAN growth.</li></ul>

Retail investors net bought S$1.165 billion in Singapore stocks in early April, primarily DBS, OCBC, and UOB.Retail net buying reversed by S$253 million after April 14, with Singtel being the most net sold stock.IMF downgraded 2025 global growth outlook to 2.8%, citing trade tensions and potential impacts on ASEAN growth.

Retail Investors' Bold Moves Amid STI's Volatile April

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia, Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Evolve Capital Research

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iwow-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36147:1" rel="noopener">IWOW Technology Ltd (IWOW SP)</a> is a one-stop end-to-end wireless IoT technology provider specialising in offering vertically integrated solutions and a telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider.</li>
<li>IWOW uses open and proprietary wireless communication technologies to create customized Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for consumers which connect devices and sensors to cloud application servers for a variety of applications.</li>
<li>The firm reported its 1H26 results on 10th Nov 2025. In this note, we provide an update on its 1H26 earnings.</li>
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IWOW Technology Ltd (IWOW SP) is a one-stop end-to-end wireless IoT technology provider specialising in offering vertically integrated solutions and a telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider.
IWOW uses open and proprietary wireless communication technologies to create customized Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for consumers which connect devices and sensors to cloud application servers for a variety of applications.
The firm reported its 1H26 results on 10th Nov 2025. In this note, we provide an update on its 1H26 earnings.


IWOW Technology - 1H26 Earnings Update - Limited Near-Term Catalysts, but Net Cash Still a Positive

Centurion Accommodation REIT / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the REIT's portfolio and performance.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
In this note, we look at the REIT's portfolio and performance.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - New Asset Class

Singapore

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited offers a comprehensive range of financial services.  The Company's services include deposit-taking, corporate, enterprise and personal lending, international trade financing, investment banking, private banking, treasury, stockbroking, insurance, credit cards, cash management, asset management and other financial and related services.

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OCBC (OCBC SP)

AvePoint SGX Secondary Listing - Strong Growth and Large Client Base but Unclear Metrics

AvePoint (AVPT US) , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.

Sumeet Singh

Retail Investors' Bold Moves Amid STI's Volatile April

Retail investors net bought S$1.165 billion in Singapore stocks in early April, primarily DBS, OCBC, and UOB. Retail net buying reversed by S$253...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

IWOW Technology - 1H26 Earnings Update - Limited Near-Term Catalysts, but Net Cash Still a Positive

iWOW Technology reported its 1H26 results on 10th Nov 2025. In this note, we provide an update on its 1H26 earnings as well as share some of our...

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - New Asset Class

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about the REIT's...

Sumeet Singh

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