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.

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Kansai Electric Power / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kansai-electric-power-co-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18907:1" rel="noopener">Kansai Electric Power (9503 JP)</a> plans to raise up to US$3.5bn (including over-allocation) to partly fund its investment plans.</li>
<li>This will be a large deal for the stock to digest and doesn’t appear to have been particularly well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Kansai Electric Power (9503 JP) plans to raise up to US$3.5bn (including over-allocation) to partly fund its investment plans.
This will be a large deal for the stock to digest and doesn’t appear to have been particularly well flagged.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Kansai Electric Placement - A US$3.5bn Raising Which Doesn’t Appear Well Flagged

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>On Thursday, mid-day, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taisei-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7896:1" rel="noopener">Taisei Corp (1801 JP)</a> announced Q2 earnings, and it announced a VERY BIG BUYBACK of up to 30mm shares and up to ¥150bn. That's 16.41% of outstanding.</li>
<li>The share price popped such that the buyback is really only about 10-11%, but that's still a lot. </li>
<li>It is worth looking at the details of this buyback and how it plays out.</li>
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On Thursday, mid-day, Taisei Corp (1801 JP) announced Q2 earnings, and it announced a VERY BIG BUYBACK of up to 30mm shares and up to ¥150bn. That's 16.41% of outstanding.
The share price popped such that the buyback is really only about 10-11%, but that's still a lot. 
It is worth looking at the details of this buyback and how it plays out.


Taisei (1801 JP) - In-Line Earnings, BIG Buyback, Already In The Price?

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, Indian deals continue to flow in, even as other markets have taken a breather ahead of US elections this week.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there weren't many large deals but we did look at a number of upcoming lockup expiries.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPOs front, Indian deals continue to flow in, even as other markets have taken a breather ahead of US elections this week.
On the placements front, there weren't many large deals but we did look at a number of upcoming lockup expiries.


ECM Weekly (4th Nov 2024) - Swiggy, Waaree, Afcons, TS Lines, Zeekr, Hyundai Marine, Indegene, TBO

David Blennerhassett

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<li>The bigger question for investors is whether <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso Corp (6902 JP)</a> will keep up with global auto market needs or will they suffer as Toyota may suffer?</li>
<li>The FSS may put the breaks on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-zinc-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17944:1" rel="noopener">Korea Zinc (010130 KS)</a>'s massive capital raise. </li>
<li>Murakami-San has won <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/exedy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6516:1" rel="noopener">Exedy Corp (7278 JP)</a>. The company has decided to up its dividend payout and future dividend payout ratio and buy back a boatload of shares. </li>
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The bigger question for investors is whether Denso Corp (6902 JP) will keep up with global auto market needs or will they suffer as Toyota may suffer?
The FSS may put the breaks on Korea Zinc (010130 KS)'s massive capital raise. 
Murakami-San has won Exedy Corp (7278 JP). The company has decided to up its dividend payout and future dividend payout ratio and buy back a boatload of shares. 


Last Week in Event SPACE: Denso/Toyota, Korea Zinc, Exedy, Good Drinks, Shinsegae

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<li>13mos ago we saw a sea change. Toyota Group started the process of cross-holding unwinds. They've moved quickly. LOTS of unwinding and so far nearly ¥2trln in buybacks announced.</li>
<li>Aisin, Toyota, and Toyota Industries (TIC) sold Denso first. Then Denso sales of TIC and Renesas, then Aisin, then Exedy, now TIC is selling the rest of its Denso.</li>
<li>Denso announced lower guidance and an overwhelming buyback - as much as liquidity would allow - to offset TIC and non-life sellers. Reading between the lines, there are interesting details.</li>
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13mos ago we saw a sea change. Toyota Group started the process of cross-holding unwinds. They've moved quickly. LOTS of unwinding and so far nearly ¥2trln in buybacks announced.
Aisin, Toyota, and Toyota Industries (TIC) sold Denso first. Then Denso sales of TIC and Renesas, then Aisin, then Exedy, now TIC is selling the rest of its Denso.
Denso announced lower guidance and an overwhelming buyback - as much as liquidity would allow - to offset TIC and non-life sellers. Reading between the lines, there are interesting details.


Toyota Group Musical Shares - Toyota Industries' (6201) Big Multi-Year Denso (6902) Selldown & More

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DENSO CORPORATION manufactures electronic parts for automobiles.  The Company's products include automobile air conditioners, air bags, ignition systems, generators, power steering systems, and spark plugs with iridium electrode. The Company also produces communication equipment for mobile navigation system.

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Denso Corp (6902 JP)

Kansai Electric Placement - A US$3.5bn Raising Which Doesn’t Appear Well Flagged

Kansai Electric Power (9503 JP) plans to raise up to US$3.5bn (including over-allocation) to partly fund its investment plans. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Taisei (1801 JP) - In-Line Earnings, BIG Buyback, Already In The Price?

Taisei last week announced in-line earnings with a cross-holding sale kicker. Other guidance is unchanged, and remains... meh? Shares have moved...

Travis Lundy

ECM Weekly (4th Nov 2024) - Swiggy, Waaree, Afcons, TS Lines, Zeekr, Hyundai Marine, Indegene, TBO

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Last Week in Event SPACE: Denso/Toyota, Korea Zinc, Exedy, Good Drinks, Shinsegae

It’s Sunday! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed during the...

David Blennerhassett

Toyota Group Musical Shares - Toyota Industries' (6201) Big Multi-Year Denso (6902) Selldown & More

Toyota Group cross-holding unwinds are more than ¥1trln already and buybacks are close to ¥2trln since The Aisin Announcement. Today, TIC sells,...

Travis Lundy

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