APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC 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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<li>Sunil Mittal-led promoter entity, Indian Continent Investment (ICI) is looking to raise around US$1bn via selling a 0.8% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharti-airtel-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:953:1" rel="noopener">Bharti Airtel (BHARTI IN)</a>.</li>
<li>ICI had earlier sold around US$1bn in Feb 2025 while Singtel had sold around US$1bn via a 0.8% stake sale in Airtel in May 2025 as well.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Sunil Mittal-led promoter entity, Indian Continent Investment (ICI) is looking to raise around US$1bn via selling a 0.8% stake in Bharti Airtel (BHARTI IN).
ICI had earlier sold around US$1bn in Feb 2025 while Singtel had sold around US$1bn via a 0.8% stake sale in Airtel in May 2025 as well.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Bharti Airtel Placement - Third US$1bn Deal in the Year, Stock Up a Lot

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<li>Antfin (Netherlands) Holding B.V. is looking to raise up to US$612m via a cleanup of its remaining ~2% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eternal-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Eternal (ETERNAL IN)</a> .</li>
<li>Antfin has been selling off parts of its ~14% stake in the firm since the IPO. The company last sold a 2% stake to raise upto US$400m in Aug 2024.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Antfin (Netherlands) Holding B.V. is looking to raise up to US$612m via a cleanup of its remaining ~2% stake in Eternal (ETERNAL IN) .
Antfin has been selling off parts of its ~14% stake in the firm since the IPO. The company last sold a 2% stake to raise upto US$400m in Aug 2024.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Eternal (Zomato) Placement - Second Clean-Up by Antfin This Week, Will Lift the Overhang

Knowledge Realty Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-realty-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44486:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. It has undertaken a pre-IPO placement round of around INR14bn (US$160m) in June 2025.</li>
<li>Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between CY16-1QCY25, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about implied valuations in the IPO price range.</li>
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Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. It has undertaken a pre-IPO placement round of around INR14bn (US$160m) in June 2025.
Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between CY16-1QCY25, as per the CBRE report.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about implied valuations in the IPO price range.


Knowledge Realty Trust IPO - Steady FY25 Growth, Digestible Pricing

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<li>National Securities Depository Limited <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-securities-depository-ltd-nsdl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39939:1" rel="noopener">NSDL (NSDL IN)</a> raised around US$460m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>It is the largest depository in India in terms of number of issuers, number of active instruments, market share in demat value of settlement volume and value of assets.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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National Securities Depository Limited NSDL (NSDL IN) raised around US$460m in its India IPO.
It is the largest depository in India in terms of number of issuers, number of active instruments, market share in demat value of settlement volume and value of assets.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) IPO Trading - Strong Demand, Set for a Pop

JSW Cement Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jsw-cement-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43870:1" rel="noopener">JSW Cement Limited (9858514Z IN)</a>  is looking to raise about US$480m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>JSW Cement (JSWC) is a cement manufacturing company in India focused on manufacturing green cementitious products comprising blended cement, ordinary portland cement, ground granulated blast furnace slag, among other products.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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JSW Cement Limited (9858514Z IN)  is looking to raise about US$480m in its upcoming India IPO.
JSW Cement (JSWC) is a cement manufacturing company in India focused on manufacturing green cementitious products comprising blended cement, ordinary portland cement, ground granulated blast furnace slag, among other products.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


JSW Cement Pre-IPO - Leveraging Synergies of the JSW Group but Has High Debt

India

Reliance Industries Ltd. manufactures petrochemicals, synthetic fibers, fiber intermediates, textiles, blended yarn and polyester staple fiber. The Company also owns a petroleum refinery cum petrochemicals complex in Jamnagar, India that produces a wide range of products such as gasoline, superior kerosene oil and liquefied petroleum gas.

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Reliance Industries (RELIANCE IN)

Bharti Airtel Placement - Third US$1bn Deal in the Year, Stock Up a Lot

Sunil Mittal-led promoter entity, Indian Continent Investment (ICI) is looking to raise around US$1bn via selling a 0.8% stake in Bharti Airtel...

Akshat Shah

Eternal (Zomato) Placement - Second Clean-Up by Antfin This Week, Will Lift the Overhang

Antfin is looking to raise up to US$612m via a cleanup of its remaining ~2% stake in Eternal Ltd (Zomato). In this note, we run the deal through...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust IPO - Steady FY25 Growth, Digestible Pricing

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. The trust undertook a pre-IPO round of around INR14bn (US$160m)...

Akshat Shah

National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL) IPO Trading - Strong Demand, Set for a Pop

National Securities Depository Limited NSDL (NSDL IN) raised around US$460m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

JSW Cement Pre-IPO - Leveraging Synergies of the JSW Group but Has High Debt

JSW Cement has launched a smaller IPO of up to INR 36bn (US$412m) in a INR139–147 range, with the primary component cut down to INR 16bn from INR...

Akshat Shah

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