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.

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Kalpataru Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kalpataru-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43866:1" rel="noopener">Kalpataru Limited (KTARU IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Kalpataru (KL) is an integrated real estate developer involved in identification and acquisition of land, planning, designing, execution, sales, and marketing of its projects.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past performance and the IPO valuations.</li>
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Kalpataru Limited (KTARU IN) is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO.
Kalpataru (KL) is an integrated real estate developer involved in identification and acquisition of land, planning, designing, execution, sales, and marketing of its projects.
In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past performance and the IPO valuations.


Kalpataru Ltd IPO - Cemented by Debt Repayment

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 planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.</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 FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.
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 FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

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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 planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.</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 FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the firm’s historical performance.</li>
</ul>



Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.
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 FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.
In this note, we talk about the firm’s historical performance.


Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Premium Market Positioning, Healthy Forecasts

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oswal-pumps" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43952:1" rel="noopener">Oswal Pumps (1019841D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$162m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of around US$250m.</li>
<li>Oswal Pumps Ltd (OPL) specializes in the manufacturing of solar-powered and conventional pumps, electric motors, and related components for agricultural, residential, and industrial applications.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates and IPO valuations.</li>
</ul>



Oswal Pumps (1019841D IN) is looking to raise about US$162m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of around US$250m.
Oswal Pumps Ltd (OPL) specializes in the manufacturing of solar-powered and conventional pumps, electric motors, and related components for agricultural, residential, and industrial applications.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates and IPO valuations.


Oswal Pumps IPO - RHP Updates & Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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<li>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to announce a monetary policy decision on Friday, 6 June 2025.</li>
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Market Expectations: The consensus anticipates a 25-basis-point rate cut, lowering the rate from currently 6.00% to 5.75%. Historically, one in four RBI rate decisions is a surprise to the market.</li>
<li>This Insight investigates past market behavior during comparable RBI policy announcements, unearthing a surprising statistic about how the Nifty 50 might react to June's decision, regardless of the outcome.</li>
</ul>


The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is set to announce a monetary policy decision on Friday, 6 June 2025.

Market Expectations: The consensus anticipates a 25-basis-point rate cut, lowering the rate from currently 6.00% to 5.75%. Historically, one in four RBI rate decisions is a surprise to the market.
This Insight investigates past market behavior during comparable RBI policy announcements, unearthing a surprising statistic about how the Nifty 50 might react to June's decision, regardless of the outcome.


Nifty 50 and the RBI Rate Decision: History Has a Pattern

India

Larsen & Toubro Ltd manufactures engineering equipment, undertakes large scale engineering projects, and acts as the Indian representative for a number of overseas manufacturers of heavy machinery. The Company's products include bulldozers, road rollers, dairy machinery, chemical and pharmaceutical plants, switchgears, food processing machinery and feed milling plants.

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Larsen & Toubro (LT IN)

Kalpataru Ltd IPO - Cemented by Debt Repayment

Kalpataru Limited (KL) is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Premium Market Positioning, Healthy Forecasts

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier...

Akshat Shah

Oswal Pumps IPO - RHP Updates & Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Oswal Pumps is looking to raise about US$162m in its upcoming India IPO. We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In...

Akshat Shah

Nifty 50 and the RBI Rate Decision: History Has a Pattern

On Friday, 10:00 am IST the RBI will release its monetary policy statement - live broadcast on the RBI's youtube channel. Both the Nifty 50 and the...

Gaudenz Schneider

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