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

Life Insurance  of India / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>This week we looked at the South Korean SK twins that are looking to list. In addition, LIC appears to be testing waters again.</li>
<li>Placement flows slowed down a bit with the mid-week HK holiday, although Australia and India blocks have continued to flow-in.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
This week we looked at the South Korean SK twins that are looking to list. In addition, LIC appears to be testing waters again.
Placement flows slowed down a bit with the mid-week HK holiday, although Australia and India blocks have continued to flow-in.


ECM Weekly (10th Apr 2022)- LIC, GoTo, Shieldus, One Store, China ADRs, Air NZ, Chrysos, Zhihu

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<li>Government of India (GoI) is now said to be looking to raise around US$6-7bn via selling a stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of GWP, a 66.2% market share in terms of NBP.</li>
<li>In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and look at the implied multiples at the rumored valuations.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is now said to be looking to raise around US$6-7bn via selling a stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.
As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of GWP, a 66.2% market share in terms of NBP.
In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and look at the implied multiples at the rumored valuations.


Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison, Quick Thoughts on Rumored Valuations

Event-Driven

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<li>Today morning, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/housing-development-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:252:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Limited (HDFC IN)</a> announced that it would merger with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-bank-ltd-4b6b7a92-9087-468d-9dbe-ab169e77f014" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:558:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)</a>. </li>
<li>Investors have been asking the two companies about a possible merger for at least the past decade.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the background for the merger and why now.</li>
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Today morning, HDFC Limited (HDFC IN) announced that it would merger with HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN). 
Investors have been asking the two companies about a possible merger for at least the past decade.
In this note, we talk about the background for the merger and why now.


HDFC+HDFC Bank Merger - A Long Time Coming

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>This is at a time a shocker and at a time, not. Because of rising regulatory requirements for NBFCs, this was to be expected at some point.</li>
<li>The deal pays Limited shareholders a slight premium vs previous close, but enables them to exit without a holdco discount. </li>
<li>Early days yet regulatorily speaking, but accretive, and it makes a lot of sense. It will be appreciated. </li>
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This is at a time a shocker and at a time, not. Because of rising regulatory requirements for NBFCs, this was to be expected at some point.
The deal pays Limited shareholders a slight premium vs previous close, but enables them to exit without a holdco discount. 
Early days yet regulatorily speaking, but accretive, and it makes a lot of sense. It will be appreciated. 


Shocker! HDFC Bank To Merge With HDFC Limited

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Commodities and IT sectors are the biggest winners of FY22. In the last one year, the Metals sector has gone up 53%, Energy by 40%, commodities by 30%, and the IT index by 40%</li>
<li>However, the consumer-facing sectors closed FY22 on a muted note with FMCG reporting growth of only 4% and the Auto sector of 5%</li>
<li>The current market performance is factoring in the current rising inflation and the rising interest rate regime</li>
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Commodities and IT sectors are the biggest winners of FY22. In the last one year, the Metals sector has gone up 53%, Energy by 40%, commodities by 30%, and the IT index by 40%
However, the consumer-facing sectors closed FY22 on a muted note with FMCG reporting growth of only 4% and the Auto sector of 5%
The current market performance is factoring in the current rising inflation and the rising interest rate regime

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ECM Weekly (10th Apr 2022)- LIC, GoTo, Shieldus, One Store, China ADRs, Air NZ, Chrysos, Zhihu

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison, Quick Thoughts on Rumored Valuations

Government of India is now said to be looking to raise around US$6-7bn via selling a stake in LIC in its upcoming India IPO. In this deal, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

HDFC+HDFC Bank Merger - A Long Time Coming

Today morning, HDFC Limited (HDFC IN) announced that it would merger with HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN). The merger has been speculated about for at least a...

Sumeet Singh

Shocker! HDFC Bank To Merge With HDFC Limited

HDFC Limited and HDFC Bank announced a surprise" Scheme of Amalgamation this morning. It offers a slight premium, and lots of synergies, but most...

Travis Lundy

Axis Top Picks April 2022

Commodities and IT sectors are the biggest winners of FY22. In the last one year, the Metals sector has gone up 53%, Energy by 40%, commodities by...

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