Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Overnight a Reuters article suggested <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:359:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)</a> had started talks to sell a near 30%) stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>, the first sale since IPO. </li>
<li>A sale is designed with two aims: 1) the TSE requires a 35% tradable share ratio, and 2) JPH is supposed to lower holdings in JPB to &lt;50% by 2025.</li>
<li>This event may include a buyback, and has moving parts, and flows on the back end, but fundamentally a sale would effectively constitute a "re-IPO" of the shares.</li>
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Overnight a Reuters article suggested Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP) had started talks to sell a near 30%) stake in Japan Post Bank (7182 JP), the first sale since IPO. 
A sale is designed with two aims: 1) the TSE requires a 35% tradable share ratio, and 2) JPH is supposed to lower holdings in JPB to &lt;50% by 2025.
This event may include a buyback, and has moving parts, and flows on the back end, but fundamentally a sale would effectively constitute a "re-IPO" of the shares.


Japan Post Holdings To Effectively "Re-IPO" Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)

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

Amvis Holdings Inc / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amvis-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31511:1" rel="noopener">Amvis Holdings Inc (7071 JP)</a> (AH)’s founder aims to raise around US$250m via a secondary follow-on offering.</li>
<li>The deal will increase the free-float of the stock and will lead to the stock being transferred to the Prime segment.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Amvis Holdings Inc (7071 JP) (AH)’s founder aims to raise around US$250m via a secondary follow-on offering.
The deal will increase the free-float of the stock and will lead to the stock being transferred to the Prime segment.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Amvis Holdings Placement - Has Done Exceptionally Well, Now It's Prime Time

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35638:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Bank</a>, the online banking arm of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)</a>, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. </li>
<li>RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. </li>
<li>In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the not-so-positive aspects of its past performance.</li>
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Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. 
RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. 
In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the not-so-positive aspects of its past performance.


Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Negatives - Is Already Slowing Down

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35638:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Bank</a>, the online banking arm of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Inc (4755 JP)</a>, aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. </li>
<li>RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. </li>
<li>In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the positive aspects of its past performance.</li>
</ul>



Rakuten Bank, the online banking arm of Rakuten Inc (4755 JP), aims to raise around US$500m (estimated) in its Japan listing in April 2023. 
RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Mar 2023, it had 13.39m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.6tn. 
In this note we take an early look at the IPO and talk about the positive aspects of its past performance.


Rakuten Bank IPO Early Look - The Positives - Has Grown Fast over the past Few Years

David Blennerhassett

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<li>Japanese banks are the hottest new thing but unless you think <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-kyoto" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5248:1" rel="noopener">Bank of Kyoto</a> is going to change its spots, it's still best thought of as a range trade. </li>
<li>WM Motors opts for a backdoor listing via merging with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/we-solutions-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9818:1" rel="noopener">WE Solutions Limited (860 HK)</a>. There's probably a good reason for doing so.</li>
<li>You pay for the liquidity of Japanese banks by paying a higher PBR against not as much improvement in ROE. That's life.</li>
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Japanese banks are the hottest new thing but unless you think Bank of Kyoto is going to change its spots, it's still best thought of as a range trade. 
WM Motors opts for a backdoor listing via merging with WE Solutions Limited (860 HK). There's probably a good reason for doing so.
You pay for the liquidity of Japanese banks by paying a higher PBR against not as much improvement in ROE. That's life.


Last Week In SPACE: Bank of Kyoto, WM Motors, Japanese Banks, Hong Kong Aerospace, CP ALL/MAKRO

Japan

Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd. operates life insurance business. The Company offers whole life insurance, education endowment, ordinary endowment, medical insurance, and special endowment insurance. Japan Post Insurance provides services for individuals and businesses throughout Japan.

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David Blennerhassett

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