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

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<li>2025 marked our tenth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. In 2025, IPO volumes were driven by a strong rebound in HK, while India flow remained resilient.</li>
<li>We ended 2025 with an accuracy rate of 72.2% across 119 IPOs that we covered and 64.3% across 125 placements.</li>
<li>For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.</li>
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2025 marked our tenth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. In 2025, IPO volumes were driven by a strong rebound in HK, while India flow remained resilient.
We ended 2025 with an accuracy rate of 72.2% across 119 IPOs that we covered and 64.3% across 125 placements.
For those not familiar with our coverage, we aim to cover all IPOs and placements with a minimum deal size of US$100m across Asia-Pacific, including China ADRs.


Aequitas 2025 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - HK Breached COVID Peak, India Flow Strong

Co-founder of Cube Asia, Cube Asia

Simon Torring

Co-founder of Cube Asia

Defining Social Commerce in Southeast Asia

Cube Asia

We offer granular market data and insights for online retail in Southeast Asia, helping brands and retail companies drive profitable growth. 

Why the Cube?
3 dimensions of granularity to help you get deep into the 1) geographies, 2) categories, and 3) types of data and insights you need for your business.

The Cube is a big-data machine that is continuously listening to public data sources and primary research, and triangulating across thousands of data points using probabilistic modeling to produce an accurate and granular picture of Southeast Asia’s online retail landscape.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Indonesia’s Mother &amp; Baby e-commerce category grew 36% year on year in Q1 2026 to roughly 20 trillion IDR across the three platforms Cube tracks inTradewinds: Shopee, TikTok Shop, and Lazada.</li><li>Shopee still commands the category with a 69% share, but TikTok Shop is the fastest-rising force, and Baby personal care is where the shift is most visible.</li><li>Here is what the data says, and what brands should do about it.</li></ul>

Indonesia’s Mother &amp; Baby e-commerce category grew 36% year on year in Q1 2026 to roughly 20 trillion IDR across the three platforms Cube tracks inTradewinds: Shopee, TikTok Shop, and Lazada.Shopee still commands the category with a 69% share, but TikTok Shop is the fastest-rising force, and Baby personal care is where the shift is most visible.Here is what the data says, and what brands should do about it.

Indonesia E-Commerce 2026: Mother & Baby category | Cube

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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Context: Over the past five trading days, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba (9988 HK)</a> multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Selected trades are highlighted.</li>
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Highlights: Option traders positioned for a recovery into August earnings while retaining downside protection beyond the event through diagonal put spreads.</li>
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Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies.</li>
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Context: Over the past five trading days, Alibaba (9988 HK) multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Selected trades are highlighted.

Highlights: Option traders positioned for a recovery into August earnings while retaining downside protection beyond the event through diagonal put spreads.

Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies.


Alibaba (9988 HK / BABA US): Option Traders Turn Bullish Ahead of Earnings

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term, Urbem (HK) Limited

Urbem Capital

Quality-first, Business-perspective, Long-term

Quality-first, Business-perspective Strategy

Urbem (HK) Limited

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<li>Since our July 2021 Top Pick, Kaspi.kz more than tripled net income in US dollars and deepened engagement, confirming our view of the franchise.</li>
<li>Shareholders earned only about 1% a year because the multiple fell from 34x to 7.4x, a valuation risk our 2021 piece never quantified.</li>
<li>At today’s price, our base case returns about 16% a year in dollars, our tenge-risk hurdle; if Türkiye works, rates fall and the tenge holds, returns could exceed 30%.</li>
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Since our July 2021 Top Pick, Kaspi.kz more than tripled net income in US dollars and deepened engagement, confirming our view of the franchise.
Shareholders earned only about 1% a year because the multiple fell from 34x to 7.4x, a valuation risk our 2021 piece never quantified.
At today’s price, our base case returns about 16% a year in dollars, our tenge-risk hurdle; if Türkiye works, rates fall and the tenge holds, returns could exceed 30%.


Kaspi.kz Five Years On: We Overpaid in 2021; at 7.4x, the Price Now Works

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

<ul><li>Alibaba Group has pushed itself deeper into the global artificial intelligence race with the preview of Qwen3.8-Max-Preview.</li><li>The company says the new model is among the most capable systems available and ranks behind only Anthropic’s Fable 5.</li><li>That comparison comes from Alibaba, so independent testing will still matter.</li></ul>

Alibaba Group has pushed itself deeper into the global artificial intelligence race with the preview of Qwen3.8-Max-Preview.The company says the new model is among the most capable systems available and ranks behind only Anthropic’s Fable 5.That comparison comes from Alibaba, so independent testing will still matter.

Alibaba’s 2.4-Trillion-Parameter AI Bet Just Put Silicon Valley On Notice!

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Aequitas 2025 IPOs and Placements Performance Review - HK Breached COVID Peak, India Flow Strong

2025 marked our tenth year covering Equity Capital Markets (ECM) in Asia Pacific. In 2025, IPO volumes were driven by a strong rebound in HK, while...

Sumeet Singh

Indonesia E-Commerce 2026: Mother & Baby category | Cube

Indonesia’s Mother & Baby e-commerce category grew 36% year on year in Q1 2026 to roughly 20 trillion IDR across the three platforms Cube...

Simon Torring

Alibaba (9988 HK / BABA US): Option Traders Turn Bullish Ahead of Earnings

Multi-leg option strategies reveal bullish positioning, with diagonal spreads featuring prominently. Detailed examples provide actionable insights.

Gaudenz Schneider

Kaspi.kz Five Years On: We Overpaid in 2021; at 7.4x, the Price Now Works

Earnings more than tripled in dollars after our 2021 Top Pick, yet the stock barely moved. At 7.4x earnings, the next five years can look very...

Urbem Capital

Alibaba’s 2.4-Trillion-Parameter AI Bet Just Put Silicon Valley On Notice!

Alibaba Group has pushed itself deeper into the global artificial intelligence race with the preview of Qwen3.8-Max-Preview. The company says the...

Baptista Research

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