APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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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Alchip Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alchip-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20219:1" rel="noopener">Alchip Technologies (3661 TT)</a> is looking to raise US$415m in its GDR offering. As per the firm, the proceeds from the GDR offering will be used to purchase raw materials.</li>
<li>Offering 3.7m GDRs, the deal wouldn’t be a very large one for the firm to digest at just 1.6 days of its three month ADV.</li>
<li>The deal is very well flagged one and momentum on the stock has been very strong.</li>
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Alchip Technologies (3661 TT) is looking to raise US$415m in its GDR offering. As per the firm, the proceeds from the GDR offering will be used to purchase raw materials.
Offering 3.7m GDRs, the deal wouldn’t be a very large one for the firm to digest at just 1.6 days of its three month ADV.
The deal is very well flagged one and momentum on the stock has been very strong.


Alchip Technologies GDR Offering - Has Been Riding on an Unwavering Momentum over the past Year

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alchip-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20219:1" rel="noopener">Alchip Technologies (3661 TT)</a> is looking to raise around US$375m in its upcoming global deposit receipts (GDRs) offering. </li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a very well flagged one, with a drawn out process of regulatory/approval loops the firm has to jump through up till issuance. </li>
<li>Based on its board’s approval to issue up to 4m new shares in its GDR offering, the deal is a relatively small one at just 5.4% of Alchip’s current mcap.</li>
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Alchip Technologies (3661 TT) is looking to raise around US$375m in its upcoming global deposit receipts (GDRs) offering. 
Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a very well flagged one, with a drawn out process of regulatory/approval loops the firm has to jump through up till issuance. 
Based on its board’s approval to issue up to 4m new shares in its GDR offering, the deal is a relatively small one at just 5.4% of Alchip’s current mcap.


Alchip Technologies GDRs Early Look - Another Well Flagged GDR Issuance in the Pipeline

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amer-sports-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21751:1" rel="noopener">Amer Sports (AS US)</a> plans to raise more than US$1bn in its US IPO. Proceeds will be used to pay down loans to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)</a> led consortium.</li>
<li>Amer Sports is a sports and outdoor brands company making clothing and other sporting equipment for use in snow sports, running, climbing, baseball, american football, tennis and other sports.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Amer Sports (AS US) plans to raise more than US$1bn in its US IPO. Proceeds will be used to pay down loans to Anta Sports Products (2020 HK) led consortium.
Amer Sports is a sports and outdoor brands company making clothing and other sporting equipment for use in snow sports, running, climbing, baseball, american football, tennis and other sports.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Amer Sports Pre-IPO - The Negatives - COVID Rebound, Weak Margins

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amer-sports-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21751:1" rel="noopener">Amer Sports (AS US)</a> plans to raise more than US$1bn in its US IPO. Proceeds will be used to pay down loans to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anta-sports-products-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10261:1" rel="noopener">Anta Sports Products (2020 HK)</a> led consortium.</li>
<li>Amer Sports is a sports and outdoor brands company making clothing and other sporting equipment for use in snow sports, running, climbing, baseball, american football, tennis and other sports.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Amer Sports (AS US) plans to raise more than US$1bn in its US IPO. Proceeds will be used to pay down loans to Anta Sports Products (2020 HK) led consortium.
Amer Sports is a sports and outdoor brands company making clothing and other sporting equipment for use in snow sports, running, climbing, baseball, american football, tennis and other sports.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Amer Sports Pre-IPO - The Positives - Great Brands, Strong Growth

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

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>ARM Holdings, post its recent IPO, presents an investment case characterized by robust growth in licensing and cautious optimism in royalties.</li><li>The company reported strong licensing revenue, surpassing expectations, which is indicative of its aggressive push in emerging markets like AI and compute subsystems.</li><li>We believe that ARM Holdings offers a compelling mix of strong licensing revenue growth and a recovering royalty segment, albeit with challenges in operating expenses and margin pressures.</li></ul>

ARM Holdings, post its recent IPO, presents an investment case characterized by robust growth in licensing and cautious optimism in royalties.The company reported strong licensing revenue, surpassing expectations, which is indicative of its aggressive push in emerging markets like AI and compute subsystems.We believe that ARM Holdings offers a compelling mix of strong licensing revenue growth and a recovering royalty segment, albeit with challenges in operating expenses and margin pressures.

ARM Holdings: Initiation Of Coverage & Post IPO Analysis – A Tech Giant's New Era or a Risky Bet? - Key Drivers

United Kingdom

ARM Holdings designs and licenses semiconductor intellectual property (IP), including central processing unit (CPU) cores, graphics processing units (GPUs), and system IP. Its energy-efficient chip designs are widely used in smartphones, IoT devices, automotive systems, and computing infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and was founded in 1990.

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Alchip Technologies GDR Offering - Has Been Riding on an Unwavering Momentum over the past Year

Alchip Technologies (3661 TT) is looking to raise US$415m in its GDR offering. As per the firm, the proceeds from the GDR offering will be used to...

Clarence Chu

Alchip Technologies GDRs Early Look - Another Well Flagged GDR Issuance in the Pipeline

Alchip Technologies just launched its GDR offering with aims to raise up to US$415m. In total, 3.7m GDRs (1 GDR to 1 common share conversion) are...

Clarence Chu

Amer Sports Pre-IPO - The Negatives - COVID Rebound, Weak Margins

Amer Sports (AS US) plans to raise US$1bn in its US IPO. Proceeds will be used to pay down loans to Anta (2020 HK) led consortium. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Amer Sports Pre-IPO - The Positives - Great Brands, Strong Growth

Amer Sports (AS US) plans to raise more than US$1bn in its US IPO. Proceeds will be used to pay down loans to Anta Sports Products (2020 HK) led...

Sumeet Singh

ARM Holdings: Initiation Of Coverage & Post IPO Analysis – A Tech Giant's New Era or a Risky Bet? - Key Drivers

ARM Holdings, post its recent IPO, presents an investment case characterized by robust growth in licensing and cautious optimism in royalties. The...

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