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.

Equity Capital Markets

Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust / Equity Capital Markets

Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/raajmarg-infra-investment-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47598:1" rel="noopener">Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT IN)</a> raised around US$650m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>RIIT owns and manages a portfolio of five highway assets in India spread across six cities, like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Andhra Pradesh, as per the CARE Industry Report.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT IN) raised around US$650m in its India IPO.
RIIT owns and manages a portfolio of five highway assets in India spread across six cities, like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Andhra Pradesh, as per the CARE Industry Report.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Aequitas: Raajmarg Infra InvIT IPO Trading - Decent Demand; Leads Past REIT Listings

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/raajmarg-infra-investment-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47598:1" rel="noopener">Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT IN)</a> is planning to raise about US$652m through its India IPO.</li>
<li>RIIT owns and manages a portfolio of five highway assets in India spread across six cities, like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Andhra Pradesh, as per the CARE Industry Report.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance, peer comparison and IPO valuations.</li>
</ul>



Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT IN) is planning to raise about US$652m through its India IPO.
RIIT owns and manages a portfolio of five highway assets in India spread across six cities, like Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jharkhand, and Andhra Pradesh, as per the CARE Industry Report.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance, peer comparison and IPO valuations.


Aequitas: Raajmarg InvIT IPO - Stable Assets in a Small Portfolio, but Limited Immediate Appeal

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

Event-Driven

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<li>The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2026 approved JJM 2.0 with a total outlay of Rs 8.69 lakh crore extending the mission to December 2028.</li>
<li>The shift from capex-heavy pipe-laying to operations and maintenance fundamentally changes the sector's revenue model, favouring O&amp;M-linked EPC players and water treatment technology companies over pure commodity pipe suppliers.</li>
<li>Companies with deep O&amp;M annuity pipelines: VA Tech Wabag, EMS Limited, and Welspun Enterprises are structurally better positioned for the 2.0 era.</li>
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The Union Cabinet on 10 March 2026 approved JJM 2.0 with a total outlay of Rs 8.69 lakh crore extending the mission to December 2028.
The shift from capex-heavy pipe-laying to operations and maintenance fundamentally changes the sector's revenue model, favouring O&amp;M-linked EPC players and water treatment technology companies over pure commodity pipe suppliers.
Companies with deep O&amp;M annuity pipelines: VA Tech Wabag, EMS Limited, and Welspun Enterprises are structurally better positioned for the 2.0 era.


Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: New Life to Water Related Companies in India

Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Sree Capital

Sreemant Dudhoria

Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Fundamental Research on Listed Indian Companies

Sree Capital

Sree Capital is a platform to share fundamental research on listed Indian companies. We do this research for our own investment

Equity Bottom-Up

Samvardhana Motherson International / Equity Bottom-Up

Samvardhana Motherson International (MOTHERSO IN)

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<li>January 2026 insider activity was weak due to ongoing silent period during earnings season.</li>
<li>We highlight large and small cap companies that experienced significant insider buying during January 2026, as reported on the stock exchanges.</li>
<li>We also present key sectors which saw insider buying during the month along with names which have moved significantly above the insider buying price.</li>
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January 2026 insider activity was weak due to ongoing silent period during earnings season.
We highlight large and small cap companies that experienced significant insider buying during January 2026, as reported on the stock exchanges.
We also present key sectors which saw insider buying during the month along with names which have moved significantly above the insider buying price.


Insider Activity: Who Bought Their Own Stock in January?

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-December in January. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-June.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in flow from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 19 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 8 could have passive outflows in February.</li>
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Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-December in January. There are companies with significant float changes from end-September and/or end-June.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in flow from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 19 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 8 could have passive outflows in February.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in February 2026

India

Astral Polytechnik Limited manufactures and markets CPVC plumbing systems for residential and industrial applications. The Company also manufactures ASTM solvent weld lead free PVC plumbing systems.

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Astral Ltd (ASTRA IN)

Aequitas: Raajmarg Infra InvIT IPO Trading - Decent Demand; Leads Past REIT Listings

Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) raised around US$650m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Aequitas: Raajmarg InvIT IPO - Stable Assets in a Small Portfolio, but Limited Immediate Appeal

Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) is planning to raise about US$652m through its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s...

Akshat Shah

Insider Activity: Who Bought Their Own Stock in January?

January 2026 insider activity shows measured confidence in large and small cap companies, with key sectors experiencing insider buying.

Sreemant Dudhoria

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in February 2026

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices in February. Passive trackers will need to...

Brian Freitas

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Aequitas: Raajmarg Infra InvIT IPO Trading - Decent Demand; Leads Past REIT Listings

Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) raised around US$650m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Aequitas: Raajmarg InvIT IPO - Stable Assets in a Small Portfolio, but Limited Immediate Appeal

Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) is planning to raise about US$652m through its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s...

Akshat Shah

Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0: New Life to Water Related Companies in India

​The Union Cabinet approved JJM 2.0 with Rs 8.69 lakh crore outlay, shifting focus to O&M and favoring companies like VA Tech Wabag and Welspun...

Nimish Maheshwari

Insider Activity: Who Bought Their Own Stock in January?

​January 2026 insider activity shows measured confidence in large and small cap companies, with key sectors experiencing insider buying.

Sreemant Dudhoria

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in February 2026

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices in February. Passive trackers will need to...

Brian Freitas

The Union Cabinet approved JJM 2.0 with Rs 8.69 lakh crore outlay, shifting focus to O&M and favoring companies like VA Tech Wabag and Welspun...

January 2026 insider activity shows measured confidence in large and small cap companies, with key sectors experiencing insider buying.