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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ather-energy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43903:1" rel="noopener">Ather Energy</a> is looking to raise about US$536m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Ather is a pure play electric vehicle company in India designing and developing E2Ws, battery packs, charging infrastructure, associated software and accessories, also manufacturing battery packs and assembling E2Ws in-house.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Ather Energy is looking to raise about US$536m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Ather is a pure play electric vehicle company in India designing and developing E2Ws, battery packs, charging infrastructure, associated software and accessories, also manufacturing battery packs and assembling E2Ws in-house.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Ather Energy Pre-IPO - The Positives - One of the E2W Pioneers

Physicswallah Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/physicswallah-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45792:1" rel="noopener">Physicswallah</a> raised around US$430m in its India IPO, despite having a decent anchor book.</li>
<li>Physicswallah Ltd (PWL) offers test preparation courses for competitive examinations, and other courses such as for upskilling, across 13 education categories, including JEE, NEET, and UPSC, among others.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Physicswallah raised around US$430m in its India IPO, despite having a decent anchor book.
Physicswallah Ltd (PWL) offers test preparation courses for competitive examinations, and other courses such as for upskilling, across 13 education categories, including JEE, NEET, and UPSC, among others.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Physicswallah IPO Trading - Decent Anchor but Low Demand

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Bajaj FinServ: Bajaj FinServ (BJFIN) delivered a strong performance during H1FY26 across all its key operating businesses</li><li>BAGIC clocked 9% YoY GDPI growth, even as profitability clocked in marginally ahead of estimates on the back of higher realized capital gains and a favourable loss ratio</li><li>BALIC continued to benefit from a strategic shift in product mix, witnessing strong 47% VNB growth and a 560bps improvement in margins, despite 8% decline in APE</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Bajaj FinServ: Bajaj FinServ (BJFIN) delivered a strong performance during H1FY26 across all its key operating businessesBAGIC clocked 9% YoY GDPI growth, even as profitability clocked in marginally ahead of estimates on the back of higher realized capital gains and a favourable loss ratioBALIC continued to benefit from a strategic shift in product mix, witnessing strong 47% VNB growth and a 560bps improvement in margins, despite 8% decline in APEContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

HSIE Results Daily: Bajaj FinServ, ONGC, BSE, Bharat Forge, Ather Energy...

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/physicswallah-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45792:1" rel="noopener">Physicswallah</a> Is looking to raise about US$434m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Physicswallah Ltd (PWL) offers test preparation courses for competitive examinations, and other courses such as for upskilling, across 13 education categories, including JEE, NEET, and UPSC, among others.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about the RHP updates and provide our thoughts on valuations.</li>
</ul>



Physicswallah Is looking to raise about US$434m in its upcoming India IPO.
Physicswallah Ltd (PWL) offers test preparation courses for competitive examinations, and other courses such as for upskilling, across 13 education categories, including JEE, NEET, and UPSC, among others.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about the RHP updates and provide our thoughts on valuations.


Physicswallah IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, the deal flow continues unabated, although a lot of listing in Hong Kong didn't do to well last week.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there were a number of deals, with a few right at lockup expiry.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, the deal flow continues unabated, although a lot of listing in Hong Kong didn't do to well last week.
On the placements front, there were a number of deals, with a few right at lockup expiry.


ECM Weekly (10 November 2025) - Seres, Pony, WeRide, Joyson, DIY, Maynilad, Northsand, Softcare

India

Ather Energy Private Limited manufactures and sells electric scooters. The Company offers scooters and related accessories, and also manages two wheeler fast charging grid network. Ather Energy serves customers in India.

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Ather Energy (1207922D IN)

Ather Energy Pre-IPO - The Positives - One of the E2W Pioneers

Ather Energy is looking to raise about US$536m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Physicswallah IPO Trading - Decent Anchor but Low Demand

Physicswallah raised around US$430m in its India IPO, despite having a decent anchor book. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

HSIE Results Daily: Bajaj FinServ, ONGC, BSE, Bharat Forge, Ather Energy...

BAGIC clocked 9% YoY GDPI growth, even as profitability clocked in marginally ahead of estimates on the back of higher realized capital gains and a...

HDFC Securities

Physicswallah IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

Physicswallah Is looking to raise about US$434m in its upcoming India IPO. We have looked at the past performance in our earlier notes. In this...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (10 November 2025) - Seres, Pony, WeRide, Joyson, DIY, Maynilad, Northsand, Softcare

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

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