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>In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, following up with a look at India after having looked at Hong Kong earlier.</li>
<li>This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, following up with a look at India after having looked at Hong Kong earlier.
This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.
The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.


External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The systemic credit growth (as of 13th December, 2024) has tapered to ~11.5% vs 15-16% in the recent past.</li><li>This is primarily driven by a significant slowdown in the unsecured loans alongside banks, mainly private banks intending to bring down their LDRs to a balanced level.</li><li>Amidst concerns around asset quality in certain segments (majorly unsecured lending), weaker-than-expected macro data and constraints around LDR (for certain banks), banks have been cautious towards chasing aggressive growth. .</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>

The systemic credit growth (as of 13th December, 2024) has tapered to ~11.5% vs 15-16% in the recent past.This is primarily driven by a significant slowdown in the unsecured loans alongside banks, mainly private banks intending to bring down their LDRs to a balanced level.Amidst concerns around asset quality in certain segments (majorly unsecured lending), weaker-than-expected macro data and constraints around LDR (for certain banks), banks have been cautious towards chasing aggressive growth. .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.

Q3FY25 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

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India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bajaj-finance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8950:1" rel="noopener">Bajaj Finance Ltd (BAF IN)</a>  reported strong Q3 FY25 growth, with a 28% rise in AUM, 22% increase in loans issued, and a 19% rise in deposits. </li>
<li>India aims to reach $500 billion in electronics production by 2030, focusing on mobile phones, IT hardware, and wearables. The PLI scheme will support supply chain growth.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-bank-ltd-4b6b7a92-9087-468d-9dbe-ab169e77f014" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:558:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)</a>  has received RBI approval to acquire up to 9.5% stakes in Kotak Mahindra, AU Small Finance, and Capital Small Finance Banks through its subsidiaries</li>
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Bajaj Finance Ltd (BAF IN)  reported strong Q3 FY25 growth, with a 28% rise in AUM, 22% increase in loans issued, and a 19% rise in deposits. 
India aims to reach $500 billion in electronics production by 2030, focusing on mobile phones, IT hardware, and wearables. The PLI scheme will support supply chain growth.

HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)  has received RBI approval to acquire up to 9.5% stakes in Kotak Mahindra, AU Small Finance, and Capital Small Finance Banks through its subsidiaries


#80 India Insight: Bajaj Finance Adds 5M Users, Electronics Production Aim $500B, HDFC Gains RBI Nod

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

Ventive Hospitality Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ventive-hospitality-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43933:1" rel="noopener">Ventive Hospitality Ltd (0807075D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. The deal, a fresh issue of shares, is downsized from an earlier size of ~US$240m.</li>
<li>Ventive Hospitality Limited (VHL) is the largest hospitality asset owner amongst public listed market peers, focused primarily on luxury offerings across business and leisure in India and Maldives.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Ventive Hospitality Ltd (0807075D IN) is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. The deal, a fresh issue of shares, is downsized from an earlier size of ~US$240m.
Ventive Hospitality Limited (VHL) is the largest hospitality asset owner amongst public listed market peers, focused primarily on luxury offerings across business and leisure in India and Maldives.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


Ventive Hospitality IPO - Quick Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ventive-hospitality-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43933:1" rel="noopener">Ventive Hospitality Ltd (0807075D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. The deal, a fresh issue of shares is downsized from an earlier target of ~US$240m.</li>
<li>Ventive Hospitality Limited (VHL) is the largest hospitality asset owner amongst public listed market peers, focused primarily on luxury offerings across business and leisure in India and Maldives.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Ventive Hospitality Ltd (0807075D IN) is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. The deal, a fresh issue of shares is downsized from an earlier target of ~US$240m.
Ventive Hospitality Limited (VHL) is the largest hospitality asset owner amongst public listed market peers, focused primarily on luxury offerings across business and leisure in India and Maldives.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Ventive Hospitality Pre-IPO - Leveraging Expanded Portfolio to Drive Growth

India

Bajaj Finance Limited is a financial services company that operates branches in India, which provide an assortment of financial services.

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Akshat Shah

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Aequitas 2025 Asia IPO Pipeline - India

In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, following up with a look at India after having looked at Hong Kong...

Sumeet Singh

Q3FY25 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

We expect banks under our coverage to deliver ~12% YoY credit growth in Q3FY25, in-line with industry growth. We would expect the systemic growth...

Axis Direct

#80 India Insight: Bajaj Finance Adds 5M Users, Electronics Production Aim $500B, HDFC Gains RBI Nod

​Bajaj Finance sees strong Q3 growth, India targets $500 billion in electronics production by 2030, HDFC Bank gets RBI approval for stake...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Ventive Hospitality IPO - Quick Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Ventive Hospitality is looking to raise about US$188m in its India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a quick peer comparison and talk about the...

Akshat Shah

Ventive Hospitality Pre-IPO - Leveraging Expanded Portfolio to Drive Growth

Ventive Hospitality is looking to raise about US$188m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

Bajaj Finance sees strong Q3 growth, India targets $500 billion in electronics production by 2030, HDFC Bank gets RBI approval for stake...