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

Canara HSBC Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/canara-hsbc-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45165:1" rel="noopener">Canara HSBC Life Insurance (CHLI) (2908709Z IJ)</a> raised about US$284m from its India IPO.</li>
<li>CHLI is an Indian private life insurer, promoted by Canara Bank and HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings, offering a range of life insurance products tailored for both individual and group customers.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Canara HSBC Life Insurance (CHLI) (2908709Z IJ) raised about US$284m from its India IPO.
CHLI is an Indian private life insurer, promoted by Canara Bank and HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings, offering a range of life insurance products tailored for both individual and group customers.
In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Canara HSBC Life Insurance IPO Trading - Muted Demand All Round

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

Equity Bottom-Up

Mangal Electrical Industries / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>MEIL is well-positioned for long-term growth due to its expertise in transformer components and EPC services, strong market presence, with a solid focus on India’s energy infrastructure development.</li>
<li>MEIL benefits from both backward and forward integration, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing raw material dependency. Its diversified customer base spans multiple sectors, reducing exposure to sector-specific risks.</li>
<li>MEIL's has shown steady growth, driven by its core and EPC businesses. Despite risks like raw material volatility, the company is well-placed to capitalize on India’s growing power infrastructure demand.</li>
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MEIL is well-positioned for long-term growth due to its expertise in transformer components and EPC services, strong market presence, with a solid focus on India’s energy infrastructure development.
MEIL benefits from both backward and forward integration, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing raw material dependency. Its diversified customer base spans multiple sectors, reducing exposure to sector-specific risks.
MEIL's has shown steady growth, driven by its core and EPC businesses. Despite risks like raw material volatility, the company is well-placed to capitalize on India’s growing power infrastructure demand.


Mangal Electrical IPO: A Strong Force in Transformer and Power Solutions?

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>A big rally in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hitachi-energy-india-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36054:1" rel="noopener">Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN)</a> this year could lead to the stock being added to a global index in August.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hitachi-energy-india-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36054:1" rel="noopener">Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN)</a> has outperformed its peers and now trades at significantly higher valuations compared to its peer group.</li>
<li>There is positioning in the stock and early entrants could be looking to unwind some of their holdings over the next couple of weeks.</li>
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A big rally in Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN) this year could lead to the stock being added to a global index in August.

Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN) has outperformed its peers and now trades at significantly higher valuations compared to its peer group.
There is positioning in the stock and early entrants could be looking to unwind some of their holdings over the next couple of weeks.


Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN): Powering into a Global Index in August

Kaynes Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kaynes-technology-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36436:1" rel="noopener">Kaynes Technology India (KAYNES IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$185m in its upcoming qualified institutional placement (QIP).</li>
<li>In an announcement released on Jan 22, 2025, Kaynes had mentioned its board’s approval to raise up to INR16bn via a QIP. Since then, the shares have corrected 8.6%.</li>
<li>The deal would not be a large one to digest at 4.3 days of three month ADV. The company’s last fundraise did well.</li>
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Kaynes Technology India (KAYNES IN) is looking to raise around US$185m in its upcoming qualified institutional placement (QIP).
In an announcement released on Jan 22, 2025, Kaynes had mentioned its board’s approval to raise up to INR16bn via a QIP. Since then, the shares have corrected 8.6%.
The deal would not be a large one to digest at 4.3 days of three month ADV. The company’s last fundraise did well.


Kaynes Technology QIP Early Look - QIP to Fund Global Expansion Plans

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/smpp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44073:1" rel="noopener">SMPP Ltd</a> is planning to raise about US$476m through its upcoming IPO in India.</li>
<li>SMPP Ltd. designs and manufactures defence equipment, specialising in ammunition components and personal protection products for the Indian armed forces, police, and security agencies.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.</li>
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SMPP Ltd is planning to raise about US$476m through its upcoming IPO in India.
SMPP Ltd. designs and manufactures defence equipment, specialising in ammunition components and personal protection products for the Indian armed forces, police, and security agencies.
In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.


SMPP Ltd Pre-IPO - In the Right Space (Defence), at the Right Time but Growth Has Been Inconsistent

India

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited manufactures power plant equipment. The Company's products include gas turbines, generators, thermal sets, diesel shunters, turbo sets, hydro sets, power transformers, switch gears, circuit breakers and boilers. The Company also manufactures compressors, valves, rectifiers, pumps, capacitors, oil rigs, as well as castings and forgings.

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Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL IN)

Canara HSBC Life Insurance IPO Trading - Muted Demand All Round

Canara HSBC Life Insurance raised about US$284m from its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Mangal Electrical IPO: A Strong Force in Transformer and Power Solutions?

MEIL's expertise in transformer components and EPC services, strong market presence, and diversified customer base position it well for long-term...

Nimish Maheshwari

Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN): Powering into a Global Index in August

Hitachi Energy India could be added to a global index in Aug. The stock has outperformed peers and trades at significantly higher valuations....

Brian Freitas

Kaynes Technology QIP Early Look - QIP to Fund Global Expansion Plans

Kaynes Technology (KAYNES IN) has launched an upto INR16bn (US$185m) QIP of around 2.85m shares in a INR5,344.50–Rs5,612/share range, a 0%–4.8%...

Akshat Shah

SMPP Ltd Pre-IPO - In the Right Space (Defence), at the Right Time but Growth Has Been Inconsistent

SMPP Ltd is planning to raise about US$476m through its upcoming IPO in India. In this note, we look at the company's past performance.

Sumeet Singh

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Canara HSBC Life Insurance IPO Trading - Muted Demand All Round

Canara HSBC Life Insurance raised about US$284m from its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Mangal Electrical IPO: A Strong Force in Transformer and Power Solutions?

​MEIL's expertise in transformer components and EPC services, strong market presence, and diversified customer base position it well for long-term...

Nimish Maheshwari

Hitachi Energy India (POWERIND IN): Powering into a Global Index in August

Hitachi Energy India could be added to a global index in Aug. The stock has outperformed peers and trades at significantly higher valuations....

Brian Freitas

Kaynes Technology QIP Early Look - QIP to Fund Global Expansion Plans

Kaynes Technology (KAYNES IN) has launched an upto INR16bn (US$185m) QIP of around 2.85m shares in a INR5,344.50–Rs5,612/share range, a 0%–4.8%...

Akshat Shah

SMPP Ltd Pre-IPO - In the Right Space (Defence), at the Right Time but Growth Has Been Inconsistent

SMPP Ltd is planning to raise about US$476m through its upcoming IPO in India. In this note, we look at the company's past performance.

Sumeet Singh

MEIL's expertise in transformer components and EPC services, strong market presence, and diversified customer base position it well for long-term...