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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vikram-solar" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36670:1" rel="noopener">Vikram Solar (0490158D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$260m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Vikram Solar (VS) is an integrated solar photo-voltaic (PV) modules producer and an integrated solar energy solutions provider.</li>
<li>As per CRISIL, it was one of India’s largest module manufacturers and held a 19% domestic market share, as per operational module capacity.</li>
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Vikram Solar (0490158D IN) is looking to raise around US$260m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Vikram Solar (VS) is an integrated solar photo-voltaic (PV) modules producer and an integrated solar energy solutions provider.
As per CRISIL, it was one of India’s largest module manufacturers and held a 19% domestic market share, as per operational module capacity.


Vikram Solar Pre-IPO - Has Diversified Its Sales, Although Concentration Risk Remains High

KFin Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kfin-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36609:1" rel="noopener">KFin Technologies (1804170D IN)</a> raised around US$180m in its India IPO. The IPO had been a 100% OFS.</li>
<li>KFin Technology (KFin) is a technology driven financial services platform providing comprehensive services and solutions to the capital markets ecosystem.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous note, in this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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KFin Technologies (1804170D IN) raised around US$180m in its India IPO. The IPO had been a 100% OFS.
KFin Technology (KFin) is a technology driven financial services platform providing comprehensive services and solutions to the capital markets ecosystem.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous note, in this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


KFin Technologies IPO Trading - Previous Deals with Lackluster Demand Had Mixed Debuts

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

Event-Driven

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<li>Near the end of the review period, we see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 from LargeCap to MidCap, 8 from SmallCap to MidCap and vice versa.</li>
<li>One spin-off should be added to the MidCap segment, while a bunch of recent listings will be added to the SmallCap segment.</li>
<li>Stock migrating upwards have outperformed stocks migrating downwards and we expect there could be some mean reversion from the middle of January.</li>
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Near the end of the review period, we see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 from LargeCap to MidCap, 8 from SmallCap to MidCap and vice versa.
One spin-off should be added to the MidCap segment, while a bunch of recent listings will be added to the SmallCap segment.
Stock migrating upwards have outperformed stocks migrating downwards and we expect there could be some mean reversion from the middle of January.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2022): A Bunch of Migrations

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/bikaji-foods-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36502:1" rel="noopener">Bikaji Foods (BIKAJI IN)</a> , an ethnic snacks company, raised approximately US$107m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Its product range includes six principal categories: bhujia, namkeen, packaged sweets, papad, western snacks as well as other snacks which primarily include gift packs, frozen food, mathri range and cookies.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the demand for the deal and the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Bikaji Foods (BIKAJI IN) , an ethnic snacks company, raised approximately US$107m in its India IPO.
Its product range includes six principal categories: bhujia, namkeen, packaged sweets, papad, western snacks as well as other snacks which primarily include gift packs, frozen food, mathri range and cookies.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we talk about the demand for the deal and the trading dynamics.


Bikaji Foods International IPO Trading - One of the Strongest Demand This Year

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<li>In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. </li>
<li>The lock-up on its shareholders will expire soon, with a number of PE funds on its register</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.</li>
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In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. 
The lock-up on its shareholders will expire soon, with a number of PE funds on its register
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.


Sapphire Foods IPO - Smallish Stock with Big (US$550m) Multiple PE Lockup Expiry

India

Bikaji Foods International Ltd. is a leading Indian manufacturer of ethnic snacks and sweets, offering a wide range of products including bhujia, namkeen, papad, western snacks, and packaged sweets. The company also produces frozen and instant foods. Bikaji Foods was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Bikaner, Rajasthan, India.

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Bikaji Foods (BIKAJI IN)

Vikram Solar Pre-IPO - Has Diversified Its Sales, Although Concentration Risk Remains High

Vikram Solar (0490158D IN) is looking to raise around US$260m in its upcoming India IPO. VS is an integrated solar photo-voltaic modules producer...

Clarence Chu

KFin Technologies IPO Trading - Previous Deals with Lackluster Demand Had Mixed Debuts

KFin Technologies (1804170D IN) raised around US$180m in its India IPO. We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous note, in this...

Clarence Chu

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2022): A Bunch of Migrations

Near the end of the review period, we see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 from LargeCap to MidCap, 8 from SmallCap to MidCap and vice...

Brian Freitas

Bikaji Foods International IPO Trading - One of the Strongest Demand This Year

Bikaji Foods (BIKAJI IN) , an ethnic snacks company, raised approximately US$107m in its India IPO. In this note, we look at the demand and trading...

Sumeet Singh

Sapphire Foods IPO - Smallish Stock with Big (US$550m) Multiple PE Lockup Expiry

In Nov 2021, Sapphire Foods Limited, one of Yum Brand’s franchisees in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

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