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>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, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-stock-exchange" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23751:1" rel="noopener">National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN)</a> managed to garner interst from a long list of anchor investors, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gcash" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40108:1" rel="noopener">GCash (Mynt)</a> is said to be planning to launch.</li>
<li>On the placement front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> continues to trim its investment portfolio.</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, National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN) managed to garner interst from a long list of anchor investors, while GCash (Mynt) is said to be planning to launch.
On the placement front, Tencent (700 HK) continues to trim its investment portfolio.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (21 September 2026)-NSE, GCash, Ligent, Kingwong, Elice, Z.AI, Kanzhun, Groww

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>SEBI investigates <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indusind-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1558:1" rel="noopener">Indusind Bank (IIB IN)</a>'s delayed disclosures on derivatives accounting lapses, insider trading violations, and potential violations of LODR regulations.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dixon-technologies-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25486:1" rel="noopener">Dixon Technologies India Ltd (DIXON IN)</a> Sunil Vachani discusses India's progress in electronics manufacturing, aiming for global leadership but requiring time and patience.</li>
<li>NSE is close to receiving Sebi’s approval for its IPO, with ongoing discussions on disclosures or an out-of-court settlement.</li>
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SEBI investigates Indusind Bank (IIB IN)'s delayed disclosures on derivatives accounting lapses, insider trading violations, and potential violations of LODR regulations.

Dixon Technologies India Ltd (DIXON IN) Sunil Vachani discusses India's progress in electronics manufacturing, aiming for global leadership but requiring time and patience.
NSE is close to receiving Sebi’s approval for its IPO, with ongoing discussions on disclosures or an out-of-court settlement.


#153 India Insight: SEBI Probes IndusInd Bank, DIXON Chief on Electronics, NSE IPO Nears Nod.

India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

Equity Research Firm

National Stock Exchange of India / Equity Capital Markets

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE IN)

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<li>SEBI has approved the draft prospectus of NSE. As per news reports, the management has completed extensive roadshows and is looking to launch the IPO as early as 21st September.</li>
<li>The new Closing Auction Scheme by SEBI impacts options trading—the NSE's primary revenue driver.</li>
<li>Renewed focus on NSE's dependence on options revenue amid SEBI's regulatory crackdown is raising concerns that the exchange’s valuation is stretched too high.</li>
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SEBI has approved the draft prospectus of NSE. As per news reports, the management has completed extensive roadshows and is looking to launch the IPO as early as 21st September.
The new Closing Auction Scheme by SEBI impacts options trading—the NSE's primary revenue driver.
Renewed focus on NSE's dependence on options revenue amid SEBI's regulatory crackdown is raising concerns that the exchange’s valuation is stretched too high.


NSE: SEBI Approves IPO; Valuations Seem Demanding Amid CAS Fracas

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-India in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Hindalco Industries, Adani Enterprises, Grasim Industries, Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-India in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Hindalco Industries, Adani Enterprises, Grasim Industries, Reliance Industries, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles.


MS-India Index Earning Revision (Aug): Hindalco Industries, Adani Enterprises, Grasim Industries

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>The Closing Auction Session (CAS) kicked off on 3 August for Indian stocks that are part of the Futures &amp; Options (F&amp;O) segment of the market.</li>
<li>Daily total turnover in CAS since launch has averaged around US$128m. In comparison, global passives will need to trade around US$4bn of F&amp;O stocks at the CAS on 31 August.</li>
<li>There could be large moves in affected stocks in the lead up to the CAS on Monday, followed by more large moves at CAS, and a potential reversal on Tuesday. </li>
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The Closing Auction Session (CAS) kicked off on 3 August for Indian stocks that are part of the Futures &amp; Options (F&amp;O) segment of the market.
Daily total turnover in CAS since launch has averaged around US$128m. In comparison, global passives will need to trade around US$4bn of F&amp;O stocks at the CAS on 31 August.
There could be large moves in affected stocks in the lead up to the CAS on Monday, followed by more large moves at CAS, and a potential reversal on Tuesday. 


India: Key CAS Test on Monday as Global Index Rebalances

India

Groww is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform offering a wide range of financial products and services, including stocks, direct mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), initial public offerings (IPOs), derivatives, bonds, and gold. The company also provides margin trading facilities and personal loans. Groww is headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, and was founded in 2018.

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Aequitas ECM Weekly (21 September 2026)-NSE, GCash, Ligent, Kingwong, Elice, Z.AI, Kanzhun, Groww

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

#153 India Insight: SEBI Probes IndusInd Bank, DIXON Chief on Electronics, NSE IPO Nears Nod.

SEBI investigates Indusind Bank for accounting lapses and insider trading, Dixon Technologies aims for global leadership in electronics...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NSE: SEBI Approves IPO; Valuations Seem Demanding Amid CAS Fracas

Initially touted as the largest public offering in India, NSE's IPO has been scaled back sharply. The valuations have dropped from their original...

Himanshu Dugar

MS-India Index Earning Revision (Aug): Hindalco Industries, Adani Enterprises, Grasim Industries

We analyzed MS-India's consensus for Aug 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Hindalco Industries (HNDL IN), Adani Enterprises (ADE/S IN), Grasim...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

India: Key CAS Test on Monday as Global Index Rebalances

CAS kicked off on 3 August and turnover has averaged US$128m. A global index rebalance on Monday will require passives to trade many multiples of...

Brian Freitas

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Aequitas ECM Weekly (21 September 2026)-NSE, GCash, Ligent, Kingwong, Elice, Z.AI, Kanzhun, Groww

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

#153 India Insight: SEBI Probes IndusInd Bank, DIXON Chief on Electronics, NSE IPO Nears Nod.

​SEBI investigates Indusind Bank for accounting lapses and insider trading, Dixon Technologies aims for global leadership in electronics...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NSE: SEBI Approves IPO; Valuations Seem Demanding Amid CAS Fracas

Initially touted as the largest public offering in India, NSE's IPO has been scaled back sharply. The valuations have dropped from their original...

Himanshu Dugar

MS-India Index Earning Revision (Aug): Hindalco Industries, Adani Enterprises, Grasim Industries

We analyzed MS-India's consensus for Aug 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Hindalco Industries (HNDL IN), Adani Enterprises (ADE/S IN), Grasim...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

India: Key CAS Test on Monday as Global Index Rebalances

CAS kicked off on 3 August and turnover has averaged US$128m. A global index rebalance on Monday will require passives to trade many multiples of...

Brian Freitas

SEBI investigates Indusind Bank for accounting lapses and insider trading, Dixon Technologies aims for global leadership in electronics...