APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/glp-j-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11009:1" rel="noopener">GLP J-REIT (3281 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$220m through a primary follow-on offering. The deal is a large one to digest, at 17 days of three month ADV.</li>
<li>The proceeds will be used to acquire three new properties and obtain a 30% co-ownership interest in a fourth one. </li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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GLP J-REIT (3281 JP) is looking to raise around US$220m through a primary follow-on offering. The deal is a large one to digest, at 17 days of three month ADV.
The proceeds will be used to acquire three new properties and obtain a 30% co-ownership interest in a fourth one. 
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


GLP J-REIT Placement - Could Be Another Addition to Its History of Well-Performing Deals

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for Singapore's ST index ("STI") between now and the September 2023 index review.</li>
<li>With roughly 4 more months left for the base date, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sembcorp-marine-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11:1" rel="noopener">Sembcorp Marine (SMM SP)</a> seems to be an ADD but it is close to the border.</li>
<li>Since the ranking system used for this index in based on prices as at a single point in time, the rankings could change significantly and our expectations could change too.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for Singapore's ST index ("STI") between now and the September 2023 index review.
With roughly 4 more months left for the base date, Sembcorp Marine (SMM SP) seems to be an ADD but it is close to the border.
Since the ranking system used for this index in based on prices as at a single point in time, the rankings could change significantly and our expectations could change too.


Quiddity Leaderboard Singapore’s STI Sep 23: KDCREIT Facing Risk of Deletion

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Mapletree Logistics Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT SP) plans to raise around US$150 (S$200m) to partially fund the acquisition of logistics properties in Japan, Australia and South Korea.</li>
<li>We have earlier covered the previous six placements for the REIT since 2017. Most of the past deals have done well except for the two most recent ones.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about deal dynamics.</li>
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Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT SP) plans to raise around US$150 (S$200m) to partially fund the acquisition of logistics properties in Japan, Australia and South Korea.
We have earlier covered the previous six placements for the REIT since 2017. Most of the past deals have done well except for the two most recent ones.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about deal dynamics.


MLT Placement - Small Deal but Recent Deals Didn’t Do Well

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/frasers-hospitality-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:913:1" rel="noopener">Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT SP)</a>’s scheme just fell shy of clearing the value test as 74.88% of the total votes cast approved the scheme resolution vs the 75% requirement.</li>
<li>The shares were trading tight to terms as <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/frasers-property-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1670:1" rel="noopener">Frasers Property Ltd (FPL SP)</a>’s offer of S$0.714 comprising of S$0.70 cash per share + permitted distributions (estimated 1.356 cents) was attractive.  </li>
<li>We estimate that the surprising deal break will likely lead to a 15-20% share price fall. The last close price is around 24% higher than the undisturbed price (S$0.57).</li>
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Frasers Hospitality Trust (FHT SP)’s scheme just fell shy of clearing the value test as 74.88% of the total votes cast approved the scheme resolution vs the 75% requirement.
The shares were trading tight to terms as Frasers Property Ltd (FPL SP)’s offer of S$0.714 comprising of S$0.70 cash per share + permitted distributions (estimated 1.356 cents) was attractive.  
We estimate that the surprising deal break will likely lead to a 15-20% share price fall. The last close price is around 24% higher than the undisturbed price (S$0.57).


Frasers Hospitality Trust’s Scheme Votes Unexpectedly Falls Short

China Tourism Group Duty Free / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, China Tourism's listing appears to have set the ball rolling for others to follow.</li>
<li>After a flurry of activity in the prior week, there weren't any major placements this week.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, China Tourism's listing appears to have set the ball rolling for others to follow.
After a flurry of activity in the prior week, there weren't any major placements this week.


ECM Weekly (28th Aug 2022) - China Tourism, BA REIT, Hongjiu Fruit, YH Ent, Biocyto, WM, APM, Daiwa

Singapore

CapitaLand Ascott Trust operates as a real estate investment trust. The Trust primarily invest in income-producing real estate and real estate-related assets which are as serviced residences, hotels, rental housing properties, and other hospitality assets. CapitaLand Ascott Trust serves customers worldwide.

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GLP J-REIT Placement - Could Be Another Addition to Its History of Well-Performing Deals

GLP J-REIT (3281 JP) is looking to raise around US$220m through a primary follow-on offering. The deal is a large one to digest, at 17 days of...

Ethan Aw

Quiddity Leaderboard Singapore’s STI Sep 23: KDCREIT Facing Risk of Deletion

As things stand, there could be one day of volume to buy in Sembcorp Marine and two days of volume to sell in KDCREIT but if share prices fluctuate...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

MLT Placement - Small Deal but Recent Deals Didn’t Do Well

Mapletree Logistics Trust (MLT SP) plans to raise around US$150 (S$200m) to partially fund the acquisition of logistics properties in Japan,...

Sumeet Singh

Frasers Hospitality Trust’s Scheme Votes Unexpectedly Falls Short

The scheme failed to clear the 75% scheme resolution voting requirement. We estimate that the surprising deal break will likely lead to a 15-20%...

Arun George

ECM Weekly (28th Aug 2022) - China Tourism, BA REIT, Hongjiu Fruit, YH Ent, Biocyto, WM, APM, Daiwa

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

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