IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/integral-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40028:1" rel="noopener">Integral Corporation (5842 JP)</a> is an independent Japanese private equity firm seeking to raise about US$175 million. The pricing is on 4 September, and the listing is on 20 September. </li>
<li>In <em><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/integral-corporation-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:110936" rel="noopener">Integral Corporation IPO: The Bull Case</a></strong></em>, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.</li>
<li>The bear case rest on the declining mix of fee-earning AUM, growth driven by volatile investment income and uninspiring 1HFY22 performance in fee-related revenue growth and margin.</li>
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Integral Corporation (5842 JP) is an independent Japanese private equity firm seeking to raise about US$175 million. The pricing is on 4 September, and the listing is on 20 September. 
In Integral Corporation IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
The bear case rest on the declining mix of fee-earning AUM, growth driven by volatile investment income and uninspiring 1HFY22 performance in fee-related revenue growth and margin.


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.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/integral-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40028:1" rel="noopener">Integral Corporation (5842 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$175m in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>Integral is a private equity management company advising funds that invest in both listed and unlisted companies in Japan, with a focus on mid-sized companies.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Integral Corporation (5842 JP) is looking to raise around US$175m in its Japan IPO.
Integral is a private equity management company advising funds that invest in both listed and unlisted companies in Japan, with a focus on mid-sized companies.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Integral Corporation Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Ambitious Indicative Pricing

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/integral-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40028:1" rel="noopener">Integral Corporation (5842 JP)</a> is an independent Japanese private equity firm seeking to raise about US$175 million. The pricing is on 4 September, and the listing is on 20 September. </li>
<li>Integral primarily targets investments in Japanese medium-sized companies and invests its own capital both through investments in funds under management and through direct investments.</li>
<li>The bull case rest on rising AUM, strong operating income growth, cash flow potential through material unrealised carried interest and solid potential returns on its principal investments.</li>
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Integral Corporation (5842 JP) is an independent Japanese private equity firm seeking to raise about US$175 million. The pricing is on 4 September, and the listing is on 20 September. 
Integral primarily targets investments in Japanese medium-sized companies and invests its own capital both through investments in funds under management and through direct investments.
The bull case rest on rising AUM, strong operating income growth, cash flow potential through material unrealised carried interest and solid potential returns on its principal investments.


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/integral-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40028:1" rel="noopener">Integral Corporation (5842 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$175m in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>Integral is a private equity management company advising funds that invest in both listed and unlisted companies in Japan, with a focus on mid-sized companies.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Integral Corporation (5842 JP) is looking to raise around US$175m in its Japan IPO.
Integral is a private equity management company advising funds that invest in both listed and unlisted companies in Japan, with a focus on mid-sized companies.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Integral Corporation Pre-IPO - The Positives - Strong Track Record

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Broad General Holding / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/broad-general-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39963:1" rel="noopener">Broad General Holding (BG HK)</a> is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Deutsche Bank and Everbright Securities.</li>
<li>Broad General Holding is a private investment fund manager with a focus on serving high network individuals (HNWIs).</li>
<li>As per F&amp;S, the firm was the second largest private investment fund manager in China focused on serving HNWIs in terms of total AUM as of Dec 22.</li>
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Broad General Holding (BG HK) is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Deutsche Bank and Everbright Securities.
Broad General Holding is a private investment fund manager with a focus on serving high network individuals (HNWIs).
As per F&amp;S, the firm was the second largest private investment fund manager in China focused on serving HNWIs in terms of total AUM as of Dec 22.


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Integral Corporation IPO: The Bear Case

The bear case rest on the declining mix of fee-earning AUM, growth driven by volatile investment income and uninspiring 1HFY22 performance in fee...

Arun George

Integral Corporation Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Ambitious Indicative Pricing

Integral Corporation (5842 JP) is looking to raise around US$175m in its Japan IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the...

Sumeet Singh

Integral Corporation IPO: The Bull Case

The bull case rest on rising AUM, strong operating income growth, cash flow potential through material unrealised carried interest and solid...

Arun George

Integral Corporation Pre-IPO - The Positives - Strong Track Record

Integral Corporation, a private equity management company, is looking to raise around US$175m in its Japan IPO. In this note we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Broad General Holding Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Broad General Holding (BG HK) is looking to raise at least US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are Deutsche Bank and...

Clarence Chu

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