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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coforge-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8639:1" rel="noopener">Coforge (COFORGE IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$386m in its upcoming qualified institutional placement (QIP).</li>
<li>In an announcement released on Saturday, Coforge had mentioned its board’s approval to raise up to INR32bn via a QIP. Since then, the shares have corrected 9.1%.</li>
<li>The deal would be a large one to digest at 14 days of three month ADV. That being said, the company’s last selldown did well.</li>
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Coforge (COFORGE IN) is looking to raise around US$386m in its upcoming qualified institutional placement (QIP).
In an announcement released on Saturday, Coforge had mentioned its board’s approval to raise up to INR32bn via a QIP. Since then, the shares have corrected 9.1%.
The deal would be a large one to digest at 14 days of three month ADV. That being said, the company’s last selldown did well.


Coforge QIP Early Look - Shares Have Corrected Since the Announcement, Last Deal Did Well

Independent Analyst, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

Independent 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

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<li>The Cigniti-Coforge acquisition presents a unique investment opportunity in the IT services sector, with potential for significant returns.</li>
<li>Coforge plans to acquire a 54% stake in Cigniti Technologies, expanding its presence in digital assurance and AI services.</li>
<li>The deal is expected to be completed by Q2 of FY25, with an open offer price potentially higher than the current market value of Cigniti shares.</li>
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The Cigniti-Coforge acquisition presents a unique investment opportunity in the IT services sector, with potential for significant returns.
Coforge plans to acquire a 54% stake in Cigniti Technologies, expanding its presence in digital assurance and AI services.
The deal is expected to be completed by Q2 of FY25, with an open offer price potentially higher than the current market value of Cigniti shares.


Cigniti Technologies - A Special Situation Bet

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Baring aims to raise around US$900m by selling its remaining 26.6% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coforge-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8639:1" rel="noopener">Coforge (COFORGE IN)</a> .</li>
<li>Baring has been paring down its stake since 2020 and hence, the selldown is somewhat well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal dynamics.</li>
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Baring aims to raise around US$900m by selling its remaining 26.6% stake in Coforge (COFORGE IN) .
Baring has been paring down its stake since 2020 and hence, the selldown is somewhat well flagged.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal dynamics.


Coforge Placement - US$900m Cleanup, Well Flagged but the Stock Is Toppish

Tata Consultancy Svcs / 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, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trial-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36821:1" rel="noopener">Trial Holdings (5882 JP)</a> ended up doing better than we expected, while Hong Kong finally got its first US$100m+ listing for the year.</li>
<li>For placements, India was again at the forefront, this time with a not-so-pleasant results of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-consultancy-svcs-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18708:1" rel="noopener">Tata Consultancy Svcs (TCS IN)</a>. </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, Trial Holdings (5882 JP) ended up doing better than we expected, while Hong Kong finally got its first US$100m+ listing for the year.
For placements, India was again at the forefront, this time with a not-so-pleasant results of Tata Consultancy Svcs (TCS IN). 


ECM Weekly (25th Mar 2024) - TCS, Akeso, Coforge, ABSL, Tokio Marine, Trial, Migao, Mixue, Reddit

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/polycab-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27877:1" rel="noopener">Polycab India</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/macrotech-developers-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27315:1" rel="noopener">Macrotech Developers</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/one-97-communications-limited-paytm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26149:1" rel="noopener">Paytm</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-communications-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20892:1" rel="noopener">Tata Communications</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-motors-ltd-a-dvr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:349:1" rel="noopener">Tata Motors DVR</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apl-apollo-tubes-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16132:1" rel="noopener">Apl Apollo Tubes</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/persistent-systems-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9468:1" rel="noopener">Persistent Systems</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suzlon-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1073:1" rel="noopener">Suzlon Energy</a> have run up over the recent past and have heightened investor attention.</li>
<li>The increase in market cap has put the stocks on active manager radars and could also result in the stocks being added to global indices in the near future.</li>
<li>We take a look at the positioning on the stocks and recommend pair trades to reduce market risk while trying to capture alpha.</li>
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Polycab India, Macrotech Developers, Paytm, Tata Communications, Tata Motors DVR, Apl Apollo Tubes, Persistent Systems and Suzlon Energy have run up over the recent past and have heightened investor attention.
The increase in market cap has put the stocks on active manager radars and could also result in the stocks being added to global indices in the near future.
We take a look at the positioning on the stocks and recommend pair trades to reduce market risk while trying to capture alpha.


India - Positioning on Some Interesting* Names

India

Coforge Limited provides information technology services. The Company serves customers in India.

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Coforge (COFORGE IN)

Coforge QIP Early Look - Shares Have Corrected Since the Announcement, Last Deal Did Well

Coforge (COFORGE IN) is looking to raise around US$386m in its upcoming QIP. In an announcement, Coforge mentioned its board’s approval to raise up...

Clarence Chu

Cigniti Technologies - A Special Situation Bet

Coforge's acquisition of Cigniti Technologies offers a promising Special Situation investment opportunity in the IT services sector, with a focus...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Coforge Placement - US$900m Cleanup, Well Flagged but the Stock Is Toppish

Baring aims to raise around US$900m by selling its remaining 26.6% stake in Coforge (COFORGE IN) . In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (25th Mar 2024) - TCS, Akeso, Coforge, ABSL, Tokio Marine, Trial, Migao, Mixue, Reddit

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

India - Positioning on Some Interesting* Names

There are 8 Indian stocks have jumped in price recently and where the increased market cap will put them on active investors radars and could get...

Brian Freitas

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Coforge QIP Early Look - Shares Have Corrected Since the Announcement, Last Deal Did Well

Coforge (COFORGE IN) is looking to raise around US$386m in its upcoming QIP. In an announcement, Coforge mentioned its board’s approval to raise up...

Clarence Chu

Cigniti Technologies - A Special Situation Bet

​Coforge's acquisition of Cigniti Technologies offers a promising Special Situation investment opportunity in the IT services sector, with a focus...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Coforge Placement - US$900m Cleanup, Well Flagged but the Stock Is Toppish

Baring aims to raise around US$900m by selling its remaining 26.6% stake in Coforge (COFORGE IN) . In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (25th Mar 2024) - TCS, Akeso, Coforge, ABSL, Tokio Marine, Trial, Migao, Mixue, Reddit

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

India - Positioning on Some Interesting* Names

There are 8 Indian stocks have jumped in price recently and where the increased market cap will put them on active investors radars and could get...

Brian Freitas

Coforge's acquisition of Cigniti Technologies offers a promising Special Situation investment opportunity in the IT services sector, with a focus...