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.

Event-Driven

<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aristocrat-leisure-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10303:1" rel="noopener">Aristocrat Leisure (ALL AU)</a> aims to raise around US$1bn (A$1.3bn) via a renounceable entitlement offer to partly fund its acquisition of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/playtech-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22099:1" rel="noopener">Playtech Plc (PTEC LN)</a> for a total enterprise value of around A$5bn.</p><p>Past deals undertaken by Aristocrat have generally done well and the stock has a good track record. In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</p>

Aristocrat Leisure (ALL AU) aims to raise around US$1bn (A$1.3bn) via a renounceable entitlement offer to partly fund its acquisition of Playtech Plc (PTEC LN) for a total enterprise value of around A$5bn.Past deals undertaken by Aristocrat have generally done well and the stock has a good track record. In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.

Aristocrat Leisure's Playtech Acquisition, Entitlement and Shortfall

Equity Capital Markets

Transurban Group / Equity Capital Markets

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<p>Transurban has almost raised (barring the shortfall) around US$3.2bn (A$4.2bn) via a mix of entitlement offer and private placement to fund the acquisition of the remaining 49% stake in WestConnex. In this note, we will talk about the retail entitlement worth US$273m (A$371m) which was launched today.</p>
<p>We have covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/transurban-entitlement-and-shortfall-well-flagged-deal-for-a-well-known-asset" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transurban Entitlement and Shortfall - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Known Asset</a>. </p>
</div><div><p>We have covered some of the prior entitlement offer related shortfall bookbuilds in the past:</p></div><div><ul style="list-style-type: disc;">
<li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/acquisition-appears-attractive-and-track-record-remains-stellar-but-upside-seems-limited" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nov 2015: Acquisition Appears Attractive and Track Record Remains Stellar but Upside Seems Limited</a></li>
<li>Dec 2017: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/transurban-entitlement-offer-uncertainty-abound" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transurban Entitlement Offer - Uncertainty Abound</a>
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<li>Sep 2018: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/transurban-entitlement-and-short-fall-long-term-value-accretion-with-short-term-earnings-drag" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transurban Entitlement and Short-Fall - Long-Term Value Accretion with Short-Term Earnings Drag</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/transurban-retail-short-fall-quick-take-much-better-positioned-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transurban Retail Short-Fall - Quick Take - Much Better Positioned Now</a>
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<li>Aug 2019: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/transurban-retail-short-fall-quick-take-much-better-positioned-now" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Transurban Retail Short-Fall - Quick Take - Much Better Positioned Now</a>
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Transurban has almost raised (barring the shortfall) around US$3.2bn (A$4.2bn) via a mix of entitlement offer and private placement to fund the acquisition of the remaining 49% stake in WestConnex. In this note, we will talk about the retail entitlement worth US$273m (A$371m) which was launched today.
We have covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier note Transurban Entitlement and Shortfall - Well Flagged Deal for a Well Known Asset. 
We have covered some of the prior entitlement offer related shortfall bookbuilds in the past:
Nov 2015: Acquisition Appears Attractive and Track Record Remains Stellar but Upside Seems Limited
Dec 2017: Transurban Entitlement Offer - Uncertainty Abound

Sep 2018: Transurban Entitlement and Short-Fall - Long-Term Value Accretion with Short-Term Earnings Drag and Transurban Retail Short-Fall - Quick Take - Much Better Positioned Now

Aug 2019: Transurban Retail Short-Fall - Quick Take - Much Better Positioned Now



<p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/scientific-games-corp-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9746:1" rel="noopener">Scientific Games Corp A (SGMS US)</a> aims to raise around US$3.7bn (A$5bn) via selling a majority of its stake in SG Lottery (SGL) in an Australian IPO.</p><p>SGL runs a global lottery business supplying lottery products and services across the lottery ecosystem. It works with various governments globally who use its products and services to run their lotteries. As of FY20, SGL had more than 130 customers in over 50 countries. Revenue from North America and Europe accounted for 73% and 24% of its FY20 revenue, respectively.</p><p>SGL generates most of its sales from instant lottery products. It has supplied instant lottery products to 40 of the 46 US jurisdictions that sell instant lottery products and has sold instant lottery products to customers in approximately 50 countries. Its  relationship with its top 10 customers have been ongoing for an average 35 years.</p><p>SGL has been reporting steady past growth and margins have been relatively stable as well.</p>

Scientific Games Corp A (SGMS US) aims to raise around US$3.7bn (A$5bn) via selling a majority of its stake in SG Lottery (SGL) in an Australian IPO.SGL runs a global lottery business supplying lottery products and services across the lottery ecosystem. It works with various governments globally who use its products and services to run their lotteries. As of FY20, SGL had more than 130 customers in over 50 countries. Revenue from North America and Europe accounted for 73% and 24% of its FY20 revenue, respectively.SGL generates most of its sales from instant lottery products. It has supplied instant lottery products to 40 of the 46 US jurisdictions that sell instant lottery products and has sold instant lottery products to customers in approximately 50 countries. Its  relationship with its top 10 customers have been ongoing for an average 35 years.SGL has been reporting steady past growth and margins have been relatively stable as well.

SG Lottery Pre-IPO - First Look at Possibly Australia’s Largest IPO in 2021

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

<p>Our biggest concerns have stemmed from a handful of large-cap China internet names, which have held back the MSCI EM and Hang Seng indexes. We are also getting a breakout above $93.50-93.75 on the US dollar, a concerning risk-off signal. Still, our list of concerns remains short, and our outlook remains neutral yet constructive overall.</p>

Our biggest concerns have stemmed from a handful of large-cap China internet names, which have held back the MSCI EM and Hang Seng indexes. We are also getting a breakout above $93.50-93.75 on the US dollar, a concerning risk-off signal. Still, our list of concerns remains short, and our outlook remains neutral yet constructive overall.

Global Cyclical Value Sectors Improving -- Buying Financials and Energy Names: ING Groep, Many More

Global Special Situations & Strategy, SR Services Ltd

David Lepper

Global Special Situations & Strategy

SR Services Ltd

SR Services provides Strategic Knowledge and Solutions services for Family Offices and Corporate Business. 

We deliver this via advisory services, strategic planning, opportunity analysis/sourcing, as well as solution implementation. 

Whilst, we create intellectual discipline and operational leverage for your projects or daily activities, our ultimate objective is to empower whilst enhancing your decision making. 

Strategic Knowledge and Solutions

Cross Asset Strategy

<p><strong>What is the key question?</strong> Are we at the start of another 12-year bull market in value stocks? That's the duration of the last period when the value style of investing out performed growth in the Asia Pacific region.</p><p><strong>What is the evidence?</strong> Over the last 12-months, the balance between growth and value reversed the dominance that growth has held for much of the last 10-years. Whilst in Q1 2021, we remained cautious about a full declaration that the trend is reversing, we feel that the process is indeed underway and that a multi-year reversal is in progress. This is not just positive for value investors, but increasingly so for Small-Mid Cap investors.</p><p><strong>Why read this screening note? </strong>Q1 2021’s screen performance trumped the market delivering relative outperformance of 26.2%. Of the 27 names presented, 18 stocks delivered positive share price performance with an average increase of 21%, whilst the remaining 9 stocks declined 9.4 %. </p><p><strong>What is presented? </strong>56 names appear in our Q3 2021 Asia Pacific list providing plenty of opportunity for investors. The average EV/FCF multiple of 5.2x in Q3 2021 compared to 6.3x in Q1 2021 and 5.6x in Q2 2020. The average Free Cashflow multiple on equity is 4.6x in Q3 2021 versus 4.2x in Q1 2021.</p>

What is the key question? Are we at the start of another 12-year bull market in value stocks? That's the duration of the last period when the value style of investing out performed growth in the Asia Pacific region.What is the evidence? Over the last 12-months, the balance between growth and value reversed the dominance that growth has held for much of the last 10-years. Whilst in Q1 2021, we remained cautious about a full declaration that the trend is reversing, we feel that the process is indeed underway and that a multi-year reversal is in progress. This is not just positive for value investors, but increasingly so for Small-Mid Cap investors.Why read this screening note? Q1 2021’s screen performance trumped the market delivering relative outperformance of 26.2%. Of the 27 names presented, 18 stocks delivered positive share price performance with an average increase of 21%, whilst the remaining 9 stocks declined 9.4 %. What is presented? 56 names appear in our Q3 2021 Asia Pacific list providing plenty of opportunity for investors. The average EV/FCF multiple of 5.2x in Q3 2021 compared to 6.3x in Q1 2021 and 5.6x in Q2 2020. The average Free Cashflow multiple on equity is 4.6x in Q3 2021 versus 4.2x in Q1 2021.

Screening the Silk Road: Q3 2021 All Cap Screening - Free Cashflow (FCF)

Australia

Commonwealth Bank of Australia provides banking, life insurance, and related services for individuals, small businesses and medium sized commercial enterprises. The Bank provides corporate and general banking, international financing, institutional banking and stock broking and funds management such as superannuation product.

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Aristocrat Leisure's Playtech Acquisition, Entitlement and Shortfall

Aristocrat Leisure (ALL AU) aims to raise around US$1bn via a renounceable entitlement offer to partly fund its acquisition of Playtech Plc (PTEC...

Sumeet Singh

Transurban Retail Shortfall Quick Note

Transurban has almost raised around US$3.2bn (A$4.2bn) via a mix of entitlement offer and private placement. In this note, we will talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

SG Lottery Pre-IPO - First Look at Possibly Australia’s Largest IPO in 2021

Scientific Games Corp A (SGMS US) aims to raise around US$3.7bn (A$5bn) via selling a majority of its stake in SG Lottery (SGL) in an Australian IPO.

Sumeet Singh

Global Cyclical Value Sectors Improving -- Buying Financials and Energy Names: ING Groep, Many More

Continued rising rates is likely to support value Sectors moving forward (especially Financials and Energy), and it also typically indicates...

Vermilion Research

Screening the Silk Road: Q3 2021 All Cap Screening - Free Cashflow (FCF)

Is it the start of a 12-year bull market in value? That's the duration of the last period when APAC value outperformed growth. Q'1s FCF screen...

David Lepper

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