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.

Equity Capital Markets

Muthoot Microfin / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/muthoot-microfin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39950:1" rel="noopener">Muthoot Microfin (1363943D IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$116m in its Indian IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$163m.</li>
<li>Muthoot Microfin (MMF) is a microfinance institution providing micro-loans to women customers with a focus on the rural regions of India.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company’s performance. In this note, we talk about the company’s RHP updates and share our quick thoughts on peer comp and valuation.</li>
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Muthoot Microfin (1363943D IN) is looking to raise up to US$116m in its Indian IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$163m.
Muthoot Microfin (MMF) is a microfinance institution providing micro-loans to women customers with a focus on the rural regions of India.
In our previous note, we looked at the company’s performance. In this note, we talk about the company’s RHP updates and share our quick thoughts on peer comp and valuation.


Muthoot Microfin IPO - RHP Updates, Quick Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Pick of the Week (PoW): Our POW calls delivered an astounding monthly strike rate of 88% in Nov’23.</li><li>Calls that successfully achieved their target were Coforge (11%), JK Lakshmi Cement (10%), Automotive Axles (10%), Cyient (10%), and Minda Corporation (10%).</li><li>Axis Top Picks: We are proud to share that our Axis Top Picks basket delivered impressive returns of 31% in the last one year (till 1st Dec’23), notably beating the benchmark Nifty 50 index which grew by only 8% over the same period. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Pick of the Week (PoW): Our POW calls delivered an astounding monthly strike rate of 88% in Nov’23.Calls that successfully achieved their target were Coforge (11%), JK Lakshmi Cement (10%), Automotive Axles (10%), Cyient (10%), and Minda Corporation (10%).Axis Top Picks: We are proud to share that our Axis Top Picks basket delivered impressive returns of 31% in the last one year (till 1st Dec’23), notably beating the benchmark Nifty 50 index which grew by only 8% over the same period. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Axis Research Scorecard Report for Nov 2023

<ul><li>We are proud to share that our Axis Top Picks basket delivered impressive returns of 31% in the last one year till 1st Dec’23, beating the benchmark Nifty 50 index (8% return over the same period) by a wide margin.</li><li>In Nov’23, the basket inched up further by 6% (till 1st Dec’23). We are extremely happy to inform you that our Top Picks Basket has delivered an astounding return of 231% since its inception (May’20).</li><li>This stands well above the 119% return delivered by NIFTY 50 over the same period. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We are proud to share that our Axis Top Picks basket delivered impressive returns of 31% in the last one year till 1st Dec’23, beating the benchmark Nifty 50 index (8% return over the same period) by a wide margin.In Nov’23, the basket inched up further by 6% (till 1st Dec’23). We are extremely happy to inform you that our Top Picks Basket has delivered an astounding return of 231% since its inception (May’20).This stands well above the 119% return delivered by NIFTY 50 over the same period. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

<ul><li>Banks under our coverage continued to report healthy credit growth, largely led by the retail/SME segment and some pick-up in the corporate segment.</li><li>Managements continue to remain optimistic about credit growth momentum sustaining.</li><li>While concerns around the rising delinquencies in the smaller-ticket size unsecured loans was a point of discussion during the quarter, most banks under our coverage affirmed that their unsecured portfolios remained largely stable and no major red flags are visible so far. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Banks under our coverage continued to report healthy credit growth, largely led by the retail/SME segment and some pick-up in the corporate segment.Managements continue to remain optimistic about credit growth momentum sustaining.While concerns around the rising delinquencies in the smaller-ticket size unsecured loans was a point of discussion during the quarter, most banks under our coverage affirmed that their unsecured portfolios remained largely stable and no major red flags are visible so far. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

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>We see 8 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 8 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 13 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 14 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>Some stocks are expected to be inclusions to global indices later this month while others are potential <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a> and/or <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index</a> changes in March.</li>
<li>On average, the upward migrating stocks have outperformed the downward migrating stocks by close to 100% over the last 8 months. The passive flow can be used as an exit.</li>
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We see 8 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 8 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 13 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 14 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.
Some stocks are expected to be inclusions to global indices later this month while others are potential NIFTY Index and/or Nifty Next 50 Index changes in March.
On average, the upward migrating stocks have outperformed the downward migrating stocks by close to 100% over the last 8 months. The passive flow can be used as an exit.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2023): HUGE Outperformance as Active and Passive Meet

India

CreditAccess Grameen Limited provides consumer finance services. The Company offers income generation, home improvement, emergency, and family welfare loans, as well as retail finance, insurance, and healthcare programs. CreditAccess Grameen serves clients in India.

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CreditAccess Grameen Ltd (CREDAG IN)

Muthoot Microfin IPO - RHP Updates, Quick Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Muthoot Microfin (1363943D IN) is looking to raise up to US$116m in its Indian IPO, after downsizing from an earlier reported float of US$163m.

Ethan Aw

Axis Research Scorecard Report for Nov 2023

We are proud to share that our Axis Top Picks basket delivered impressive returns of 31% in the last one year (till 1st Dec’23), notably beating...

Axis Direct

Axis Top Picks - Dec 2023

We are proud to share that our Axis Top Picks basket delivered impressive returns of 31% in the last one year till 1st Dec’23, beating the...

Axis Direct

Banks – Q2FY24 Performance Review

Banks under our coverage continued to report healthy credit growth, largely led by the retail/SME segment and some pick-up in the corporate segment.

Axis Direct

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2023): HUGE Outperformance as Active and Passive Meet

We see 43 stocks migrating between different market cap segments in Jan. A lot of stocks will have passive flows from NIFTY, NIFTYJR and global...

Brian Freitas

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