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.

Equity Capital Markets

Kioxia Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front,  the deal flow doesn't seem to be slowing down much into the year end. The coming two weeks will see some of the past IPOs listing.</li>
<li>On the placements front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goodman-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:959:1" rel="noopener">Goodman Group (GMG AU)</a>'s block trade was hogging all of the limelight this week. </li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front,  the deal flow doesn't seem to be slowing down much into the year end. The coming two weeks will see some of the past IPOs listing.
On the placements front, Goodman Group (GMG AU)'s block trade was hogging all of the limelight this week. 


ECM Weekly (9th Dec 2024) - Goodman, Auckland Airport, Kioxia, MNC, DIY, Vishal Mega, Mao Geping

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<li>CIC is looking to raise around US$1.2bn, via selling around 2.6% of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goodman-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:959:1" rel="noopener">Goodman Group (GMG AU)</a> , via a block trade.</li>
<li>Goodman’s shares have performed exceptionally well over the past year, driven by its pivot towards data centers.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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CIC is looking to raise around US$1.2bn, via selling around 2.6% of its stake in Goodman Group (GMG AU) , via a block trade.
Goodman’s shares have performed exceptionally well over the past year, driven by its pivot towards data centers.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Goodman Group Placement - Large Shareholder Looking to Raise US$1.2bn but Discount Is Tight

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/digico-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44091:1" rel="noopener">DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU)</a> is looking to raise around US$1.3bn in its Australian IPO.</li>
<li>DigiCo REIT (DREIT) aims to be a diversified owner, operator and developer of data centres, with a global portfolio and broad investment mandate across stabilised, value-add and development opportunities</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU) is looking to raise around US$1.3bn in its Australian IPO.
DigiCo REIT (DREIT) aims to be a diversified owner, operator and developer of data centres, with a global portfolio and broad investment mandate across stabilised, value-add and development opportunities
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


DigiCo Infrastructure REIT IPO - Looks Decent - After All the Adjustments

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

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/digico-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44091:1" rel="noopener">DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU)</a> is looking to raise nearly A$2bn in its IPO by selling 399.1m shares at A$5/share. Stock is expected to list on the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/asx-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:552:1" rel="noopener">ASX</a> on 12 December.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hmc-capital" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29082:1" rel="noopener">HMC Capital (HMC AU)</a> will own 18.2% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/digico-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44091:1" rel="noopener">DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU)</a> after the IPO while IPO investors will own 72.5% of the company.</li>
<li>Subject to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/digico-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44091:1" rel="noopener">DigiCo REIT</a> being an eligible stapled security, we expect the stock to be included in global and local indices between March and June mopping up 11.7% of float.</li>
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DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU) is looking to raise nearly A$2bn in its IPO by selling 399.1m shares at A$5/share. Stock is expected to list on the ASX on 12 December.

HMC Capital (HMC AU) will own 18.2% of DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU) after the IPO while IPO investors will own 72.5% of the company.
Subject to DigiCo REIT being an eligible stapled security, we expect the stock to be included in global and local indices between March and June mopping up 11.7% of float.


DigiCo REIT (DGT AU) IPO: Offering Details & Index Implications

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-f-holding" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44093:1" rel="noopener">S.F. Holding (6936 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kioxia-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29243:1" rel="noopener">Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP)</a> launched their much awaited IPO, while we had a new launche in Australia in as well.</li>
<li>On the placements front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85:1" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> undertook a large placement</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPOs front, S.F. Holding (6936 HK) and Kioxia Holdings (6600 JP) launched their much awaited IPO, while we had a new launche in Australia in as well.
On the placements front, Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) undertook a large placement


ECM Weekly (25th Nov 2024) - SF, Kioxia Digico, Pony, Finetoday, Saint Bella, Zinka, Keppel DC

Australia

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT operates as a digital infrastructure real estate investment trust. The Trust owns and develops data centers and related infrastructures assets for the communications, energy, transportation, and utility industries.

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DigiCo Infrastructure REIT (DGT AU)

ECM Weekly (9th Dec 2024) - Goodman, Auckland Airport, Kioxia, MNC, DIY, Vishal Mega, Mao Geping

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Goodman Group Placement - Large Shareholder Looking to Raise US$1.2bn but Discount Is Tight

CIC is looking to raise around US$1.2bn, via selling around 2.6% of its stake in Goodman Group (GMG AU) , via a block trade. In this note, we run...

Sumeet Singh

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT IPO - Looks Decent - After All the Adjustments

DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU) is looking to raise around US$1.3bn in its Australian IPO. In this note, we look at the company's valuations.

Sumeet Singh

DigiCo REIT (DGT AU) IPO: Offering Details & Index Implications

DigiCo REIT is looking to raise nearly A$2bn in its IPO by selling 399.1m shares at A$5/share. Stock is expected to list on the ASX on 12 December....

Brian Freitas

ECM Weekly (25th Nov 2024) - SF, Kioxia Digico, Pony, Finetoday, Saint Bella, Zinka, Keppel DC

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

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