APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elevra-lithium-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1589:1" rel="noopener">Elevra Lithium (ELV AU)</a> is looking to raise around US$199m in a primary offering.</li>
<li>This deal is a large one, representing 14.3 days of ADV and 11.8% of shares outstanding.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Elevra Lithium (ELV AU) is looking to raise around US$199m in a primary offering.
This deal is a large one, representing 14.3 days of ADV and 11.8% of shares outstanding.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Elevra Lithium Placement - Strong Trend but Weaker Implied 2H26 Warrants Caution

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Commodities

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<li>A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook</li>
<li>Company results support our outlook on the nuclear power renaissance</li>
<li>The latest Deepseek model outperforms all competitors but valued at a fraction of them </li>
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A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook
Company results support our outlook on the nuclear power renaissance
The latest Deepseek model outperforms all competitors but valued at a fraction of them 


<ul>
<li>A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook</li>
<li>Global asset markets continue to look through the Iran War</li>
<li>US technical indicators and Dollar weakness mean we remain cautiously optimistic</li>
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A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook
Global asset markets continue to look through the Iran War
US technical indicators and Dollar weakness mean we remain cautiously optimistic


Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Australia's ASIC releases the aggregated short position data four business days after the reporting day. Data in this insight is up to 18th May, published on the 22nd May.</li>
<li>The largest industry net increase in the past week was just A$49mn into "Industrial REITs"; the largest net decrease was A$531mn out of "Diversified Banks". Net shorts fell A$1.6bn week-on-week.</li>
<li>Companies mentioned in this regular weekly report include: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/insurance-australia-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:712:1" rel="noopener">Insurance Australia (IAG AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4dmedical-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30789:1" rel="noopener">4DMedical (4DX AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/the-lottery-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35970:1" rel="noopener">The Lottery Corporation (TLC AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-australia-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15:1" rel="noopener">NAB (NAB AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anz-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40898:1" rel="noopener">ANZ  (ANZ AU)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/westpac-banking-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:444:1" rel="noopener">Westpac (WBC AU)</a>.</li>
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Australia's ASIC releases the aggregated short position data four business days after the reporting day. Data in this insight is up to 18th May, published on the 22nd May.
The largest industry net increase in the past week was just A$49mn into "Industrial REITs"; the largest net decrease was A$531mn out of "Diversified Banks". Net shorts fell A$1.6bn week-on-week.
Companies mentioned in this regular weekly report include: Insurance Australia (IAG AU), 4DMedical (4DX AU), The Lottery Corporation (TLC AU), NAB (NAB AU), ANZ  (ANZ AU), and Westpac (WBC AU).


Aussie Shorts [18th May]: Insurance Australia, 4DMedical, The Lottery Corp., NAB, ANZ, and Westpac

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we have presented our final expectations for index changes for ASX 200, 100, 50, and 20 for the June 2026 index rebal event.</li>
<li>Currently, we expect one regular change for ASX 50 and four regular changes for ASX 200 during the rebalance. Separately, there could be a couple of M&amp;A-related index changes too.</li>
<li>The index review results will be confirmed in early-June 2026.</li>
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In this insight, we have presented our final expectations for index changes for ASX 200, 100, 50, and 20 for the June 2026 index rebal event.
Currently, we expect one regular change for ASX 50 and four regular changes for ASX 200 during the rebalance. Separately, there could be a couple of M&amp;A-related index changes too.
The index review results will be confirmed in early-June 2026.


Quiddity Leaderboard ASX Jun26: Final Expectations; 14 Changes in June Including M&A-Related Changes

Australia

Elevra Lithium Limited provides exploration and mining services. The Company explores and develops lithium projects across Quebec, North Carolina, Ghana, and Western Australia. Elevra Lithium serves customers worldwide.

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Elevra Lithium (ELV AU)

Aequitas: Elevra Lithium Placement - Strong Trend but Weaker Implied 2H26 Warrants Caution

Elevra is looking to raise around US$199m in a primary offering. In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM...

Nicholas Tan

Overview #57 – Plus Ça Change…

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. Oil, Nuclear, Deepseek and earnings from some of our stocks

Rikki Malik

Overview #56 - Back to the Races?

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. We take a look at Oil, Commodities and the strong move in US indices

Rikki Malik

Aussie Shorts [18th May]: Insurance Australia, 4DMedical, The Lottery Corp., NAB, ANZ, and Westpac

Net shorts fell A$1.6bn week-on-week. Companies mentioned in this regular weekly report include: Insurance Australia, 4DMedical, The Lottery...

David Blennerhassett

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Aequitas: Elevra Lithium Placement - Strong Trend but Weaker Implied 2H26 Warrants Caution

Elevra is looking to raise around US$199m in a primary offering. In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM...

Nicholas Tan

Overview #57 – Plus Ça Change…

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. Oil, Nuclear, Deepseek and earnings from some of our stocks

Rikki Malik

Overview #56 - Back to the Races?

A review of recent events/data impacting our investment themes and outlook. We take a look at Oil, Commodities and the strong move in US indices

Rikki Malik

Aussie Shorts [18th May]: Insurance Australia, 4DMedical, The Lottery Corp., NAB, ANZ, and Westpac

Net shorts fell A$1.6bn week-on-week. Companies mentioned in this regular weekly report include: Insurance Australia, 4DMedical, The Lottery...

David Blennerhassett

Quiddity Leaderboard ASX Jun26: Final Expectations; 14 Changes in June Including M&A-Related Changes

We expect a total of 14 index changes in June 2026 including M&A-related index changes. Most of the index changes have decent impact and flow size.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA