APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

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/luxnet-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3293:1" rel="noopener">Luxnet Corp (4979 TT)</a> is looking to raise up to US$158m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.</li>
<li>On 22nd July 2026, LuxNet announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 6-8m common shares via a GDR offering.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
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Luxnet Corp (4979 TT) is looking to raise up to US$158m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.
On 22nd July 2026, LuxNet announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 6-8m common shares via a GDR offering.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.


Aequitas: LuxNet GDR Early Look - Smallest Offering in the GDR Pipeline This Year

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist, Ingenuity

William Keating

Semiconductor & Technology Specialist

Ingenuity

Our focus is exclusively on in-depth research & consulting in the broader semiconductor industry. We focus on the key players, namely Intel, Micron, Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, NVIDIA, AMD, TSMC & Global Foundries - as well as some of the lesser known, but nonetheless critical, companies such as ASML (for EUV), Mellanox, Cavium, Xilinx etc. We specialise in their products, roadmaps, process technologies, competitive advantages & threats etc. We also help our clients understand the implications of new and emerging technologies, e.g. 3D X-Point, 3D NAND, Carbon Nanotubes, Autonomous Driving, Graphene, Silicon Photonics, Wafer-Level Optics, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA, GPU, ASIC etc. 

Semiconductor Analysis & Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>During Q224, the top 4 silicon wafer manufacturers saw their revenues increase 12.3% QoQ to ~$2.5 billion. This was down 3% YoY.</li>
<li>Silicon wafer area shipments in Q224 amounted to 3,035 million square inches (MSI), an increase of 7.1% QoQ but a decline of 8.9% YoY.</li>
<li>The Silicon wafer segment is entering a recovery phase.</li>
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During Q224, the top 4 silicon wafer manufacturers saw their revenues increase 12.3% QoQ to ~$2.5 billion. This was down 3% YoY.
Silicon wafer area shipments in Q224 amounted to 3,035 million square inches (MSI), an increase of 7.1% QoQ but a decline of 8.9% YoY.
The Silicon wafer segment is entering a recovery phase.


Silicon Wafers. Recovery Is Nigh Yet Valuations Have Slumped To 5 Year Lows. But Why?

AP Memory Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ap-memory-technology-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35694:1" rel="noopener">AP Memory Technology (6531 TT, APMT)</a> is looking to raise up to US$453m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.</li>
<li>On 24th July 2026, APMT announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 15m common shares via a GDR offering.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
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AP Memory Technology (6531 TT, APMT) is looking to raise up to US$453m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.
On 24th July 2026, APMT announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 15m common shares via a GDR offering.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.


Aequitas: AP Memory Technology GDR Early Look - US$450m Offering, Slightly Smaller Than Recent Deals

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chroma-ate-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7731:1" rel="noopener">Chroma Ate Inc (2360 TT, CA)</a> is looking to raise up to US$850m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.</li>
<li>On 25th Aug 2026, CA announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 13.6m common shares via a GDR offering.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
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Chroma Ate Inc (2360 TT, CA) is looking to raise up to US$850m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.
On 25th Aug 2026, CA announced that it had received its board’s approval to sell around 13.6m common shares via a GDR offering.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the deal is a long drawn out process with the firm required to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.


Aequitas: Chroma ATE GDR Early Look - US$850m GDR Offering, Shares up 2.5x YTD

WT Microelectronics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wt-microelectronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19712:1" rel="noopener">WT Microelectronics (3036 TT)</a> is looking to raise up to US$442m, selling 75m shares via a GDR offering. The firm is also looking to raise another US$500m via convertible bonds.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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WT Microelectronics (3036 TT) is looking to raise up to US$442m, selling 75m shares via a GDR offering. The firm is also looking to raise another US$500m via convertible bonds.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Aequitas: WT Micro Offering - Well Flagged US$942 GDR+CB Combo; Shares Have Traced Back Recently

Taiwan

Globalwafers Co., Ltd. specializes in silicon wafer manufacturing and also provides solar wafers and crystal rods. The Company possesses a complete production line from ingot growth, slicing, etching, diffusion, polishing to epitaxy. Their products include Epi wafers, polished wafers, etched wafers, ultra thin wafers and deep diffusion wafers.

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Globalwafers (6488 TT)

Aequitas: LuxNet GDR Early Look - Smallest Offering in the GDR Pipeline This Year

LuxNet Corp (4979 TT) is looking to raise up to US$158m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering. As per the firm, proceeds will...

Akshat Shah

Silicon Wafers. Recovery Is Nigh Yet Valuations Have Slumped To 5 Year Lows. But Why?

Silicon wafer area shipments increased 7.1% QoQ in Q224 while revenues of the top 4 players increased 12.3%. The segment is finally recovering but...

William Keating

Aequitas: AP Memory Technology GDR Early Look - US$450m Offering, Slightly Smaller Than Recent Deals

AP Memory Technology Corporation (6531 TT, APMT) is looking to raise up to US$453m in its upcoming global depository receipts (GDRs) offering.

Akshat Shah

Aequitas: Chroma ATE GDR Early Look - US$850m GDR Offering, Shares up 2.5x YTD

Chroma ATE (2360 TT) is looking to raise up to US$850m in its upcoming GDR offering, with proceeds to be used to purchase overseas materials and...

Akshat Shah

Aequitas: WT Micro Offering - Well Flagged US$942 GDR+CB Combo; Shares Have Traced Back Recently

WT Microelectronics (3036 TT) is looking to raise up to US$442m, selling 75m shares via a GDR offering. The firm is also looking to raise another...

Akshat Shah

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