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

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>
</ul>



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

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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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, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shein-global-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:55372:1" rel="noopener">SHEIN Global Holdings (625 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/momenta-global-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50275:1" rel="noopener">Momenta Global (6880 HK)</a> are set to list this week. </li>
<li>On the placement front, deals continued to flow in across the region, throughout the 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, SHEIN Global Holdings (625 HK) and Momenta Global (6880 HK) are set to list this week. 
On the placement front, deals continued to flow in across the region, throughout the week.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (31 August 2026)-Alibaba, Shein, Momenta, Longsys, Jio, Wuxi XDC, Wistron

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>Siltronic cut its 2024 sales revenue forecast by 10% just days ahead of their Q124 earnings release</li>
<li>Inventory levels, while gradually improving, are still at all time record highs</li>
<li>In the case of Siltronic, it seems likely that Automotive end-market weakness is the main culprit</li>
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Siltronic cut its 2024 sales revenue forecast by 10% just days ahead of their Q124 earnings release
Inventory levels, while gradually improving, are still at all time record highs
In the case of Siltronic, it seems likely that Automotive end-market weakness is the main culprit


Siltronic Slashes 2024 Sales Forecast As Inventory Woes Worsen

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: 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

Aequitas ECM Weekly (31 August 2026)-Alibaba, Shein, Momenta, Longsys, Jio, Wuxi XDC, Wistron

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

Siltronic Slashes 2024 Sales Forecast As Inventory Woes Worsen

Siltronic cut its 2024 sales revenue forecast by 10% just days ahead of their Q124 earnings release. It seems likely that Automotive end-market...

William Keating

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