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.

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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance (IPRU IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icici-prudential-amc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45499:1" rel="noopener">ICICI Prudential AMC</a> is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>IPru AMC is an asset management company involved in managing mutual funds, providing portfolio management services, managing alternative investment funds, and providing advisory services to offshore clients.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.</li>
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ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO.
IPru AMC is an asset management company involved in managing mutual funds, providing portfolio management services, managing alternative investment funds, and providing advisory services to offshore clients.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.


ICICI Pru AMC IPO - Doesn’t Need to Trade at a Discount

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>We forecast 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 10 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 3 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 11 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>From the new listings, 13 stocks are expected to be added to Large Cap, 5 stocks are expected to be added to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.</li>
<li>With the review period nearing completion, there could still be more outperformance given the momentum, but we would look to take profit on the stocks as the divergence gets wider.</li>
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We forecast 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 10 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 3 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 11 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.
From the new listings, 13 stocks are expected to be added to Large Cap, 5 stocks are expected to be added to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.
With the review period nearing completion, there could still be more outperformance given the momentum, but we would look to take profit on the stocks as the divergence gets wider.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2025): New Listings Shaking Up the Rankings

Physicswallah Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/physicswallah-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45792:1" rel="noopener">Physicswallah</a> raised around US$430m in its India IPO, despite having a decent anchor book.</li>
<li>Physicswallah Ltd (PWL) offers test preparation courses for competitive examinations, and other courses such as for upskilling, across 13 education categories, including JEE, NEET, and UPSC, among others.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Physicswallah raised around US$430m in its India IPO, despite having a decent anchor book.
Physicswallah Ltd (PWL) offers test preparation courses for competitive examinations, and other courses such as for upskilling, across 13 education categories, including JEE, NEET, and UPSC, among others.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Physicswallah IPO Trading - Decent Anchor but Low Demand

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nextbillion-technology-pvt-ltd-groww" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34787:1" rel="noopener">Groww (1573648D IN)</a> raised around US$747m in its India IPO. Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures, is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing multiple financial products and services.</li>
<li>With Groww, customers can invest and trade in stocks (including via IPOs), derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products. Customers can also avail margin trading facility and personal loans.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Groww (1573648D IN) raised around US$747m in its India IPO. Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures, is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing multiple financial products and services.
With Groww, customers can invest and trade in stocks (including via IPOs), derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products. Customers can also avail margin trading facility and personal loans.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Groww IPO Trading - Decent Overall Demand

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company / Equity Capital Markets

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (ICICIAMC IN)

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/icici-prudential-amc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45499:1" rel="noopener">ICICI Prudential AMC</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>IPru AMC is an asset management company involved in managing mutual funds, providing portfolio management services, managing alternative investment funds, and providing advisory services to offshore clients.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.</li>
</ul>



ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
IPru AMC is an asset management company involved in managing mutual funds, providing portfolio management services, managing alternative investment funds, and providing advisory services to offshore clients.
In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.


ICICI Pru AMC Pre-IPO - Ticking All the Right Boxes

India

HDFC Asset Management is a leading Indian investment manager, serving as the asset management arm of HDFC Bank. It provides a comprehensive suite of savings and investment products, including mutual funds, portfolio management services (PMS), and alternative investment funds (AIF) across various asset classes. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was founded in 1999 (commenced operations in 2000).

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HDFC Asset Management (HDFCAMC IN)

ICICI Pru AMC IPO - Doesn’t Need to Trade at a Discount

ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the recent updates and valuations.

Sumeet Singh

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2025): New Listings Shaking Up the Rankings

We currently forecast 31 migrations for the AMFI December reclassification. Many IPOs could be added to Large/Mid cap. The forecast upward...

Brian Freitas

Physicswallah IPO Trading - Decent Anchor but Low Demand

Physicswallah raised around US$430m in its India IPO, despite having a decent anchor book. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Groww IPO Trading - Decent Overall Demand

Groww raised around US$747m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the subscription demand and the trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

ICICI Pru AMC Pre-IPO - Ticking All the Right Boxes

ICICI Prudential AMC is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we look at the company's past performance.

Sumeet Singh

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