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

BrainBees Solutions / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/brainbees-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36115:1" rel="noopener">FirstCry</a> is looking to raise up to US$700m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>FirstCry is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for Mothers’, Babies’ and Kids’ products in terms of GMV, for the year ending Dec 2022 (9M23), according to RedSeer.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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FirstCry is looking to raise up to US$700m in its upcoming India IPO.
FirstCry is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for Mothers’, Babies’ and Kids’ products in terms of GMV, for the year ending Dec 2022 (9M23), according to RedSeer.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All of It Fits Together

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/brainbees-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36115:1" rel="noopener">FirstCry</a> is looking to raise up to US$700m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>FirstCry is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for Mothers’, Babies’ and Kids’ products in terms of GMV, for the year ending Dec 2022 (9M23), according to RedSeer.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



FirstCry is looking to raise up to US$700m in its upcoming India IPO. 
FirstCry is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for Mothers’, Babies’ and Kids’ products in terms of GMV, for the year ending Dec 2022 (9M23), according to RedSeer.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) Pre-IPO - The Positives - Carving Its Niche

Reliance Industries / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with India after having looked at Hong Kong earlier.</li>
<li>This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with India after having looked at Hong Kong earlier.
This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.
The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.


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

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<li>We see 8 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 8 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 11 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 14 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>Some stocks were added to global indices last month while some could be added in February. There are potential index implications for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index</a> too.</li>
<li>The upward migrations have continued to outperform the downward migrations. The largest recent outperformance has come from stocks expected to move from the Mid Cap to the Large Cap segment.</li>
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We see 8 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 8 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 11 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 14 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.
Some stocks were added to global indices last month while some could be added in February. There are potential index implications for the NIFTY Index and Nifty Next 50 Index too.
The upward migrations have continued to outperform the downward migrations. The largest recent outperformance has come from stocks expected to move from the Mid Cap to the Large Cap segment.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2023): MidCap to LargeCap Migrations Outperforming

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Tata Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23700:1" rel="noopener">Tata Technologies (TATATECH IN)</a> priced its IPO at Rs500 per share to raise gross proceeds of US$365 million. The shares will start trading tomorrow.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tata-technologies-ipo-the-investment-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:117597" rel="noopener">Tata Technologies IPO: The Investment Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/tata-technologies-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:117850" rel="noopener">Tata Technologies IPO: Valuation Insights</a>. </li>
<li>The market sentiment on the sector has improved. In 2023, Indian IPOs with a &gt;US$100 million raise had an average first-day gain of 28.3%. The IPO price is attractive.  </li>
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Tata Technologies (TATATECH IN) priced its IPO at Rs500 per share to raise gross proceeds of US$365 million. The shares will start trading tomorrow.
We previously discussed the IPO in Tata Technologies IPO: The Investment Case and Tata Technologies IPO: Valuation Insights. 
The market sentiment on the sector has improved. In 2023, Indian IPOs with a &gt;US$100 million raise had an average first-day gain of 28.3%. The IPO price is attractive.  


India

Honasa Consumer Limited, doing business as Mamaearth, provides e-commerce services. The Company offers baby, skin, body, and hair care products, as well as mosquito protection roll on and creams. Mamaearth serves customers in India.

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Honasa Consumer (HONASA IN)

Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All of It Fits Together

FirstCry is looking to raise up to US$700m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) Pre-IPO - The Positives - Carving Its Niche

FirstCry is looking to raise up to US$700m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - India

In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with India after having looked at Hong Kong earlier.

Sumeet Singh

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2023): MidCap to LargeCap Migrations Outperforming

We see 41 stocks migrating between different market cap segments in Jan. A lot of stocks will have passive flows from NIFTY, NIFTYJR and global...

Brian Freitas

Tata Technologies IPO: Trading Debut

The market sentiment on the sector has improved. In 2023, Indian IPOs with a >US$100 million raise had an average first-day gain of 28.3%. The IPO...

Arun George

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