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

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<li>Metro Brands (MB), an Indian footwear retailer targeting the economy, mid and premium segments, raised around US$182m in its India IPO. </li>
<li>As of Sep 21, it operated 598 stores across 136 cities spread across 30 states and union territories in India.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>


Metro Brands (MB), an Indian footwear retailer targeting the economy, mid and premium segments, raised around US$182m in its India IPO. 
As of Sep 21, it operated 598 stores across 136 cities spread across 30 states and union territories in India.
In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


Metro Brands IPO Trading - Lukewarm Demand, Peers Have Corrected

<ul>
<li>Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes links to which are below.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming anchor book lock-up expiry and look at how past IPOs have done around this time period.</li>
</ul>


Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes links to which are below.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming anchor book lock-up expiry and look at how past IPOs have done around this time period.


Paytm (One 97) - Large Anchor Book Expiry, Prior Listings Have Corrected a Few Days Ahead

<ul>
<li>Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its India IPO. Below its target of US$979m.</li>
<li>SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.</li>
<li>In this note we will talk about the subscription levels and trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>


Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its India IPO. Below its target of US$979m.
SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.
In this note we will talk about the subscription levels and trading dynamics.


Star Health Insurance IPO Trading - Previous Large IPO with Under Subscription Felt a Lot of Pain

Healthium Medtech / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Healthium Medtech is a global medtech company that manufactures products used in surgical, post-surgical and chronic care. </li>
<li>In this note we will undertake a peer comparison and talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>


Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Healthium Medtech is a global medtech company that manufactures products used in surgical, post-surgical and chronic care. 
In this note we will undertake a peer comparison and talk about valuations.


Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Kakao Bank (KB) is South Korea’s largest digital bank. It's a subsidiary of Kakao, which holds a 27.3% stake post listing.</li>
<li>It is a branchless digital bank that only started operations in 2017. As of Sep 21, it had a loan book of US$21bn, deposit base of US$24bn and 17.4m customers.</li>
<li>Even though Kakao started operations only in July 2017, by 2020 it had already garnered more than 1% market share of overall loans and deposits in South Korea.</li>
</ul>


Kakao Bank (KB) is South Korea’s largest digital bank. It's a subsidiary of Kakao, which holds a 27.3% stake post listing.
It is a branchless digital bank that only started operations in 2017. As of Sep 21, it had a loan book of US$21bn, deposit base of US$24bn and 17.4m customers.
Even though Kakao started operations only in July 2017, by 2020 it had already garnered more than 1% market share of overall loans and deposits in South Korea.


2022 High Conviction - Kakao Bank - A Long Way to Go

India

ICICI Bank Limited operates as a bank. The Bank offers saving accounts, loans, debit, credit cards, insurance, investments, mortgages, and online banking services. ICICI Bank serves customers worldwide.

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Metro Brands IPO Trading - Lukewarm Demand, Peers Have Corrected

Metro Brands (MB), an Indian footwear retailer targeting the economy, mid and premium segments, raised around US$182m in its India IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Paytm (One 97) - Large Anchor Book Expiry, Prior Listings Have Corrected a Few Days Ahead

Paytm raised around US$2.2bn in its IPO. In this note, we look at the upcoming anchor book lock-up expiry and how other IPOs have done around that...

Sumeet Singh

Star Health Insurance IPO Trading - Previous Large IPO with Under Subscription Felt a Lot of Pain

Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its...

Sumeet Singh

Healthium Medtech Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Healthium Medtech (HM) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison and talk about...

Sumeet Singh

2022 High Conviction - Kakao Bank - A Long Way to Go

Kakao Bank (KB) is South Korea’s largest digital bank. It's a subsidiary of Kakao, which holds a 27.3% stake post listing.

Sumeet Singh

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