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

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

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company / Equity Capital Markets

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (ICICIAMC IN)

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company

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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$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>
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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

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

Niva Bupa Health Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/niva-bupa-health-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43716:1" rel="noopener">Niva Bupa Health Insurance (1226871D IN)</a> (Niva Bupa) raised around US$260m in its India IPO in Nov 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Niva Bupa is a health insurance firm. Its portfolio consists of health (including retail and group), personal accident, and travel insurance.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics, possible placement and updates since our last note.</li>
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Niva Bupa Health Insurance (1226871D IN) (Niva Bupa) raised around US$260m in its India IPO in Nov 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
Niva Bupa is a health insurance firm. Its portfolio consists of health (including retail and group), personal accident, and travel insurance.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics, possible placement and updates since our last note.


Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO Lockup-Bunch of PE Investors Could Pare Around US$500m Worth of Stock

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

Housing and Urban Development Corporation / Event-Driven

Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO IN)

Housing and Urban Development Corporation

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<li>We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new additions to MidCap.</li>
<li>The expected migrations from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed the other potential migrations with all stocks moving higher over the last six months.</li>
<li>Momentum on the upward migrations could sustain as active managers reposition their portfolios. Some stocks will have passive flows over the next few months.</li>
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We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new additions to MidCap.
The expected migrations from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed the other potential migrations with all stocks moving higher over the last six months.
Momentum on the upward migrations could sustain as active managers reposition their portfolios. Some stocks will have passive flows over the next few months.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (June 2024): Potential Changes as Momentum Recovers

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist, Trudence Capital Advisors

Pranav Bhavsar

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist

Trudence Capital Advisors

Trudence Capital Advisors Private Limited is a SEBI-registered Research Analyst, holding SEBI registration number INH000015747. Our firm is dedicated to providing independent and unbiased research on Indian mid to large-cap companies. Trudence Capital is known for its counter-consensus views, with a focus on forensic research and on-ground primary investigations. Our research approach is thorough, involving detailed analysis of accounting practices and governance, alongside extensive channel checks.

Independent & Unbiased Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>India's Credit Landscape has changed and is facing structural and regulatory challenges.</li>
<li>The Indian regulator (RBI), particularly in its oversight of underwriting practices and the behavior of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), is commendably proactive, positioning it ahead of the curve.</li>
<li>We expect more such steps in other parts of the credit funnel. The recent crack down along with the stock underperformance is here to stay and possibility intensify. </li>
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India's Credit Landscape has changed and is facing structural and regulatory challenges.
The Indian regulator (RBI), particularly in its oversight of underwriting practices and the behavior of Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs), is commendably proactive, positioning it ahead of the curve.
We expect more such steps in other parts of the credit funnel. The recent crack down along with the stock underperformance is here to stay and possibility intensify. 


Trouble in Paradise | India Credit Landscape & Wrath of the Regulator

India

IIFL Finance Limited is an Indian diversified financial services company providing a comprehensive range of secured and unsecured lending products, including home loans, gold loans, business loans, and microfinance. The company serves retail, SME, and corporate clients across India. It was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

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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

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

Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO Lockup-Bunch of PE Investors Could Pare Around US$500m Worth of Stock

PE fund True North (via Fettle Tone) and Niva Bupa's MD and CEO, Krishnan Ramachandran have launched a INR10.8bn (US$126m) block of 132m shares or...

Akshat Shah

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (June 2024): Potential Changes as Momentum Recovers

We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new adds...

Brian Freitas

Trouble in Paradise | India Credit Landscape & Wrath of the Regulator

India's credit landscape is evolving with regulatory challenges, but the RBI's proactive oversight of NBFCs sets it ahead of the curve, with more...

Pranav Bhavsar

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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

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

Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO Lockup-Bunch of PE Investors Could Pare Around US$500m Worth of Stock

PE fund True North (via Fettle Tone) and Niva Bupa's MD and CEO, Krishnan Ramachandran have launched a INR10.8bn (US$126m) block of 132m shares or...

Akshat Shah

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (June 2024): Potential Changes as Momentum Recovers

We see 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap and vice versa, 17 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, 19 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap and 2 new adds...

Brian Freitas

Trouble in Paradise | India Credit Landscape & Wrath of the Regulator

​India's credit landscape is evolving with regulatory challenges, but the RBI's proactive oversight of NBFCs sets it ahead of the curve, with more...

Pranav Bhavsar

India's credit landscape is evolving with regulatory challenges, but the RBI's proactive oversight of NBFCs sets it ahead of the curve, with more...