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

INFRONEER Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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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, last week's Hong kong listings were a mixed bag.</li>
<li>On the placement front, given the holiday shorterened week there were only a few placements across the region.</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, last week's Hong kong listings were a mixed bag.
On the placement front, given the holiday shorterened week there were only a few placements across the region.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (5 October 2026)- Moore Threads, ASR, Adtek, ESWIN, Transsion, Infroneer, Woori

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Today after the close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infroneer-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35785:1" rel="noopener">INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP)</a> announced an equity offering worth ~¥150bn at last price. Including greenshoe, it increases share count ex-Treasury by 21%.</li>
<li>Max Real World Float increases nearly 60%. The goal? Pay down debt from its ¥91bn acquisition of Swing Corp and ¥9bn acquisition of Arsocia Construction (plus associated net debt).</li>
<li>There are interesting parameters attached here. It is worthwhile considering how this will work. </li>
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Today after the close, INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP) announced an equity offering worth ~¥150bn at last price. Including greenshoe, it increases share count ex-Treasury by 21%.
Max Real World Float increases nearly 60%. The goal? Pay down debt from its ¥91bn acquisition of Swing Corp and ¥9bn acquisition of Arsocia Construction (plus associated net debt).
There are interesting parameters attached here. It is worthwhile considering how this will work. 


[Japan Offering] Infroneer (5076 JP) Launches New Share Offering to Pay Down M&A Debt

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infroneer-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35785:1" rel="noopener">INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$800m to fund the acquisition of Swing Corporation.</li>
<li>The acquisition was announced earlier this year, with the company revising its earnings a few months ago and hence, this is the last leg of the transaction.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP) aims to raise around US$800m to fund the acquisition of Swing Corporation.
The acquisition was announced earlier this year, with the company revising its earnings a few months ago and hence, this is the last leg of the transaction.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Infroneer Holding Placement - Positives Baked In, Somewhat Flagged

Biren Technology / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<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/jio-platforms-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:50269:1" rel="noopener">Jio Platforms</a> is set to launch its US$3bn+ offering this week, while some listings continue to trickle through in Hong Kong. </li>
<li>On the placement front, the HK flows picked up post the holidays and we had a look at a few of the upcoming lockup expiries.</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, Jio Platforms is set to launch its US$3bn+ offering this week, while some listings continue to trickle through in Hong Kong. 
On the placement front, the HK flows picked up post the holidays and we had a look at a few of the upcoming lockup expiries.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (12 October 2026)-Wuxi Bio, CIG, CKD, Infroneer, JIO, ESWIN, Tinci, Transsion

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Shenzhen Transsion Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Firmus pulled its USD 5.5bn ASX IPO. AS Watson's USD 30bn dual listing was reportedly delayed to 2027, and Moonshot reportedly eyes an HK IPO of up to USD 5bn.</li>
<li>ESWIN, the week's only HK listing, raised USD 319m and fell 1.0% on day one. Eight listings in the past month have a median return of -2.5% since IPO.</li>
<li>On HKEX, one company filed an AP and three posted PHIPs. Transsion's USD 428m A+H IPO lists on 15 Oct.</li>
</ul>


Firmus pulled its USD 5.5bn ASX IPO. AS Watson's USD 30bn dual listing was reportedly delayed to 2027, and Moonshot reportedly eyes an HK IPO of up to USD 5bn.
ESWIN, the week's only HK listing, raised USD 319m and fell 1.0% on day one. Eight listings in the past month have a median return of -2.5% since IPO.
On HKEX, one company filed an AP and three posted PHIPs. Transsion's USD 428m A+H IPO lists on 15 Oct.


This Week in APAC ECM (Oct 4-10): Firmus Pulls ASX IPO; Moonshot Eyes USD 5bn; Jio Sets Price Band

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INFRONEER Holdings Inc. offers infrastructure construction services. The Company provides energy construction, road construction, airport construction, exhibition hall construction, and more. INFRONEER Holdings also produces construction equipment.

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INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP)

Aequitas ECM Weekly (5 October 2026)- Moore Threads, ASR, Adtek, ESWIN, Transsion, Infroneer, Woori

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

Aequitas: Infroneer Holding Placement - Positives Baked In, Somewhat Flagged

INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP) aims to raise around US$800m to fund the acquisition of Swing Corporation. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (12 October 2026)-Wuxi Bio, CIG, CKD, Infroneer, JIO, ESWIN, Tinci, Transsion

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

This Week in APAC ECM (Oct 4-10): Firmus Pulls ASX IPO; Moonshot Eyes USD 5bn; Jio Sets Price Band

This week in APAC ECM: Firmus pulled its ASX IPO of up to USD 5.5bn, Moonshot reportedly targeted up to USD 5bn in Hong Kong, and Jio reportedly...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Aequitas ECM Weekly (5 October 2026)- Moore Threads, ASR, Adtek, ESWIN, Transsion, Infroneer, Woori

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

[Japan Offering] Infroneer (5076 JP) Launches New Share Offering to Pay Down M&A Debt

Infroneer is launching a large offering of new shares, 65/35 to foreign/domestic investors when the active ownership split is more like 30/70. But...

Travis Lundy

Aequitas: Infroneer Holding Placement - Positives Baked In, Somewhat Flagged

INFRONEER Holdings (5076 JP) aims to raise around US$800m to fund the acquisition of Swing Corporation. In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (12 October 2026)-Wuxi Bio, CIG, CKD, Infroneer, JIO, ESWIN, Tinci, Transsion

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

This Week in APAC ECM (Oct 4-10): Firmus Pulls ASX IPO; Moonshot Eyes USD 5bn; Jio Sets Price Band

This week in APAC ECM: Firmus pulled its ASX IPO of up to USD 5.5bn, Moonshot reportedly targeted up to USD 5bn in Hong Kong, and Jio reportedly...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM