Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

Independent Investment Research

The Idea-Driven Equities Analyses company (the IDEA!) is an employee-owned boutique providing independent investment research and financial consultancy services with a clear focus on the Benelux countries. The company was founded in the summer of 2007 by Henk Slotboom and Maarten Verbeek, both with more than 35 years of professional experience in the financial sector. The IDEA! differentiates itself by focusing on adding value through self-initiated in-depth, idea-driven investment research, as well as by bespoke research assignments for institutional investors, hedge funds and private equity. In addition, we provide market intelligence, strategic research and – together with our business partners – consultancy services to businesses. In case you are interested in receiving more information, a sample of our products or an introductory meeting, please send a message to info@theidea.nl.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • Van Lanschot Kempen | 1H26 underlying net result up 33%; record AuM inflow • Dutch banks | EUR 3–4.5bn of capital relief when DNB scraps mortgage risk floor • Dutch retail sales | up 3.1% in 2Q26; online sales up 6.2% YoY</li></ul>

In this edition: • Van Lanschot Kempen | 1H26 underlying net result up 33%; record AuM inflow • Dutch banks | EUR 3–4.5bn of capital relief when DNB scraps mortgage risk floor • Dutch retail sales | up 3.1% in 2Q26; online sales up 6.2% YoY

What's News in Amsterdam - 27 August (Van Lanschot Kempen | Dutch banks | Dutch retail sales)

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>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/shein-global-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:55372:1" rel="noopener">SHEIN Global Holdings (SHEIN HK)</a> is set to launch this week/today, as per media reports, while deal in India continue to flow in.</li>
<li>On the placement front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba (9988 HK)</a> launched the largest HK primary raising yet on Sunday. </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, SHEIN Global Holdings (SHEIN HK) is set to launch this week/today, as per media reports, while deal in India continue to flow in.
On the placement front, Alibaba (9988 HK) launched the largest HK primary raising yet on Sunday. 


Aequitas ECM Weekly (24 August 2026)- Alibaba, Shein, Ingenic, Mech-Mind, Milky, TMBThan, Hitachi

<ul><li>In this edition: • a.s.r. Nederland | solid 1H26; Aegon integration completed, momentum intact • ING | reduces stake in TMBThanachart Bank (TTB) • InPost | EU clearance for the proposed takeover of InPost by the consortium • Alfen | reiterates FY26 as well as FY27 guidance • TomTom | Orbis Maps selected by Cedar Electronics • E-commerce & Logistics | Amazon brings AWD to Europe</li></ul>

In this edition: • a.s.r. Nederland | solid 1H26; Aegon integration completed, momentum intact • ING | reduces stake in TMBThanachart Bank (TTB) • InPost | EU clearance for the proposed takeover of InPost by the consortium • Alfen | reiterates FY26 as well as FY27 guidance • TomTom | Orbis Maps selected by Cedar Electronics • E-commerce & Logistics | Amazon brings AWD to Europe

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

TMBThanachart Bank / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ing-groep-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21120:1" rel="noopener">ING Groep NV (INGA NA)</a> is looking to sell a stake of around 5.6% in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tmbthanachart-bank-public-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8090:1" rel="noopener">TMBThanachart Bank (TTB TB)</a> to raise up to US$500m via a secondary selldown.</li>
<li>TMBThanachart Bank (TTB) is one of Thailand’s largest commercial banks, formed through the 2019 merger of TMB Bank and Thanachart Bank, with a focus on retail, SME and corporate banking.</li>
<li>In this note we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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ING Groep NV (INGA NA) is looking to sell a stake of around 5.6% in TMBThanachart Bank (TTB TB) to raise up to US$500m via a secondary selldown.
TMBThanachart Bank (TTB) is one of Thailand’s largest commercial banks, formed through the 2019 merger of TMB Bank and Thanachart Bank, with a focus on retail, SME and corporate banking.
In this note we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: TMBThanachart Bank Placement - Healthy Fundamentals, But Supply Overhang Remains

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

iShares MSCI China ETF / Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain neutral on global equities (MSCI ACWI), we believe upside remains limited with the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US), S&amp;P 500, and several European indexes still below major resistance.</li>
<li>We continue to expect rangebound price action in the months ahead on the MSCI ACWI.</li>
<li>And, rangebound price action could very well be the theme for all of 2023 (with resistance at $93 and support at $75-77 on ACWI-US)</li>
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We remain neutral on global equities (MSCI ACWI), we believe upside remains limited with the MSCI ACWI (ACWI-US), S&amp;P 500, and several European indexes still below major resistance.
We continue to expect rangebound price action in the months ahead on the MSCI ACWI.
And, rangebound price action could very well be the theme for all of 2023 (with resistance at $93 and support at $75-77 on ACWI-US)


Hang Seng and MSCI China Bottoming -- Add; Europe Still Leading; Shift From U.S. To Non-U.S.

Netherlands

ING Groep N.V. offers financial services to individuals, corporations, and other institutions.  The Company offers corporate, investment, and private banking services, asset and portfolio management, treasury services, and insurance.  ING Groep has offices throughout the world.

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ING Groep NV (INGA NA)

What's News in Amsterdam - 27 August (Van Lanschot Kempen | Dutch banks | Dutch retail sales)

In this edition: • Van Lanschot Kempen | 1H26 underlying net result up 33%; record AuM inflow • Dutch banks | EUR 3–4.5bn of capital relief when...

The IDEA!

Aequitas ECM Weekly (24 August 2026)- Alibaba, Shein, Ingenic, Mech-Mind, Milky, TMBThan, Hitachi

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

What's New(s) in Amsterdam - 19 August (asr NL | ING | InPost | Alfen | TomTom | E-com & Logistics)

In this edition: • a.s.r. Nederland | solid 1H26; Aegon integration completed, momentum intact • ING | reduces stake in TMBThanachart Bank...

The IDEA!

Aequitas: TMBThanachart Bank Placement - Healthy Fundamentals, But Supply Overhang Remains

ING is looking to sell a stake of around 5.6% in TMBThanachart Bank (TTB TB) to raise up to US$500m. In this note we talk about the deal dynamics...

Akshat Shah

Hang Seng and MSCI China Bottoming -- Add; Europe Still Leading; Shift From U.S. To Non-U.S.

We remain neutral on global equities $ACWI and expect rangebound price action in the months (possibly year) ahead. Specific $ACWI trading range we...

Vermilion Research

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