APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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

Mitsubishi Estate Logistics / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsubishi-estate-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25867:1" rel="noopener">Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP)</a> (MEL) is looking to raise US$203m to acquire two new properties. </li>
<li>The properties are expected to be more accretive to DPU than its last year's placement, the deal has also been well-flagged and MEL has made capital raise an annual routine.</li>
<li>In this note, we will look at the assets to be acquired, impact on forecast and portfolio, and run the deal through our framework.</li>
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Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP) (MEL) is looking to raise US$203m to acquire two new properties. 
The properties are expected to be more accretive to DPU than its last year's placement, the deal has also been well-flagged and MEL has made capital raise an annual routine.
In this note, we will look at the assets to be acquired, impact on forecast and portfolio, and run the deal through our framework.


Mitsubishi Estate Logistics Placement - Annual Routine

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc / Equity Capital Markets

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-fudosan-logistics-park-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24027:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$170m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of three properties and pay down its borrowings.</li>
<li>The anticipated acquisitions, post-completion, will be accretive to both operating income and DPU, even after factoring in the dilution.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP) is looking to raise around US$170m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of three properties and pay down its borrowings.
The anticipated acquisitions, post-completion, will be accretive to both operating income and DPU, even after factoring in the dilution.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Placement - Unit Price Has Historically Outperformed Peers

Nippon Building Fund / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$260m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of two properties.</li>
<li>Target acquisitions are expected to be accretive however, the deal comes amidst weaker sector sentiment and analysts have grown more pessimistic on the REIT’s unit price. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$260m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of two properties.
Target acquisitions are expected to be accretive however, the deal comes amidst weaker sector sentiment and analysts have grown more pessimistic on the REIT’s unit price. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Building Fund Placement - Weak Sentiment, However, Past Deals Have Performed Well

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> started book building for its mega US$10bn+ IPO</li>
<li>Placements too got off to a large, if not strong, start with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sea-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8509:1" rel="noopener">Sea Ltd (SE US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-paint-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7387:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Paint Holdings (4612 JP)</a> US$1bn+ deals. </li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) started book building for its mega US$10bn+ IPO
Placements too got off to a large, if not strong, start with Sea Ltd (SE US) and Nippon Paint Holdings (4612 JP) US$1bn+ deals. 


ECM Weekly (9th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, JL Mag, 2022 Pipeline, 2021 Performance

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust / Event-Driven

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MPACT SP)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mobile-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27:1" rel="noopener">China Mobile (941 HK)</a> announced it would start executing on its buyback mandate (10% of H-shares out (2.047bn shares). This is potentially enormous. And absolutely praise-worthy.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:106:1" rel="noopener">Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-north-asia-commercial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5127:1" rel="noopener">Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP)</a> prospective merger means a lot of flow. Lots and lots of flow. </li>
<li>The market was assigning ₩18bn (₩232,000/share) less for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-chem-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3583:1" rel="noopener">LG Chem (051910 KS)</a> stub ops since December 2020, when the battery business division (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a>) was carved out.</li>
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China Mobile (941 HK) announced it would start executing on its buyback mandate (10% of H-shares out (2.047bn shares). This is potentially enormous. And absolutely praise-worthy.
The Mapletree Commercial Trust (MCT SP) and Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust (MAGIC SP) prospective merger means a lot of flow. Lots and lots of flow. 
The market was assigning ₩18bn (₩232,000/share) less for LG Chem (051910 KS) stub ops since December 2020, when the battery business division (LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)) was carved out.


Last Week in Event SPACE: Mapletree Merger, China Mobile, LG Chem, China Logistics

Japan

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which mainly invests in office buildings and commercial-use facilities nationwide.

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Japan Prime Realty Investmen (8955 JP)

Mitsubishi Estate Logistics Placement - Annual Routine

Mitsubishi Estate Logistics (3481 JP) is looking to raise US$203m to acquire two new properties. In this note, we discuss the assets to be...

Clarence Chu

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Placement - Unit Price Has Historically Outperformed Peers

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP) is looking to raise around US$170m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of three properties...

Clarence Chu

Nippon Building Fund Placement - Weak Sentiment, However, Past Deals Have Performed Well

Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$260m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of two properties.

Clarence Chu

ECM Weekly (9th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, JL Mag, 2022 Pipeline, 2021 Performance

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Last Week in Event SPACE: Mapletree Merger, China Mobile, LG Chem, China Logistics

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

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