APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

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

Knowledge Realty Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-realty-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44486:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN)</a> is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.</li>
<li>Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.
Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-realty-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44486:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN)</a> is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.</li>
<li>Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the firm’s historical performance.</li>
</ul>



Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.
Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.
In this note, we talk about the firm’s historical performance.


Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Premium Market Positioning, Healthy Forecasts

Independent Asian Credit Research, Bondcritic

Warut Promboon

Independent Asian Credit Research

Asian Fixed Income/Frontier Market Research

Bondcritic

Bondcritic, established in 2009, is designed to be an independent credit research voice that helps investors gain insights and unbiased analyses on Asian fixed income market. Our mission is to discover deep-value Asian high-yield and distressed bonds with a bottom-up approach, together with the help of our proprietary ESG (Environmental, Social Development, and Governance) model. At the same time, we focus on bringing investment cases of unrated and unloved issuers to the general public.

Debt Capital Markets

iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond / Debt Capital Markets

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<li>We believe Moody’s simply took the opportunity on the Tariff news to move USA’s rating to be in-line with those of the other two agencies.</li>
<li>Though rising rates are not friendly to fixed rate bonds, we believe Asian high-yield bonds remain a good place to park capital in the near term</li>
<li>We prefer short duration under 5 years to keep duration low in preparation for an upward pressure on rates in the near term.</li>
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We believe Moody’s simply took the opportunity on the Tariff news to move USA’s rating to be in-line with those of the other two agencies.
Though rising rates are not friendly to fixed rate bonds, we believe Asian high-yield bonds remain a good place to park capital in the near term
We prefer short duration under 5 years to keep duration low in preparation for an upward pressure on rates in the near term.


Bond Market Monitor: TRUMPoline Projectile

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Trung Nguyen

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

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<li>JSW Steel's Q4/24-25 results were poor, with lower revenues and earnings due to a weak pricing environment and despite a record production year from capacity expansion.</li>
<li>The balance sheet deteriorated significantly, although liquidity improved materially.</li>
<li>We expect FY 2025-26 to be better, with a significant increase in earnings due to an improved pricing environment as well as the new safeguard duty in India.</li>
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JSW Steel's Q4/24-25 results were poor, with lower revenues and earnings due to a weak pricing environment and despite a record production year from capacity expansion.
The balance sheet deteriorated significantly, although liquidity improved materially.
We expect FY 2025-26 to be better, with a significant increase in earnings due to an improved pricing environment as well as the new safeguard duty in India.


JSW Steel - Weak Numbers with Deteriorating Metrics, but Expect Improvement

Schloss Bangalore Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/schloss-bangalore-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43983:1" rel="noopener">Schloss Bangalore Ltd (SCHBL IN) </a>is looking to raise about US$409m in its India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of around US$600m.</li>
<li>It is a luxury hospitality company which owns, operates, manages and develops luxury hotels and resorts under ‘The Leela’ brand, through direct ownership and hotel management agreements with third-party owners.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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Schloss Bangalore Ltd (SCHBL IN) is looking to raise about US$409m in its India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of around US$600m.
It is a luxury hospitality company which owns, operates, manages and develops luxury hotels and resorts under ‘The Leela’ brand, through direct ownership and hotel management agreements with third-party owners.
In this note, we will talk about the IPO valuations.


Schloss Bangalore IPO - Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

India

JSW Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel company. It manufactures and sells a wide range of steel products, including hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, and color-coated steel, as well as TMT bars, wire rods, and alloy steel products, serving various industries such as automotive, construction, and infrastructure. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was founded in 1982.

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JSW Steel (JSTL IN)

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Premium Market Positioning, Healthy Forecasts

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier...

Akshat Shah

Bond Market Monitor: TRUMPoline Projectile

Moody's adjusts USA's rating in line with other agencies, Asian high-yield bonds seen as a good investment despite rising rates, short duration...

Bondcritic

JSW Steel - Weak Numbers with Deteriorating Metrics, but Expect Improvement

JSW Steel's Q4/24-25 results were poor, with lower revenues and earnings due to a weak pricing environment and despite a record production year...

Lucror Analytics

Schloss Bangalore IPO - Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Schloss Bangalore Limited is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of US$600m....

Akshat Shah

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Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Premium Market Positioning, Healthy Forecasts

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier...

Akshat Shah

Bond Market Monitor: TRUMPoline Projectile

​Moody's adjusts USA's rating in line with other agencies, Asian high-yield bonds seen as a good investment despite rising rates, short duration...

Bondcritic

JSW Steel - Weak Numbers with Deteriorating Metrics, but Expect Improvement

JSW Steel's Q4/24-25 results were poor, with lower revenues and earnings due to a weak pricing environment and despite a record production year...

Lucror Analytics

Schloss Bangalore IPO - Thoughts on Peer Comp and Valuation

Schloss Bangalore Limited is looking to raise about US$400m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier size of US$600m....

Akshat Shah

Moody's adjusts USA's rating in line with other agencies, Asian high-yield bonds seen as a good investment despite rising rates, short duration...