Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

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<ul><li>The market did not have any new supporting factors, and the 2Q25 earnings were already priced in.</li><li>The index began to show signs of a consolidation phase, but this does not alter the primary uptrend, which remains intact with a target of 1,300 points.</li><li>Accordingly, we recommend buying at the support, as the index is expected to rebound, while also keeping a close eye on the movement of large-cap stocks as a guideline.</li></ul>

The market did not have any new supporting factors, and the 2Q25 earnings were already priced in.The index began to show signs of a consolidation phase, but this does not alter the primary uptrend, which remains intact with a target of 1,300 points.Accordingly, we recommend buying at the support, as the index is expected to rebound, while also keeping a close eye on the movement of large-cap stocks as a guideline.

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 18, 2025

<ul><li>The SET surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.</li><li>The index rebounded sharply and advanced further, supported by rising RSI and MACD, and remains above all short-term EMA lines.</li><li>We recommend selective speculation as the index continues to advance with the potential to rally towards the 1,300-point level.</li></ul>

The SET surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.The index rebounded sharply and advanced further, supported by rising RSI and MACD, and remains above all short-term EMA lines.We recommend selective speculation as the index continues to advance with the potential to rally towards the 1,300-point level.

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 14, 2025

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>In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, with a look at Japan &amp; Korea after having looked at HK &amp; India.</li>
<li>This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.</li>
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In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, with a look at Japan &amp; Korea after having looked at HK &amp; India.
This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources.
The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.


Aequitas 2025 Asia IPO Pipeline - Japan and South Korea

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

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<li>The institutional demand forecasts were much worse than expected, leading to the company’s blunt admission in the latest filing that the book-building flopped, prompting them to cancel the IPO.</li>
<li>Bankers NH and KB suggested an offering price below 8,500 KRW, but pre-IPO backers like Bain Capital and MBK strongly opposed, unhappy with shrinking proceeds, pushing for cancellation.</li>
<li>K-Bank plans to regroup and adjust the heavy 50% secondary share portion to retry the IPO in six months before their prelim review window expires.</li>
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The institutional demand forecasts were much worse than expected, leading to the company’s blunt admission in the latest filing that the book-building flopped, prompting them to cancel the IPO.
Bankers NH and KB suggested an offering price below 8,500 KRW, but pre-IPO backers like Bain Capital and MBK strongly opposed, unhappy with shrinking proceeds, pushing for cancellation.
K-Bank plans to regroup and adjust the heavy 50% secondary share portion to retry the IPO in six months before their prelim review window expires.


K-Bank's IPO Cancellation: What Led to This Move and Plan for a Comeback

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>Chosun Business Daily mentioned that K Bank IPO book building results among institutional investors have been very poor so far. </li>
<li>As a result, the bankers and K Bank are currently considering on potentially reducing the IPO price to about 8,500 won or even cancelling the IPO altogether. </li>
<li>Our base case valuation of K Bank is target price of 9,151 won per share. Even if the IPO is priced at 8,500 won, we would pass on this IPO.</li>
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Chosun Business Daily mentioned that K Bank IPO book building results among institutional investors have been very poor so far. 
As a result, the bankers and K Bank are currently considering on potentially reducing the IPO price to about 8,500 won or even cancelling the IPO altogether. 
Our base case valuation of K Bank is target price of 9,151 won per share. Even if the IPO is priced at 8,500 won, we would pass on this IPO.


K Bank IPO Bookbuilding: To Price Lower than Low IPO Price Range or Even Potential Cancellation

South Korea

K Bank Co. Ltd. operates banking businesses. The Company provides deposits, withdrawals, loans, and other services. K Bank conducts businesses in South Korea.

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Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 18, 2025

The index began to show signs of a consolidation phase, but this does not alter the primary uptrend, which remains intact with a target of 1,300...

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring Technical Eng. August 14, 2025

The SET surged in line with other Asian bourses, buoyed by expectations of a Fed rate cut and the MPC’s 0.25% policy rate reduction.

Krungthai XSpring

Aequitas 2025 Asia IPO Pipeline - Japan and South Korea

In this note, we will take a look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2025, with a look at Japan & Korea after having looked at HK & India.

Sumeet Singh

K-Bank's IPO Cancellation: What Led to This Move and Plan for a Comeback

This post details K-Bank's decision to cancel its listing: background behind the decision and future plans for re-attempt.

Sanghyun Park

K Bank IPO Bookbuilding: To Price Lower than Low IPO Price Range or Even Potential Cancellation

K Bank IPO book building results among institutional investors has been very poor so far. K Bank is considering on reducing the IPO price to about...

Douglas Kim

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