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 puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>IPO activity appears to be picking up across the region, with deal in Japan, Hong Kong, US and Indonesia being lined up.</li>
<li>Placements as well picked up pace, despite the ongoing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>'s mega deal set to suck liquidity out of the system for a while. </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.
IPO activity appears to be picking up across the region, with deal in Japan, Hong Kong, US and Indonesia being lined up.
Placements as well picked up pace, despite the ongoing Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)'s mega deal set to suck liquidity out of the system for a while. 


ECM Weekly (12th Mar 2023) - Meituan, Japan Post Bank, SBI Sumishin, JFW, Ventia, Doosan, DXN, DPC

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Elliott Management was noted several weeks ago to have bought near 5% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-nippon-printing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19388:1" rel="noopener">Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP)</a>. The stock popped when people found out.  </li>
<li>Then the stock popped when the company said they'd announce the outline for their new Mid-Term Management Plan on 9 March, and that would include more capital allocation measures.</li>
<li>Today we got the Outline. There are more capital allocation measures. The numbers look big. Nuance is required to understand the impacts over time.</li>
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Elliott Management was noted several weeks ago to have bought near 5% of Dai Nippon Printing (7912 JP). The stock popped when people found out.  
Then the stock popped when the company said they'd announce the outline for their new Mid-Term Management Plan on 9 March, and that would include more capital allocation measures.
Today we got the Outline. There are more capital allocation measures. The numbers look big. Nuance is required to understand the impacts over time.


Dai Nippon Printing (7912) - Whoop There It Is! ¥100bn Buyback in a Year, ¥300bn in 3yrs

Japan Post Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<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>
<li>On the IPO front, there were two deals launched this week.</li>
<li>For placements, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>'s planned selldown by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:359:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP)</a> came earlier than expected.</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.
On the IPO front, there were two deals launched this week.
For placements, Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)'s planned selldown by Japan Post Holdings (6178 JP) came earlier than expected.


ECM Weekly (5th Mar 2023) - Japan Post Bank, Kansai, Vanke, Otsuka, SBI Sumishin, Lu DaoPei, NST, JF

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<li>Otsuka Estate is looking to raise US$389m via trimming its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/otsuka-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12292:1" rel="noopener">Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>The deal is a relatively large one on an ADV basis, at 14.6 days of three month ADV. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the firm’s track record and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Otsuka Estate is looking to raise US$389m via trimming its stake in Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP).
The deal is a relatively large one on an ADV basis, at 14.6 days of three month ADV. 
In this note, we will talk about the firm’s track record and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Otsuka Holdings Placement - While Enticing Discount, Management Selling Will Raise Eyebrows

Ethan Aw

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<li>Kansai Paint's shareholders aim to raise around US$291m via a secondary follow-on offering. This is a large deal to digest, at 34 days of three month ADV.  </li>
<li>The firm has also mentioned that it will conduct a share buyback of up to 8.2m shares worth approximately 3.5% of TSO or US$87.6m (JPY12bn). This will begin after settlement. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Kansai Paint's shareholders aim to raise around US$291m via a secondary follow-on offering. This is a large deal to digest, at 34 days of three month ADV.  
The firm has also mentioned that it will conduct a share buyback of up to 8.2m shares worth approximately 3.5% of TSO or US$87.6m (JPY12bn). This will begin after settlement. 
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Kansai Paint Placement - Hardly an Outstanding First Offering Since Listing

Japan

KANSAI PAINT CO., LTD. manufactures and sells a wide range of paints and the related products.  The Company's products are used for automobiles, construction, and ships.

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Kansai Paint (4613 JP)

ECM Weekly (12th Mar 2023) - Meituan, Japan Post Bank, SBI Sumishin, JFW, Ventia, Doosan, DXN, DPC

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

Dai Nippon Printing (7912) - Whoop There It Is! ¥100bn Buyback in a Year, ¥300bn in 3yrs

DNP (7912) has announced the capital allocation measures they said they would. The headline numbers are big. ¥300bn of buybacks over 3yrs. 70+% of...

Travis Lundy

ECM Weekly (5th Mar 2023) - Japan Post Bank, Kansai, Vanke, Otsuka, SBI Sumishin, Lu DaoPei, NST, JF

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

Otsuka Holdings Placement - While Enticing Discount, Management Selling Will Raise Eyebrows

Otsuka Estate is looking to raise US$389m via trimming its stake in Otsuka Holdings (4578 JP). In this note, we will talk about the firm’s track...

Clarence Chu

Kansai Paint Placement - Hardly an Outstanding First Offering Since Listing

Kansai Paint's shareholders aim to raise around US$291m via a secondary follow-on offering. This is a large deal to digest, at 34 days of three...

Ethan Aw

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