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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/avepoint-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:37131:1" rel="noopener">AvePoint (AVPT US)</a> , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.</li>
<li>As of FY24, AP had over 25,000 customers who rely on its Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across environments.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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AvePoint (AVPT US) , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.
As of FY24, AP had over 25,000 customers who rely on its Confidence Platform to prepare, secure, and optimize their critical data across environments.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


AvePoint SGX Secondary Listing - Strong Growth and Large Client Base but Unclear Metrics

Director and Founding Member, Corporate Monitor Limited

Tan Yee Peng

Director and Founding Member

Strengthening Corporate Performance

Corporate Monitor Limited

Corporate Monitor was established to encourage better performance of companies, particularly companies listed on the SGX, and hold their management and boards to account, for the benefit of their shareholders and stakeholders.

<ul><li>Higher dividends are usually taken as a signal that the company is doing well, but Keppel should be treated as an exception.</li><li>Shareholders should question whether Keppel really has the cash to pay for the ordinary and special dividends, announced together with its 2025 results.</li><li>Keppel reported a 16% lower net profit in 2025 compared to 2024, yet it celebrated the achievement of “New Keppel”, whose profit increased by 39% year on year, return on equity (ROE) was 18.7%, and net debt to EBITDA was only 2x.</li></ul>

Higher dividends are usually taken as a signal that the company is doing well, but Keppel should be treated as an exception.Shareholders should question whether Keppel really has the cash to pay for the ordinary and special dividends, announced together with its 2025 results.Keppel reported a 16% lower net profit in 2025 compared to 2024, yet it celebrated the achievement of “New Keppel”, whose profit increased by 39% year on year, return on equity (ROE) was 18.7%, and net debt to EBITDA was only 2x.

Keppel Ltd - "Blurry" Vision 2030: Dividends Are Just Illusory

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

Investory

Investory is a Singapore-based boutique independent equity research firm founded in January 2017 with a primary focus on consumption themes across Asia-Pacific.

We aim to generate investible ideas based on consumption trends and outlook. We screen our ideas on several parameters - product potential, long-term growth and management commitment being the most critical.  We follow a fundamental analysis approach in our stock selection process and are not restricted by market cap.

We aspire to grow into a leading source of unbiased research, free of conflict of interest, for investors yearning for independent and disciplined analysis. 

We also undertake bespoke research mandates to support our Institutional clients’ investment needs.

Our team comprises of professionals with extensive experience in the Asian equity markets, in areas ranging from research, servicing institutional clients and investment management.

Event-Driven

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<li>A wave of corporate actions by SGX-listed companies has unlocked substantial shareholder value and re-rated select stocks in recent months. In this note, we spotlight five standout cases.</li>
<li>Our top picks with the strongest catalysts for further upside after delivering significant shareholder returns over the past year are - <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12:1" rel="noopener">Keppel Corp (KEP SP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangzijiang-financial-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35926:1" rel="noopener">Yangzijiang Financial (YZJFH SP)</a>. </li>
<li>The outsized value creation delivered by these companies should serve as a wake-up call for other managements to follow suit and initiate actions to boost returns and unlock shareholder value.</li>
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A wave of corporate actions by SGX-listed companies has unlocked substantial shareholder value and re-rated select stocks in recent months. In this note, we spotlight five standout cases.
Our top picks with the strongest catalysts for further upside after delivering significant shareholder returns over the past year are - Keppel Corp (KEP SP) and Yangzijiang Financial (YZJFH SP). 
The outsized value creation delivered by these companies should serve as a wake-up call for other managements to follow suit and initiate actions to boost returns and unlock shareholder value.


Value Unlock SG: Value Creation Via Corporate Action. May the Wind Carry Many More Sails

Singapore Market Roundup, Singapore Market Roundup

Singapore Market Roundup

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>UOBKH's Koh increases CICT target price to $3.06.</li><li>Analysts stay positive on ST Engineering; UOBKH's Chen lifts target price to $11.75.</li><li>DBS retains 'buy' rating and $12 target for CDL after Kwek Leng Peck's return.</li></ul>

UOBKH's Koh increases CICT target price to $3.06.Analysts stay positive on ST Engineering; UOBKH's Chen lifts target price to $11.75.DBS retains 'buy' rating and $12 target for CDL after Kwek Leng Peck's return.

Singapore Market Roundup (19-May-2026): Koh raises CICT target price to $3.06 at UOBKH.

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

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<li>The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a public consultation regarding a Code of Conduct for ESG ratings providers and ESG data product providers in Singapore.</li>
<li>It is the right approach for Singapore – a voluntary best-practices framework furthering one of the world's most credible "green" economies, not a regulatory force-fix of something broken.</li>
<li>No surprise ratings methodology changes. No en masse upgrades/downgrades. No acute shocks to the system. Just slow and steady progress for ESG investing and finance in Singapore.</li>
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently launched a public consultation regarding a Code of Conduct for ESG ratings providers and ESG data product providers in Singapore.
It is the right approach for Singapore – a voluntary best-practices framework furthering one of the world's most credible "green" economies, not a regulatory force-fix of something broken.
No surprise ratings methodology changes. No en masse upgrades/downgrades. No acute shocks to the system. Just slow and steady progress for ESG investing and finance in Singapore.


Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Is Less Risk and More Reward

Singapore

Keppel Ltd. is a Singaporean global asset manager and operator, providing critical infrastructure and services for renewables, clean energy, decarbonization, sustainable urban renewal, and digital connectivity. The company operates across Infrastructure, Real Estate, Connectivity, and Fund Management & Investment platforms. Keppel is headquartered in Singapore and was founded in 1968.

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Keppel (KEP SP)

AvePoint SGX Secondary Listing - Strong Growth and Large Client Base but Unclear Metrics

AvePoint (AVPT US) , a global provider of data security, governance, and resilience, aims to raise around US$300m in its Singapore secondary listing.

Sumeet Singh

Keppel Ltd - "Blurry" Vision 2030: Dividends Are Just Illusory

Higher dividends are usually taken as a signal that the company is doing well, but Keppel should be treated as an exception. Shareholders...

Corporate Monitor Limited

Value Unlock SG: Value Creation Via Corporate Action. May the Wind Carry Many More Sails

Spin Offs and Non-Core Asset divestments have delivered outsized returns for shareholders of several SGX listed stocks over the past year - here...

Devi Subhakesan

Singapore Market Roundup (19-May-2026): Koh raises CICT target price to $3.06 at UOBKH.

UOBKH raises CICT target to $3.06; ST Engineering's target up to $11.75. DBS maintains 'buy' and $12 target for CDL after Kwek Leng Peck's return.

Singapore Market Roundup

Singapore Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Is Less Risk and More Reward

Singapore's Code of Conduct for ESG ratings is more light-handed than other regulation-based approaches, but therein lies the "less risk and more...

Kyle Rudden

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