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

GigaDevice Semiconductor  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gigadevice-semiconductor-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27253:1" rel="noopener">GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH)</a> (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.</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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GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


GigaDevice A/H Listing -Strong Long Term Record but Exposed to the Memory Cycle

Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>HDD names taking a hit in later trading after Seagate miss. Watch the likes of Hoya, TDK and Minebea Misumi for weakness.</li>
<li>Boeing down despite numbers good on better FCF, although 787 deliveries read's well for carbon fiber names the Heavies.</li>
<li>NEC beat points to plenty of room for further upside, while Advantest numbers may lead to tough QoQ comps for 2Q.</li>
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HDD names taking a hit in later trading after Seagate miss. Watch the likes of Hoya, TDK and Minebea Misumi for weakness.
Boeing down despite numbers good on better FCF, although 787 deliveries read's well for carbon fiber names the Heavies.
NEC beat points to plenty of room for further upside, while Advantest numbers may lead to tough QoQ comps for 2Q.


Japan Morning Connection: Big Print for Corning Will Drive DC and Optical Connectivity Plays

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX)</a> September rebalance ends in 4 weeks. There could be one outright change and one or two others driven by sector balance.</li>
<li>There will be passive buying in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/baycurrent-consulting-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25985:1" rel="noopener">BayCurrent Consulting</a> as the PAF moves from 0.5 to 1. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fast-retailing-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:751:1" rel="noopener">Fast Retailing (9983 JP)</a>'s index weight is below the 10% cap for now. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rohm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2953:1" rel="noopener">ROHM Co Ltd (6963 JP)</a> replaces <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntt-data-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11232:1" rel="noopener">NTT Data Corp (9613 JP)</a> later this week and there will be a lot of focus on those names.</li>
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The review period for the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX) September rebalance ends in 4 weeks. There could be one outright change and one or two others driven by sector balance.
There will be passive buying in BayCurrent Consulting as the PAF moves from 0.5 to 1. Fast Retailing (9983 JP)'s index weight is below the 10% cap for now. 

ROHM Co Ltd (6963 JP) replaces NTT Data Corp (9613 JP) later this week and there will be a lot of focus on those names.


Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance Preview (Sep 2025): Potential Adds, Deletes, PAF, Capping & Other Changes

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<li>Markets liking the EU pledges to buy US energy products and military equipment as part of recent deal.</li>
<li>Power-Semi related higher with TXN buoyed by call that multi-year inventory correction is almost over.</li>
<li>Tesla emerges as Samsung's mystery fab customer, is a dramatic turn around for their recently ailing foundry business.</li>
</ul>


Markets liking the EU pledges to buy US energy products and military equipment as part of recent deal.
Power-Semi related higher with TXN buoyed by call that multi-year inventory correction is almost over.
Tesla emerges as Samsung's mystery fab customer, is a dramatic turn around for their recently ailing foundry business.


Japan Morning Connection: Energy Related and Tech Strong Pointing to a Good Start for Japan

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<li>Big capex plans for Google and good numbers for SK Hynix setting strong tone for AI related.</li>
<li>Momo names slid yesterday, although Ishiba heading for door may pressure heavies further.</li>
<li>Autos squeezed hard yesterday, but there should be more upside for names with elevated SI still.</li>
</ul>


Big capex plans for Google and good numbers for SK Hynix setting strong tone for AI related.
Momo names slid yesterday, although Ishiba heading for door may pressure heavies further.
Autos squeezed hard yesterday, but there should be more upside for names with elevated SI still.


Japan Morning Connection: US Liking JP and Expected EU Trade Deals, Expect Flows Back in Tech

Japan

Kokusai Electric Corporation manufactures and distributes semiconductor manufacturing systems. The Company produces batch processing systems, single wafer processing systems, and other systems. Kokusai Electric also operates advanced thermal process technology development, training, and other businesses.

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Kokusai Electric (6525 JP)

GigaDevice A/H Listing -Strong Long Term Record but Exposed to the Memory Cycle

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

Japan Morning Connection: Big Print for Corning Will Drive DC and Optical Connectivity Plays

Memory names will be down after Seagate's weakness. Boeing down despite good numbers but general outlook is strong. Corning's beat should send...

Andrew Jackson

Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance Preview (Sep 2025): Potential Adds, Deletes, PAF, Capping & Other Changes

With the review period nearly complete, we expect 1-2 changes for the NKY in September. The Kokusai Electric placement improves inclusion odds. No...

Brian Freitas

Japan Morning Connection: US Liking JP and Expected EU Trade Deals, Expect Flows Back in Tech

With reversal from momentum and Ishiba's resignation, defense names may drop further. Autos may have plenty more upside despite big moves yesterday.

Andrew Jackson

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GigaDevice A/H Listing -Strong Long Term Record but Exposed to the Memory Cycle

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

Japan Morning Connection: Big Print for Corning Will Drive DC and Optical Connectivity Plays

Memory names will be down after Seagate's weakness. Boeing down despite good numbers but general outlook is strong. Corning's beat should send...

Andrew Jackson

Nikkei 225 Index Rebalance Preview (Sep 2025): Potential Adds, Deletes, PAF, Capping & Other Changes

With the review period nearly complete, we expect 1-2 changes for the NKY in September. The Kokusai Electric placement improves inclusion odds. No...

Brian Freitas

Japan Morning Connection: Energy Related and Tech Strong Pointing to a Good Start for Japan

Energy related up as EU announces they will be purchasing US fuels, US pausing new restrictions on tech exports to China, Tesla's partnership with...

Andrew Jackson

Japan Morning Connection: US Liking JP and Expected EU Trade Deals, Expect Flows Back in Tech

With reversal from momentum and Ishiba's resignation, defense names may drop further. Autos may have plenty more upside despite big moves yesterday.

Andrew Jackson