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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sagility-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43717:1" rel="noopener">Sagility India (2058883D IN)</a> (Sagility) raised around US$250m in its India IPO in Nov 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Sagility is a pure-play healthcare focused solutions and services provider to Payers (U.S. health insurance companies), and Providers (primarily hospitals, physicians, and diagnostic and medical devices companies).</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics, possible placement and updates since our last note.</li>
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Sagility India (2058883D IN) (Sagility) raised around US$250m in its India IPO in Nov 2024. The lockup on its pre-IPO investors is set to expire soon.
Sagility is a pure-play healthcare focused solutions and services provider to Payers (U.S. health insurance companies), and Providers (primarily hospitals, physicians, and diagnostic and medical devices companies).
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics, possible placement and updates since our last note.


Sagility India IPO Lockup - US$1.5bn Lockup Release; PE Promoter Will Have to Trim for Free-Float

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

Event-Driven

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<li>The Index Maintenance Sub-Committee of NSE Indices will meet on 21 February to conduct a semi-annual and quarterly review of stocks in various Nifty equity indices.</li>
<li>The changes will be announced after market close tomorrow and will be implemented at the close of trading on 28 March.</li>
<li>Based on the forecast index changes and capping changes for a few indices, the round-trip trade will be over US$2.5bn and many stocks will have over 0.5x ADV to trade.</li>
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The Index Maintenance Sub-Committee of NSE Indices will meet on 21 February to conduct a semi-annual and quarterly review of stocks in various Nifty equity indices.
The changes will be announced after market close tomorrow and will be implemented at the close of trading on 28 March.
Based on the forecast index changes and capping changes for a few indices, the round-trip trade will be over US$2.5bn and many stocks will have over 0.5x ADV to trade.


India: March Rebalance Announcement Tomorrow; Round-Trip Trade Over US$2.5bn

Index Rebalance

Oracle Financial Services / Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oracle-financial-services" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7775:1" rel="noopener">Oracle Financial Services (OFSS IN)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/l-t-technology-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23601:1" rel="noopener">L&amp;T Technology Services Limited (LTTS IN)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-it-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36059:1" rel="noopener">Nifty IT Index (NSEIT INDEX)</a> at the March rebalance.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/l-t-technology-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23601:1" rel="noopener">L&amp;T Technology Services Limited (LTTS IN)</a> will also be excluded from the F&amp;O segment at the close on 27 March, so there could be some interesting dynamics at play.</li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to trade between 0.5-0.6x ADV in the stock. The impact in terms of delivery volume increases to 1.6-2.2x.</li>
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Oracle Financial Services (OFSS IN) could replace L&amp;T Technology Services Limited (LTTS IN) in the Nifty IT Index (NSEIT INDEX) at the March rebalance.

L&amp;T Technology Services Limited (LTTS IN) will also be excluded from the F&amp;O segment at the close on 27 March, so there could be some interesting dynamics at play.
Passive trackers will need to trade between 0.5-0.6x ADV in the stock. The impact in terms of delivery volume increases to 1.6-2.2x.


Nifty IT Index Rebalance Preview: Oracle Financial Services Could Replace L&T Tech

Equity L/S Analyst | Forensic Accounting | India, Yellowstone Equity

Ankit Agrawal, CFA

Equity L/S Analyst | Forensic Accounting | India

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kpit-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35189:1" rel="noopener">KPIT Technologies ("KPIT")</a> reported decent growth despite challenging macroeconomic environment in the automotive OEM segment. Q3FY25 revenue grew 17.4% YoY and 2.0% QoQ in constant currency (CC) terms.</li>
<li>Led by improved efficiency and revenue mix, EBITDA margin came in stronger than expected at 21.1%. This led KPIT to raise its FY25 EBITDA guidance to 21%+ from 20.5%+.</li>
<li>Deal engagement has been strong. TCV came in at $236mm vs typical run-rate of $150mm+. Deal pipeline is also healthy and the management is expecting substantial closures by H1FY26.</li>
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KPIT Technologies ("KPIT") reported decent growth despite challenging macroeconomic environment in the automotive OEM segment. Q3FY25 revenue grew 17.4% YoY and 2.0% QoQ in constant currency (CC) terms.
Led by improved efficiency and revenue mix, EBITDA margin came in stronger than expected at 21.1%. This led KPIT to raise its FY25 EBITDA guidance to 21%+ from 20.5%+.
Deal engagement has been strong. TCV came in at $236mm vs typical run-rate of $150mm+. Deal pipeline is also healthy and the management is expecting substantial closures by H1FY26.


KPIT Tech: Strong Q3Y25 Despite Challenging Environment

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

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<ul><li>Robust Growth Across Verticals: The management has highlighted robust and broad-based growth across various verticals, supported by a solid deal pipeline and enhanced client engagement.</li><li>Europe led growth, followed by the US and Asia, with strong traction in Powertrain, Connected Vehicles, and SDVs (SoftwareDefined Vehicles).</li><li>Total Contract Value (TCV) Performance: Total Contract Value (TCV) for Q3FY25 stood at $236 Mn, with significant contributions from Europe and the US, reflecting higher deal conversion rates and increased client confidence in KPIT’s capabilities.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Robust Growth Across Verticals: The management has highlighted robust and broad-based growth across various verticals, supported by a solid deal pipeline and enhanced client engagement.Europe led growth, followed by the US and Asia, with strong traction in Powertrain, Connected Vehicles, and SDVs (SoftwareDefined Vehicles).Total Contract Value (TCV) Performance: Total Contract Value (TCV) for Q3FY25 stood at $236 Mn, with significant contributions from Europe and the US, reflecting higher deal conversion rates and increased client confidence in KPIT’s capabilities.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

KPIT Technologies Ltd - Resilient Performance in Action

India

KPIT Technologies Limited is a global technology company specializing in software solutions for the automotive and mobility industry. The company provides embedded software, artificial intelligence, and digital solutions, focusing on next-generation technologies like autonomous driving, electric mobility, connected vehicles, and vehicle diagnostics. Headquartered in Pune, India, the company was founded in 1990.

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KPIT Technologies (KPITTECH IN)

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The management has highlighted robust and broad-based growth across various verticals, supported by a solid deal pipeline and enhanced client...

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