Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

Private Capital Markets

Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd / Private Capital Markets

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<li>News and rumors about a potential IPO of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kyobo-life-insurance-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33146:1" rel="noopener">Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd (KYLINZ KS)</a> resurfaced given the strong performance of the equity market in Korea.</li>
<li>Korean life insurance's sector outlook remains uncertain given the country's prolonged low interest rate environment and the upcoming regulatory and accounting standard changes.</li>
<li> Kyobo Life's current shareholding structure is dominated by private equity and other institutional investors which are actively looking to exit.</li>
<li>Its implied value per share based on peers' trading multiples is unlikely to generate a decent recent for these institutional investors.</li>
<li>Kyobo Life's IPO plan remains very challenging.</li>
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News and rumors about a potential IPO of Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd (KYLINZ KS) resurfaced given the strong performance of the equity market in Korea.
Korean life insurance's sector outlook remains uncertain given the country's prolonged low interest rate environment and the upcoming regulatory and accounting standard changes.
 Kyobo Life's current shareholding structure is dominated by private equity and other institutional investors which are actively looking to exit.
Its implied value per share based on peers' trading multiples is unlikely to generate a decent recent for these institutional investors.
Kyobo Life's IPO plan remains very challenging.


Kyobo Life: Challenging Sector Outlook with Most Existing Shareholders Hoping to Get Out

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 look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with Japan &amp; Korea, after having looked at Hong Kong and India earlier.</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 look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with Japan &amp; Korea, after having looked at Hong Kong and India earlier.
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 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - Japan & Korea

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Seoul Guarantee Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seoul-guarantee-insurance-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40123:1" rel="noopener">Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS)</a> is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.</li>
<li>We have looked at the firm’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in earlier notes. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS) is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO.
Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.
We have looked at the firm’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in earlier notes. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.


Seoul Guarantee Insurance Pre-IPO Thoughts on Valuation - Needs a Discount to Its Larger Peers

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seoul-guarantee-insurance-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40123:1" rel="noopener">Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS)</a> is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.</li>
<li>We have looked at the firm’s past performance in earlier notes. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.</li>
</ul>



Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS) is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO.
Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.
We have looked at the firm’s past performance in earlier notes. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.


Seoul Guarantee Insurance Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - While ROE Lagged, Has Been Overcapitalised

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seoul-guarantee-insurance-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40123:1" rel="noopener">Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS)</a> is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS) is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO.
Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Seoul Guarantee Insurance Pre-IPO - The Negatives - The Tide Could Be Turning. Overhang Looms

South Korea

Kyobo Life Insurance Co., Ltd offers life insurance services. The Company provides health, pension, accident insurance, and other insurance services. Kyobo Life Insurance offers services throughout South Korea.

Kyobo Life Insurance Co Ltd (KYLINZ KS)

Kyobo Life: Challenging Sector Outlook with Most Existing Shareholders Hoping to Get Out

Kyobo Life's potential IPO remains difficult given the uncertain sector outlook and conflicting shareholders' interests.

Alec Tseung

Aequitas 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - Japan & Korea

In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with Japan & Korea, after having looked at Hong Kong and India...

Sumeet Singh

Seoul Guarantee Insurance Pre-IPO Thoughts on Valuation - Needs a Discount to Its Larger Peers

SGI has opened the books for its US$268m IPO. Bookbuild is expected to run till 19th October with pricing slated for 23rd October.

Clarence Chu

Seoul Guarantee Insurance Pre-IPO Peer Comparison - While ROE Lagged, Has Been Overcapitalised

Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS) is looking to raise US$270m in its Korean IPO. We have looked at the firm’s past performance in earlier...

Clarence Chu

Seoul Guarantee Insurance Pre-IPO - The Negatives - The Tide Could Be Turning. Overhang Looms

Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS) is looking to raise around US$270m in its Korean IPO. In this note, we will talk about the not so positive...

Clarence Chu