APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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

Entero Healthcare Solutions / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/entero-healthcare-solutions-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40156:1" rel="noopener">Entero Healthcare Solutions Limited (2294842D IN)</a> is looking to raise US$200m in its upcoming India IPO. The IPO will consist of both a primary and secondary component.</li>
<li>Entero Healthcare Solutions (Entero) is a healthcare products distributor in India.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.</li>
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Entero Healthcare Solutions Limited (2294842D IN) is looking to raise US$200m in its upcoming India IPO. The IPO will consist of both a primary and secondary component.
Entero Healthcare Solutions (Entero) is a healthcare products distributor in India.
In this note, we look at the company’s past performance.


Entero Healthcare Pre-IPO - Has Been Scaling up Rapidly Aided by a Flurry of Acquisitions

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>3SBio will spin-off and separately list the shares of Mandi, a subsidiary of the company. Celltrion got EC approval for Remsima IV liquid, world’s first liquid formulation of IV infliximab.</li>
<li>Hanmi Pharmaceutical is acquiring all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aptose Biosciences that are not currently owned or controlled by Hanmi.</li>
<li>Otsuka got CHMP positive opinion for donidalorsen for the prevention of recurrent attacks of HAE. CSL plans to expand U.S. presence over the next five years, with ~$1.5B U.S. capex.</li>
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3SBio will spin-off and separately list the shares of Mandi, a subsidiary of the company. Celltrion got EC approval for Remsima IV liquid, world’s first liquid formulation of IV infliximab.
Hanmi Pharmaceutical is acquiring all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Aptose Biosciences that are not currently owned or controlled by Hanmi.
Otsuka got CHMP positive opinion for donidalorsen for the prevention of recurrent attacks of HAE. CSL plans to expand U.S. presence over the next five years, with ~$1.5B U.S. capex.


APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 23) – 3SBio, Celltrion, Hanmi Pharm, HK Inno.N, Otsuka, CSL

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>We forecast 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 10 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 3 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 11 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>From the new listings, 13 stocks are expected to be added to Large Cap, 5 stocks are expected to be added to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.</li>
<li>With the review period nearing completion, there could still be more outperformance given the momentum, but we would look to take profit on the stocks as the divergence gets wider.</li>
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We forecast 7 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 10 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap, 3 stocks from SmallCap to MidCap, and 11 stocks from MidCap to SmallCap.
From the new listings, 13 stocks are expected to be added to Large Cap, 5 stocks are expected to be added to Mid Cap, and multiple stocks to Small Cap.
With the review period nearing completion, there could still be more outperformance given the momentum, but we would look to take profit on the stocks as the divergence gets wider.


AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2025): New Listings Shaking Up the Rankings

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

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<ul><li>Overall chronic growth accelerated for Oct-25 to ~16% YoY, and the acute segment saw 9% growth.</li><li>In chronic space, cardiac continues to drive IPM growth in Oct-25 at 17% YoY (+11% in Q2FY26), anti-diabetic at 15% (+9% in Q2FY26), led by continued traction from GLP-1 molecules (ex-Mounjaro growth was at 8% YoY), and CNS at +13% (+7% in Q2FY26). </li><li>In acute, anti-infectives saw 5% YoY growth (+4% in Q2FY26), gastro 9% YoY (+2% in Q2FY26), and VMN 11% YoY (+6% in Q2FY26).</li></ul>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.

Overall chronic growth accelerated for Oct-25 to ~16% YoY, and the acute segment saw 9% growth.In chronic space, cardiac continues to drive IPM growth in Oct-25 at 17% YoY (+11% in Q2FY26), anti-diabetic at 15% (+9% in Q2FY26), led by continued traction from GLP-1 molecules (ex-Mounjaro growth was at 8% YoY), and CNS at +13% (+7% in Q2FY26). In acute, anti-infectives saw 5% YoY growth (+4% in Q2FY26), gastro 9% YoY (+2% in Q2FY26), and VMN 11% YoY (+6% in Q2FY26).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.

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: growth recovers to 11.7% in Oct-25

<ul><li>As per IQVIA, IPM saw moderate growth for Sep’25 at 6.1% YoY (vs 8.1% in Aug’25), with 2.4% YoY decline in units</li><li>The strong growth in cardiac, respiratory, and oncology was offset by muted growth in anti-infective, gastro, VMN, and pain</li><li>For Q2FY26, IPM grew 7.2% YoY, with 1.7% decline in units.</li></ul>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.

As per IQVIA, IPM saw moderate growth for Sep’25 at 6.1% YoY (vs 8.1% in Aug’25), with 2.4% YoY decline in unitsThe strong growth in cardiac, respiratory, and oncology was offset by muted growth in anti-infective, gastro, VMN, and painFor Q2FY26, IPM grew 7.2% YoY, with 1.7% decline in units.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.

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: grows 6.1% in Sep’25 and 7.2% in Q2FY26

India

Mankind Pharma Limited is a pharmaceutical company. The Company focuses developing, manufacturing, and marketing a diverse range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products. Mankind Pharma serves customers in India.

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Mankind Pharma (MANKIND IN)

Entero Healthcare Pre-IPO - Has Been Scaling up Rapidly Aided by a Flurry of Acquisitions

Entero Healthcare Solutions Limited (2294842D IN) is looking to raise US$200m in its upcoming India IPO. The IPO will consist of both a primary and...

Clarence Chu

APAC Healthcare Weekly (November 23) – 3SBio, Celltrion, Hanmi Pharm, HK Inno.N, Otsuka, CSL

3SBio will spin-off and separately list its subsidiary. Celltrion got EC approval for Remsima IV liquid. Hanmi Pharm is acquiring Aptose...

Tina Banerjee

AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview (Dec 2025): New Listings Shaking Up the Rankings

We currently forecast 31 migrations for the AMFI December reclassification. Many IPOs could be added to Large/Mid cap. The forecast upward...

Brian Freitas

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: growth recovers to 11.7% in Oct-25

In chronic space, cardiac continues to drive IPM growth in Oct-25 at 17% YoY (+11% in Q2FY26), anti-diabetic at 15% (+9% in Q2FY26), led by...

HDFC Securities

Pharmaceuticals: IPM: grows 6.1% in Sep’25 and 7.2% in Q2FY26

The strong growth in cardiac, respiratory, and oncology was offset by muted growth in anti-infective, gastro, VMN, and pain. For Q2FY26, IPM grew...

HDFC Securities

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