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

Nexus Select Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexus-select-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36566:1" rel="noopener">Nexus Select Trust (NST IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>The bookrunners on the deal are Axis, BofA, Citi, HSBC, IIFL, JM Fin, JPM, Kotak, MS and SBI Cap.</li>
<li>Nexus Select Trust (NST) is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers.</li>
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Nexus Select Trust (NST IN) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. 
The bookrunners on the deal are Axis, BofA, Citi, HSBC, IIFL, JM Fin, JPM, Kotak, MS and SBI Cap.
Nexus Select Trust (NST) is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers.


IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chindata-group-holdings-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29274:1" rel="noopener">Chindata Group (CD US)</a>’s 3Q22 results beat both revenue and adjusted EBITDA consensus estimates. Chindata raised its full-year guidance for the second time this year.</li>
<li>Chindata continues to attract rumours of takeover interest, most recently from China Merchants. Its track record of beating guidance, modest leverage and beaten-down rating make it a target. </li>
<li>A forward EV/EBITDA multiple of 10.8x, in line with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/21-vianet-group-inc-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8489:1" rel="noopener">21Vianet Group (VNET US)</a>’s multiple implied by its founder’s offer (at US$8.20), would imply Chindata’s price of US$8 per ADS.  </li>
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Chindata Group (CD US)’s 3Q22 results beat both revenue and adjusted EBITDA consensus estimates. Chindata raised its full-year guidance for the second time this year.
Chindata continues to attract rumours of takeover interest, most recently from China Merchants. Its track record of beating guidance, modest leverage and beaten-down rating make it a target. 
A forward EV/EBITDA multiple of 10.8x, in line with 21Vianet Group (VNET US)’s multiple implied by its founder’s offer (at US$8.20), would imply Chindata’s price of US$8 per ADS.  


2023 High Conviction: Chindata's Track Record & Rating Makes It a Takeover Target

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

Mapletree Logistics Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>REIT Watch - Industrial S-Reits see resilience despite macro challenges All eight of Singapore’s industrial S-Reits have reported their respective Q3 financial results or business updates.</li><li>Four out of the eight industrial S-Reits published financial results for the latest quarter – Aims Apac Reit, EC World Reit, Mapletree Industrial Trust and Mapletree Logistics Trust – while the rest reported interim business updates.</li></ul>

REIT Watch - Industrial S-Reits see resilience despite macro challenges All eight of Singapore’s industrial S-Reits have reported their respective Q3 financial results or business updates.Four out of the eight industrial S-Reits published financial results for the latest quarter – Aims Apac Reit, EC World Reit, Mapletree Industrial Trust and Mapletree Logistics Trust – while the rest reported interim business updates.

REIT Watch - Industrial S-Reits see resilience despite macro challenges

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/21-vianet-group-inc-adr" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8489:1" rel="noopener">21Vianet Group (VNET US)</a> disclosed a privatisation proposal from the founder at US$8.20 per ADS, a 2.5% premium to The Hina Group/Industrial Bank’s offer of US$8.00 (disclosed on 11 April).</li>
<li>The data centre industry continues to be a hotbed for M&amp;A. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-27/mbk-partners-is-said-to-weigh-rival-bid-for-chinese-data-center-firm-vnet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg reported</a> on 27 July that MBK Partners is mulling an offer for VNET. </li>
<li>The offer is unattractive, and Mr Cheng, with 28.79% of voting rights, will need the support of other substantial shareholders. This latest offer underlines the current mispricing of the shares</li>
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21Vianet Group (VNET US) disclosed a privatisation proposal from the founder at US$8.20 per ADS, a 2.5% premium to The Hina Group/Industrial Bank’s offer of US$8.00 (disclosed on 11 April).
The data centre industry continues to be a hotbed for M&amp;A. Bloomberg reported on 27 July that MBK Partners is mulling an offer for VNET. 
The offer is unattractive, and Mr Cheng, with 28.79% of voting rights, will need the support of other substantial shareholders. This latest offer underlines the current mispricing of the shares


VNET’s Opportunistic US$8.20 Bid from the Founder

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FOR the 5 trading sessions that spanned Jul 22 to 28, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 2.2 per cent, with the FTSE China A50 Index declining 0.8 per cent, the Hang Seng Index declining 0.6 per cent and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI gaining 2.3 per cent.

Overall, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the 5 sessions with S$111 million of net outflows, following on from S$65 million of net inflow for the preceding 5 sessions. Singapore Telecommunications, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Yangzijiang Financial Holding and Wilmar International led the net institutional outflows for the 5 sessions through to Jul 28.  Meanwhile, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings), Mapletree Industrial Trust, AEM Holdings, Genting Singapore and Frasers Logistic &amp; Commercial Trust led the net institutional inflows for the 5 sessions through to Jul 28.

Share buybacks

There were 8 primary-listed stocks conducting share buybacks over the 5 sessions ending Jul 28, with a total consideration of S$1.2 million, a similar pace to the S$1.7 million filed for the preceding 5 sessions. iFAST Corporation, The Hour Glass and Valuetronics Holdings led the consideration tally. iFAST Corporation’s buyback of 106,900 shares on Jul 25 at an average price of S$3.75 per share was the company’s second filed buyback on the current mandate, with the preceding buyback of 400,000 shares on Apr 26. The previous buyback mandate saw iFAST Corporation buy back 0.22 per cent of its issued shares (excluding treasury shares). Meanwhile, The Hour Glass has bought back 3.49 per cent of its shares on the current buyback mandate through to Jul 28. Its buybacks between Jul 24 and 26 were conducted at an average price of S$2.15 per share. For its FY22 (ended Mar 31), The Hour Glass recorded a robust 39 per cent increase in sales to S$1.03 billion, which resulted in its after-tax profit rising by 86 per cent to S$157.0 million. The group believes that demand momentum will remain buoyant and continues its focus on organic development throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Director and substantial shareholder transactions 

The 5 trading sessions saw over 80 changes to director interests and substantial shareholdings filed for more than 30 primary-listed stocks. This included 6 company director acquisitions with no disposals filed, while substantial shareholders filed 9 acquisitions and 5 disposals.

iFAST Corporation

On Jul 26, iFAST Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Lim Chung Chun acquired 34,100 shares of the company for a consideration of S$129,474. At an average price of S$3.80 per share, the acquisition took his total interest from 20.30 per cent to 20.31 per cent. His preceding acquisitions included 60,000 shares at S$4.69 per share on Apr 27, and 50,000 shares at S$5.96 per share on Feb 15.

On Jul 23, iFAST Corporation reported its net revenue for Q2 2022 grew 13.3 per cent year on year to S$29.86 million, despite the group noting global financial markets had gone through a very difficult period. The Q2 2022 net revenue included an initial contribution of S$3.92 million from iFAST Global Bank in the UK. iFAST Corporation is a wealth management fintech platform, with assets under administration of S$17.68 billion as of 30 Jun, 2022. The main business divisions of the group include the business-to-consumer (B2C) division, the business-to-business (B2B) division, and the fintech solutions/business-to-business-to-consumer model. Lim co-founded the company with the launch of its B2C division Fundsupermart.com in Singapore in 2000, following which the B2B division iFAST Financial was launched in 2001. He subsequently led the company’s regional expansion efforts, extending iFAST Corporation’s presence beyond Singapore to Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and India, building a well-established fintech ecosystem across the 5 markets.

Tung Lok Restaurants (2000)

Between Jul 21 and 26, Tung Lok Restaurants (2000) non-executive director Sam Goi Seng Hui acquired 97,600 shares of the company at 11.5 cents per share. With a consideration of S$11,217, this took Goi’s total interest in the award-winning restaurateur from 19.77 per cent to 19.80 per cent.

Goi is also the executive chairman of Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing, mainboard-listed GSH Corporation, PSC Corporation and Tat Seng Packaging Group.  He is also the vice-chairman of mainboard-listed Envictus International Holdings and JB Foods.

Tung Lok Restaurants (2000) currently operates 34 outlets of which 25 are directly owned, 3 are held by its associates and 6 others are under license/franchise. These restaurants are spread across Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, with the group’s business predominantly based in Singapore. While consolidating its outlet portfolio, the group has also been focusing its efforts to accelerate its digital transformation initiatives to streamline and optimise internal operational processes to improve productivity. Some digital solutions adopted in its FY22 (ended Mar 31) included virtual queuing systems, robot waiters, mobile ordering systems and voucher management systems. 
 

Inside Insights is a weekly column on The Business Times, <a href="https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/ifast-leads-buybacks-as-chairman-also-adds-to-stake">read</a> the original version
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FOR the 5 trading sessions that spanned Jul 22 to 28, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 2.2 per cent, with the FTSE China A50 Index declining 0.8 per cent, the Hang Seng Index declining 0.6 per cent and the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI gaining 2.3 per cent.

Overall, institutions were net sellers of Singapore stocks over the 5 sessions with S$111 million of net outflows, following on from S$65 million of net inflow for the preceding 5 sessions. Singapore Telecommunications, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Yangzijiang Financial Holding and Wilmar International led the net institutional outflows for the 5 sessions through to Jul 28.  Meanwhile, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings), Mapletree Industrial Trust, AEM Holdings, Genting Singapore and Frasers Logistic &amp; Commercial Trust led the net institutional inflows for the 5 sessions through to Jul 28.

Share buybacks

There were 8 primary-listed stocks conducting share buybacks over the 5 sessions ending Jul 28, with a total consideration of S$1.2 million, a similar pace to the S$1.7 million filed for the preceding 5 sessions. iFAST Corporation, The Hour Glass and Valuetronics Holdings led the consideration tally. iFAST Corporation’s buyback of 106,900 shares on Jul 25 at an average price of S$3.75 per share was the company’s second filed buyback on the current mandate, with the preceding buyback of 400,000 shares on Apr 26. The previous buyback mandate saw iFAST Corporation buy back 0.22 per cent of its issued shares (excluding treasury shares). Meanwhile, The Hour Glass has bought back 3.49 per cent of its shares on the current buyback mandate through to Jul 28. Its buybacks between Jul 24 and 26 were conducted at an average price of S$2.15 per share. For its FY22 (ended Mar 31), The Hour Glass recorded a robust 39 per cent increase in sales to S$1.03 billion, which resulted in its after-tax profit rising by 86 per cent to S$157.0 million. The group believes that demand momentum will remain buoyant and continues its focus on organic development throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Director and substantial shareholder transactions 

The 5 trading sessions saw over 80 changes to director interests and substantial shareholdings filed for more than 30 primary-listed stocks. This included 6 company director acquisitions with no disposals filed, while substantial shareholders filed 9 acquisitions and 5 disposals.

iFAST Corporation

On Jul 26, iFAST Corporation chairman and chief executive officer Lim Chung Chun acquired 34,100 shares of the company for a consideration of S$129,474. At an average price of S$3.80 per share, the acquisition took his total interest from 20.30 per cent to 20.31 per cent. His preceding acquisitions included 60,000 shares at S$4.69 per share on Apr 27, and 50,000 shares at S$5.96 per share on Feb 15.

On Jul 23, iFAST Corporation reported its net revenue for Q2 2022 grew 13.3 per cent year on year to S$29.86 million, despite the group noting global financial markets had gone through a very difficult period. The Q2 2022 net revenue included an initial contribution of S$3.92 million from iFAST Global Bank in the UK. iFAST Corporation is a wealth management fintech platform, with assets under administration of S$17.68 billion as of 30 Jun, 2022. The main business divisions of the group include the business-to-consumer (B2C) division, the business-to-business (B2B) division, and the fintech solutions/business-to-business-to-consumer model. Lim co-founded the company with the launch of its B2C division Fundsupermart.com in Singapore in 2000, following which the B2B division iFAST Financial was launched in 2001. He subsequently led the company’s regional expansion efforts, extending iFAST Corporation’s presence beyond Singapore to Hong Kong, Malaysia, China and India, building a well-established fintech ecosystem across the 5 markets.

Tung Lok Restaurants (2000)

Between Jul 21 and 26, Tung Lok Restaurants (2000) non-executive director Sam Goi Seng Hui acquired 97,600 shares of the company at 11.5 cents per share. With a consideration of S$11,217, this took Goi’s total interest in the award-winning restaurateur from 19.77 per cent to 19.80 per cent.

Goi is also the executive chairman of Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing, mainboard-listed GSH Corporation, PSC Corporation and Tat Seng Packaging Group.  He is also the vice-chairman of mainboard-listed Envictus International Holdings and JB Foods.

Tung Lok Restaurants (2000) currently operates 34 outlets of which 25 are directly owned, 3 are held by its associates and 6 others are under license/franchise. These restaurants are spread across Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines, with the group’s business predominantly based in Singapore. While consolidating its outlet portfolio, the group has also been focusing its efforts to accelerate its digital transformation initiatives to streamline and optimise internal operational processes to improve productivity. Some digital solutions adopted in its FY22 (ended Mar 31) included virtual queuing systems, robot waiters, mobile ordering systems and voucher management systems. 
 

Inside Insights is a weekly column on The Business Times, read the original version



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The offer is unattractive. Nevertheless, with the data centre M&A activity levels remaining elevated, the current mispricing of the shares will...

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FOR the 5 trading sessions that spanned Jul 22 to 28, the Straits Times Index (STI) gained 2.2 per cent, with the FTSE China...

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