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.

Event-Driven

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<li>With <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota (7203 JP)</a> having sold some of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kddi-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:639:1" rel="noopener">KDDI</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/harmonic-drive-systems-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10238:1" rel="noopener">Harmonic Drive</a> this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.</li>
<li>Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
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With Toyota (7203 JP) having sold some of its stake in Denso, KDDI and Harmonic Drive this year, it has firmly set the ball rolling for unwinding some of its cross-shareholding.
Toyota has a shareholding in around 60 listed companies, with its combined disposable stake worth over US$26bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


Toyota Cross-Shareholding - To Say a Whole Lot Is Left Would Be a US$26bn Understatement

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist, Steno Research

Andreas Steno

Head of Research and Global Chief Strategist

Macro and Geopolitical Research House

Steno Research

Steno Research is a new macro and geopolitical research house. We are based out of Copenhagen, Denmark, but have an international team and a strong network of sources and partners around the world. The team is lead by Andreas Steno, previous global head of strategy at Nordea Bank, and Mikkel Rosenvold, former chief consultant in the Danish Ministry of Finance.

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul><li>Markets are pricing in heavy cuts for next year as inflation keeps coming in soft, making a soft landing the base case for the bulls, but everything comes at a price.</li><li>But how are assets likely to perform if the market narrative is correct and yields will indeed come down in a continued bull-steepening fashion, which in our view is the most likely scenario in H1 2024?</li><li>We have pulled out some of our cross-asset beta studies from our data-library to provide you with an overview of how assets perform during various yield curve regimes.</li></ul>

Markets are pricing in heavy cuts for next year as inflation keeps coming in soft, making a soft landing the base case for the bulls, but everything comes at a price.But how are assets likely to perform if the market narrative is correct and yields will indeed come down in a continued bull-steepening fashion, which in our view is the most likely scenario in H1 2024?We have pulled out some of our cross-asset beta studies from our data-library to provide you with an overview of how assets perform during various yield curve regimes.

Bull Steepening Watch – Is Lower Yields Really What Risk Assets Want?

Focus on Smaller Cap Value Names, Altay Capital

Altay Capital

Focus on Smaller Cap Value Names

Long time value investor. Long/Short portfolio that’s always net long (between 30-80%). I have extensive experience in the video game industry as I founded a leading media company in the space, which I have since exited after an acquisition. Gaming companies only make up ~15% of my portfolio, but its a sector where I believe I have an edge. A newsletter about value investing! Mostly focus on smaller cap value names that aren't widely covered.

Equity Bottom-Up

Sanyo Engineering & Construc / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In late May, Kinden Corp. (1944) announced a takeover of Kodensha (1948) at a massive premium.</li><li>Kodensha was trading around ¥2,500 per share in late 2025, then more than doubled before a Nikkei article came out in January 2026 suggesting that Mitsubishi Electric would sell its 50% stake in the company.</li><li>By then, the stock was trading around ¥6,500. Kinden then announced it would take the company private at ¥11,501 per share. </li></ul>

In late May, Kinden Corp. (1944) announced a takeover of Kodensha (1948) at a massive premium.Kodensha was trading around ¥2,500 per share in late 2025, then more than doubled before a Nikkei article came out in January 2026 suggesting that Mitsubishi Electric would sell its 50% stake in the company.By then, the stock was trading around ¥6,500. Kinden then announced it would take the company private at ¥11,501 per share. 

Two Near Net-Net Japanese Electrical Contractors at ~3.5x EV/EBIT with Industry Tailwinds

Fintech, Real-time Big-Data Analytics Provider, Nowcast, Inc.

Ryota Hayashi

Fintech, Real-time Big-Data Analytics Provider

Nowcast, Inc.

We at Nowcast develop "Big-Data Economic Analytics Platforms".  We aim to revolutionize the financial markets by providing "accurate" and "real-time" analytics based on economic indicators and corporate activity data procured worldwide. 

Our Main Services

(1) Real-time Analytics
With our Nikkei CPI Now Index at our core, we provide real time analytics of global economic indicators such as POS Data. By utilizing Big-Data technology, we also provide real-time analytics of micro level data such as corporate earnings. 

(2) Big-Data Application Consulting
We too provide business consultation and conduct joint research on initiatives that strive to use data, such as from the operation capacity of construction machinery to number of passengers on railroad trains, as economic indicators. We provide continuous support to Data Scientists specialized in economics in their proposal stage, product development and up till its business development. 

(3) Monetary Policy Insights
With the proactive involvement of and support from from academicians in macroeconomics & key figures in the financial industry, we produce reports, conduct seminars and meetings that discuss about the forecast of financial markets, provide intellectual suggestions on asset allocation, etc. 

Macroeconomics

<ul><li>March: The growth rate of new core core CPI for March will stay almost the same.</li><li>The Nikkei CPINow T index (for February 2017) maintained at 0.0%.</li><li>The Nikkei CPINow S index (for March 2017) increased by 0.59%.</li><li>This March 2017 Review is a part of the monthly report series which looks into analyzing the current developments in Japan's economy based on The Nikkei CPINow S index &amp; T index.</li></ul>

March: The growth rate of new core core CPI for March will stay almost the same.The Nikkei CPINow T index (for February 2017) maintained at 0.0%.The Nikkei CPINow S index (for March 2017) increased by 0.59%.This March 2017 Review is a part of the monthly report series which looks into analyzing the current developments in Japan's economy based on The Nikkei CPINow S index &amp; T index.

March 2017 Review of Current Development in Japan's Economy

Doing bespoke work since 2002....., Custom Products Group

Patrick Hansen

Doing bespoke work since 2002.....

Custom Products Group

Custom Products was started 14 years ago at Lehman Brothers by current co-founder Patrick Hansen, CFA. After 3 years at Lehman, Patrick moved the team to Macquarie Securities where Simon Rigney (co-founder) joined. 3 years ago we took Custom Products independent. 

Our core strength can be summed up three words. 1- Customization - we have very little off the shelf products and most work is done on a one on one bespoke basis. 2- Speed - We pride ourselves in our ability to get requests back to the client very quickly. 3- Confidentiality - We do not redistribute. There is no grace period where we wait a week and then mass blast. Any request stops with that client.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

With TOPIX up approx. 30% since the end of June last year, we wanted to update the Hated by the Street screen and focus on names that missed the rally. We screened for names that <ol>
<li>% of BUY Recommendations to Total is less than 30%. </li>
<li>Have underperformed TOPIX by more than 10% since last June.</li>
<li>PBR relative to the sector median PBR is less than 0.8.</li>
</ol><h2>Screen Results</h2><figure class="editor-figure mceNonEditable"><img src="https://static-prod.smartkarma.com/images/media/000/022/936/original/1.png?1490134662" class="editor-image img-responsive" data-smartkarma-image-id="22936"></figure><div class="content-caption">Source: Custom Products</div>If we look at the worst performers relative to TOPIX, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/19147" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19147:1">Sawai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (4555 JP)</a> tops the list, down 42%…

With TOPIX up approx. 30% since the end of June last year, we wanted to update the Hated by the Street screen and focus on names that missed the rally. We screened for names that 
% of BUY Recommendations to Total is less than 30%. 
Have underperformed TOPIX by more than 10% since last June.
PBR relative to the sector median PBR is less than 0.8.
Screen ResultsSource: Custom ProductsIf we look at the worst performers relative to TOPIX, Sawai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (4555 JP) tops the list, down 42%…

Hated Names that Missed the Rally in Japan.....

Japan

MAXIS JPX-Nikkei Index 400 ETF is an exchange-traded fund incorporated in Japan. The objective of the fund is to provide investment resulets that corresponded to the performance of the JPX Nikkei Index 400.

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Two Near Net-Net Japanese Electrical Contractors at ~3.5x EV/EBIT with Industry Tailwinds

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Altay Capital

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Nowcast, Inc.

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Custom Products Group

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