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.

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Tekscend Photomask / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tekscend-photomask-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45819:1" rel="noopener">Tekscend Photomask (429A JP)</a>, a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, raised around US$900m in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>TP is a global provider of photomasks and related support services. It has been the leader in the merchant photomask market in terms of sales since 2016.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at its past performance and valuations. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Tekscend Photomask (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, raised around US$900m in its Japan IPO.
TP is a global provider of photomasks and related support services. It has been the leader in the merchant photomask market in terms of sales since 2016.
In our previous note, we looked at its past performance and valuations. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Tekscend Photomask IPO Trading - Priced at the Top, but Still Relatively Cheap

Kokusai Electric  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/applied-materials-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:283:1" rel="noopener">Applied Materials (AMAT US)</a> is looking to raise approximately US$330m through an accelerated secondary offering for around 4.5% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kokusai-electric-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40152:1" rel="noopener">Kokusai Electric (6525 JP)</a> (KE) stock.</li>
<li>KE had seen two selldown earlier, from KKR, with mixed results. KKR just came out of its last lockup.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Applied Materials (AMAT US) is looking to raise approximately US$330m through an accelerated secondary offering for around 4.5% of Kokusai Electric (6525 JP) (KE) stock.
KE had seen two selldown earlier, from KKR, with mixed results. KKR just came out of its last lockup.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Kokusai Electric Placement - Unexpected Seller but Relatively Small Deal

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RISC-V allows for design and implementation locally, compliant to global standards, with specifications available under Creative Commons and no licensing feesRISC-V's customizable architecture, with a small core base ISA and various extensions, enables workload optimized silicon for different applications such as AI, ML, and vector processingRecent highlights include the availability of the RBA23 profile specification for high-performing application processors, Nvidia's adoption of RISC-V for CUDA porting, and Infineon's announcement of an all RISC-V automotive microcontroller roadmap, showcasing the growing momentum of RISC-V across various industries.This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Podcast EP309: The State of RISC-V and the Upcoming RISC-V Summit with Andrea Gallo

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tekscend-photomask-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45819:1" rel="noopener">Tekscend Photomask (429A JP)</a>  (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, aims to raise around US$830m in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>TP is a global provider of photomasks and related support services. It has been the leader in the merchant photomask market in terms of sales since 2016.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>



Tekscend Photomask (429A JP)  (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, aims to raise around US$830m in its Japan IPO.
TP is a global provider of photomasks and related support services. It has been the leader in the merchant photomask market in terms of sales since 2016.
We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Tekscend Photomask IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tekscend-photomask-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45819:1" rel="noopener">Tekscend Photomask (429A JP)</a>, a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, aims to raise around US$830m in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>TP is a global provider of photomasks and related support services. It has been the leader in the merchant photomask market in terms of sales since 2016.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we will  undertake a peer comparison.</li>
</ul>



Tekscend Photomask (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, aims to raise around US$830m in its Japan IPO.
TP is a global provider of photomasks and related support services. It has been the leader in the merchant photomask market in terms of sales since 2016.
We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we will  undertake a peer comparison.


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Micron Technology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets dynamic random access memory chips (DRAMs), very fast static random access memory chips (SRAMs), Flash Memory, other semiconductor components, and memory modules.

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Tekscend Photomask IPO Trading - Priced at the Top, but Still Relatively Cheap

Tekscend Photomask (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, raised around US$900m in its Japan IPO. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Kokusai Electric Placement - Unexpected Seller but Relatively Small Deal

Applied Materials (AMAT US) is looking to raise approximately US$330m through an accelerated secondary offering for around 4.5% of Kokusai Electric...

Sumeet Singh

Podcast EP309: The State of RISC-V and the Upcoming RISC-V Summit with Andrea Gallo

RISC V is a customizable and globally recognized architecture used by companies like Nvidia, with ongoing development and expansion in various...

SemiWiki.com

Tekscend Photomask IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Tekscend Photomask (429A JP) (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, aims to raise around US$830m in its Japan IPO....

Sumeet Singh

Tekscend Photomask IPO - Peer Comparison

Tekscend Photomask (429A JP), a manufacturer and distributor of semiconductor photomasks, aims to raise around US$830m in its Japan IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

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