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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Emcure Pharmaceuticals / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>EP is an Indian Pharmaceutical company engaged in the developing, manufacturing and globally marketing a broad range of pharmaceutical products across several major therapeutic areas. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the various aspects of the deal.</li>
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Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming India IPO.
EP is an Indian Pharmaceutical company engaged in the developing, manufacturing and globally marketing a broad range of pharmaceutical products across several major therapeutic areas. 
In this note, we talk about the various aspects of the deal.


Emcure Pharmaceuticals Pre-IPO - Proforma Earnings Were Strong but It Faces a Host of Legal Issues

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<li>Leading mRNA vaccine producers announced plans to build manufacturing facilities in Africa this year. </li>
<li>According to Reuters, Rwanda, Senegal, or South Africa may be potential locations for Moderna’s new vaccine factory.</li>
<li>Africa has the world’s lowest vaccination rate, and only ~5% of Africans are fully vaccinated today. </li>
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Leading mRNA vaccine producers announced plans to build manufacturing facilities in Africa this year. 
According to Reuters, Rwanda, Senegal, or South Africa may be potential locations for Moderna’s new vaccine factory.
Africa has the world’s lowest vaccination rate, and only ~5% of Africans are fully vaccinated today. 


Why Moderna And BioNTech Want To Boost Production Capacities In Africa?

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<li>Shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/moderna-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28744:1" rel="noopener">Moderna Inc (MRNA US)</a> underperformed and fell ~32% YTD. Investors continued to cut exposure to stocks of COVID vaccine makers, including BioNTech, Novavax, CureVac, among others.</li>
<li>In August 2021, Moderna announced the first share buyback plan. The company’s Board of Directors has authorized share repurchase for up to $1 billion with an expiry date in 2023. </li>
<li>We estimate Moderna may end 2021 with a total of ~$18.5 billion in cash, cash eq., investments and expect the company may boost share buyback in the future.</li>
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Shares of Moderna Inc (MRNA US) underperformed and fell ~32% YTD. Investors continued to cut exposure to stocks of COVID vaccine makers, including BioNTech, Novavax, CureVac, among others.
In August 2021, Moderna announced the first share buyback plan. The company’s Board of Directors has authorized share repurchase for up to $1 billion with an expiry date in 2023. 
We estimate Moderna may end 2021 with a total of ~$18.5 billion in cash, cash eq., investments and expect the company may boost share buyback in the future.


Is It Time For Moderna To Boost Share Buyback And Start Paying Dividends?

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Tina Banerjee

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/green-cross-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2969:1" rel="noopener">Green Cross (006280 KS)</a> is currently waiting for marketing approval from the FDA for its immune globulin intravenous injection, which will mark its entry into the U.S. market.</li>
<li>The company will start commercializing its hemophilia A treatment, GreenGene F in China market this year. As a third-generation product, GreenGene is expected to gain substantial market share.</li>
<li>Green Cross shares remained subdued last year, as the company could not finalize a contract manufacturing deal for COVID-19 vaccine.</li>
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Green Cross (006280 KS) is currently waiting for marketing approval from the FDA for its immune globulin intravenous injection, which will mark its entry into the U.S. market.
The company will start commercializing its hemophilia A treatment, GreenGene F in China market this year. As a third-generation product, GreenGene is expected to gain substantial market share.
Green Cross shares remained subdued last year, as the company could not finalize a contract manufacturing deal for COVID-19 vaccine.


Green Cross (006280 KS): Look Ahead for Key Milestones Amid Covid Vaccine Related Setback

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<li>CSL aims to raise up to US$4.8bn (A$6.8bn) via a fully underwritten placement, in order to partly fund its acquisition of Vifor Pharma.</li>
<li>The deal has been in the news for a while with CSL recently having to put out a media release to confirm talks.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


CSL aims to raise up to US$4.8bn (A$6.8bn) via a fully underwritten placement, in order to partly fund its acquisition of Vifor Pharma.
The deal has been in the news for a while with CSL recently having to put out a media release to confirm talks.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


CSL Placement - Lage Acquisition, Placement and Accretion, Along with Index Impact

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Moderna, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The Company focuses on the discovery and development of messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines. Moderna develops mRNA medicines for infectious, immuno-oncology, and cardiovascular diseases.

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Emcure Pharmaceuticals Pre-IPO - Proforma Earnings Were Strong but It Faces a Host of Legal Issues

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. It is the 12th largest Indian Pharmaceutical company.

Sumeet Singh

Why Moderna And BioNTech Want To Boost Production Capacities In Africa?

We believe the new Moderna's mRNA facility in Africa may help the biotech company boost market share in the EMEA region.

Andrei Zakharov

CSL Placement - Lage Acquisition, Placement and Accretion, Along with Index Impact

CSL aims to raise up to US$4.8bn (A$6.8bn) via a fully underwritten placement, in order to partly fund its acquisition of Vifor Pharma.

Sumeet Singh

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Emcure Pharmaceuticals Pre-IPO - Proforma Earnings Were Strong but It Faces a Host of Legal Issues

Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited is looking to raise around US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. It is the 12th largest Indian Pharmaceutical company.

Sumeet Singh

Why Moderna And BioNTech Want To Boost Production Capacities In Africa?

We believe the new Moderna's mRNA facility in Africa may help the biotech company boost market share in the EMEA region.

Andrei Zakharov

Is It Time For Moderna To Boost Share Buyback And Start Paying Dividends?

Our analysis suggests that Moderna may boost share buyback and announce dividend payments in 2022 as cash pile will exceed $20 billion

Andrei Zakharov

Green Cross (006280 KS): Look Ahead for Key Milestones Amid Covid Vaccine Related Setback

The company is expected to receive marketing approval in the U.S. for its first immune globulin product next month and start commercialize...

Tina Banerjee

CSL Placement - Lage Acquisition, Placement and Accretion, Along with Index Impact

CSL aims to raise up to US$4.8bn (A$6.8bn) via a fully underwritten placement, in order to partly fund its acquisition of Vifor Pharma.

Sumeet Singh