APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nextbillion-technology-pvt-ltd-groww" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34787:1" rel="noopener">Groww (1573648D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$747m in its India IPO.Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures, is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing multiple financial products and services.</li>
<li>With Groww, customers can invest and trade in stocks (including via IPOs), derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products. Customers can also avail margin trading facility and personal loans.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the peer comp and implied valuations in the price range.</li>
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Groww (1573648D IN) is looking to raise around US$747m in its India IPO.Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures, is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing multiple financial products and services.
With Groww, customers can invest and trade in stocks (including via IPOs), derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products. Customers can also avail margin trading facility and personal loans.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the peer comp and implied valuations in the price range.


Groww IPO - Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nextbillion-technology-pvt-ltd-groww" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34787:1" rel="noopener">Groww (1573648D IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures,is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing financial products and services, where customers can invest/ trade in stocks, derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Groww (1573648D IN) is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO.
Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures,is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing financial products and services, where customers can invest/ trade in stocks, derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Groww Pre-IPO - Scaling Fast in a Competitive Market

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

Equity Bottom-Up

Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers / Equity Bottom-Up

Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers (ARSSBL IN)

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<li>Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers, a three-decade-old full-service brokerage house, is set to go public with a fresh issue to fund its working capital and expansion.</li>
<li>The offering provides a window into a mature, brand-led brokerage with an industry-leading Average Revenue per Client (ARPC) and a strong presence across Tier I, II, and III cities. 
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<li>The company’s structural strengths, including its Margin Trading Facility (MTF) business and client vintage, position it for sustained growth in India’s evolving capital markets.</li>
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Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers, a three-decade-old full-service brokerage house, is set to go public with a fresh issue to fund its working capital and expansion.
The offering provides a window into a mature, brand-led brokerage with an industry-leading Average Revenue per Client (ARPC) and a strong presence across Tier I, II, and III cities. 

The company’s structural strengths, including its Margin Trading Facility (MTF) business and client vintage, position it for sustained growth in India’s evolving capital markets.


Anand Rathi IPO: A Premium Play in India’s Brokerage Market?

Geojit Financial Services / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Geojit is targeting INR 20,000 crore in PMS AUM within three years from INR 1200 Crore, backed by new leadership, expanded RM hiring, and deep NRI-retail presence.</li>
<li>This signals a shift from cyclical broking to stable, high-margin wealth management boosting recurring income and long-term profitability.</li>
<li>Geojit is evolving into a full-stack wealth platform, making it a re-rating candidate if it delivers on PMS scale-up and sustains income diversification.</li>
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Geojit is targeting INR 20,000 crore in PMS AUM within three years from INR 1200 Crore, backed by new leadership, expanded RM hiring, and deep NRI-retail presence.
This signals a shift from cyclical broking to stable, high-margin wealth management boosting recurring income and long-term profitability.
Geojit is evolving into a full-stack wealth platform, making it a re-rating candidate if it delivers on PMS scale-up and sustains income diversification.


The Beat Ideas: Geojit Financial- Riding on Its Customer Base to Build a ₹20,000 Cr Wealth Business

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>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Bank Index</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-it-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36059:1" rel="noopener">Nifty IT Index</a>, Nifty Midcap 150 Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index and the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpse-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28191:1" rel="noopener">CPSE ETF</a> rebalance at the close today.</li>
<li>The round-trip trade across the indices is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with over 1 day of ADV to trade from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Stocks with the largest impact are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/britannia-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16495:1" rel="noopener">Britannia Industries</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bharat-petroleum-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10222:1" rel="noopener">Bharat Petroleum</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adani-total-gas-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28352:1" rel="noopener">Adani Total Gas</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indian-hotels-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5774:1" rel="noopener">Indian Hotels</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jio-financial-services-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40042:1" rel="noopener">Jio Financial</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indian-railway-catering-and-tourism-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33951:1" rel="noopener">IRCTC</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zomato-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28820:1" rel="noopener">Zomato</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/federal-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11784:1" rel="noopener">Federal Bank</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/union-bank-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:546:1" rel="noopener">Union Bank Of India</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crompton-greaves-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6248:1" rel="noopener">Crompton Greaves</a>.</li>
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The NIFTY Index, Nifty Next 50 Index, Nifty Bank Index, Nifty IT Index, Nifty Midcap 150 Index, Nifty100 Low Volatility30 Index and the CPSE ETF rebalance at the close today.
The round-trip trade across the indices is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with over 1 day of ADV to trade from passive trackers.
Stocks with the largest impact are Britannia Industries, Bharat Petroleum, Adani Total Gas, Indian Hotels, Jio Financial, IRCTC, Zomato, Federal Bank, Union Bank Of India and Crompton Greaves.


NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Today; Round-Trip US$2.6bn

India

Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited is an Indian financial services company offering a diversified range of financial products and services, including wealth management, institutional and retail broking, asset management, investment banking, private equity, and home finance. The company provides services related to equity trading, commodity trading, investment advisory, and mutual funds. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India, and was founded in 1987.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFS IN)

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Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFS IN)

Groww IPO - Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

Groww is looking to raise around US$747m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the peer comp and implied valuations in the price range.

Akshat Shah

Groww Pre-IPO - Scaling Fast in a Competitive Market

Groww is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

Anand Rathi IPO: A Premium Play in India’s Brokerage Market?

Anand Rathi, a three-decade-old brokerage house, is going public to fund expansion, showcasing strong industry presence and structural strengths...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The Beat Ideas: Geojit Financial- Riding on Its Customer Base to Build a ₹20,000 Cr Wealth Business

Geojit aims to grow PMS AUM to INR 20,000 crore in three years, shifting focus to wealth management for long-term profitability and income...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Today; Round-Trip US$2.6bn

The March rebalance of the Nifty family of indices takes place at the close today. The round-trip trade is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with...

Brian Freitas

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Groww IPO - Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

Groww is looking to raise around US$747m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the peer comp and implied valuations in the price range.

Akshat Shah

Groww Pre-IPO - Scaling Fast in a Competitive Market

Groww is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

Anand Rathi IPO: A Premium Play in India’s Brokerage Market?

​Anand Rathi, a three-decade-old brokerage house, is going public to fund expansion, showcasing strong industry presence and structural strengths...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The Beat Ideas: Geojit Financial- Riding on Its Customer Base to Build a ₹20,000 Cr Wealth Business

​Geojit aims to grow PMS AUM to INR 20,000 crore in three years, shifting focus to wealth management for long-term profitability and income...

Sudarshan Bhandari

NIFTY Indices: Flows (Post Capping) At the Close Today; Round-Trip US$2.6bn

The March rebalance of the Nifty family of indices takes place at the close today. The round-trip trade is US$2.6bn and there are 26 stocks with...

Brian Freitas

Anand Rathi, a three-decade-old brokerage house, is going public to fund expansion, showcasing strong industry presence and structural strengths...

Geojit aims to grow PMS AUM to INR 20,000 crore in three years, shifting focus to wealth management for long-term profitability and income...