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.

Equity Capital Markets

Nippon Building Fund / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$122m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of Frontier Musashikosugi N Building and S Building.</li>
<li>Unusually for Japan, the acquisition was announced at the end of last month, while the raising has only been announced today.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$122m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of Frontier Musashikosugi N Building and S Building.
Unusually for Japan, the acquisition was announced at the end of last month, while the raising has only been announced today.
In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Building Fund Placement - Small Deal but Lacks Accretion

Listed Real Estate Asia, KT Capital Group

Jacob Cheng

Listed Real Estate Asia

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we look at the fundamentals of J-REITs.  We look at overall Japan real estate, interest rate impact, as well as industry dynamics</li>
<li>We like logistics sector due to its strong industry fundamentals; we are more bearish on office as vacancy will see more fluctuation in terms of new supply</li>
<li>On the back of valuation and industry fundamentals, we suggest LONG Nippon Prologis REIT and SHORT Nippon Building Fund</li>
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In this insight, we look at the fundamentals of J-REITs.  We look at overall Japan real estate, interest rate impact, as well as industry dynamics
We like logistics sector due to its strong industry fundamentals; we are more bearish on office as vacancy will see more fluctuation in terms of new supply
On the back of valuation and industry fundamentals, we suggest LONG Nippon Prologis REIT and SHORT Nippon Building Fund


J-REITs: LONG Nippon Prologis 3283 and SHORT Nippon Building Fund 8951 on Valuation and Fundamentals

Japan Hotel Reit Investment / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, among the J-REIT universe, we explore the pair trade idea of LONG Japan Hotel REIT and SHORT Nippon Building Fund</li>
<li>Among the real estate subsectors, we expect hotels continue to see superior performance on the back of tourism recovery, while office market will continue to be weak</li>
<li>Both JHR and NBF are large caps with good trading liquidity.  In terms of valuation, we see more upside in JHR (20%) than NBF (0%)</li>
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In this insight, among the J-REIT universe, we explore the pair trade idea of LONG Japan Hotel REIT and SHORT Nippon Building Fund
Among the real estate subsectors, we expect hotels continue to see superior performance on the back of tourism recovery, while office market will continue to be weak
Both JHR and NBF are large caps with good trading liquidity.  In terms of valuation, we see more upside in JHR (20%) than NBF (0%)


Japan REITs: Long Japan Hotel REIT and Short Nippon Building Fund on Industry Fundamentals

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Nippon Prologis Reit / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-prologis-reit-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15683:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP)</a> is looking to raise US$184m in its primary follow-on offering to acquire one property, namely Prologis Park Soka. </li>
<li>The deal is a somewhat large one to digest, at 14 days of three month ADV but only 3% dilution. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP) is looking to raise US$184m in its primary follow-on offering to acquire one property, namely Prologis Park Soka. 
The deal is a somewhat large one to digest, at 14 days of three month ADV but only 3% dilution. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Prologis REIT Placement - Well-Flagged and past Deals Have Performed Decently

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

Japan Real Estate Investment / Event-Driven

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<li>Today after market close, one of Japan's largest office JREITs <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-real-estate-investment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16867:1" rel="noopener">Japan Real Estate Investment (8952 JP)</a> announced a US$150mn follow-on equity offering to fund their recent acquisition of two properties.</li>
<li>The primary offer quantity will be 35,200 units and there is an over-allotment quantity of 2,464 units.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a closer look at the details of this offering and the potential of this offering to trigger strong secondary market performance in the following weeks.</li>
</ul>


Today after market close, one of Japan's largest office JREITs Japan Real Estate Investment (8952 JP) announced a US$150mn follow-on equity offering to fund their recent acquisition of two properties.
The primary offer quantity will be 35,200 units and there is an over-allotment quantity of 2,464 units.
In this insight, we take a closer look at the details of this offering and the potential of this offering to trigger strong secondary market performance in the following weeks.


Japan Real Estate Investment (8952 JP) : Offering Could Be a Catalyst for Outperformance Vs Peers

Japan

Nippon Building Fund Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which mainly invests in real estate and securitized real estate products. Properties are mainly Business offices and are located in Tokyo Major 5 wards and Kanto area.

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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)

Nippon Building Fund Placement - Small Deal but Lacks Accretion

Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$122m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of Frontier Musashikosugi N...

Sumeet Singh

J-REITs: LONG Nippon Prologis 3283 and SHORT Nippon Building Fund 8951 on Valuation and Fundamentals

We look at the J-REIT market, the interest rate impact, as well as industry fundamentals. We like logistics sector but more bearish on office. We...

Jacob Cheng

Japan REITs: Long Japan Hotel REIT and Short Nippon Building Fund on Industry Fundamentals

We explore the proposed pair trade to LONG Japan Hotel REIT and SHORT Nippon Building Fund, on the back of industry fundamentals. Hotel is...

Jacob Cheng

Nippon Prologis REIT Placement - Well-Flagged and past Deals Have Performed Decently

Nippon Prologis Reit (3283 JP) is looking to raise US$184m in its primary follow-on offering to acquire one property, namely Prologis Park Soka.

Ethan Aw

Japan Real Estate Investment (8952 JP) : Offering Could Be a Catalyst for Outperformance Vs Peers

Large-cap Office JREIT JRE has launched a US$150mn follow-on equity offering after nearly five years. This could act as a catalyst for...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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