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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Contemporary Amperex Technology / Equity Capital Markets

Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK)

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, most of the listings over the past week ended up doing well, irrespective of overall demand.</li>
<li>On the placements front, there was a lockup release for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-catl-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (3750 HK)</a>, along with a number of other placements.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, most of the listings over the past week ended up doing well, irrespective of overall demand.
On the placements front, there was a lockup release for Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (3750 HK), along with a number of other placements.


ECM Weekly (24 November 2025) - CATL, Hengrui, Hongqiao, WT Micro, SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Ultragreen

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<li>Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak.</li>
<li>Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak.
Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lenskart-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45634:1" rel="noopener">Lenskart Solutions</a> raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book.</li>
<li>Lenskart Solutions Limited (LSL) is a technology-driven eyewear company with integrated operations spanning designing, manufacturing, branding and retailing of eyewear products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Lenskart Solutions raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book.
Lenskart Solutions Limited (LSL) is a technology-driven eyewear company with integrated operations spanning designing, manufacturing, branding and retailing of eyewear products.
We have looked at the past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Lenskart Solutions IPO Trading - Very Strong Anchor Facing Weak Markets

India focused: IPO, special situations, Stylus Holdings

Himanshu Dugar

India focused: IPO, special situations

Stylus Holdings

Stylus Holdings is a buy-side equity research firm. We offer bottom-up investment ideas as well as provide on demand equity research and portfolio tracking. 
At Stylus, our focus is to identify market dislocations that can generate 20+% IRR with a reasonable margin of safety. As part of our research process, we do a deep dive into the fundamentals of the company, evaluate their competitive positioning and assess their valuation.
Our investment team is led by Himanshu Dugar. Himanshu is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA charter holder. He has 10+ years of active experience in the stock market with stints at CRISIL Research, a S&P Global copmany and Miras Investments, a single family office based in Dubai.

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<li>Pine Labs is a fintech company supporting digitization of commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>While the company has been growing in line with peers, its focus on enterprise customers and subscription pricing stands out, while peers have focused on merchants with a %-fee model.</li>
<li>IPO priced at sharp discount to expectations ($2.5bn vs $6bn), which is fair given changing business/industry dynamics. Pending RBI investigation and potential selling from early investors are other near-term concerns.</li>
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Pine Labs is a fintech company supporting digitization of commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
While the company has been growing in line with peers, its focus on enterprise customers and subscription pricing stands out, while peers have focused on merchants with a %-fee model.
IPO priced at sharp discount to expectations ($2.5bn vs $6bn), which is fair given changing business/industry dynamics. Pending RBI investigation and potential selling from early investors are other near-term concerns.


Pinelabs IPO Review - Another Fintech IPO Exactly 4yrs After Paytm - Can It Buck the Trend?

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pine-labs-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33472:1" rel="noopener">Pine Labs</a> is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about the RHP updates and provide our thoughts on valuations.</li>
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Pine Labs is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO.
Pine Labs (PL) is a fintech firm focused on digitizing commerce through digital payments and issuing solutions for merchants, consumer brands and enterprises, and financial institutions.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note we talk about the RHP updates and provide our thoughts on valuations.


Pine Labs IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

India

One97 Communications Ltd. is an Indian multinational technology company that provides digital payment and financial services to consumers and merchants. Its core offerings include payment services, lending, insurance, and wealth management, primarily through its flagship mobile wallet, Paytm. The company is headquartered in Noida, India, and was founded in 2000.

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Paytm (PAYTM IN)

ECM Weekly (24 November 2025) - CATL, Hengrui, Hongqiao, WT Micro, SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Ultragreen

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Pine Labs IPO Trading - Low/No Demand

Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak. In this note we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Lenskart Solutions IPO Trading - Very Strong Anchor Facing Weak Markets

Lenskart Solutions raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Pinelabs IPO Review - Another Fintech IPO Exactly 4yrs After Paytm - Can It Buck the Trend?

Pine Labs is a fintech stands focused on payments processing. It stands out with its focus on enterprise customers and subscription/low MDR...

Himanshu Dugar

Pine Labs IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

Pine Labs is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.

Sumeet Singh

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ECM Weekly (24 November 2025) - CATL, Hengrui, Hongqiao, WT Micro, SBI Shinsei, NS Group, Ultragreen

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

Pine Labs IPO Trading - Low/No Demand

Pine Labs raised around US$450m in its India IPO. Overall demand was weak. In this note we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Lenskart Solutions IPO Trading - Very Strong Anchor Facing Weak Markets

Lenskart Solutions raised around US$825m in its India IPO, with a very strong anchor book. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Pinelabs IPO Review - Another Fintech IPO Exactly 4yrs After Paytm - Can It Buck the Trend?

​Pine Labs is a fintech stands focused on payments processing. It stands out with its focus on enterprise customers and subscription/low MDR...

Himanshu Dugar

Pine Labs IPO - RHP Updates and Thoughts on Valuation

Pine Labs is now looking to raise up to US$450m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Pine Labs is a fintech stands focused on payments processing. It stands out with its focus on enterprise customers and subscription/low MDR...