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

Invincible Investment / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/invincible-investment-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3617:1" rel="noopener">Invincible Investment (8963 JP)</a> plans to raise around US$230m to fund the acquisition of six hotel assets in Japan.</li>
<li>The stock has done well over the past year and so have most of its deals which we have covered in the past.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Invincible Investment (8963 JP) plans to raise around US$230m to fund the acquisition of six hotel assets in Japan.
The stock has done well over the past year and so have most of its deals which we have covered in the past.
In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Invincible Investment Corp Placement - Decent Accretion Despite the Large Dilution

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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$260m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of two properties.</li>
<li>Target acquisitions are expected to be accretive however, the deal comes amidst weaker sector sentiment and analysts have grown more pessimistic on the REIT’s unit price. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$260m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of two properties.
Target acquisitions are expected to be accretive however, the deal comes amidst weaker sector sentiment and analysts have grown more pessimistic on the REIT’s unit price. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Nippon Building Fund Placement - Weak Sentiment, However, Past Deals Have Performed Well

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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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> announced a smallish primary offering to assist in funding a portion of its Asset Replacement Campaign involving sales and purchases and an uplift in DPU.</li>
<li>That is an occasion to look at how much of float is held by passive trackers. </li>
<li>A test was done on the top 10 J-REITs on a holder-by-holder basis to see what one could expect at a minimum. The result may surprise some.</li>
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Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) announced a smallish primary offering to assist in funding a portion of its Asset Replacement Campaign involving sales and purchases and an uplift in DPU.
That is an occasion to look at how much of float is held by passive trackers. 
A test was done on the top 10 J-REITs on a holder-by-holder basis to see what one could expect at a minimum. The result may surprise some.


Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Calculating Passive Tracking of J-REITs and Index Events Around Offers

Japan Prime Realty Investmen / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-prime-realty-investmen" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:495:1" rel="noopener">Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of  the Tokyo Tatemono Higashi Shibuya Building and repay borrowings.</li>
<li>The deal is somewhat anticipated, given that the REIT’s asset replacement strategy has been in the works for a couple of months now. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of  the Tokyo Tatemono Higashi Shibuya Building and repay borrowings.
The deal is somewhat anticipated, given that the REIT’s asset replacement strategy has been in the works for a couple of months now. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Japan Prime Realty Placement - Expected Deal, Has Corrected in the past Month

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Japan Prime Realty Investmen / Event-Driven

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<li>Today after the close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-prime-realty-investmen" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:495:1" rel="noopener">Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP)</a> (<strong>"JPR"</strong>) announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently announced property acquisition. </li>
<li>The primary offer quantity is 38,100 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 1,900 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥16bn (~US$135mn). </li>
<li>Below, we take a look at the attractiveness of JPR's latest offering with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance.</li>
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Today after the close, Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) ("JPR") announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently announced property acquisition. 
The primary offer quantity is 38,100 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 1,900 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥16bn (~US$135mn). 
Below, we take a look at the attractiveness of JPR's latest offering with greater emphasis on the potential for strong post-offering secondary market performance.


Japan Prime Realty REIT (8955 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

Japan

ORIX JREIT Inc. is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which invests in securitized real estate products.  The Company directly invests in real estate properties such as offices, rental housings, and hotels.

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Invincible Investment Corp Placement - Decent Accretion Despite the Large Dilution

Invincible Investment plans to raise around US$230m to fund the acquisition of six hotel assets in Japan. In this note, we talk about the deal...

Sumeet Singh

Nippon Building Fund Placement - Weak Sentiment, However, Past Deals Have Performed Well

Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) is looking to raise around US$260m in its Primary Offering, to fund the acquisition of two properties.

Clarence Chu

Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Calculating Passive Tracking of J-REITs and Index Events Around Offers

Nippon Building Fund (8951) - Japan's oldest and largest REIT - announced a small secondary offering. That provides an occasion to look at J-REIT...

Travis Lundy

Japan Prime Realty Placement - Expected Deal, Has Corrected in the past Month

Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of the Tokyo Tatemono...

Clarence Chu

Japan Prime Realty REIT (8955 JP): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

Large-cap diversified JREIT JPR announced a ~US$135mn follow-on public equity offering to fund their recent property acquisition. This might act as...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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