APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pavilion-real-estate-investment-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17395:1" rel="noopener">Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK)</a> is looking to raise up to MYR$517m (US$115m) in its primary placement. </li>
<li>The proceeds will be used to partially finance its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil (PBJ) mall.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK) is looking to raise up to MYR$517m (US$115m) in its primary placement. 
The proceeds will be used to partially finance its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil (PBJ) mall.
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Pavilion REIT Placement - Very Well Flagged, Has Been Expected for Some Time

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>IPO activity appears to be picking up across the region, with deal in Japan, Hong Kong, US and Indonesia being lined up.</li>
<li>Placements as well picked up pace, despite the ongoing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-post-bank-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:838:1" rel="noopener">Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)</a>'s mega deal set to suck liquidity out of the system for a while. </li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
IPO activity appears to be picking up across the region, with deal in Japan, Hong Kong, US and Indonesia being lined up.
Placements as well picked up pace, despite the ongoing Japan Post Bank (7182 JP)'s mega deal set to suck liquidity out of the system for a while. 


ECM Weekly (12th Mar 2023) - Meituan, Japan Post Bank, SBI Sumishin, JFW, Ventia, Doosan, DXN, DPC

Clarence Chu

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pavilion-real-estate-investment-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17395:1" rel="noopener">Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK)</a> is expected to raise MYR$1.27bn (US$280m) to partially fund its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil mall (PBJ mall). </li>
<li>Non-Interested unitholders will vote on the planned acquisition in the next EGM to be held on 22 March 2023.</li>
<li>In this note, we will discuss the deal dynamics, details on the planned acquisition, and the REIT's recent financial performance. </li>
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Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK) is expected to raise MYR$1.27bn (US$280m) to partially fund its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit Jalil mall (PBJ mall). 
Non-Interested unitholders will vote on the planned acquisition in the next EGM to be held on 22 March 2023.
In this note, we will discuss the deal dynamics, details on the planned acquisition, and the REIT's recent financial performance. 


Pavilion REIT Placement - MY$2.2bn (US$487m) Acquisition Expected to Increase Distributable Income

Deciphering real estate markets globally., Rems Advisors

TAN Kok Keong

Deciphering real estate markets globally.

Rems Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

We visited Forest City in Iskandar Malaysia over the weekend following reports of the Chinese government's order for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/5225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5225:1">Country Garden Holdings Co (2007 HK)</a> to close all its showrooms in China.  The following are some observations from us, post-visit. <h2>Key observations from the visit</h2>The following are our key observations and feedback from agents/visitors we spoke to: <ul><li>
The number of visitors shrank: The sale agent we met told us that the news of closing down of all showrooms in China really hurt their…</li></ul>

We visited Forest City in Iskandar Malaysia over the weekend following reports of the Chinese government's order for Country Garden Holdings Co (2007 HK) to close all its showrooms in China.  The following are some observations from us, post-visit. Key observations from the visitThe following are our key observations and feedback from agents/visitors we spoke to: 
The number of visitors shrank: The sale agent we met told us that the news of closing down of all showrooms in China really hurt their…

Seeing the Forest for the Trees in Malaysia - Country Garden

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

§  Ascendas REIT has recently replaced CapitaLand Mall Trust as Singapore's largest capitalised REIT – and has been the second-best performing REIT in the YTD with an 11.9% total return.§  The capitalisation of Singapore’s REIT Sector has almost doubled over the past five years. Singapore’s REIT Sector also maintains a competitive edge with higher average yields and lower average gearing ratios than the combined REIT Sector of Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. §  The NikkoAM - StraitsTrading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF  which is expected to include up to 70% weightage in Singapore REITs is scheduled to list on SGX on 29 March 2017. Ascendas REIT and CapitaLand Mall Trust are expected to maintain relatively large weightings in the ETF.

§  Ascendas REIT has recently replaced CapitaLand Mall Trust as Singapore's largest capitalised REIT – and has been the second-best performing REIT in the YTD with an 11.9% total return.§  The capitalisation of Singapore’s REIT Sector has almost doubled over the past five years. Singapore’s REIT Sector also maintains a competitive edge with higher average yields and lower average gearing ratios than the combined REIT Sector of Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. §  The NikkoAM - StraitsTrading Asia ex Japan REIT ETF  which is expected to include up to 70% weightage in Singapore REITs is scheduled to list on SGX on 29 March 2017. Ascendas REIT and CapitaLand Mall Trust are expected to maintain relatively large weightings in the ETF. 

Ascendas REIT Is Now Singapore's Largest Capitalised REIT

Malaysia

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust is a REIT. The Company invests, directly and indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income producing real estate used for retail purposes in Malaysia and other countries within the Asia-Pacific region.

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK)

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK)

Pavilion REIT Placement - Very Well Flagged, Has Been Expected for Some Time

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK) is looking to raise up to MYR$517m (US$115m) in its primary placement. The proceeds will be used...

Ethan Aw

ECM Weekly (12th Mar 2023) - Meituan, Japan Post Bank, SBI Sumishin, JFW, Ventia, Doosan, DXN, DPC

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Pavilion REIT Placement - MY$2.2bn (US$487m) Acquisition Expected to Increase Distributable Income

Pavilion Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT MK) is expected to raise MYR$1.27bn (US$280m) to partially fund its acquisition of Pavilion Bukit...

Clarence Chu

Seeing the Forest for the Trees in Malaysia - Country Garden

We visited Forest City in Iskandar Malaysia over the weekend following reports of the Chinese government's order for Country Garden Holdings Co...

TAN Kok Keong

Ascendas REIT Is Now Singapore's Largest Capitalised REIT

§ Ascendas REIT has recently replaced CapitaLand Mall Trust as Singapore's largest capitalised REIT – and has been the second-best performing REIT...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)