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

BrainBees Solutions / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/brainbees-solutions" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36115:1" rel="noopener">BrainBees Solutions</a> is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>FirstCry is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for Mothers’, Babies’ and Kids’ products in terms of GMV, for the year ending Dec 2022 (9M23), according to RedSeer.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about its updated financials in the RHP.</li>
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BrainBees Solutions is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. 
FirstCry is India’s largest multi-channel retailing platform for Mothers’, Babies’ and Kids’ products in terms of GMV, for the year ending Dec 2022 (9M23), according to RedSeer.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about its updated financials in the RHP.


Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) IPO - RHP Updates - Growing but Slowing

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

Event-Driven

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<li>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-June in July. There are companies with significant float changes from end-December and/or end-March.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 12 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 5 could see passive outflows in August.</li>
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Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-June in July. There are companies with significant float changes from end-December and/or end-March.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 12 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 5 could see passive outflows in August.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in August

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ola-electric-mobility-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40618:1" rel="noopener">Ola Electric</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.</li>
<li>In our previous note we looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison. In this note, we will talk about valuations.</li>
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Ola Electric is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
Ola Electric Mobility is a vertically integrated pure EV player in India with manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells.
In our previous note we looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison. In this note, we will talk about valuations.


Ola Electric Pre-IPO - Initial Thoughts on Valuation

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the Potential ADDs/DELs for the BSE SENSEX, 100, and 200 indices in the December 2024 index rebal event.</li>
<li>At present, 3 changes for the BSE 100 index and 7 changes for the BSE 200 index.</li>
<li>The BSE 100 handling rules for names without futures and options (F&amp;O) sometimes punish companies that have enjoyed good share price rallies and Zomato could get into such a trap.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the Potential ADDs/DELs for the BSE SENSEX, 100, and 200 indices in the December 2024 index rebal event.
At present, 3 changes for the BSE 100 index and 7 changes for the BSE 200 index.
The BSE 100 handling rules for names without futures and options (F&amp;O) sometimes punish companies that have enjoyed good share price rallies and Zomato could get into such a trap.


Quiddity Leaderboard BSE/​​​​SENSEX Dec 24: Could Zomato's Share Price Rally Become a Problem?

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Medi Assist Healthcare Services / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/medi-assist-healthcare-services" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40662:1" rel="noopener">Medi Assist Healthcare Services (0886371D IN)</a> was listed on 23rd Jan 2024 after raising US$140m. The IPO had been 100% secondary, with the promoters and pre-IPO investors trimming their stakes.</li>
<li>Medi Assist Healthcare Services (Medi Assist) provides third party administration services to insurance companies via its subsidiaries.</li>
<li>Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the firm's pre-IPO shareholders and a portion of the promoters’ stakes.</li>
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Medi Assist Healthcare Services (0886371D IN) was listed on 23rd Jan 2024 after raising US$140m. The IPO had been 100% secondary, with the promoters and pre-IPO investors trimming their stakes.
Medi Assist Healthcare Services (Medi Assist) provides third party administration services to insurance companies via its subsidiaries.
Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the firm's pre-IPO shareholders and a portion of the promoters’ stakes.


Medi Assist US$180m Lock-Up Expiry - Multibagger Gains Are Ripe for the Taking

India

PB Fintech Limited doing business as PolicyBazaar, develops and publishes an online financial services platform. The Company offers a consumer centric platform by partnering with financial services companies such as insurance companies to enhance their platform from a consumer e-commerce perspective.

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Policybazaar (POLICYBZ IN)

Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) IPO - RHP Updates - Growing but Slowing

BrainBees Solutions is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the updates from its recent filings.

Sumeet Singh

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in August

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 4...

Brian Freitas

Ola Electric Pre-IPO - Initial Thoughts on Valuation

Ola Electric has launched its IPO at a much more digestible valuation than what it was aiming for earlier. At the current valuations, it would be...

Sumeet Singh

Medi Assist US$180m Lock-Up Expiry - Multibagger Gains Are Ripe for the Taking

Medi Assist Healthcare Services (0886371D IN) was listed on 23rd Jan 2024. Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the firm's pre-IPO...

Clarence Chu

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Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) IPO - RHP Updates - Growing but Slowing

BrainBees Solutions is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the updates from its recent filings.

Sumeet Singh

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in August

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 4...

Brian Freitas

Ola Electric Pre-IPO - Initial Thoughts on Valuation

Ola Electric has launched its IPO at a much more digestible valuation than what it was aiming for earlier. At the current valuations, it would be...

Sumeet Singh

Quiddity Leaderboard BSE/​​​​SENSEX Dec 24: Could Zomato's Share Price Rally Become a Problem?

We see Zomato as a BSE 100 DEL for December 2024 as it currently violates one of the derivative linkage requirements. Zomato's fate will depend on...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Medi Assist US$180m Lock-Up Expiry - Multibagger Gains Are Ripe for the Taking

Medi Assist Healthcare Services (0886371D IN) was listed on 23rd Jan 2024. Coming up for six-month lockup expiry are the firm's pre-IPO...

Clarence Chu

Quiddity Leaderboard BSE/SENSEX Dec 24: Could Zomato's Share Price Rally Become a Problem?