Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>M3 extends its Tender Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/benefit-one-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14502:1" rel="noopener">Benefit One (2412 JP)</a>. M3 can match Dai-Ichi Life proposal, financially, if backed. And <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dai-ichi-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1109:1" rel="noopener">Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP)</a> can probably bump further. </li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-electronics-group-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4877:1" rel="noopener">Haier Electronics Group Co (1169 HK)</a>'s CEO and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/org-technology-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17510:1" rel="noopener">ORG Technology Co., Ltd. A (002701 CH)</a> reckon they can trump SASAC's Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpmc-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10427:1" rel="noopener">CPMC Holdings (906 HK)</a>.</li>
<li>First City of London Investment Management, then Palliser Capital and now Whitebox, urge <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-c-t-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:481:1" rel="noopener">Samsung C&amp;T (028260 KS)</a> to improve its cash spending, improve governance and communications and simplify its corporate structure</li>
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M3 extends its Tender Offer for Benefit One (2412 JP). M3 can match Dai-Ichi Life proposal, financially, if backed. And Dai Ichi Life Insurance (8750 JP) can probably bump further. 

Haier Electronics Group Co (1169 HK)'s CEO and ORG Technology Co., Ltd. A (002701 CH) reckon they can trump SASAC's Offer for CPMC Holdings (906 HK).
First City of London Investment Management, then Palliser Capital and now Whitebox, urge Samsung C&amp;T (028260 KS) to improve its cash spending, improve governance and communications and simplify its corporate structure


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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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<li>On 28th Nov 2023, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota (7203 JP)</a> announced that it would sell around 9.4% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso (6902 JP)</a> in order to reduce its cross-shareholding. </li>
<li>Since then the shares haven’t corrected by much, as compared to prior large secondary deals.</li>
<li>We have covered the deal background in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about deal dynamics, as compared to prior deals.</li>
</ul>


On 28th Nov 2023, Toyota (7203 JP) announced that it would sell around 9.4% of Denso (6902 JP) in order to reduce its cross-shareholding. 
Since then the shares haven’t corrected by much, as compared to prior large secondary deals.
We have covered the deal background in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about deal dynamics, as compared to prior deals.


Denso Corp Placement - Not Quite Shaping up for a Win Yet

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Following yesterday's news release by Reuters that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toyota-motor-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:73:1" rel="noopener">Toyota Motor (7203 JP)</a> could sell up to 10% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/denso-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18703:1" rel="noopener">Denso Corp (6902 JP)</a>, the deal was officially launched today.</li>
<li>Toyota is the company’s largest shareholder and its largest customer.</li>
<li>We have covered the deal background in our earlier note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/denso-corp-placement-possible-placement-by-toyota-to-raise-us-4-7bn" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:118615" rel="noopener">Denso Corp Placement - Possible Placement by Toyota to Raise US$4.7bn</a>. In this note, we talk about the final terms.</li>
</ul>


Following yesterday's news release by Reuters that Toyota Motor (7203 JP) could sell up to 10% of Denso Corp (6902 JP), the deal was officially launched today.
Toyota is the company’s largest shareholder and its largest customer.
We have covered the deal background in our earlier note, Denso Corp Placement - Possible Placement by Toyota to Raise US$4.7bn. In this note, we talk about the final terms.


Denso Corp Placement - Toyota to Raise US$4.4bn, as Expected

Japan Specialist

Mark Chadwick

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>We are bullish on Recruit at the current share price and believe that the stock has around 40% upside potential to our fair value estimate of Y7,700.</li>
<li>We believe that investors have been overly concerned with the cyclical slowdown in the job market as it normalizes from the post-Covid recovery</li>
<li>Indeed.com remains a disruptor in the HR recruiting market and the potential monetization of this asset is significantly under-appreciated by the market.</li>
</ul>


We are bullish on Recruit at the current share price and believe that the stock has around 40% upside potential to our fair value estimate of Y7,700.
We believe that investors have been overly concerned with the cyclical slowdown in the job market as it normalizes from the post-Covid recovery
Indeed.com remains a disruptor in the HR recruiting market and the potential monetization of this asset is significantly under-appreciated by the market.


Recruit Holdings (6098) | 2024 High Conviction

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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>In the IPO space, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23700:1" rel="noopener">Tata Technologies</a> didn't disappoint Tata Group fans, at least on the subscription front.</li>
<li>The placements continued to flow in this week as well in Japan.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
In the IPO space, Tata Technologies didn't disappoint Tata Group fans, at least on the subscription front.
The placements continued to flow in this week as well in Japan.


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David Blennerhassett

Denso Corp Placement - Not Quite Shaping up for a Win Yet

On 28th Nov 2023, Toyota (7203 JP) announced that it would sell around 9.4% of Denso (6902 JP) in order to reduce its cross-shareholding. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Denso Corp Placement - Toyota to Raise US$4.4bn, as Expected

Following yesterday's news release by Reuters that Toyota Motor (7203 JP) could sell up to 10% of Denso Corp (6902 JP), the deal was officially...

Sumeet Singh

Recruit Holdings (6098) | 2024 High Conviction

Recruit's stock has 40% potential upside, with the job market's cyclical slowdown being overly concerning to investors. The market undervalues the...

Mark Chadwick

ECM Weekly (26th Nov 2023) - Zeekr, Cirrus, Tata Tech, IREDA, FedBank, Juniper, GS Yuasa, AZ Com

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

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Last Week in Event SPACE: Benefit One, CPMC, Samsung C&T, Sands China, Shinko Electric, Hankook & Co

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a coffee, grab a comfortable seat, and sift through a brief summary of insights on various events discussed...

David Blennerhassett

Denso Corp Placement - Not Quite Shaping up for a Win Yet

On 28th Nov 2023, Toyota (7203 JP) announced that it would sell around 9.4% of Denso (6902 JP) in order to reduce its cross-shareholding. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Denso Corp Placement - Toyota to Raise US$4.4bn, as Expected

Following yesterday's news release by Reuters that Toyota Motor (7203 JP) could sell up to 10% of Denso Corp (6902 JP), the deal was officially...

Sumeet Singh

Recruit Holdings (6098) | 2024 High Conviction

​Recruit's stock has 40% potential upside, with the job market's cyclical slowdown being overly concerning to investors. The market undervalues the...

Mark Chadwick

ECM Weekly (26th Nov 2023) - Zeekr, Cirrus, Tata Tech, IREDA, FedBank, Juniper, GS Yuasa, AZ Com

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

Recruit's stock has 40% potential upside, with the job market's cyclical slowdown being overly concerning to investors. The market undervalues the...