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

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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>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gojek-goto" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25976:1" rel="noopener">GoTo (1379371D IJ)</a> launched its bookbuild but decided to keep it local, with no international bookrunners.</li>
<li>Placements continue to trickle in with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a> managing to raise US$150m odd. All eyes will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29043:1" rel="noopener">JD.com Inc. (9618 HK)</a> in the coming week.</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.

GoTo (1379371D IJ) launched its bookbuild but decided to keep it local, with no international bookrunners.
Placements continue to trickle in with Abacus Property (ABP AU) managing to raise US$150m odd. All eyes will be on JD.com Inc. (9618 HK) in the coming week.


ECM Weekly (20th Mar 2022) - JD.com, Tencent, Prosus, GoTo, Ferretti, Green Tea, Recbio, Abacus

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<li>On 23rd Dec, Tencent declared a dividend in the form of distribution in specie of 457.326m shares of JD.com, i.e. 1 share of JD.com for every 21 shares of Tencent.</li>
<li>While Tencent went ex-div on 20th Jan 2022, the actual settlement of the distribution is expected to happen on or about 25th Mar 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at Tencent’s shareholding in order to decipher the impact on JD.com’s shares once the distribution is settled to determine who the sellers could be.</li>
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On 23rd Dec, Tencent declared a dividend in the form of distribution in specie of 457.326m shares of JD.com, i.e. 1 share of JD.com for every 21 shares of Tencent.
While Tencent went ex-div on 20th Jan 2022, the actual settlement of the distribution is expected to happen on or about 25th Mar 2022.
In this note, we look at Tencent’s shareholding in order to decipher the impact on JD.com’s shares once the distribution is settled to determine who the sellers could be.


JD.com Tencent Div Distribution - The US$10bn Overhang

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

We initiate coverage on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a “Hold” recommendation on the RILIN notes, which seem fairly valued at the moment. We view RIL as "Low Risk" on our LARA scale, driven by: [1] the company's large scale, leading position, and diversified business portfolio; [2] strong track record of execution; and [3] modest credit metrics (Net Debt/EBITDA of c. 1x) and sound liquidity. Its three key segments, refining and petrochemicals, digital services, and retail, each of which is a market leader, provide a strong diversification effect. RIL has raised a huge amount of capital in the past two years from the partial stake sales of its key segments at a very high valuation, resulting in a large cash position. The large cash position will help RIL to grow and fund the persistent negative FCF. The key credit constraint is the sovereign rating of India, as RIL is already rated a notch higher than India's sovereign rating. Our Credit Bias on RIL is "Stable" as the company's strong fundamentals and positive momentum in its operations should partially offset the weaker outlook of India's sovereign rating.

 We initiate coverage on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a “Hold” recommendation on the RILIN notes, which seem fairly valued at the moment.  We view RIL as "Low Risk" on our LARA scale, driven by: [1] the company's large scale, leading position, and diversified business portfolio; [2] strong track record of execution; and [3] modest credit metrics (Net Debt/EBITDA of c. 1x) and sound liquidity. Its three key segments, refining and petrochemicals, digital services, and retail, each of which is a market leader, provide a strong diversification effect. RIL has raised a huge amount of capital in the past two years from the partial stake sales of its key segments at a very high valuation, resulting in a large cash position. The large cash position will help RIL to grow and fund the persistent negative FCF. The key credit constraint is the sovereign rating of India, as RIL is already rated a notch higher than India's sovereign rating.  Our Credit Bias on RIL is "Stable" as the company's strong fundamentals and positive momentum in its operations should partially offset the weaker outlook of India's sovereign rating.

Reliance Industries - Tear Sheet - Lucror Analytics

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<li>Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is looking to raise around US$500m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Fabindia offers a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products to its customers across Apparel and Accessories, Home and Lifestyle, Personal Care and Organic Food categories. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is looking to raise around US$500m in its India IPO.
Fabindia offers a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products to its customers across Apparel and Accessories, Home and Lifestyle, Personal Care and Organic Food categories. 
In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Fabindia Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Past Financial Performance Trends Remain Unclear

Cosmo Energy Holdings   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Mubadala aims to raise around US$287m via selling its 15.8% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cosmo-energy-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26565:1" rel="noopener">Cosmo Energy Holdings (5021 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>The stock has been doing well owing to the rise in crude prices and Mubadala has sold some stock before and hence, the deal might not be wholly unexpected. </li>
<li>However, its an accelerated bookbuild in Japan, which don’t have a great track record.</li>
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Mubadala aims to raise around US$287m via selling its 15.8% stake in Cosmo Energy Holdings (5021 JP).
The stock has been doing well owing to the rise in crude prices and Mubadala has sold some stock before and hence, the deal might not be wholly unexpected. 
However, its an accelerated bookbuild in Japan, which don’t have a great track record.


Cosmo Energy Holdings Placement - Stock Has Done Well, Deal Might Be Expected but It's Accelerated

India

Reliance Industries Ltd. manufactures petrochemicals, synthetic fibers, fiber intermediates, textiles, blended yarn and polyester staple fiber. The Company also owns a petroleum refinery cum petrochemicals complex in Jamnagar, India that produces a wide range of products such as gasoline, superior kerosene oil and liquefied petroleum gas.

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ECM Weekly (20th Mar 2022) - JD.com, Tencent, Prosus, GoTo, Ferretti, Green Tea, Recbio, Abacus

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

JD.com Tencent Div Distribution - The US$10bn Overhang

On 23rd Dec 21, Tencent declared a dividend in the form of distribution in specie of 1 share of JD.com for every 21 shares of Tencent. The shares...

Sumeet Singh

Reliance Industries - Tear Sheet - Lucror Analytics

We initiate coverage on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a “Hold” recommendation on the RILIN notes, which seem fairly valued at the moment. We...

Lucror Analytics

Fabindia Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Past Financial Performance Trends Remain Unclear

Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is...

Sumeet Singh

Cosmo Energy Holdings Placement - Stock Has Done Well, Deal Might Be Expected but It's Accelerated

Mubadala aims to raise around US$287m via selling its 15.8% stake in Cosmo Energy Holdings (5021 JP). It will mark a complete exit for Mubadala.

Sumeet Singh

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