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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a> is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company background and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.</li>
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Mankind Pharma is looking to raise around US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
We have looked at the company background and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.


Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Algosun Global

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/revolution-medicines-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36535:1" rel="noopener">Revolution Medicines (RVMD US)</a>  is focused on therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The company’s pipeline is among the strongest in small-cap biotech. </li>
<li>We expect Revolution Medicines shares to outperform the market over the next 12 months as solid performance from the RAS(ON) inhibitor pipeline and oral inhibitor of SHP2 continues. </li>
<li>Investors gain confidence in the rest of the RAS(ON) inhibitor pipeline, including RMC-6291, RMC-6236, and RMC-5552. Management will provide topline data from RMC-4630-03 in 2H 2023. </li>
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Revolution Medicines (RVMD US)  is focused on therapies to inhibit frontier targets in RAS-addicted cancers. The company’s pipeline is among the strongest in small-cap biotech. 
We expect Revolution Medicines shares to outperform the market over the next 12 months as solid performance from the RAS(ON) inhibitor pipeline and oral inhibitor of SHP2 continues. 
Investors gain confidence in the rest of the RAS(ON) inhibitor pipeline, including RMC-6291, RMC-6236, and RMC-5552. Management will provide topline data from RMC-4630-03 in 2H 2023. 


2023 High Conviction: Revolution Medicines – Cracking The KRAS In Cancer

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

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<li>Takeda’s dengue vaccine TAK-003/QDENGA has been approved in Indonesia and is awaiting consent from the EU. The company is also seeking approval from the US, Latam and other Asian countries.</li>
<li>The company plans to launch the vaccine in December or early next year which will become the industry’s first immunisation against dengue after the problems faced by Sanofi’s Dengvaxia.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/takeda-pharmaceutical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11747:1" rel="noopener">Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502 JP)</a> 's decade long journey into its dengue vaccine and its potential.</li>
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Takeda’s dengue vaccine TAK-003/QDENGA has been approved in Indonesia and is awaiting consent from the EU. The company is also seeking approval from the US, Latam and other Asian countries.
The company plans to launch the vaccine in December or early next year which will become the industry’s first immunisation against dengue after the problems faced by Sanofi’s Dengvaxia.
In this insight, we take a look at Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502 JP) 's decade long journey into its dengue vaccine and its potential.


Takeda: A Deep Dive into Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Global equity managers are positioned at their highest ever overweight in French equities</li>
<li>France is the 4th largest country allocation globally and the largest in the European Union. Versus the benchmark, only the Netherlands has more funds positioned overweight.</li>
<li>Sanofi and Cap Gemini SA have benefited from fund rotation this year, with the percentage of funds invested in each name rising by 4.1% and 3.3% respectively</li>
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Global equity managers are positioned at their highest ever overweight in French equities
France is the 4th largest country allocation globally and the largest in the European Union. Versus the benchmark, only the Netherlands has more funds positioned overweight.
Sanofi and Cap Gemini SA have benefited from fund rotation this year, with the percentage of funds invested in each name rising by 4.1% and 3.3% respectively


France: Europe’s High Conviction Holding

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>2021 saw a significant jump in RNA based trials. Large sequencing projects and the success of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines should drive the growth of the global RNA therapeutics market. </li>
<li>Our analysis suggests that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/moderna-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28744:1" rel="noopener">Moderna Inc (MRNA US)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vertex-pharmaceuticals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4864:1" rel="noopener">Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX US),</a> <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/incyte-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20576:1" rel="noopener">Incyte Corp (INCY US), </a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alnylam-pharmaceuticals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2191:1" rel="noopener">Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY US), </a><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/isis-pharmaceuticals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7017:1" rel="noopener">Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS US)</a> lead in RNA therapy related innovations.</li>
<li>R&amp;D collaboration, licensing deals, strategic investments and buyouts between RNA specialists and big pharma will increase as sitting on the sidelines might no longer be an option.</li>
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2021 saw a significant jump in RNA based trials. Large sequencing projects and the success of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines should drive the growth of the global RNA therapeutics market. 
Our analysis suggests that Moderna Inc (MRNA US) , Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX US), Incyte Corp (INCY US), Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (ALNY US), Ionis Pharmaceuticals (IONS US) lead in RNA therapy related innovations.
R&amp;D collaboration, licensing deals, strategic investments and buyouts between RNA specialists and big pharma will increase as sitting on the sidelines might no longer be an option.


Data Mining Technical Publications to Rank the Innovators in RNA Therapeutics

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Sanofi is a global pharmaceutical company that researches, develops and manufactures prescription pharmaceuticals and vaccines.  The Company develops cardiovascular, thrombosis, metabolic disorder, central nervous system, internal medicine and oncology drugs, and vaccines.

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Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

2023 High Conviction: Revolution Medicines – Cracking The KRAS In Cancer

Oncology-focused unicorn Revolution Medicines is our high-risk/high-reward conviction idea for 2023 as we see room for further gains among select...

Andrei Zakharov

Takeda: A Deep Dive into Takeda’s Dengue Vaccine

As Takeda prepares to launch its dengue vaccine QDENGA, we take a look at the company's journey into dengue research, Sanofi's fiasco and the...

Shifara Samsudeen, FCMA, CGMA

France: Europe’s High Conviction Holding

Global equity funds are at record overweights in French equities. Average weights are towards the top end of the 8-year range at 4.16%, pushing net...

Steven Holden

Data Mining Technical Publications to Rank the Innovators in RNA Therapeutics

Specialists lead the RNA intellectual property ecosystem but may still need big pharma to bring new treatments to market making the space ripe for...

Pyari Menon

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