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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National Stock Exchange of India / Equity Capital Markets

National Stock Exchange of India (NSE IN)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-stock-exchange" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23751:1" rel="noopener">National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN)</a> is looking to raise upto US$2.5bn in its India IPO.</li>
<li>NSE operates electronic platforms for trading equities, derivatives, currencies, and debt securities, also earning revenue from clearing and settlement services, market data, index licensing, listing fees, connectivity, and technology services.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN) is looking to raise upto US$2.5bn in its India IPO.
NSE operates electronic platforms for trading equities, derivatives, currencies, and debt securities, also earning revenue from clearing and settlement services, market data, index licensing, listing fees, connectivity, and technology services.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Aequitas: NSE Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

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<ul><li>BFSI Strong credit growth reported by banks while deposit growth remained a challenge</li><li>Asset quality continued to improve and NIM expanded resulting into strong earnings growth</li><li>NBFCs have also shown healthy loan growth with improved asset quality</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

BFSI Strong credit growth reported by banks while deposit growth remained a challengeAsset quality continued to improve and NIM expanded resulting into strong earnings growthNBFCs have also shown healthy loan growth with improved asset qualityContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Quarterly tracker (Q3FY23): Commodity pressure easing, margin expansion on the cards

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Bottom-Up

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Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.</li>
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 Highlights: Currently five pair trade opportunities persist across three markets and five sectors. 
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Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs.</li>
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Context: This Insight follows up on previously highlighted relative value opportunities, using a statistical methodology based on mean-reversion to identify opportunities in paired securities.

 Highlights: Currently five pair trade opportunities persist across three markets and five sectors. 


Why read: Statistical analysis offers a unique perspective on relative value. Gain insights into actionable statistical pair trade opportunities and monitor performance of previously highlighted pairs.


Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (10 Aug 2026)

Mid-Small Cap specialist | Equities | India, Nurture Capital Advisory

Nurture Capital Advisory

Mid-Small Cap specialist | Equities | India

Buyside Outfit and Advisory Services

We are a Buyside outfit and also offer Advisory services. Most notes published here are written for our consumption. These notes offer readers a perspective of our approach to scanning sectors and distilling ideas to constructing a bottom-up Equity portfolio. Combining top down and bottom-up approaches to identifying themes/ value stocks at inflexion Sector agnostic | Value oriented - Inflexion approach | Bottom-Up Ideas Biased towards Sustainability, ESG Team is Wall Street Journal, ET Now - Star mine Lipper, Asia money rated.

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<li>A primer to Life Insurance industry in India - industry size, breaking down key concepts, valuation.</li>
<li>A relatively better consumption theme compared to other expensive names with strong fundamentals, underlying growth and valuations.</li>
<li>However, it's a late cycle play and while downside is protected, upside is capped as well. </li>
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A primer to Life Insurance industry in India - industry size, breaking down key concepts, valuation.
A relatively better consumption theme compared to other expensive names with strong fundamentals, underlying growth and valuations.
However, it's a late cycle play and while downside is protected, upside is capped as well. 


Life Insurance: Is This Correction Deep Enough to Add?

<ul><li>Reliance Industries: Our ADD rating on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a price target of INR 2,735/sh is premised on (1) recovery in the O2C businesses; (2) EBITDA growth in the digital business, driven by improvement in ARPU, subscriber addition, and new revenue streams; and (3) potential for further value unlocking in the digital and retail businesses</li><li>RIL’s consolidated EBITDA stood at INR 352bn (+19% YoY; +13% QoQ, HSIE: INR 344bn), above our estimate, while APAT stood at INR 158bn (-3.2% YoY, +16% QoQ), marginally below our estimate</li><li>Earnings were mainly driven by improvement in the O2C and E&amp;P segments. ICICI Bank: ICICI Bank (ICICIBC) reported yet another quarter of all-round impressive balance sheet performance with loan growth (+20% YoY), NIMs (4.7%) and asset quality (GNPA at 3.1%), reflecting in strong profitability vectors (standalone RoE of ~18%)</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Reliance Industries: Our ADD rating on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a price target of INR 2,735/sh is premised on (1) recovery in the O2C businesses; (2) EBITDA growth in the digital business, driven by improvement in ARPU, subscriber addition, and new revenue streams; and (3) potential for further value unlocking in the digital and retail businessesRIL’s consolidated EBITDA stood at INR 352bn (+19% YoY; +13% QoQ, HSIE: INR 344bn), above our estimate, while APAT stood at INR 158bn (-3.2% YoY, +16% QoQ), marginally below our estimateEarnings were mainly driven by improvement in the O2C and E&amp;P segments. ICICI Bank: ICICI Bank (ICICIBC) reported yet another quarter of all-round impressive balance sheet performance with loan growth (+20% YoY), NIMs (4.7%) and asset quality (GNPA at 3.1%), reflecting in strong profitability vectors (standalone RoE of ~18%)Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

HSIE Results Daily: Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank,

India

SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. is a prominent Indian life insurance company, operating as a joint venture between the State Bank of India and BNP Paribas Cardif. The company offers a comprehensive suite of individual and group life insurance and savings products, including traditional plans, unit-linked plans (ULIPs), pension plans, and health plans. It also provides accident, disability, and critical illness insurance. SBI Life Insurance is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was founded in October 2000.

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Aequitas: NSE Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN) is looking to raise upto US$2.5bn in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Quarterly tracker (Q3FY23): Commodity pressure easing, margin expansion on the cards

BFSI Strong credit growth reported by banks while deposit growth remained a challenge. Asset quality continued to improve and NIM expanded...

HDFC Securities

Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (10 Aug 2026)

Discover five pair trade opportunities across three markets and five sectors using statistical mean-reversion methodology for actionable insights.

Gaudenz Schneider

Life Insurance: Is This Correction Deep Enough to Add?

Stocks in the Life Insurance sector have corrected by 10-20%, but not enough to add yet. While the industry protects downside risks but caps...

Nurture Capital Advisory

HSIE Results Daily: Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank,

Our ADD rating on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a price target of INR 2,735/sh is premised on (1) recovery in the O2C businesses; (2) EBITDA...

HDFC Securities

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Aequitas: NSE Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuations

National Stock Exchange (NSEIN IN) is looking to raise upto US$2.5bn in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Quarterly tracker (Q3FY23): Commodity pressure easing, margin expansion on the cards

BFSI Strong credit growth reported by banks while deposit growth remained a challenge. Asset quality continued to improve and NIM expanded...

HDFC Securities

Relative Value Opportunities in Asia-Pac, Pair Trade Roundup (10 Aug 2026)

​Discover five pair trade opportunities across three markets and five sectors using statistical mean-reversion methodology for actionable insights.

Gaudenz Schneider

Life Insurance: Is This Correction Deep Enough to Add?

Stocks in the Life Insurance sector have corrected by 10-20%, but not enough to add yet. While the industry protects downside risks but caps...

Nurture Capital Advisory

HSIE Results Daily: Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank,

Our ADD rating on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a price target of INR 2,735/sh is premised on (1) recovery in the O2C businesses; (2) EBITDA...

HDFC Securities

Discover five pair trade opportunities across three markets and five sectors using statistical mean-reversion methodology for actionable insights.