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>In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with ASEAN and ANZ after having looked at other regions earlier.</li>
<li>This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources</li>
<li>The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.</li>
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In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with ASEAN and ANZ after having looked at other regions earlier.
This list has been compiled on a best effort basis from tracking the company filings and through various other sources
The deals you see in this note are only a part of our full IPO pipeline tracker. Feel free to drop us a message for additional information on these IPOs.


Aequitas 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - ASEAN and ANZ

Equity Analyst, Event-driven, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Equity Analyst, Event-driven

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

<p>Last Friday after market close, Fairfax Asia Limited launched a <a href="https://links.sgx.com/FileOpen/Sunrise%20-%20Offer%20Announcement_19%20March%202021.ashx?App=Announcement&amp;FileID=652694" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tender Offer</a> for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-reinsurance-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9974:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP)</a> valuing the company at a market cap of around S$210mn (~US$156mn). </p><p>The Offeror has control of 28.18% shares in the company and plans to acquire all the remaining shares in this Tender Offer. </p><p>The Offer Price is S$0.3535/share in cash. Having trading above terms following the Deal announcement, SRE shares are currently at S$0.350. </p><div><p><em>More below the fold. </em></p></div><hr><div><div><div class="content-remarks"><p>For more information about M&amp;A rules, regulations, and practices in Singapore, please refer to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/quiddity-singapore-m-a-guide-2019" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:28849" rel="noopener">Quiddity Singapore M&amp;A Guide 2019</a> </p></div></div></div>

Last Friday after market close, Fairfax Asia Limited launched a Tender Offer for Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP) valuing the company at a market cap of around S$210mn (~US$156mn). The Offeror has control of 28.18% shares in the company and plans to acquire all the remaining shares in this Tender Offer. The Offer Price is S$0.3535/share in cash. Having trading above terms following the Deal announcement, SRE shares are currently at S$0.350. More below the fold. For more information about M&amp;A rules, regulations, and practices in Singapore, please refer to Quiddity Singapore M&amp;A Guide 2019 

Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP): Tender Offer Trading Tight

Asia's Leading Online Property Group, PropertyGuru

Bjorn Sprengers

Asia's Leading Online Property Group

PropertyGuru

PropertyGuru Pte Ltd owns and operates a real estate property information website. The Company offers facilities to search for condominiums, apartments, Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats, serviced apartments, houses, and commercial properties to rent and buy in Singapore.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>In Part 2 of our 4 part series we address the outlook for the rental market for private residential:</p><ul><li>The URA’s rental price index for private homes fell 10.6 percent between Q3 2013 and Q3 2016. Analysts are forecasting a significant drop in rents of up to 15 percent this year.</li><li>The volume of foreign manpower is still increasing but at a slower pace. The slowdown in the global economy and the volatility in some industries has resulted in numerous layoffs and renters tightening their belts.</li><li>Renters are expected to focus their attention on the OCR for good rental deals, as prices there fell the most by 6.7 percent in 2016.</li><li> Landlords are expected to provide more incentives to attract tenants, such as flexible lease terms and furnishings to prevent their units from being left vacant over long periods of time</li></ul>

In Part 2 of our 4 part series we address the outlook for the rental market for private residential:The URA’s rental price index for private homes fell 10.6 percent between Q3 2013 and Q3 2016. Analysts are forecasting a significant drop in rents of up to 15 percent this year.The volume of foreign manpower is still increasing but at a slower pace. The slowdown in the global economy and the volatility in some industries has resulted in numerous layoffs and renters tightening their belts.Renters are expected to focus their attention on the OCR for good rental deals, as prices there fell the most by 6.7 percent in 2016. Landlords are expected to provide more incentives to attract tenants, such as flexible lease terms and furnishings to prevent their units from being left vacant over long periods of time

Singapore Residential - Property Market Outlook - Green Shoots Emerging (Part 2 of 4)

<p>In Part 1 of our 4 part series we address the outlook for the sales market for private residential:</p><ul><li>Private home prices in the Outside Central Region (OCR) are expected to drop by about 2.5 percent in 2017, down from 3.1 percent in 2016 and 3.7 percent in the year before.</li><li>Home buyer affordability will be affected by the ongoing cooling measures, particularly the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) and Mortgage Servicing Ratio (MSR).</li><li>In a bid to prevent an oversupply situation in the market, fewer government land sales sites will be released. This will cut the housing supply by a few thousand units in the next two years.</li><li>New private home sales are expected to reach about 8,000 units in 2017. Pent-up demand in the market is likely to contribute to better take-up rates at projects with good location and pricing attributes. <br><br></li></ul>

In Part 1 of our 4 part series we address the outlook for the sales market for private residential:Private home prices in the Outside Central Region (OCR) are expected to drop by about 2.5 percent in 2017, down from 3.1 percent in 2016 and 3.7 percent in the year before.Home buyer affordability will be affected by the ongoing cooling measures, particularly the Total Debt Servicing Ratio (TDSR) and Mortgage Servicing Ratio (MSR).In a bid to prevent an oversupply situation in the market, fewer government land sales sites will be released. This will cut the housing supply by a few thousand units in the next two years.New private home sales are expected to reach about 8,000 units in 2017. Pent-up demand in the market is likely to contribute to better take-up rates at projects with good location and pricing attributes.   

Singapore Residential - Property Market Outlook - Green Shoots Emerging (Part 1 of 4)

Asian bank research and consultancy, Tabbush Report

Daniel Tabbush

Asian bank research and consultancy

Tabbush Report

We provide research and consultancy on Asian banks. Our focus is on what we call “Asian bank research, without the noise.” We are interested in the most critical swing-factors for banks, the NPL and credit cycle, and where we believe there is a gap between perception and reality. We often focus on the less studied components of bank financial statements.  Our research is highly thematic, sometimes examining unlisted banks and companies as a window on mainstream banks. 

Being independent allows us to look at smaller banks, often overlooked by others. Analysis of BIS bank guidelines in the context of Asia, is also a focal point, while we also analyze global banks operating in the region. We use what we believe is the most comprehensive, reliable financials database, SNL Financial. S&P Capital IQ augments our database, with corporate data and CEIC, with economics. 

Asian bank research, without the noise.

<p>We doubt there are many people who believe that China’s banks have especially safe corporate exposure. Few believe the low 1.8% NPL ratio that China’s banks report. So when NPLs and credit costs ratchet higher, it will hurt, but will not be totally unexpected. Singapore is the opposite extreme, and this is what is of real interest: where there is a giant gap between perception and reality. </p><p>We turn to Google as a proxy on what the world believes.</p><p>We note the number of results for the search “China…</p>

We doubt there are many people who believe that China’s banks have especially safe corporate exposure. Few believe the low 1.8% NPL ratio that China’s banks report. So when NPLs and credit costs ratchet higher, it will hurt, but will not be totally unexpected. Singapore is the opposite extreme, and this is what is of real interest: where there is a giant gap between perception and reality. We turn to Google as a proxy on what the world believes.We note the number of results for the search “China…

Singapore Banks: A Far Greater Perception-Reality Gap Compared with China Banks

Singapore

Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited underwrites property, liability, and miscellaneous and marine classes of facultative and treaty reinsurance.  The Company also provides management, computer consultancy, and marine consultancy services, and publishes journals, magazines, books, and other literary works.

Singapore Reinsurance (SRE SP)

Aequitas 2024 Asia IPO Pipeline - ASEAN and ANZ

In this note, we will look at the Asia Pacific IPO pipeline for 2024, following up with ASEAN and ANZ after having looked at other regions earlier.

Sumeet Singh