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>A group of shareholders aims to raise around US$380m via selling around 4% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/isuzu-motors-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14726:1" rel="noopener">Isuzu Motors (7202 JP).</a>
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<li>Being another cross-shareholding unwind in Japan, it shouldn’t carry much negative connotations, in our view.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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A group of shareholders aims to raise around US$380m via selling around 4% of Isuzu Motors (7202 JP).

Being another cross-shareholding unwind in Japan, it shouldn’t carry much negative connotations, in our view.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Isuzu Motors Placement - Relatively Small Deal Along with Buyback

Japanese Equity Specialist, Ortus Advisors

Andrew Jackson

Japanese Equity Specialist

Ortus Advisors

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Semi's and cons disc leading way higher, Japan set for strong start.</li>
<li>Apple breaking downtrend on news its releasing a new game center to better compete against consoles.</li>
<li>Nuclear names surging again which sets a continued positive tone for heavies and related.</li>
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Semi's and cons disc leading way higher, Japan set for strong start.
Apple breaking downtrend on news its releasing a new game center to better compete against consoles.
Nuclear names surging again which sets a continued positive tone for heavies and related.


Japan Morning Connection: Risk-On with Investors Liking Optimistic Tone from EU-US Talks

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of May 23rd. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,904m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kusuri No Aoki, Toyota Industries, Fujikura, Sompo, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Furukawa Electric, Softbank, Advantest, Mizuho Financial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of May 23rd. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,904m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kusuri No Aoki, Toyota Industries, Fujikura, Sompo, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Furukawa Electric, Softbank, Advantest, Mizuho Financial.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (May 23rd): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kusuri No Aoki, Toyota Industries

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of May 16th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,876m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, margin trading position as multiples of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Dena, Rakuten, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Toyota Motor, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of May 16th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD16,876m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, margin trading position as multiples of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Dena, Rakuten, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Toyota Motor, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial, Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (May 16th): Dena, Rakuten, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Toyota Motor

Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technolog" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)</a>, one of the world’s largest battery solutions providers, raised around US$5.2bn in its H-share listing.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-technology-co-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45179:1" rel="noopener">Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK)</a> is the global leader in new energy vehicle battery solutions, in China and globally, as per SNE Research. Its A-shares have been listed since 2018.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH), one of the world’s largest battery solutions providers, raised around US$5.2bn in its H-share listing.

Contemporary Amperex Technology (3750 HK) is the global leader in new energy vehicle battery solutions, in China and globally, as per SNE Research. Its A-shares have been listed since 2018.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


CATL A/H Trading - Strong Demand, Upsized, Included in Short-Sell List

Japan

SoftBank Group Corp provides telecommunication services.  The Company also operates ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and fiber optic high-speed Internet connection, e-Commerce businesses, and Internet based advertising and auction businesses.

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Softbank Group (ADR) (SFTBY US)

Isuzu Motors Placement - Relatively Small Deal Along with Buyback

A group of shareholders aims to raise around US$380m via selling around 4% of Isuzu Motors (7202 JP). In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics.

Sumeet Singh

Japan Morning Connection: Risk-On with Investors Liking Optimistic Tone from EU-US Talks

May be a lift for names in Japan with high EU exposures. EU defence spending increasing sentiment for anything related to nuclear plant...

Andrew Jackson

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (May 23rd): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kusuri No Aoki, Toyota Industries

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011 JP), Kusuri No Aoki (3549 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (May 16th): Dena, Rakuten, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Toyota Motor

We analyzed JPX margin trading position report for the past week and highlighted margin trading activities in Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Kawasaki Heavy...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

CATL A/H Trading - Strong Demand, Upsized, Included in Short-Sell List

Contemporary Amperex Technology (300750 CH), one of the world’s largest battery solutions providers, raised around US$5.2bn in its H-share listing....

Sumeet Singh

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