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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/paypay-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35269:1" rel="noopener">PayPay (PAYP US)</a> (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>PP operates a digital finance platform that serves as a payment solution for users and merchants, along with offering additional services.</li>
<li>We have looked at its past performance in our earlier note. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO.
PP operates a digital finance platform that serves as a payment solution for users and merchants, along with offering additional services.
We have looked at its past performance in our earlier note. In this note, we undertake a peer comparison.


Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/paypay-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35269:1" rel="noopener">PayPay (PAYP US)</a> (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>PP operates a digital finance platform that serves as a payment solution for users and merchants, along with offering additional services.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO.
PP operates a digital finance platform that serves as a payment solution for users and merchants, along with offering additional services.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - The Negatives - User Growth, Loss Allowances

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/paypay" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35269:1" rel="noopener">PayPay (PAYP US)</a> (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO.</li>
<li>PP operates a digital finance platform that serves as a payment solution for users and merchants, along with offering additional services.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO.
PP operates a digital finance platform that serves as a payment solution for users and merchants, along with offering additional services.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - The Positives - Dominant in the Payment Space

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fractal-analytics-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45676:1" rel="noopener">Fractal Analytics </a>didn't do much at listing. </li>
<li>On the placement front, it was a quiet week given the CNY holidays.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, Fractal Analytics didn't do much at listing. 
On the placement front, it was a quiet week given the CNY holidays.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (23 February 2026)- Nexchip, MeiG, Indo-Mim, Shiprocket, Contact Energy

Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">SoftBank Group (9984 JP)</a> reports Q3 FY2025 earnings on 12 February at 15:30 JST, with a conference call at 16:30 JST.</li>
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Highlights: SoftBank’s post-earnings moves are often sharp and unpredictable — with outliers above ±12%. Options markets flag the results day as a high-volatility event to watch, in-line with historic experience.</li>
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Why Read: Essential for investors or options traders focused on Japan: Understand how timing, historic patterns and current volatility pricing shape both opportunity and risk around SoftBank earnings.</li>
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SoftBank Group (9984 JP) reports Q3 FY2025 earnings on 12 February at 15:30 JST, with a conference call at 16:30 JST.

Highlights: SoftBank’s post-earnings moves are often sharp and unpredictable — with outliers above ±12%. Options markets flag the results day as a high-volatility event to watch, in-line with historic experience.

Why Read: Essential for investors or options traders focused on Japan: Understand how timing, historic patterns and current volatility pricing shape both opportunity and risk around SoftBank earnings.


SoftBank (9984 JP) Results on 12 Feb: Expected Move and Option Insights

Japan

Softbank Corporation provides mobile phone telecommunication and networking services. The Company offers mobile communication opening, short messaging function opening, video function opening, and other services. Softbank also provides mobile phones.

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Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison

PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - The Negatives - User Growth, Loss Allowances

PayPay (PAYP US), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - The Positives - Dominant in the Payment Space

PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (23 February 2026)- Nexchip, MeiG, Indo-Mim, Shiprocket, Contact Energy

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

SoftBank (9984 JP) Results on 12 Feb: Expected Move and Option Insights

Softbank Group to report Q3 FY2025 earnings with high volatility expected, essential for Japan-focused investors and options traders.

Gaudenz Schneider

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Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison

PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - The Negatives - User Growth, Loss Allowances

PayPay (PAYP US), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas: PayPay Pre-IPO - The Positives - Dominant in the Payment Space

PayPay (PAYP US) (PP), a Japanese payments and financial services platform, is looking to raise up to US$2bn in its upcoming US IPO. In this note,...

Sumeet Singh

Aequitas ECM Weekly (23 February 2026)- Nexchip, MeiG, Indo-Mim, Shiprocket, Contact Energy

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

SoftBank (9984 JP) Results on 12 Feb: Expected Move and Option Insights

​Softbank Group to report Q3 FY2025 earnings with high volatility expected, essential for Japan-focused investors and options traders.

Gaudenz Schneider

Softbank Group to report Q3 FY2025 earnings with high volatility expected, essential for Japan-focused investors and options traders.