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>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, most of the listings this week didn't do much.</li>
<li>On the placement front, given the market volatility, there weren't any large deals. We did look at some of the upcoming lockup expiries.</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, most of the listings this week didn't do much.
On the placement front, given the market volatility, there weren't any large deals. We did look at some of the upcoming lockup expiries.


Aequitas ECM Weekly (16 March 2026)- Past A/H Trends, Delton, Raajmarg, Ringpai, FS.com, Everdisplay

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Trung Nguyen

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

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<li>In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Softbank Group, Health and Happiness (H&amp;H)</li>
<li>UST yields ended 2-3 bps higher across the curve yesterday, after rising as much as 7-12 bps earlier in the day. Losses in treasuries and equities were pared, as oil stabilised after US President Donald Trump said the government would provide insurance guarantees and naval escorts for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.</li>
<li>The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq declined 0.9% and 1.0%, respectively, paring declines of as much as 2.5% earlier in the day.</li>
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In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Softbank Group, Health and Happiness (H&amp;H)
UST yields ended 2-3 bps higher across the curve yesterday, after rising as much as 7-12 bps earlier in the day. Losses in treasuries and equities were pared, as oil stabilised after US President Donald Trump said the government would provide insurance guarantees and naval escorts for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
The S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq declined 0.9% and 1.0%, respectively, paring declines of as much as 2.5% earlier in the day.


Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We tracked AI models, infrastructure, and deals this week: Zhipu identified Ox Alpha, OpenAI showed Jalapeno, and Nvidia pursued Hugging Face.</li>
<li>China labs added Qwen, Tencent Hunyuan and Doubao updates, while DeepSeek changed weekend pricing and MiniMax and SenseTime reported results.</li>
<li>Hyperscaler movements covered Nscale, Amazon, Lambda, Volta, Iren, MTN and Yotta. OpenRouter still showed Anthropic ahead in revenue share.</li>
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We tracked AI models, infrastructure, and deals this week: Zhipu identified Ox Alpha, OpenAI showed Jalapeno, and Nvidia pursued Hugging Face.
China labs added Qwen, Tencent Hunyuan and Doubao updates, while DeepSeek changed weekend pricing and MiniMax and SenseTime reported results.
Hyperscaler movements covered Nscale, Amazon, Lambda, Volta, Iren, MTN and Yotta. OpenRouter still showed Anthropic ahead in revenue share.


This Week in AI (Aug 23-29): Ox Alpha and Jalapeno; Nvidia Eyes Hugging Face

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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

Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies, Shared Research Inc

Shared Research

Research Coverage of Japanese Listed Companies

Shared Research Inc

Pioneering research coverage of Japanese listed companies. Now customizable and interactive for global institutional investors. Corporate access reimagined.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Revenue increased by 7.9% YoY to JPY5,719.2bn, with a pre-tax profit surge of 228.0% YoY to JPY4,169.2bn.</li><li>Investment gain rose to JPY4,220.3bn, driven by SVF2's JPY2,531.5bn gain from OpenAI investment.</li><li>AI Computing segment posted JPY436.2bn revenue (+6.9% YoY) and JPY91.8bn loss, with Arm's ACV at USD1.6bn.</li></ul>

Revenue increased by 7.9% YoY to JPY5,719.2bn, with a pre-tax profit surge of 228.0% YoY to JPY4,169.2bn.Investment gain rose to JPY4,220.3bn, driven by SVF2's JPY2,531.5bn gain from OpenAI investment.AI Computing segment posted JPY436.2bn revenue (+6.9% YoY) and JPY91.8bn loss, with Arm's ACV at USD1.6bn.

Softbank Group (9984 JP): Q3 FY03/26 flash update

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 (9984 JP)

Aequitas ECM Weekly (16 March 2026)- Past A/H Trends, Delton, Raajmarg, Ringpai, FS.com, Everdisplay

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

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Softbank Group, Health and Happiness (H&H)

Lucror Analytics

This Week in AI (Aug 23-29): Ox Alpha and Jalapeno; Nvidia Eyes Hugging Face

This week in AI: Ox Alpha is Zhipu's GLM-5.3-Flash; OpenAI tests Jalapeno against GB300; Nvidia eyes Hugging Face as Moonshot talks with US cloud...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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 Group (9984 JP): Q3 FY03/26 flash update

Revenue increased by 7.9% YoY to JPY5,719.2bn, with a pre-tax profit surge of 228.0% YoY to JPY4,169.2bn. Investment gain rose to JPY4,220.3bn,...

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