APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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/betagro-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36222:1" rel="noopener">Betagro (BTG TB)</a> raised about US$460m in its Thailand IPO. </li>
<li>Betagro is an integrated agro-industrial and food business in Thailand.</li>
<li>In this note we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Betagro (BTG TB) raised about US$460m in its Thailand IPO. 
Betagro is an integrated agro-industrial and food business in Thailand.
In this note we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Betagro IPO Trading - Seems Fairly Valued

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index / Index Rebalance

Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22915:1" rel="noopener">Thailand SET Index (SET INDEX)</a> is a composite index which represents the price movement for all common stocks trading on the SET.</li>
<li>SET50 and SET100 indices are calculated, respectively, from the stock prices of the top 50 and 100 listed companies on SET in terms of market capitalization and liquidity.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the selection criteria and the historical price performance of past Rebalance Events.</li>
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Thailand SET Index (SET INDEX) is a composite index which represents the price movement for all common stocks trading on the SET.
SET50 and SET100 indices are calculated, respectively, from the stock prices of the top 50 and 100 listed companies on SET in terms of market capitalization and liquidity.
In this insight, we take a look at the selection criteria and the historical price performance of past Rebalance Events.


Thailand SET50 and SET100: Quiddity Index Rebalance Primer

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Delta Electronics (Thailand) / Index Rebalance

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<li>The SET has commenced a market consultation on lowering the turnover ratio level from 5% to 2% while selecting stocks to be added to and deleted from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">SET50 INDEX</a>.</li>
<li>The change to the turnover ratio level could lead to three changes in December that result in one-way turnover of 7.44% and in a one-way trade of THB 6.79bn.</li>
<li>Separately, the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/total-access-communication" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:948:1" rel="noopener">Total Access Communication (DTAC TB)</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/true-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8:1" rel="noopener">True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB)</a> merger could result in an ad hoc inclusion prior to the regular rebalance in December.</li>
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The SET has commenced a market consultation on lowering the turnover ratio level from 5% to 2% while selecting stocks to be added to and deleted from the SET50 INDEX.
The change to the turnover ratio level could lead to three changes in December that result in one-way turnover of 7.44% and in a one-way trade of THB 6.79bn.
Separately, the Total Access Communication (DTAC TB) / True Corp Pcl (TRUE TB) merger could result in an ad hoc inclusion prior to the regular rebalance in December.


SET50 Index: Market Consultation & DTAC/TRUE Merger Impact

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The SET Index is expected to move sideways, with the resistance at 1,641/1,650 points and the support at 1,621/1,617 points (50/200-day EMA).</li><li>We recommend trading buy on PTG, BBL and CENTEL.</li><li>Technically, the index is moving in a downtrend, with a sell signal likely to occur if it falls below the major resistance at 1,617 points (200-day EMA).</li></ul>

The SET Index is expected to move sideways, with the resistance at 1,641/1,650 points and the support at 1,621/1,617 points (50/200-day EMA).We recommend trading buy on PTG, BBL and CENTEL.Technically, the index is moving in a downtrend, with a sell signal likely to occur if it falls below the major resistance at 1,617 points (200-day EMA).

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Thai Life Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Thai Life Insurance (TLI) raised around US$975m in its Thailand IPO. Cornerstone investors, including GIC, took up around 54% of the deal.</li>
<li>Thai Life Insurance is one of the largest life insurance companies in Thailand, third by assets. As of Mar 2022, it had 64,000 insurance agents.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about allocation and the trading dynamics</li>
</ul>


Thai Life Insurance (TLI) raised around US$975m in its Thailand IPO. Cornerstone investors, including GIC, took up around 54% of the deal.
Thai Life Insurance is one of the largest life insurance companies in Thailand, third by assets. As of Mar 2022, it had 64,000 insurance agents.
In this note, we talk about allocation and the trading dynamics


Thai Life Insurance IPO Trading - One for Domestics and Cornerstones

Thailand

Sri Trang Gloves (Thailand) Public Company Limited manufactures and distributes a wide range of natural rubber and nitrile gloves. These disposable gloves, both powdered and powder-free, cater to various applications including healthcare, medical, food processing, and general industrial uses. The company was established in 1989 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Sri Trang Gloves (Thailand) (STGT TB)

Betagro IPO Trading - Seems Fairly Valued

Betagro (BTG TB) raised about US$460m in its Thailand IPO. Betagro is an integrated agro-industrial and food business in Thailand. In this note we...

Clarence Chu

Thailand SET50 and SET100: Quiddity Index Rebalance Primer

From the end of the Reference Period to the Inclusion/Exclusion event, the ADDs have outperformed the index and the DELs have underperformed the...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

SET50 Index: Market Consultation & DTAC/TRUE Merger Impact

We look at potential index changes following SET's proposal to reduce the monthly turnover ratio from 5% to 2%. Separately, the DTAC/TRUE merger...

Brian Freitas

Market Outlook

The SET Index is expected to move sideways, with the resistance at 1,641/1,650 points and the support at 1,621/1,617 points (50/200-day EMA). We...

Krungthai XSpring

Thai Life Insurance IPO Trading - One for Domestics and Cornerstones

Thai Life Insurance (TLI) raised around US$975m in its Thailand IPO. Cornerstone investors, including GIC, took up around 54% of the deal. In this...

Sumeet Singh

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