APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

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

Anthem Biosciences / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/anthem-biosciences" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44206:1" rel="noopener">Anthem Biosciences (1234D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$397m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Anthem Biosciences (ABS) is a contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRDMO) with fully integrated operations spanning drug discovery, development, and manufacturing.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates.</li>
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Anthem Biosciences (1234D IN) is looking to raise about US$397m in its India IPO.
Anthem Biosciences (ABS) is a contract research, development and manufacturing organisation (CRDMO) with fully integrated operations spanning drug discovery, development, and manufacturing.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates.


Anthem Biosciences IPO - D&M Vertical Continues to Drive CRDMO Business

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

SBI (State Bank of India) / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>As per news reports and company filings, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/state-bank-of-india" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:160:1" rel="noopener">State Bank Of India (SBIN IN)</a> could soon look to raise around US$3bn (INR250bn) via a QIP.</li>
<li>SBI raised around US$2.3bn (INR150bn) in 2017, but the deal didn’t end up doing well.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the possible fund raising and other deal dynamics.</li>
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As per news reports and company filings, State Bank Of India (SBIN IN) could soon look to raise around US$3bn (INR250bn) via a QIP.
SBI raised around US$2.3bn (INR150bn) in 2017, but the deal didn’t end up doing well.
In this note, we will talk about the possible fund raising and other deal dynamics.


SBI Possible US$3bn QIP - Will Be One of the Largest Fund Raisings in India, Last One Didn’t Do Well

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

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<ul><li>The systemic credit growth (as of 13th June, 2025) has derailed to &lt;10%.</li><li>This can be attributed to a meaningful slowdown in the unsecured loans amidst continued asset quality challenges alongside banks, mainly private banks, intending to bring down their LDRs to a balanced level.</li><li>We expect the bank under our coverage to deliver ~11% YoY credit growth, marginally ahead of industry growth. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The systemic credit growth (as of 13th June, 2025) has derailed to &lt;10%.This can be attributed to a meaningful slowdown in the unsecured loans amidst continued asset quality challenges alongside banks, mainly private banks, intending to bring down their LDRs to a balanced level.We expect the bank under our coverage to deliver ~11% YoY credit growth, marginally ahead of industry growth. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Q1FY26 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Harindarpal Singh Banga, one of Nykaa’s early investors, aims to raise around US$140m via selling a 2% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fsn-e-commerce-ventures-nykaa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33796:1" rel="noopener">FSN E-Commerce Ventures (NYKAA IN)</a>.</li>
<li>He has been gradually reducing his holding, currently owns about 4.97% of Nykaa. Prior to Nykaa’s IPO in Nov 2021, he held a stake of 8.7% in the company.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Harindarpal Singh Banga, one of Nykaa’s early investors, aims to raise around US$140m via selling a 2% stake in FSN E-Commerce Ventures (NYKAA IN).
He has been gradually reducing his holding, currently owns about 4.97% of Nykaa. Prior to Nykaa’s IPO in Nov 2021, he held a stake of 8.7% in the company.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Nykaa Block - US$140m Selldown by Banga Family

<ul><li>Management Commentaries &amp; Guidance Remain Critical We are happy to share that the Axis Top Picks Basket delivered a return of 9.7% in the last three months against the 8.5% return posted by the Nifty 50, outperforming the Nifty 50 by a notable margin of 1.2%.</li><li>Moreover, over the last one month, the basket has gained 3.7%.</li><li>Our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 336% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 175% return delivered by the NIFTY 50 index over the same period.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Management Commentaries &amp; Guidance Remain Critical We are happy to share that the Axis Top Picks Basket delivered a return of 9.7% in the last three months against the 8.5% return posted by the Nifty 50, outperforming the Nifty 50 by a notable margin of 1.2%.Moreover, over the last one month, the basket has gained 3.7%.Our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 336% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 175% return delivered by the NIFTY 50 index over the same period.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Axis Top Picks for the month of July 2025

India

State Bank of India provides a wide range of banking and financial services to corporate, institutional, commercial, agricultural, industrial and individual customers throughout India.  The Bank also provides international banking to its Indian customers and has operations in other countries.

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State Bank of India (SBID LI)

Anthem Biosciences IPO - D&M Vertical Continues to Drive CRDMO Business

Anthem Biosciences is looking to raise about US$397m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the RHP updates.

Akshat Shah

SBI Possible US$3bn QIP - Will Be One of the Largest Fund Raisings in India, Last One Didn’t Do Well

As per news reports and company filings, State Bank Of India (SBIN IN) could soon look to raise around US$3bn (INR250bn) via a QIP.

Sumeet Singh

Q1FY26 Earnings Preview - Banks, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI)

The systemic credit growth (as of 13th June, 2025) has derailed to <10%. This can be attributed to a meaningful slowdown in the unsecured loans...

Axis Direct

Nykaa Block - US$140m Selldown by Banga Family

Harindarpal Singh Banga, one of Nykaa’s early investors, aims to raise around US$140m via selling a stake of around 2.1% at a floor price of around...

Akshat Shah

Axis Top Picks for the month of July 2025

Our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 336% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 175% return delivered by...

Axis Direct

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