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

Kalpataru Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kalpataru-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43866:1" rel="noopener">Kalpataru Limited (KTARU IN)</a> raised about US$184m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Kalpataru (KL) is an integrated real estate developer involved in identification and acquisition of land, planning, designing, execution, sales, and marketing of its projects.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Kalpataru Limited (KTARU IN) raised about US$184m in its India IPO.
Kalpataru (KL) is an integrated real estate developer involved in identification and acquisition of land, planning, designing, execution, sales, and marketing of its projects.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Kalpataru IPO Trading - Decent Anchor; Muted Overall Demand

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kalpataru-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43866:1" rel="noopener">Kalpataru Limited (KTARU IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Kalpataru (KL) is an integrated real estate developer involved in identification and acquisition of land, planning, designing, execution, sales, and marketing of its projects.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past performance and the IPO valuations.</li>
</ul>



Kalpataru Limited (KTARU IN) is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO.
Kalpataru (KL) is an integrated real estate developer involved in identification and acquisition of land, planning, designing, execution, sales, and marketing of its projects.
In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past performance and the IPO valuations.


Kalpataru Ltd IPO - Cemented by Debt Repayment

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>RBI finalized new provisioning norms for project finance (effective October 1, 2025), significantly softening earlier proposals. Provisioning for under-construction projects has been cut to 1–1.25% (from the proposed 5%).</li>
<li>The change reduces capital strain for lenders, preserves profitability metrics, and encourages fresh credit flow to infrastructure and commercial real estate (CRE) sectors.</li>
<li>Lenders must maintain or improve RoA/RoE while passing on marginal provisioning costs to borrowers. The credit environment for real estate and infrastructure segments could strengthen materially in FY26 and beyond</li>
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RBI finalized new provisioning norms for project finance (effective October 1, 2025), significantly softening earlier proposals. Provisioning for under-construction projects has been cut to 1–1.25% (from the proposed 5%).
The change reduces capital strain for lenders, preserves profitability metrics, and encourages fresh credit flow to infrastructure and commercial real estate (CRE) sectors.
Lenders must maintain or improve RoA/RoE while passing on marginal provisioning costs to borrowers. The credit environment for real estate and infrastructure segments could strengthen materially in FY26 and beyond


RBI’s Relief Push: How Easier Infra & Realty Credit Norms Could Impact Banks & NBFCs

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/oswal-pumps" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43952:1" rel="noopener">Oswal Pumps (1019841D IN)</a> raised about US$162m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Oswal Pumps Ltd (OPL) specializes in the manufacturing of solar-powered and conventional pumps, electric motors, and related components for agricultural, residential, and industrial applications.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Oswal Pumps (1019841D IN) raised about US$162m in its India IPO.
Oswal Pumps Ltd (OPL) specializes in the manufacturing of solar-powered and conventional pumps, electric motors, and related components for agricultural, residential, and industrial applications.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Oswal Pumps IPO Trading - Decent Anchor; Strong Overall Demand

Knowledge Realty Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/knowledge-realty-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44486:1" rel="noopener">Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN)</a> is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.</li>
<li>Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. The deal has been downsized from an earlier estimated deal size of about US$712m.
Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) owns and manages a high-quality office portfolio in India covering 87% of India's office supply and gross absorption between FY16-9M24, as per the CBRE report.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

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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SBI (State Bank of India) (SBIN IN)

Kalpataru IPO Trading - Decent Anchor; Muted Overall Demand

Kalpataru Limited (KL) raised about US$184m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Kalpataru Ltd IPO - Cemented by Debt Repayment

Kalpataru Limited (KL) is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past...

Akshat Shah

RBI’s Relief Push: How Easier Infra & Realty Credit Norms Could Impact Banks & NBFCs

RBI eases project finance provisioning norms, boosting credit flow to infrastructure and real estate sectors while reducing capital strain for...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Oswal Pumps IPO Trading - Decent Anchor; Strong Overall Demand

Oswal Pumps raised about US$162m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics, having looked at the...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Akshat Shah

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Kalpataru IPO Trading - Decent Anchor; Muted Overall Demand

Kalpataru Limited (KL) raised about US$184m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

Kalpataru Ltd IPO - Cemented by Debt Repayment

Kalpataru Limited (KL) is looking to raise about US$184m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we take a quick look at the company’s past...

Akshat Shah

RBI’s Relief Push: How Easier Infra & Realty Credit Norms Could Impact Banks & NBFCs

​RBI eases project finance provisioning norms, boosting credit flow to infrastructure and real estate sectors while reducing capital strain for...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Oswal Pumps IPO Trading - Decent Anchor; Strong Overall Demand

Oswal Pumps raised about US$162m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics, having looked at the...

Akshat Shah

Knowledge Realty Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Not All Assets Have Been Doing Well

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is planning to raise about US$558m through its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Akshat Shah

RBI eases project finance provisioning norms, boosting credit flow to infrastructure and real estate sectors while reducing capital strain for...