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

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 looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. It has undertaken a pre-IPO placement round of around INR14bn (US$160m) in June 2025.</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 CY16-1QCY25, as per the CBRE report.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about implied valuations in the IPO price range.</li>
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Knowledge Realty Trust (258259D IN) is looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. It has undertaken a pre-IPO placement round of around INR14bn (US$160m) in June 2025.
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 CY16-1QCY25, as per the CBRE report.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about implied valuations in the IPO price range.


Knowledge Realty Trust IPO - Steady FY25 Growth, Digestible Pricing

JSW Cement Limited / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jsw-cement-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43870:1" rel="noopener">JSW Cement Limited (9858514Z IN)</a>  is looking to raise about US$480m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>JSW Cement (JSWC) is a cement manufacturing company in India focused on manufacturing green cementitious products comprising blended cement, ordinary portland cement, ground granulated blast furnace slag, among other products.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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JSW Cement Limited (9858514Z IN)  is looking to raise about US$480m in its upcoming India IPO.
JSW Cement (JSWC) is a cement manufacturing company in India focused on manufacturing green cementitious products comprising blended cement, ordinary portland cement, ground granulated blast furnace slag, among other products.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


JSW Cement Pre-IPO - Leveraging Synergies of the JSW Group but Has High Debt

Aditya Infotech Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aditya-infotech-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43994:1" rel="noopener">Aditya Infotech Ltd (6596564Z IN)</a> raised about US$151m in its India IPO. </li>
<li>Aditya Infotech is a CCTV/video surveillance provider offering a range of advanced video security and surveillance products, technologies and solutions for enterprise and consumer segments under its CP PLUS brand.</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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Aditya Infotech Ltd (6596564Z IN) raised about US$151m in its India IPO. 
Aditya Infotech is a CCTV/video surveillance provider offering a range of advanced video security and surveillance products, technologies and solutions for enterprise and consumer segments under its CP PLUS brand.
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.


Aditya Infotech IPO Trading - Strong Overall Demand with Decent Anchor

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wework-india-management-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44329:1" rel="noopener">WeWork India Management Ltd (1690124D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$407m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>WeWork India (WWI) offers a wide range of workspace solutions, including custom-designed buildings, floors, and offices; enterprise office suites; private offices; co-working spaces; customized managed offices; and hybrid digital solutions.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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WeWork India Management Ltd (1690124D IN) is looking to raise about US$407m in its upcoming India IPO.
WeWork India (WWI) offers a wide range of workspace solutions, including custom-designed buildings, floors, and offices; enterprise office suites; private offices; co-working spaces; customized managed offices; and hybrid digital solutions.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


WeWork India Pre-IPO - Lease Mismatch and Structural Strains

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Since inception on May 15, our Model Portfolio (up 6.2%) underperformed the MSCI Asia-ex-Japan index (up 7.87%) due to underperforming stock picks in India, ASEAN and China consumer proxies.</li>
<li>The main themes: China's changing consumption and investment patterns, Korea's improving corporate governance, continuing global infrastructure investments and India's earnings disappointment. Korea, HK/China remain overweight; India is downgraded to Neutral.</li>
<li>We exclude Meituan, Titan, Infosys, Bharat Dynamics, Krafton. We include Laopu Gold, Lonking Holdings, China Hongqiao, AIA and Hyundai Engineering and Construction. We are now Neutral Industrials and Underweight Technology.</li>
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Since inception on May 15, our Model Portfolio (up 6.2%) underperformed the MSCI Asia-ex-Japan index (up 7.87%) due to underperforming stock picks in India, ASEAN and China consumer proxies.
The main themes: China's changing consumption and investment patterns, Korea's improving corporate governance, continuing global infrastructure investments and India's earnings disappointment. Korea, HK/China remain overweight; India is downgraded to Neutral.
We exclude Meituan, Titan, Infosys, Bharat Dynamics, Krafton. We include Laopu Gold, Lonking Holdings, China Hongqiao, AIA and Hyundai Engineering and Construction. We are now Neutral Industrials and Underweight Technology.


Asian Equity: Changes to Model Portfolio: Korea, HK/CN Overweight. India Neutral; ASEAN Underweight

India

Titan Company Limited is an Indian fashion accessories company that primarily manufactures jewellery, watches, and eyewear. The company also offers fragrances, fashion accessories, and Indian dress wear under various brands. It is part of the Tata Group and was founded in 1984, with its corporate headquarters in Bengaluru, India.

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Titan (TTAN IN)

Knowledge Realty Trust IPO - Steady FY25 Growth, Digestible Pricing

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. The trust undertook a pre-IPO round of around INR14bn (US$160m)...

Akshat Shah

JSW Cement Pre-IPO - Leveraging Synergies of the JSW Group but Has High Debt

JSW Cement has launched a smaller IPO of up to INR 36bn (US$412m) in a INR139–147 range, with the primary component cut down to INR 16bn from INR...

Akshat Shah

Aditya Infotech IPO Trading - Strong Overall Demand with Decent Anchor

Aditya Infotech raised about US$151m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

WeWork India Pre-IPO - Lease Mismatch and Structural Strains

WeWork India Management Ltd is looking to raise about US$407m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of...

Akshat Shah

Asian Equity: Changes to Model Portfolio: Korea, HK/CN Overweight. India Neutral; ASEAN Underweight

Our Model Portfolio (+6.2%) underperformed MSCI AxJ (+7.87%) due to stock picks in India, ASEAN & Chinese consumers. We add to CN & KR industrials...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

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Knowledge Realty Trust IPO - Steady FY25 Growth, Digestible Pricing

Knowledge Realty Trust (KRT) is looking to raise around US$551m in its India IPO. The trust undertook a pre-IPO round of around INR14bn (US$160m)...

Akshat Shah

JSW Cement Pre-IPO - Leveraging Synergies of the JSW Group but Has High Debt

JSW Cement has launched a smaller IPO of up to INR 36bn (US$412m) in a INR139–147 range, with the primary component cut down to INR 16bn from INR...

Akshat Shah

Aditya Infotech IPO Trading - Strong Overall Demand with Decent Anchor

Aditya Infotech raised about US$151m in its India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

WeWork India Pre-IPO - Lease Mismatch and Structural Strains

WeWork India Management Ltd is looking to raise about US$407m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of...

Akshat Shah

Asian Equity: Changes to Model Portfolio: Korea, HK/CN Overweight. India Neutral; ASEAN Underweight

​Our Model Portfolio (+6.2%) underperformed MSCI AxJ (+7.87%) due to stock picks in India, ASEAN & Chinese consumers. We add to CN & KR industrials...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Our Model Portfolio (+6.2%) underperformed MSCI AxJ (+7.87%) due to stock picks in India, ASEAN & Chinese consumers. We add to CN & KR industrials...