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

Life Insurance Corporation of India / Equity Capital Markets

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LICI IN)

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<li>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we compare it to its international peers and talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.
This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we compare it to its international peers and talk about valuations.


Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - Regional Peer Comparison

Event-Driven

Life Insurance Corporation of India / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO. 
This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.
In this note, we will talk about the likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.


Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Rainbow Children's Medicare / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Rainbow Children’s Hospital (RCH) aims to raise around US$200m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.</li>
<li>RCH is a multi-specialty pediatric and obstetrics and gynecology hospital chain in India, operating 14 hospitals and three clinics in six cities, with a total bed capacity of 1,500 beds.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the recent updates and peer comparison.</li>
</ul>


Rainbow Children’s Hospital (RCH) aims to raise around US$200m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.
RCH is a multi-specialty pediatric and obstetrics and gynecology hospital chain in India, operating 14 hospitals and three clinics in six cities, with a total bed capacity of 1,500 beds.
In this note, we will talk about the recent updates and peer comparison.


Rainbow Children’s Hospital - Recent Updates and Peer Comp

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<li>Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is looking to raise around US$500m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Fabindia offers a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products to its customers across Apparel and Accessories, Home and Lifestyle, Personal Care and Organic Food categories. </li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is looking to raise around US$500m in its India IPO.
Fabindia offers a diverse portfolio of lifestyle products to its customers across Apparel and Accessories, Home and Lifestyle, Personal Care and Organic Food categories. 
In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Fabindia Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Past Financial Performance Trends Remain Unclear

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector, Investory

Devi Subhakesan

Equity Analyst - Asia Consumer Sector

ASIA CONSUMER: INSIGHTS AND INVESTMENT IDEAS

Investory

Investory is a Singapore-based boutique independent equity research firm founded in January 2017 with a primary focus on consumption themes across Asia-Pacific.

We aim to generate investible ideas based on consumption trends and outlook. We screen our ideas on several parameters - product potential, long-term growth and management commitment being the most critical.  We follow a fundamental analysis approach in our stock selection process and are not restricted by market cap.

We aspire to grow into a leading source of unbiased research, free of conflict of interest, for investors yearning for independent and disciplined analysis. 

We also undertake bespoke research mandates to support our Institutional clients’ investment needs.

Our team comprises of professionals with extensive experience in the Asian equity markets, in areas ranging from research, servicing institutional clients and investment management.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<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) (NYKAA IN)</a> announced a steady growth across all key operating metrics in both the Beauty and Fashion verticals for the quarter ending 31st December 2021.</li>
<li>Steady operating performance was helped by favorable macro (normalization in economic activity) and supportive sector-specific factors (Diwali, wedding season) as well as aggressive marketing (now 14% of revenues).</li>
<li>Despite an 83% growth in 9MFY22 GMV and a resultant 89% growth in gross profits, EBITDA grew only 11% as increased marketing spend consumed most of the margin upside.</li>
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FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (NYKAA IN) announced a steady growth across all key operating metrics in both the Beauty and Fashion verticals for the quarter ending 31st December 2021.
Steady operating performance was helped by favorable macro (normalization in economic activity) and supportive sector-specific factors (Diwali, wedding season) as well as aggressive marketing (now 14% of revenues).
Despite an 83% growth in 9MFY22 GMV and a resultant 89% growth in gross profits, EBITDA grew only 11% as increased marketing spend consumed most of the margin upside.


FSN E-Comm (NYKAA IN): Macro, Micro & Marketing Drive Metric Growth

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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Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - Regional Peer Comparison

Government of India is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India in its upcoming India IPO....

Sumeet Singh

Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Government of India is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India...

Sumeet Singh

Rainbow Children’s Hospital - Recent Updates and Peer Comp

Rainbow Children’s Hospital (RCH) aims to raise around US$200m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

Fabindia Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Past Financial Performance Trends Remain Unclear

Fabindia is a consumer lifestyle platform with a 62-year legacy focused on authentic, sustainable and Indian traditional lifestyle products. It is...

Sumeet Singh

FSN E-Comm (NYKAA IN): Macro, Micro & Marketing Drive Metric Growth

Nykaa's 9MFY22 operating performance is in line with expectations but helped by strong marketing expenses. Valuations appear stretched beyond...

Devi Subhakesan

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