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

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$410m in its India IPO. The IPO has been downsized from US$480m with primary component cut to US$160m from US$180m.</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 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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JSW Cement Limited (9858514Z IN) is looking to raise about US$410m in its India IPO. The IPO has been downsized from US$480m with primary component cut to US$160m from US$180m.
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 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.


JSW Cement IPO - RHP Updates, Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuations

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>An increase in the stock price and free float should result in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vishal-mega-mart-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44041:1" rel="noopener">Vishal Mega Mart (VMM IN)</a>'s inclusion in a global index in August.</li>
<li>Estimated passive buying is 191m shares (US$312m; 5.8x ADV; 15.4x delivery volume) at the close of trading on 26 August.</li>
<li>The index inclusion could take the stock higher in the short-term but buyers in the June placement could be looking for an exit.</li>
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An increase in the stock price and free float should result in Vishal Mega Mart (VMM IN)'s inclusion in a global index in August.
Estimated passive buying is 191m shares (US$312m; 5.8x ADV; 15.4x delivery volume) at the close of trading on 26 August.
The index inclusion could take the stock higher in the short-term but buyers in the June placement could be looking for an exit.


Vishal Mega Mart (VMM IN): Increased Float & Global Index Inclusion

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/foshan-haitian-flavouring-food-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44279:1" rel="noopener">Foshan Haitian (3288 HK)</a> failed to perform at listing marking a turnaround for recent A/H listing. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-sanhua-intelligent-controls" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45277:1" rel="noopener">Sanhua Intelligent (2050 HK)</a> will be next in line. </li>
<li>On the placements front, deals continued to flow across the region, with blocks in India showing no signs of abating.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, Foshan Haitian (3288 HK) failed to perform at listing marking a turnaround for recent A/H listing. Sanhua Intelligent (2050 HK) will be next in line. 
On the placements front, deals continued to flow across the region, with blocks in India showing no signs of abating.


ECM Weekly (23 June 2025) - Foshan Haitian, Sanhua, Anjoy, Sany, CaoCao, Eternal, Zhou Liu, HDB Fin

Event-Driven

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<li>Reports indicate that Kedaara Capital Fund is looking to sell 22% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vishal-mega-mart" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44041:1" rel="noopener">Vishal Mega Mart</a> at a floor price of INR 110/share, a 11.9% discount to the last close.</li>
<li>The placement will lead to a huge increase in the free float for the stock and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vishal-mega-mart" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44041:1" rel="noopener">Vishal Mega Mart</a> could be added to a global index in August.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vishal-mega-mart" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44041:1" rel="noopener">Vishal Mega Mart</a> is also an inclusion to another global index at the close on Friday and we could see more buying in the stock following the increase in float.</li>
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Reports indicate that Kedaara Capital Fund is looking to sell 22% of Vishal Mega Mart at a floor price of INR 110/share, a 11.9% discount to the last close.
The placement will lead to a huge increase in the free float for the stock and Vishal Mega Mart could be added to a global index in August.

Vishal Mega Mart is also an inclusion to another global index at the close on Friday and we could see more buying in the stock following the increase in float.


Vishal Mega Mart (VMM IN) Placement: PE Selling Will Lead to Large Passive Buying

Vishal Mega Mart / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vishal-mega-mart" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44041:1" rel="noopener">Vishal Mega Mart</a> raised around US$950m in its India IPO. Its IPO linked lockup will expire soon.</li>
<li>Vishal Mega Mart Limited (VMM), is a one-stop retail destination. As per the company it targets middle and lower-middle income consumers across India.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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Vishal Mega Mart raised around US$950m in its India IPO. Its IPO linked lockup will expire soon.
Vishal Mega Mart Limited (VMM), is a one-stop retail destination. As per the company it targets middle and lower-middle income consumers across India.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Vishal Mega Mart IPO Lockup Expiry - US$4bn Lockup Release with PE Sitting on 10x Gains

India

Vishal Mega Mart is a prominent Indian value retail company engaged in the wholesale and retail trade of apparel, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), and general merchandise. The company operates a hypermarket model offering a diverse range of products, including a significant share of private labels, through its extensive network of stores across India. It was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana.

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Vishal Mega Mart (VMM IN)

JSW Cement IPO - RHP Updates, Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuations

JSW Cement is looking to raise about US$410m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates, peer comp and implied valuations in the...

Akshat Shah