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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sicc-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36273:1" rel="noopener">SICC (688234 CH)</a>, a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, raised around US$260m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>In terms of market share, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan, based on 2024 sales, its market share was at 16.7%.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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SICC (688234 CH), a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, raised around US$260m in its H-share listing.
In terms of market share, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan, based on 2024 sales, its market share was at 16.7%.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


SICC A/H Trading - Strong Retail, Lukewarm Insti Demand

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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 number of companies are lining up to start 2H listing season, which is likely to be one of the busiest over the past few years.</li>
<li>On the placements front as well, given ongoing earnings annoucement there were only one large placement last week.</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,  a number of companies are lining up to start 2H listing season, which is likely to be one of the busiest over the past few years.
On the placements front as well, given ongoing earnings annoucement there were only one large placement last week.


ECM Weekly (18 August 2025)- Eve Energy, CNGR, Will Semi, 52 Toys, JSW, Bluestone, Tuas, Hexaware

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sicc-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36273:1" rel="noopener">SICC (688234 CH)</a> , a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, aims to raise up to US$260m in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>In terms of market share, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan, based on 2024 sales, its market share was at 16.7%.</li>
<li>We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.</li>
</ul>



SICC (688234 CH) , a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, aims to raise up to US$260m in its H-share listing.
In terms of market share, as per Frost &amp; Sullivan, based on 2024 sales, its market share was at 16.7%.
We have looked at the past performance and likely A/H premium in our previous note. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.


SICC A/H Listing - Needs a Very Deep Discount

GigaDevice Semiconductor  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gigadevice-semiconductor-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27253:1" rel="noopener">GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH)</a> (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
</ul>



GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
GD is a leading specialty memory chip and MCU company in mainland China.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


GigaDevice A/H Listing -Strong Long Term Record but Exposed to the Memory Cycle

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

Nationz Technologies Inc A / Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the June rebalance of the CSI All Share Semiconductor Index ended 30 April. The changes should be announced on 30 May and implemented on 13 June.</li>
<li>We forecast 4 adds and 9 deletes for the index with a one-way turnover of 2.7% and a round-trip trade of CNY 1.2bn (US$167m).</li>
<li>Some stocks have overlaps with changes to the CES China Semiconductor Chips Index and the CNI Semiconductor Chips Index and there will be increased passive flow for those stocks.</li>
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The review period for the June rebalance of the CSI All Share Semiconductor Index ended 30 April. The changes should be announced on 30 May and implemented on 13 June.
We forecast 4 adds and 9 deletes for the index with a one-way turnover of 2.7% and a round-trip trade of CNY 1.2bn (US$167m).
Some stocks have overlaps with changes to the CES China Semiconductor Chips Index and the CNI Semiconductor Chips Index and there will be increased passive flow for those stocks.


CSI All Share Semiconductor Index Rebalance Preview: 13 Potential Changes in June

China

Will Semiconductor Co.,Ltd. Shanghai manufactures image sensor products and semiconductor products. The Company produces and sells complementary metal oxide semiconductors, protecting devices, power devices, power management integrated circuits, radio frequency devices, microphone sensors, and more. Will Semiconductor Shanghai markets its products worldwide.

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Will Semiconductor (603501 CH)

SICC A/H Trading - Strong Retail, Lukewarm Insti Demand

SICC (688234 CH), a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, raised around US$260m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (18 August 2025)- Eve Energy, CNGR, Will Semi, 52 Toys, JSW, Bluestone, Tuas, Hexaware

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.

Sumeet Singh

SICC A/H Listing - Needs a Very Deep Discount

SICC (688234 CH) , a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, aims to raise up to US$xxm in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

GigaDevice A/H Listing -Strong Long Term Record but Exposed to the Memory Cycle

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

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SICC A/H Trading - Strong Retail, Lukewarm Insti Demand

SICC (688234 CH), a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, raised around US$260m in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (18 August 2025)- Eve Energy, CNGR, Will Semi, 52 Toys, JSW, Bluestone, Tuas, Hexaware

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.

Sumeet Singh

SICC A/H Listing - Needs a Very Deep Discount

SICC (688234 CH) , a manufacturer of high-quality SiC substrates, aims to raise up to US$xxm in its H-share listing. In this note, we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

GigaDevice A/H Listing -Strong Long Term Record but Exposed to the Memory Cycle

GigaDevice Semiconductor (603986 CH) (GD), an IC design house, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this note, we look at the...

Sumeet Singh

CSI All Share Semiconductor Index Rebalance Preview: 13 Potential Changes in June

There could be 4 adds/9 deletes in June. Estimated turnover is 2.7% and round-trip trade is CNY 1.2bn. There are multiple stocks with same-way flow...

Brian Freitas