Daily BriefsECM

Equity Capital Markets: Shin Kong Financial Holding, WT Microelectronics and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Shin Kong Financial Holdings Placement – Deal Appears to Be Very Well Flagged
  • WT Microelectronics Placement – Short Interest on the Rise, Could Lift the Debt Overhang

Shin Kong Financial Holdings Placement – Deal Appears to Be Very Well Flagged

By Sumeet Singh

  • Shin Kong Financial Holding (2888 TT) (SKFH) aims to raise around US$400m via an accelerated primary GDS offering.
  • This will be the third fundraising by the company in as many years. Both the prior deals did well and this one too appears to be well flagged.
  • In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.

WT Microelectronics Placement – Short Interest on the Rise, Could Lift the Debt Overhang

By Clarence Chu

  • WT Microelectronics (3036 TT) is looking to raise approximately US$190m in its Primary GDS offering to repay foreign currency denominated debt and for procuring raw materials in foreign currencies. 
  • While we can’t explicitly state that the deal is well-flagged, the firm has seen its gearing ratio increase and CFO was negative in its latest financial year.
  • In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.

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