APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Nicholas Tan

At Aequitas we cover all IPOs and placements across Asia-Pac with a deal size of at least US$100m. 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%.

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/swire-pacific-limited-class-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10433:1" rel="noopener">Swire Pacific (19 HK)</a> is raising up to US$612m from a selldown in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cathay-pacific-airways-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:243:1" rel="noopener">Cathay Pacific (293 HK)</a> to fund the repurchase of an exchangeable bond due in 2027.</li>
<li>This follows a prior sell-down in early March 2026, via a club deal and comes ahead of the lockup expiry.</li>
<li>In this note, we comment on the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Swire Pacific (19 HK) is raising up to US$612m from a selldown in Cathay Pacific (293 HK) to fund the repurchase of an exchangeable bond due in 2027.
This follows a prior sell-down in early March 2026, via a club deal and comes ahead of the lockup expiry.
In this note, we comment on the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Aequitas: Cathay Pacific Placement - Swire Selling Shares Ahead of Its Prior Lockup Commitment