Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of IPO & Placements for Aequitas Research. 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%. 
Prior to Aequitas. I was heading Content Strategy for Smartkarma, along with covering IPOs & Placement. In an earlier life I have covered ASEAN property and the banking space in India.

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Aequitas ECM Weekly (30 March 2026)-Huayan, Diagens, Tong Ren, Epiworld, Pateo, Capitaland, Seoul Gu

Aequitas ECM Weekly (7 April 2026)-Victory Giant, Huaqin, Sigenergy, Manycore, WeWork, MTT, AVATR

Aequitas ECM Weekly (13 April 2026)-Samsung, Victory Giant, Huaqin, Sigenergy, Manycore, Merdeka

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Aequitas: K Bank IPO - Refiling Updates - Updated Peer Comp and Thoughts on 2026 Valuation

Aequitas: K Bank IPO - Refiling Updates - No Longer Growing Fast, Still with Issues

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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seoul-guarantee-insurance-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40123:1" rel="noopener">Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS)</a> raised around US$125m in its Korean IPO. The lockup on KDIC is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Seoul Guarantee Insurance (031210 KS) raised around US$125m in its Korean IPO. The lockup on KDIC is set to expire soon.
Seoul Guarantee Insurance (SGI) is a guarantee insurance firm operating predominantly in Korea.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


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Samsung Fire & Marine Insuranc (000815 KS)

Aequitas: Seoul Guarantee IPO Lockup- KDIC Set to Sell over a Third of the Company for Around US$1bn