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

PonyAI and WeRide Secondary HK Trading - Weakish Demand, WeRide Did Better but Trading Lower

ECM Weekly (10 November 2025) - Seres, Pony, WeRide, Joyson, DIY, Maynilad, Northsand, Softcare

ECM Weekly (17 November 2025) -Softcare, Northsand, Human Made, Lenskart, Pine Labs, Klook, Sagility

Pony AI Secondary HK Offering - Needs to Correct Some More

WeRide Secondary HK Offering - Is Relatively Cheaper but Lacks Momentum

WeRide IPO - Stiff Competition and Bleak Sentiment.  Premium Valuation Doesn’t Help

Pony AI Secondary HK Offering - Stock Has Been Volatile, a Look at Possible Trading Setup

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/weride-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39905:1" rel="noopener">WeRide (WRD US)</a> plans to raise around US$325m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>We have looked at the deal dynamics in our previous note.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal structure and updates since then.</li>
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WeRide (WRD US) plans to raise around US$325m in its secondary listing in Hong Kong.
We have looked at the deal dynamics in our previous note.
In this note, we talk about the deal structure and updates since then.


WeRide Secondary HK Offering - Has Been Trading Up, Given the Valuation Gap