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

GS Yuasa Placement - Well Flagged but Relatively Large Deal, Liquidity Might Be an Issue

Asahi Group Placement - Relatively Small One when Compared to Previous Large JP Secondary Selldowns

Asahi Group Placement - Quick Note - Needs to Correct Some More or Offer a Bigger Discount

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/zensho-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4586:1" rel="noopener">Zensho Holdings (7550 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$300m via a public offering.</li>
<li>As per the company it will use the proceeds from the deal for potential M&amp;A transactions.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Zensho Holdings (7550 JP) aims to raise around US$300m via a public offering.
As per the company it will use the proceeds from the deal for potential M&amp;A transactions.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Zensho Placement - Good Price to Raise At, at Least for the Company