Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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.

Event-Driven

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<li>TPG Telecom was formed by a merger of Vodafone and TPG in Jul 2020. The merger resulted in the shares owned by Vodafone, Hutchison and DavidTeoh, being put in escrow.</li>
<li>The lockup on those shares will expire this month. David Teoh, TPG’s founder, has sold some stock before in Dec 21 and could look to exit his remaining shareholding.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the upcoming lock-up release and its dynamics.</li>
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TPG Telecom was formed by a merger of Vodafone and TPG in Jul 2020. The merger resulted in the shares owned by Vodafone, Hutchison and DavidTeoh, being put in escrow.
The lockup on those shares will expire this month. David Teoh, TPG’s founder, has sold some stock before in Dec 21 and could look to exit his remaining shareholding.
In this note, we talk about the upcoming lock-up release and its dynamics.


TPG Telecom Possible Selldown - Founder Could Look to Raise up to US$1bn with a Clean Exit

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia, Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Evolve Capital Research

Mid-market focused investment bank within SE Asia

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Equity Bottom-Up

Goodwill Entertainment Holding / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/goodwill-entertainment-holding-pte-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44296:1" rel="noopener">Goodwill Entertainment Holding (GWEH SP)</a> is a multi-entertainment concept operator, comprising a network of family friendly karaoke facilities with F&amp;B concepts, performance halls and dance clubs.</li>
<li>It operates under the brand names HaveFun Family Karaoke, FATEbyhavefun and HaveFun Live Show.</li>
<li>We maintain our BUY rating on GEH with a TP of S$0.23, pegged to 4.6x FY25E EV/EBITDA, representing an upside of approximately 42.9%.</li>
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Goodwill Entertainment Holding (GWEH SP) is a multi-entertainment concept operator, comprising a network of family friendly karaoke facilities with F&amp;B concepts, performance halls and dance clubs.
It operates under the brand names HaveFun Family Karaoke, FATEbyhavefun and HaveFun Live Show.
We maintain our BUY rating on GEH with a TP of S$0.23, pegged to 4.6x FY25E EV/EBITDA, representing an upside of approximately 42.9%.


Goodwill Entertainment Holding - FY24 Earnings Update - Broadening Reach Within F&B and Nightlife

Econ Healthcare Asia Ltd / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/econ-healthcare-asia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33015:1" rel="noopener">Econ Healthcare Asia Ltd (ECON SP)</a> received a privatization offer from TPG Capital on 14th Feb 25. </li>
<li>Per the announcement, TPG is offering S$0.33 per share in cash, representing a 20% premium over the last undisturbed price of S$0.275 / share on 14th Jan 25. </li>
<li>While the deal is hardly a fantastic one, we would still recommend that minority shareholders accept the deal and redeploy their funds.</li>
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Econ Healthcare Asia Ltd (ECON SP) received a privatization offer from TPG Capital on 14th Feb 25. 
Per the announcement, TPG is offering S$0.33 per share in cash, representing a 20% premium over the last undisturbed price of S$0.275 / share on 14th Jan 25. 
While the deal is hardly a fantastic one, we would still recommend that minority shareholders accept the deal and redeploy their funds.


Econ Healthcare (Asia) - Not the Best but Still an Exit Opportunity

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/iwow-technology-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36147:1" rel="noopener">IWOW Technology Ltd (IWOW SP)</a> is a one-stop end-to-end wireless IoT technology provider specialising in offering vertically integrated solutions and a telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider.</li>
<li>IWOW uses open and proprietary wireless communication technologies to create customized Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for consumers which connect devices and sensors to cloud application servers for a variety of applications.</li>
<li>We initiate non-rated coverage on iWOW Technology. The firm has managed to transition away from Tracetogether as its key source of revenue and seeks to grow its recurring revenue.</li>
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IWOW Technology Ltd (IWOW SP) is a one-stop end-to-end wireless IoT technology provider specialising in offering vertically integrated solutions and a telecommunications infrastructure solutions provider.
IWOW uses open and proprietary wireless communication technologies to create customized Internet-of-Things (IoT) solutions for consumers which connect devices and sensors to cloud application servers for a variety of applications.
We initiate non-rated coverage on iWOW Technology. The firm has managed to transition away from Tracetogether as its key source of revenue and seeks to grow its recurring revenue.


IWOW Technology - Silver Lining in the Silver Generation

Equity Capital Markets

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/digico-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44091:1" rel="noopener">DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU)</a> raised around US$1.3bn in its Australian IPO.</li>
<li>DigiCo REIT (DREIT) aims to be a diversified owner, operator and developer of data centres, with a global portfolio and broad investment mandate across stabilised, value-add and development opportunities</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU) raised around US$1.3bn in its Australian IPO.
DigiCo REIT (DREIT) aims to be a diversified owner, operator and developer of data centres, with a global portfolio and broad investment mandate across stabilised, value-add and development opportunities
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


DigiCo Infrastructure REIT IPO Trading - Now for the Real Test, Ex-Adjustments

Singapore

StarHub Ltd. is a fully-integrated info-communication company offering a full range of information, communications, and entertainment services for both consumer and corporate markets in Singapore. The Company provides mobile network and multi-channel cable TV services, including high definition and on-demand services, as well as high-speed residential broadband services.

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StarHub Ltd (STH SP)

TPG Telecom Possible Selldown - Founder Could Look to Raise up to US$1bn with a Clean Exit

TPG Telecom was formed by a merger of Vodafone and TPG in Jul 2020. The merger resulted in the shares owned by Vodafone, Hutchison and David Teoh,...

Sumeet Singh

Goodwill Entertainment Holding - FY24 Earnings Update - Broadening Reach Within F&B and Nightlife

We maintain our BUY rating on GEH with a TP of S$0.23, pegged to 4.6x FY25E EV/EBITDA, representing an upside of approximately 42.9%.

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

Econ Healthcare (Asia) - Not the Best but Still an Exit Opportunity

Econ Healthcare Asia Ltd received a privatization offer from TPG Capital on 14th Feb 25. While the deal is hardly fantastic , we would still...

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

IWOW Technology - Silver Lining in the Silver Generation

We initiate non-rated coverage on iWOW Technology. The firm has managed to transition away from Tracetogether as its key source of revenue and...

Evolve Capital Advisory Pte Ltd

DigiCo Infrastructure REIT IPO Trading - Now for the Real Test, Ex-Adjustments

DigiCo REIT (DIGICO AU) raised around US$1.3bn in its Australian IPO. We have looked at the company's past performance earlier, in this note we...

Sumeet Singh

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