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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Emperador (Emp) is looking to raise up to US$750m via a secondary listing in Singapore.</li>
<li>Emp is the Philippines’ largest liquor company and the world’s largest brandy producer. Its products are sold in over 100 countries.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company's past performance.</li>
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Emperador (Emp) is looking to raise up to US$750m via a secondary listing in Singapore.
Emp is the Philippines’ largest liquor company and the world’s largest brandy producer. Its products are sold in over 100 countries.
In this note, we look at the company's past performance.


Emperador Secondary Listing - Driven by Whisky, Supported by Brandy

Converge Information and Commu / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$138m via selling its 3.6% in Converge ICT (CICT). The sale will be accompanied by a company buyback and a private transaction.</li>
<li>Warburg had earlier sold in the IPO and then in Nov 21, and this trade will be a cleanup.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$138m via selling its 3.6% in Converge ICT (CICT). The sale will be accompanied by a company buyback and a private transaction.
Warburg had earlier sold in the IPO and then in Nov 21, and this trade will be a cleanup.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.


Converge ICT Placement - Clean-Up and Buyback, Just in Time for the Index Inclusion

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>Financials sector allocations continue to move higher.  Average holding weights stand at 18.78%, the highest level since early 2020 and well up from the lows of 15.06% in Sep 2020</li>
<li>Indonesia, Singapore, India and Thailand were responsible for the moves higher, with China &amp; HK not participating in the upturn. </li>
<li>AIA Group Ltd is the most widely held stock.  China Merchants Bank and Bank Central Asia the key overweights. China Construction Bank and ICBC are largely avoided by Asian investors.</li>
</ul>


Financials sector allocations continue to move higher.  Average holding weights stand at 18.78%, the highest level since early 2020 and well up from the lows of 15.06% in Sep 2020
Indonesia, Singapore, India and Thailand were responsible for the moves higher, with China &amp; HK not participating in the upturn. 
AIA Group Ltd is the most widely held stock.  China Merchants Bank and Bank Central Asia the key overweights. China Construction Bank and ICBC are largely avoided by Asian investors.


Asia Ex-Japan:  Financials Recovery Leaves China Behind

<ul>
<li>One of Converge ICT’s (CICT) shareholders, Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$219m via selling part of its shareholding.</li>
<li>The deal comes close to the one year lock-up expiry post listing and hence, there is a high likelihood that the selldown might have been expected.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


One of Converge ICT’s (CICT) shareholders, Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$219m via selling part of its shareholding.
The deal comes close to the one year lock-up expiry post listing and hence, there is a high likelihood that the selldown might have been expected.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework.


Converge ICT Placement - Close to Lock-Up Expiry, Might Be Partly Priced In

Synergy Grid & Development Philippines / Equity Capital Markets

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<p>Synergy Grid &amp; Development Phils (SGP) raised around US$250m in its Philippines re-IPO. </p>
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<p>We covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier notes, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/synergy-grid-development-re-ipo-deal-background-and-positives" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Synergy Grid &amp; Development Re-IPO - Deal Background and Positives</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/synergy-grid-development-re-ipo-negatives-and-a-look-at-valuation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Synergy Grid &amp; Development Re-IPO - Negatives and a Look at Valuation</a>.</p>
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<p> In this note, we will talk about the updates since our IPO note.</p>


Synergy Grid &amp; Development Phils (SGP) raised around US$250m in its Philippines re-IPO. 


We covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier notes, Synergy Grid &amp; Development Re-IPO - Deal Background and Positives and Synergy Grid &amp; Development Re-IPO - Negatives and a Look at Valuation.

 In this note, we will talk about the updates since our IPO note.

Synergy Grid Re-IPO Trading - Pricing Is OK, Watch Out for the Large Drop on Trading Resumption

Philippines

Ayala Corporation, through its subsidiaries, develops real estate properties. The Company also provides financial services, insurance, and information technology and telecommunications services. In addition, Ayala manufactures and sells passenger cars as well as having operations in the food and agriculture industries.

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Ayala Corporation (AC PM)

Emperador Secondary Listing - Driven by Whisky, Supported by Brandy

Emperador (Emp) is looking to raise up to US$750m via a secondary listing in Singapore. In this note, we look at the company's past performance.

Sumeet Singh

Converge ICT Placement - Clean-Up and Buyback, Just in Time for the Index Inclusion

Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$138m via selling its 3.6% in Converge ICT (CICT). The sale will be accompanied by a company buyback and a...

Sumeet Singh

Asia Ex-Japan: Financials Recovery Leaves China Behind

Financials exposure moves higher. Active weights hit their highest level since early 2020. Indonesia, Singapore and India Financials were the...

Steven Holden

Converge ICT Placement - Close to Lock-Up Expiry, Might Be Partly Priced In

One of Converge ICT’s (CICT) shareholders, Warburg Pincus, aims to raise around US$219m via selling part of its shareholding.

Sumeet Singh

Synergy Grid Re-IPO Trading - Pricing Is OK, Watch Out for the Large Drop on Trading Resumption

Synergy Grid & Development Phils raised around US$250m in its Philippines re-IPO. We covered most aspects of the deal in our earlier notes. In...

Sumeet Singh

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