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

SBI Sumishin Net Bank  / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO.</li>
<li>SSNB is a Japanese digital bank set up as a 50-50 joint venture between Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Japan’s largest trust bank, and SBI Group, a financial services firm. </li>
<li>The deal, if successful, would be Japan’s first online-only bank to go public. In this note, we compare the company with some of its peers.</li>
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SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO.
SSNB is a Japanese digital bank set up as a 50-50 joint venture between Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Japan’s largest trust bank, and SBI Group, a financial services firm. 
The deal, if successful, would be Japan’s first online-only bank to go public. In this note, we compare the company with some of its peers.


SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest but Also One of the Slowest

Recruit Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Toppan aims to raise up to US$966m via selling 0.9% stake in Recruit Holdings.</li>
<li>This is not the first selldown by Toppan and Recruit has seen a number of deals in the past, all of which have done well.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Toppan aims to raise up to US$966m via selling 0.9% stake in Recruit Holdings.
This is not the first selldown by Toppan and Recruit has seen a number of deals in the past, all of which have done well.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Recruit Holdings Placement - Not the First Selldown, past Deals Have Done Well

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>It has been an interesting year and short interest has varied a lot across countries, sectors and stocks. We look at changes in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.</li>
<li>Shorts have soared in Korea following the resumption of short selling, while short interest has increased in the other countries too.</li>
<li>Ping An Insurance and BYD had the biggest short covering, while China Merchants Bank saw the largest increase in shorts over the year.</li>
</ul>


It has been an interesting year and short interest has varied a lot across countries, sectors and stocks. We look at changes in Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Shorts have soared in Korea following the resumption of short selling, while short interest has increased in the other countries too.
Ping An Insurance and BYD had the biggest short covering, while China Merchants Bank saw the largest increase in shorts over the year.


<ul>
<li>Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, aims to raise up to US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>As per Yano Research, it had 40% market share in the domestic BNPL market for B2C transactions.</li>
<li>In this note we will talk about the IPO valuation.</li>
</ul>


Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, aims to raise up to US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.
As per Yano Research, it had 40% market share in the domestic BNPL market for B2C transactions.
In this note we will talk about the IPO valuation.


Net Protections Holdings IPO - Needs a Bit of Hope and Belief

<ul>
<li>Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, aims to raise up to US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.</li>
<li>As per Yano Research, it had 40% market share in the domestic BNPL market for B2C transactions.</li>
<li>In this note we undertake a peer comparison and talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>


Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, aims to raise up to US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO.
As per Yano Research, it had 40% market share in the domestic BNPL market for B2C transactions.
In this note we undertake a peer comparison and talk about valuations.


Net Protections Holdings IPO - Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Japan

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. manages financial operations for its subsidiaries. The Company provides commercial banking and a variety of financial services.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316 JP)

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Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (8316 JP)

SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest but Also One of the Slowest

SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO. In this note we undertake a peer comparison with some of...

Sumeet Singh

Recruit Holdings Placement - Not the First Selldown, past Deals Have Done Well

Toppan aims to raise up to US$966m via selling 0.9% stake in Recruit Holdings. In this note, we will talk about deal dynamics and run the deal...

Sumeet Singh

Asia: The Year in Shorts

There have been large increases and decreases in short interest on stocks across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan over the year. We look at the biggest...

Brian Freitas

Net Protections Holdings IPO - Needs a Bit of Hope and Belief

Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, aims to raise up to US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares...

Sumeet Singh

Net Protections Holdings IPO - Peer Comparison and Thoughts on Valuation

Net Protections Holdings (NPH), a buy now pay later service provider, aims to raise up to US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares...

Sumeet Singh

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