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

Kotak Mahindra Bank / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>CPPIB aims to raise around US$750m via selling a 1.6% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kotak-mahindra-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:126:1" rel="noopener">Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN)</a>. </li>
<li>This is not the first time that CPPIB will be selling down some of its stake, the previous deal held up well.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


CPPIB aims to raise around US$750m via selling a 1.6% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN). 
This is not the first time that CPPIB will be selling down some of its stake, the previous deal held up well.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Kotak Placement - Has Sold Before, Stock Has Run-Up Recently but It Has Still Underperformed

Alibaba Group Holding  / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>In the IPO space, Indonesia appears to be the only market where sizeable deals are being done as Growatt and Olam Agri  laucnhes got pushed back.</li>
<li>On the placement front, there were only a few smaller deals that were lauched, apart from the selldown in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coal-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9117:1" rel="noopener">Coal India Ltd (COAL IN)</a>. </li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
In the IPO space, Indonesia appears to be the only market where sizeable deals are being done as Growatt and Olam Agri  laucnhes got pushed back.
On the placement front, there were only a few smaller deals that were lauched, apart from the selldown in Coal India Ltd (COAL IN). 


ECM Weekly (4th June 2023) - JD Ind, Alibaba, Growatt, Olam Agri, Coal India, Adani, Patanjali

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), RHB Invest

RHB Invest

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We attended DBS’ Investor Day on 22 May 2023 where management shared their digital-led strategy in growth markets, how new businesses with potential have evolved from the previous Investor Day in 2017 and addressed some of the questions from investors and analysts.</li><li>Technology has transformed the way they manage with the use of a hybrid multi-cloud strategy with in-house infrastructure as a service.</li><li>Other business segments such as Consumer and SME, Private banking, Global transaction services, and Treasury markets have also benefited from the digital transformation.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

We attended DBS’ Investor Day on 22 May 2023 where management shared their digital-led strategy in growth markets, how new businesses with potential have evolved from the previous Investor Day in 2017 and addressed some of the questions from investors and analysts.Technology has transformed the way they manage with the use of a hybrid multi-cloud strategy with in-house infrastructure as a service.Other business segments such as Consumer and SME, Private banking, Global transaction services, and Treasury markets have also benefited from the digital transformation.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

DBS Group - Dividends To Increase By S$0.24 Per Year

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>In the IPO space, HK market sentiment is likely to be put to test again with the upcoming listing for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/growatt-new-energy-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36103:1" rel="noopener">Growatt Technology.</a>
</li>
<li>The REIT were once again at the front lines this week for placements, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten (4755 JP)</a> has so far been holding up.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
In the IPO space, HK market sentiment is likely to be put to test again with the upcoming listing for Growatt Technology.

The REIT were once again at the front lines this week for placements, while Rakuten (4755 JP) has so far been holding up.


ECM Weekly (28th May 2023) - HK Trip Notes, Rakuten, JD Ind, Horizon Const, Nippon Prologis, MINT

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>Among active Global equity funds, exposure to Banking stocks is at the lower end of the decade long range</li>
<li>Over the last 6-months, Banks experienced the largest drop in average fund weight of -0.4%, suffered fund outflows of $-1.98bn and had 40 more sellers than buyers over the period.</li>
<li>The failure of SVB Financial, First Republic and Signature Bank has effected sentiment in US Banks, but elsewhere we see strong momentum in Singaporean Banks, Indonesian Banks and Indian Banks.  </li>
</ul>


Among active Global equity funds, exposure to Banking stocks is at the lower end of the decade long range
Over the last 6-months, Banks experienced the largest drop in average fund weight of -0.4%, suffered fund outflows of $-1.98bn and had 40 more sellers than buyers over the period.
The failure of SVB Financial, First Republic and Signature Bank has effected sentiment in US Banks, but elsewhere we see strong momentum in Singaporean Banks, Indonesian Banks and Indian Banks.  


Singapore

DBS Group Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries provide a variety of financial services.  The Company offers services including mortgage financing, lease and hire purchase financing, nominee and trustee, funds management, corporate advisory and brokerage .  DBS Group also acts as the primary dealer in Singapore government securities.

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DBS (DBS SP)

Kotak Placement - Has Sold Before, Stock Has Run-Up Recently but It Has Still Underperformed

CPPIB aims to raise around US$750m via selling a 1.6% stake in Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN). The previous selldown by CPPIB held up well.

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (4th June 2023) - JD Ind, Alibaba, Growatt, Olam Agri, Coal India, Adani, Patanjali

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

DBS Group - Dividends To Increase By S$0.24 Per Year

Technology has transformed the way they manage with the use of a hybrid multi-cloud strategy with in-house infrastructure as a service.

RHB Invest

ECM Weekly (28th May 2023) - HK Trip Notes, Rakuten, JD Ind, Horizon Const, Nippon Prologis, MINT

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Global Banks: Positioning Deep Dive

Positioning in the Banking industry group among Global equity funds stalls after US Banking failures, but non-US sentiment is improving.

Steven Holden

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