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

Sona Blw Precision Forgings Lt / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Sona Comstar (Sona) raised around US$761m in its Indian IPO in Jun 2021. </li>
<li>The shares are now trading well above the IPO price and its largest PE investor, Blackstone, will be released from its lockup soon.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


Sona Comstar (Sona) raised around US$761m in its Indian IPO in Jun 2021. 
The shares are now trading well above the IPO price and its largest PE investor, Blackstone, will be released from its lockup soon.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Sona Comstar Lock-Up - Blackstone up 17x, Sold Half in the IPO with over US$1bn Left

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

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>Global managers are at their lowest ever allocation in Asian equities.  From a peak of over 17% in 2018, average exposure has fallen to just 12.94%.</li>
<li>Declines were led by China &amp; HK Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services, whilst investors also scaled back exposure to Japan Communication Services, Industrials, Health Care and Consumer Staples</li>
<li>Among Global investors, overweight the benchmark in Asia is by far the non-consensus trade.</li>
</ul>


Global managers are at their lowest ever allocation in Asian equities.  From a peak of over 17% in 2018, average exposure has fallen to just 12.94%.
Declines were led by China &amp; HK Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services, whilst investors also scaled back exposure to Japan Communication Services, Industrials, Health Care and Consumer Staples
Among Global investors, overweight the benchmark in Asia is by far the non-consensus trade.


<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>IPO volumes remain subdued across the region, although a number of deals are said to be looking to launch soon.</li>
<li>Given the recent market volatility, there were no large placements this week.</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.
IPO volumes remain subdued across the region, although a number of deals are said to be looking to launch soon.
Given the recent market volatility, there were no large placements this week.


ECM Weekly (19th June 2022) - Tianqi, GoAir, China United, Hongjiu Fruit, Airtel/Singtel, ExaWizards

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Inside is a recap of movements in the last week relating to the Shanghai and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect facilities, broken down by company and industry</li>
<li>Overall, net inflow was ~US$1.9bn, split US$0.7bn for Shanghai and US$1.2bn for Shenzhen.</li>
<li>The largest inflows were into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cnooc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:175:1" rel="noopener">CNOOC Ltd (883 HK)</a>and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a>. The largest outflow was in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/industrial-and-commercial-bank-of-china-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1119:1" rel="noopener">ICBC (H) (1398 HK)</a>.</li>
</ul>


Inside is a recap of movements in the last week relating to the Shanghai and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect facilities, broken down by company and industry
Overall, net inflow was ~US$1.9bn, split US$0.7bn for Shanghai and US$1.2bn for Shenzhen.
The largest inflows were into CNOOC Ltd (883 HK)and Meituan (3690 HK). The largest outflow was in ICBC (H) (1398 HK).


Shanghai/​​​​Shenzhen Southbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

<ul>
<li>Inside is a recap of movements in the last week relating to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange -Shanghai and Shenzhen Northbound Connect facilities, broken down by company and industry.</li>
<li>Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$3.5bn, split between Shanghai (+US$2.3bn) and Shenzhen (+US$1.2bn).</li>
<li>The largest inflows were into <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/inner-mongolia-yili-indus-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3220:1" rel="noopener">Inner Mongolia Yili (600887 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pharmaron-beijing-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28277:1" rel="noopener">Pharmaron Beijing (300759 CH)</a>. The largest outflows were in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/contemporary-amperex-techn-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24404:1" rel="noopener">CATL (300750 CH)</a>  (300750 CH) and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/qinghai-salt-lake-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5088:1" rel="noopener">Qinghai Salt (000792 CH)</a>.</li>
</ul>


Inside is a recap of movements in the last week relating to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange -Shanghai and Shenzhen Northbound Connect facilities, broken down by company and industry.
Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$3.5bn, split between Shanghai (+US$2.3bn) and Shenzhen (+US$1.2bn).
The largest inflows were into Inner Mongolia Yili (600887 CH) and Pharmaron Beijing (300759 CH). The largest outflows were in CATL (300750 CH)  (300750 CH) and Qinghai Salt (000792 CH).


Shanghai/​​​​Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

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Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Sona Comstar Lock-Up - Blackstone up 17x, Sold Half in the IPO with over US$1bn Left

Sona Comstar (Sona) raised around US$761m in its Indian IPO in Jun 2021. The shares are trading well above the IPO price. Blackstone still owns...

Sumeet Singh

Asia: Global Investors Lose Faith

Global managers are at their lowest ever allocation in Asian equities. From a peak of over 17% in 2018, average exposure has fallen to just 12.94%.

Steven Holden

ECM Weekly (19th June 2022) - Tianqi, GoAir, China United, Hongjiu Fruit, Airtel/Singtel, ExaWizards

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

Shanghai/Shenzhen Southbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

Overall, net inflow was ~US$1.9bn, split US$0.7bn for the Shanghai Southbound Connect and US$1.2bn for Shenzhen Southbound Connect.

David Blennerhassett

Shanghai/Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$3.5bn, split between Shanghai Northbound (+US$2.3bn) and Shenzhen Northbound (+US$1.2bn).

David Blennerhassett

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Sona Comstar Lock-Up - Blackstone up 17x, Sold Half in the IPO with over US$1bn Left

Sona Comstar (Sona) raised around US$761m in its Indian IPO in Jun 2021. The shares are trading well above the IPO price. Blackstone still owns...

Sumeet Singh

Asia: Global Investors Lose Faith

Global managers are at their lowest ever allocation in Asian equities. From a peak of over 17% in 2018, average exposure has fallen to just 12.94%.

Steven Holden

ECM Weekly (19th June 2022) - Tianqi, GoAir, China United, Hongjiu Fruit, Airtel/Singtel, ExaWizards

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

Shanghai/​​​​Shenzhen Southbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

Overall, net inflow was ~US$1.9bn, split US$0.7bn for the Shanghai Southbound Connect and US$1.2bn for Shenzhen Southbound Connect.

David Blennerhassett

Shanghai/​​​​Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

Overall, net inflow over the past week was ~US$3.5bn, split between Shanghai Northbound (+US$2.3bn) and Shenzhen Northbound (+US$1.2bn).

David Blennerhassett

Shanghai/Shenzhen Southbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)

Shanghai/Shenzhen Northbound Connect: Weekly Moves (17 June 2022)