Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Alibaba is up 20% QTD and the public Vision Fund portfolio is on track for its first positive quarter in almost two years thanks to China upside, mostly for Didi</li>
<li>That has kept the share price elevated even as the discount to fair value has expanded since buybacks ended at Q2 results</li>
<li>At 34% now, there is room for the discount to expand further as the range before the buyback surge was generally closer to 40%</li>
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Alibaba is up 20% QTD and the public Vision Fund portfolio is on track for its first positive quarter in almost two years thanks to China upside, mostly for Didi
That has kept the share price elevated even as the discount to fair value has expanded since buybacks ended at Q2 results
At 34% now, there is room for the discount to expand further as the range before the buyback surge was generally closer to 40%


Softbank Group - China Rebound Has Helped After End-Of-Buyback Hangover

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/net-protections-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35162:1" rel="noopener">Net Protections (7383 JP)</a>, a buy now pay later service provider, raised around US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO in Dec 2021.</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 upcoming lock-up expiry on 9th Dec 2022.</li>
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Net Protections (7383 JP), a buy now pay later service provider, raised around US$570m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Japan IPO in Dec 2021.
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 upcoming lock-up expiry on 9th Dec 2022.


Net Protections Holding IPO Lock-Up - PE Owner Is Free to Shed Its Remaining Stake

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Leonard Law, CFA

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<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>On the IPO front, the two Japanese IPO set the ball rolling for the year end rush, with a few more lined up in Hong Kong along with Sunshine.</li>
<li>There were a few largish selldowns in Japan and India and given Hong Kong's recent performace, it will see some deals soon as well.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, the two Japanese IPO set the ball rolling for the year end rush, with a few more lined up in Hong Kong along with Sunshine.
There were a few largish selldowns in Japan and India and given Hong Kong's recent performace, it will see some deals soon as well.


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SoftBank Group Corp. provides telecommunication services. The Company also operates ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and fiber optic high-speed Internet connection, e-Commerce businesses, and Internet based advertising and auction businesses.

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