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

Nomura Research Institute / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research.</li>
<li>This is not the first sale by Nomura and hence, might not come as a complete surprise.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
</ul>


Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research.
This is not the first sale by Nomura and hence, might not come as a complete surprise.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Nomura Research Placement - Has Sold Before, Deal Might Be More Reflective on the Parent's Results

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>Japan Financials have suffered a long-term decline in exposure.  Ownership has dropped from 56% of managers in December 2013 to just 31.2% today.</li>
<li>However, there are signs that these ownership declines are starting to reverse course, led by manager buying in Japan Post Holdings, Ms&amp;Ad Insurance and Sompo Holdings</li>
<li>If recent activity suggests a shift in sentiment for Japan Financials stocks, there is plenty of room for ownership levels to move higher from here.</li>
</ul>


Japan Financials have suffered a long-term decline in exposure.  Ownership has dropped from 56% of managers in December 2013 to just 31.2% today.
However, there are signs that these ownership declines are starting to reverse course, led by manager buying in Japan Post Holdings, Ms&amp;Ad Insurance and Sompo Holdings
If recent activity suggests a shift in sentiment for Japan Financials stocks, there is plenty of room for ownership levels to move higher from here.


SBI Sumishin Net Bank  / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<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 will talk about our earnings forecast and throughts in valuations.</li>
</ul>


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 will talk about our earnings forecast and throughts in valuations.


SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - Earnings Forecast and Thoughts on Valuations

<ul>
<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>
</ul>


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

<ul>
<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 will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


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 will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - The Negatives - It’s Not Really a Digital Lender

Japan

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is a holding company established through the merger of Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group and UFJ Holdings. As a financial group, the Company provides a variety of financial and investment services including commercial banking, trust banking, international finance, and assets management services.

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Nomura Research Placement - Has Sold Before, Deal Might Be More Reflective on the Parent's Results

Nomura Holdings is looking to raise around US$486m via selling 2.5% of Nomura Research. This won't be the first selldown by the parent.

Sumeet Singh

Japan Financials: Bottoming Out?

Japan Financials have suffered a long-term decline in exposure among active Global fund managers. However, there are signs that ownership levels...

Steven Holden

SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - Earnings Forecast and Thoughts on Valuations

SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO. In this note, we talk about our earnings forecast and...

Sumeet Singh

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

SBI Sumishin Net Bank Pre-IPO - The Negatives - It’s Not Really a Digital Lender

SBI Sumishin Net Bank (SSNB) will be looking to raise around US$1.1bn in its upcoming IPO. In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects...

Sumeet Singh

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