APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC 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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a> is looking to de-staple <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-storage-king" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39857:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Storage King (ASK AU)</a> , its self-storage business. The offer will be underwritten by Morgan Stanley and Barrenjoey.</li>
<li>Offering 1 ASK share for every 5.6 ABP share, the REIT is looking to raise A$225m (US$153m) via offering 159.6m shares at a A$1.41-1.47/share price band.</li>
<li>The deal is effectively an IPO, and after having been in the making for some time now, it is well flagged as well.</li>
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Abacus Property (ABP AU) is looking to de-staple Abacus Storage King (ASK AU) , its self-storage business. The offer will be underwritten by Morgan Stanley and Barrenjoey.
Offering 1 ASK share for every 5.6 ABP share, the REIT is looking to raise A$225m (US$153m) via offering 159.6m shares at a A$1.41-1.47/share price band.
The deal is effectively an IPO, and after having been in the making for some time now, it is well flagged as well.


ASK Listing - Asset Quality Seems to Trump It's Peer, However Settlement Period Is Long

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a> has proposed the de-stapling of Abacus Storage King (ASK), the self-storage assets, along with the proposed A$225.0 million equity raising in ASK.</li>
<li>A key logic of the de-stapling is the potential unlocking of the large, implied discount to NTA in the commercial portfolio. The EGM on the de-stapling proposal is in July.</li>
<li>The equity raise is a key headwind to the rerating. Our SoTP valuation is A$3.10 per unit, which is a 20% upside to the last close price.</li>
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Abacus Property (ABP AU) has proposed the de-stapling of Abacus Storage King (ASK), the self-storage assets, along with the proposed A$225.0 million equity raising in ASK.
A key logic of the de-stapling is the potential unlocking of the large, implied discount to NTA in the commercial portfolio. The EGM on the de-stapling proposal is in July.
The equity raise is a key headwind to the rerating. Our SoTP valuation is A$3.10 per unit, which is a 20% upside to the last close price.


Abacus Property (ABP AU): Abacus Storage King De-Stapling to Unlock Value

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Back in February with the H1 results announcement, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a> announced <a href="https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20230216/pdf/45lns0hn3gdwmp.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an intention to spin off</a> an ASX-Listed Self Storage REIT with A$3bn in total assets.</li>
<li>The stock popped 7.4% to A$3.06 but is -16% since. In April they dropped their equity holding in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/national-storage-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13762:1" rel="noopener">National Storage REIT (NSR AU)</a>, in May they <a href="https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20230518/pdf/05ptw7r9scdhy2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">updated</a> again.  </li>
<li>Last week they had a big new <strong><a href="https://announcements.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20230607/pdf/05qfhbm08qs51z.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Investor Presentation</a></strong> saying they would go ahead. There's a trade in here. </li>
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Back in February with the H1 results announcement, Abacus Property (ABP AU) announced an intention to spin off an ASX-Listed Self Storage REIT with A$3bn in total assets.
The stock popped 7.4% to A$3.06 but is -16% since. In April they dropped their equity holding in National Storage REIT (NSR AU), in May they updated again.  
Last week they had a big new Investor Presentation saying they would go ahead. There's a trade in here. 


Conscious De-Stapling With Uplift - The Abacus Property (ABP) Storage Spinoff

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>We do not expect any constituent changes in June (that could change though!). The only flows are likely to be from capping the constituents at 10% of the index weight.</li>
<li>Capping changes will lead to a one-way turnover of 2.15% resulting in a one-way trade of A$14m. There are two stocks with over A$5m to trade.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stockland" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:661:1" rel="noopener">Stockland (SGP AU)</a> will be the most affected stock with passive trackers needing to sell over 1 day of ADV. The stock has run up and shorts are increasing.</li>
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We do not expect any constituent changes in June (that could change though!). The only flows are likely to be from capping the constituents at 10% of the index weight.
Capping changes will lead to a one-way turnover of 2.15% resulting in a one-way trade of A$14m. There are two stocks with over A$5m to trade.

Stockland (SGP AU) will be the most affected stock with passive trackers needing to sell over 1 day of ADV. The stock has run up and shorts are increasing.


MVIS Australia A-REITs Index Rebalance Preview: Capping Changes & Flows

Australian Unity Office Fund / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australian-unity-office-fund" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24077:1" rel="noopener">Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF AU)</a> was the subject of six successive bids by Starwood between 2018-2020 and a bid by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/charter-hall-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5593:1" rel="noopener">Charter Hall (CHC AU)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/abacus-property-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10566:1" rel="noopener">Abacus Property (ABP AU)</a>.</li>
<li>Large AOF shareholder Hume knocked back the ABP/CHC bid and Starwood never got to the final stages. But Aliro Group's (CEO is ex-CHC) bid at A$2.45 got Hume's support. </li>
<li>Then on 25 July, Aliro walked. And the shares fell. From A$2.21 to A$1.80. Ouch. </li>
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Australian Unity Office Fund (AOF AU) was the subject of six successive bids by Starwood between 2018-2020 and a bid by Charter Hall (CHC AU) and Abacus Property (ABP AU).
Large AOF shareholder Hume knocked back the ABP/CHC bid and Starwood never got to the final stages. But Aliro Group's (CEO is ex-CHC) bid at A$2.45 got Hume's support. 
Then on 25 July, Aliro walked. And the shares fell. From A$2.21 to A$1.80. Ouch. 


Australian Unity Office: Crushed as Aliro Walks, But Actively Seeking Situations

Australia

Abacus Group is a diversified property investment and management company. The Company provides exposure to a portfolio of commercial office, retail, and self storage real estates. Abacus Group serves customers in Australia.

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Abacus Group (ABG AU)

ASK Listing - Asset Quality Seems to Trump It's Peer, However Settlement Period Is Long

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Clarence Chu

Abacus Property (ABP AU): Abacus Storage King De-Stapling to Unlock Value

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Arun George

Conscious De-Stapling With Uplift - The Abacus Property (ABP) Storage Spinoff

ABP will spin off its self storage business. Self storage businesses trade at higher multiples|lower yields than commercial/diversified REITs. It's...

Travis Lundy

MVIS Australia A-REITs Index Rebalance Preview: Capping Changes & Flows

We do not see any constituent changes in June. Capping changes will lead to a one-way turnover of 2.15% resulting in a one-way trade of A$14m....

Brian Freitas

Australian Unity Office: Crushed as Aliro Walks, But Actively Seeking Situations

AOF shares got crushed Monday after Aliro decided walked as market conditions worsened. Now AOF is going to solicit interest again. At 0.81 newly...

Travis Lundy

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