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

Five Star Business Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous note, in this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous note, in this note, we talk about valuations.


Five-Star Business IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.</li>
</ul>



Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.


Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

RateGain Travel Technologies / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rategain-travel-technologies" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35265:1" rel="noopener">RateGain Travel Technologies (1920810D IN)</a> raised around US$177m in its India IPO. The deal comprised a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>In our view, this listing being the first SaaS firm out of India, could garner investor interest which would aid listing sentiment as well.</li>
<li>In this note we will talk about the subscription levels and trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



RateGain Travel Technologies (1920810D IN) raised around US$177m in its India IPO. The deal comprised a mix of primary and secondary shares.
In our view, this listing being the first SaaS firm out of India, could garner investor interest which would aid listing sentiment as well.
In this note we will talk about the subscription levels and trading dynamics.


RateGain Travel Technologies IPO Trading - Deals with Similar Sub-Rates Have Generally Traded Higher

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<li>Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO.</li>
<li>We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes links to which are below.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming anchor book lock-up expiry and look at how past IPOs have done around this time period.</li>
</ul>


Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO.
We have covered various aspects of the deal in our previous notes links to which are below.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming anchor book lock-up expiry and look at how past IPOs have done around this time period.


Paytm (One 97) - Large Anchor Book Expiry, Prior Listings Have Corrected a Few Days Ahead

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

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<li>Near the end of the review period, we see 8 stocks migrating upward from Mid to Large Cap and 9 stocks migrating from Small to Mid Cap.</li>
<li>We expect 12 stocks to migrate downward from Large to Mid Cap and 19 stocks from Mid to Small Cap. Four new listings will be added to the Large Caps.</li>
<li>Historically, the upward migrating stocks have outperformed the stocks migrating lower as the active funds rebalance their portfolios to meet regulations around stocks held based on the fund classification.</li>
</ul>


Near the end of the review period, we see 8 stocks migrating upward from Mid to Large Cap and 9 stocks migrating from Small to Mid Cap.
We expect 12 stocks to migrate downward from Large to Mid Cap and 19 stocks from Mid to Small Cap. Four new listings will be added to the Large Caps.
Historically, the upward migrating stocks have outperformed the stocks migrating lower as the active funds rebalance their portfolios to meet regulations around stocks held based on the fund classification.


India: Half-Yearly Stock Reclassification for Active Funds

India

Aptus Value Housing Finance India Limited provides financial services. The Company offers housing and non-housing finance loans, as well as insurance services. Aptus Value Housing Finance India serves customers in India.

Aptus Value Housing Finance India (APTUS IN)

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Five-Star Business IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Five Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we'll talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

Five Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake...

Sumeet Singh

RateGain Travel Technologies IPO Trading - Deals with Similar Sub-Rates Have Generally Traded Higher

RateGain Travel Technologies (1920810D IN) raised around US$177m in its India IPO. The deal comprised a mix of primary and secondary shares.

Clarence Chu

Paytm (One 97) - Large Anchor Book Expiry, Prior Listings Have Corrected a Few Days Ahead

Paytm raised around US$2.2bn in its IPO. In this note, we look at the upcoming anchor book lock-up expiry and how other IPOs have done around that...

Sumeet Singh

India: Half-Yearly Stock Reclassification for Active Funds

Upward migrations include 8 stocks from MidCap to LargeCap & 9 from SmallCap to MidCap. 4 new listings will join the LargeCaps and 6 new listings...

Brian Freitas

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