APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

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.

Equity Capital Markets

Jana Small Finance Bank / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jana-small-finance-bank" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40026:1" rel="noopener">Jana Small Finance Bank (3667144Z IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$100m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, ICICI-Sec and SBI Capital.</li>
<li>Jana Small Finance Bank (JSFB) is the fourth largest small finance bank in India in terms of AUM and deposit size as of FY23 (Year ended 31st Mar 2023). </li>
<li>The firm has served nearly 12m customers since 2008, including 4.57m active customers as of FY23.</li>
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Jana Small Finance Bank (3667144Z IN) is looking to raise up to US$100m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, ICICI-Sec and SBI Capital.
Jana Small Finance Bank (JSFB) is the fourth largest small finance bank in India in terms of AUM and deposit size as of FY23 (Year ended 31st Mar 2023). 
The firm has served nearly 12m customers since 2008, including 4.57m active customers as of FY23.


Jana Small Finance Bank Pre-IPO Tearsheet

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

Event-Driven

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<li>NSE Indices has continued to use the current index methodology to come up with the 5 adds/deletes. The proposed methodology seems to be put on ice for reasons unknown.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/punjab-national-bank" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:542:1" rel="noopener">Punjab National Bank</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shriram-transport-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:253:1" rel="noopener">Shriram Transport Finance</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/trent-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8410:1" rel="noopener">Trent</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tvs-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16123:1" rel="noopener">TVS Motor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zydus-lifesciences-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12914:1" rel="noopener">Zydus Lifesciences</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/acc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:183:1" rel="noopener">ACC</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fsn-e-commerce-ventures-nykaa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33796:1" rel="noopener">FSN E-Commerce Ventures</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-asset-management-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27027:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Asset Management</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indus-towers-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8922:1" rel="noopener">Indus Towers</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/page-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4940:1" rel="noopener">Page Industries</a>.</li>
<li>The adds, deletes, capping and funding changes will result in one-way turnover of 13% and in a one-way trade of INR 20.77bn. The impact on the adds/deletes is big.</li>
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NSE Indices has continued to use the current index methodology to come up with the 5 adds/deletes. The proposed methodology seems to be put on ice for reasons unknown.

Punjab National Bank, Shriram Transport Finance, Trent, TVS Motor and Zydus Lifesciences will replace ACC, FSN E-Commerce Ventures, HDFC Asset Management, Indus Towers and Page Industries.
The adds, deletes, capping and funding changes will result in one-way turnover of 13% and in a one-way trade of INR 20.77bn. The impact on the adds/deletes is big.


NIFTY NEXT50 Index Rebalance: Five Changes; Big Impact; Cross Index Flow

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<li>Using the current index methodology throws up 5 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX)</a> in September. Turnover will be BIG.</li>
<li>Using the proposed index methodology throws up 11 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nse-nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">NSE Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX)</a> in September. Turnover will be HUGE.</li>
<li>The market consultation being put on hold could indicate pushback from index users or the possibility of F&amp;O contracts being introduced on some of the non-F&amp;O index constituents.</li>
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Using the current index methodology throws up 5 changes for the NSE Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX) in September. Turnover will be BIG.
Using the proposed index methodology throws up 11 changes for the NSE Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX) in September. Turnover will be HUGE.
The market consultation being put on hold could indicate pushback from index users or the possibility of F&amp;O contracts being introduced on some of the non-F&amp;O index constituents.


NIFTY/NEXT50 Index Rebalance Preview: Loads of Changes if Proposed Methodology Is Implemented

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Reliance Industries: Our ADD rating on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a price target of INR 2,700/sh is premised on (1) recovery in the O2C businesses, (2) EBITDA growth in the digital business, driven by improvement in ARPU, subscriber addition, and new revenue streams, and (3) potential for further value unlocking in the digital and retail businesses</li><li>RIL’s consolidated EBITDA at INR 381bn (+1% YoY, -1% QoQ, HSIE: INR 382bn) and APAT at INR 160bn (-11% YoY, -17% QoQ) came in below our estimates</li><li>Earnings in Q1 were largely impacted by weaker-than-expected O2C profitability. ICICI Bank: ICICI Bank (ICICIBC) reported yet another impressive quarter on the back of strong loan growth (+18% YoY), treasury gains, and continued robust asset quality</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Reliance Industries: Our ADD rating on Reliance Industries (RIL) with a price target of INR 2,700/sh is premised on (1) recovery in the O2C businesses, (2) EBITDA growth in the digital business, driven by improvement in ARPU, subscriber addition, and new revenue streams, and (3) potential for further value unlocking in the digital and retail businessesRIL’s consolidated EBITDA at INR 381bn (+1% YoY, -1% QoQ, HSIE: INR 382bn) and APAT at INR 160bn (-11% YoY, -17% QoQ) came in below our estimatesEarnings in Q1 were largely impacted by weaker-than-expected O2C profitability. ICICI Bank: ICICI Bank (ICICIBC) reported yet another impressive quarter on the back of strong loan growth (+18% YoY), treasury gains, and continued robust asset qualityContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

HSIE Results Daily: Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

Axis Direct is the flagship brand under Axis Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Axis Bank in India. 

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Equity Bottom-Up

AU Small Finance Bank Limited / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Gross Advances grew by 29%/8% YoY/QoQ, led by growth in Wheels (+17%/11% YoY/QoQ), Home loans (+56%/10% YoY/QoQ), Credit cards (+3.3x YoY, on a small base) and business banking (+69%/11% YoY/QoQ).</li><li>Deposits grew by 27% on a YoY basis but stood flat on a QoQ basis.</li><li>The focus during the quarter was on consuming excess liquidity, rather than growing high- cost deposits.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Gross Advances grew by 29%/8% YoY/QoQ, led by growth in Wheels (+17%/11% YoY/QoQ), Home loans (+56%/10% YoY/QoQ), Credit cards (+3.3x YoY, on a small base) and business banking (+69%/11% YoY/QoQ).Deposits grew by 27% on a YoY basis but stood flat on a QoQ basis.The focus during the quarter was on consuming excess liquidity, rather than growing high- cost deposits.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. - Margin Pressures & Elevated Opex to Hurt RoA!

India

AU Small Finance Bank Limited operates as a commercial bank. The Bank offers financial products and services such as savings and current accounts, term deposits, debit cards, insurance, government banking, retail loans, and microfinance lending. AU Small Finance Bank serves customers in India.

AU Small Finance Bank Limited (AUBANK IN)

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AU Small Finance Bank Limited (AUBANK IN)

Jana Small Finance Bank Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Jana Small Finance Bank (3667144Z IN) is looking to raise up to US$100m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Axis Capital, ICICI-Sec...

Ethan Aw

NIFTY NEXT50 Index Rebalance: Five Changes; Big Impact; Cross Index Flow

There are 5 changes for the NEXT50 Index as the existing methodology is used. Turnover is huge and there will be big impact on a lot of stocks....

Brian Freitas

NIFTY/NEXT50 Index Rebalance Preview: Loads of Changes if Proposed Methodology Is Implemented

There could be 5 changes with the current methodology or 11 with the proposed methodology. Turnover will be big in both cases. There is a lot of...

Brian Freitas

HSIE Results Daily: Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank

RIL’s consolidated EBITDA at INR 381bn (+1% YoY, -1% QoQ, HSIE: INR 382bn) and APAT at INR 160bn (-11% YoY, -17% QoQ) came in below our estimates

HDFC Securities

AU Small Finance Bank Ltd. - Margin Pressures & Elevated Opex to Hurt RoA!

Deposits grew by 27% on a YoY basis but stood flat on a QoQ basis. The focus during the quarter was on consuming excess liquidity, rather than...

Axis Direct

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