IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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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.

Event-Driven

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<li>A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese ADRs.</li>
<li>On the ECM front, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34915:1" rel="noopener">Thai Life Insurance (124744Z TB)</a> is premarketing a US$1bn SET listing and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gogox-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35556:1" rel="noopener">GoGoX Holdings (GOGO HK)</a> has won approval for a US$100-150m HKEx IPO.</li>
<li>On the Event-Driven front, there were developments at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-vast-industrial-urban-development-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3212:1" rel="noopener">China Vast Industrial Urban Development (6166 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/suchuang-gas-corp-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:304:1" rel="noopener">Suchuang Gas Corp (1430 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-net-tbk-pt" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1050:1" rel="noopener">Link Net (LINK IJ)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atlas-arteria-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14430:1" rel="noopener">Atlas Arteria (ALX AU)</a>, Ramsay, Crown.</li>
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A weekly summary of key developments across ECM and Event-Driven names tracked by us across Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Chinese ADRs.
On the ECM front, Thai Life Insurance (124744Z TB) is premarketing a US$1bn SET listing and GoGoX Holdings (GOGO HK) has won approval for a US$100-150m HKEx IPO.
On the Event-Driven front, there were developments at China Vast Industrial Urban Development (6166 HK), Suchuang Gas Corp (1430 HK), Link Net (LINK IJ), Atlas Arteria (ALX AU), Ramsay, Crown.


Weekly Deals Digest (12 Jun): Thai Life, Link Admin, Ramsay, Link Net, China VAST, Suchuang Gas

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Metropolis Healthcare Limited / Event-Driven

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<li>Several press reports regarding potential takeover speculations related to Indian diagnostics company <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/metropolis-healthcare-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27829:1" rel="noopener">Metropolis Healthcare Limited (METROHL IN)</a> have emerged in the Indian press over the last few days.</li>
<li>Metropolis Healthcare Limited currently has a total market capitalization of US$1bn.</li>
<li>Below is a closer look at the details of the situation.</li>
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Several press reports regarding potential takeover speculations related to Indian diagnostics company Metropolis Healthcare Limited (METROHL IN) have emerged in the Indian press over the last few days.
Metropolis Healthcare Limited currently has a total market capitalization of US$1bn.
Below is a closer look at the details of the situation.


Metropolis Healthcare (METROHL IN): Adani & Apollo Eyeing Majority Stake? Could Outperform Dr Lal

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>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crown-resorts-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:808:1" rel="noopener">Crown Resorts</a> Scheme Meeting is scheduled for 20 May and the last trading day could be 24 May, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/the-lottery-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35970:1" rel="noopener">The Lottery Corp</a> is expected to start trading 24 May.</li>
<li>The changes for the S&amp;P/ASX 50 Index and S&amp;P/ASX 100 Index will depend on the market cap of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/the-lottery-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35970:1" rel="noopener">The Lottery Corp (TLC AU)</a> and new <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tabcorp-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6837:1" rel="noopener">Tabcorp Ltd (TAH AU)</a>.</li>
<li>The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes over the last week and couple of months so there will be some pre-positions in there already.</li>
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The Crown Resorts Scheme Meeting is scheduled for 20 May and the last trading day could be 24 May, while The Lottery Corp is expected to start trading 24 May.
The changes for the S&amp;P/ASX 50 Index and S&amp;P/ASX 100 Index will depend on the market cap of The Lottery Corp (TLC AU) and new Tabcorp Ltd (TAH AU).
The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes over the last week and couple of months so there will be some pre-positions in there already.


S&P/​ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Tabcorp, Crown & Potential Changes in June

Writing about High Quality Companies, Enlightened Capital

Enlightened Capital

Writing about High Quality Companies

I have more than 8 years of investing experience across Equities and Fixed Income (Investment Grade/High Yield). I have largely focused on Financials, Energy, and Utilities professionally, but I am interested in exploring new sectors to find attractive opportunities. Right now, the Payments sector is occupying much of my time.

Equity Bottom-Up

Apollo Global Management  / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>APO is a top 5 alternative asset manager globally with $513bn of AUM as of 1Q22.</li><li>APO’s AUM is diversified across 73% of AUM in Yield strategies, 17% in Equity strategies, and 10% in Hybrid strategies.</li><li>APO recently acquired the remaining 65% of Athene (ATH), for $10.4bn (6x ’22 EPS), adding ~$200bn of insurance liabilities to APO’s balance sheet including fixed indexed annuities, fixed annuities, group annuities, and funding agreements.</li></ul>

APO is a top 5 alternative asset manager globally with $513bn of AUM as of 1Q22.APO’s AUM is diversified across 73% of AUM in Yield strategies, 17% in Equity strategies, and 10% in Hybrid strategies.APO recently acquired the remaining 65% of Athene (ATH), for $10.4bn (6x ’22 EPS), adding ~$200bn of insurance liabilities to APO’s balance sheet including fixed indexed annuities, fixed annuities, group annuities, and funding agreements.

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

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<li>PAG aims to raise around US$2bn via its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>PAG is an alternative investment firm focused on Asia-Pacific (APAC), it had approximately US$50bn in assets under management (AUM), as of Dec 21.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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PAG aims to raise around US$2bn via its Hong Kong IPO.
PAG is an alternative investment firm focused on Asia-Pacific (APAC), it had approximately US$50bn in assets under management (AUM), as of Dec 21.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


PAG Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Planned Reorg Doesn't Sound Great

United States

Blackstone Inc. operates as an investment company. The Company focuses on real estate, hedge funds, private equity, leveraged lending, senior debts, and rescue financing. Blackstone serves customers worldwide.

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Blackstone (BX US)

Weekly Deals Digest (12 Jun): Thai Life, Link Admin, Ramsay, Link Net, China VAST, Suchuang Gas

Last week, notable developments occurred in Event-Driven (China VAST, Link Net, Suchuang Gas, Yancoal, Link, Atlas Arteria, Ramsay, Crown, True...

Arun George

Metropolis Healthcare (METROHL IN): Adani & Apollo Eyeing Majority Stake? Could Outperform Dr Lal

Metropolis Healthcare has been widely discussed as a potential M&A target and multiple potential suitors seem to be interested. This could act as a...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

S&P/ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Tabcorp, Crown & Potential Changes in June

The Crown Resorts privatisation and Tabcorp spinoff will add to the S&P/ASX changes in June. There is a lot to trade on the potential adds/deletes...

Brian Freitas

Apollo Global (APO)

APO is a top 5 alternative asset manager globally with $513bn of AUM as of 1Q22. APO’s AUM is diversified across 73% of AUM in Yield strategies,...

Enlightened Capital

PAG Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Planned Reorg Doesn't Sound Great

PAG aims to raise around US$2bn via its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

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Weekly Deals Digest (12 Jun): Thai Life, Link Admin, Ramsay, Link Net, China VAST, Suchuang Gas

Last week, notable developments occurred in Event-Driven (China VAST, Link Net, Suchuang Gas, Yancoal, Link, Atlas Arteria, Ramsay, Crown, True...

Arun George

Metropolis Healthcare (METROHL IN): Adani & Apollo Eyeing Majority Stake? Could Outperform Dr Lal

Metropolis Healthcare has been widely discussed as a potential M&A target and multiple potential suitors seem to be interested. This could act as a...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

S&P/​ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Tabcorp, Crown & Potential Changes in June

The Crown Resorts privatisation and Tabcorp spinoff will add to the S&P/ASX changes in June. There is a lot to trade on the potential adds/deletes...

Brian Freitas

Apollo Global (APO)

APO is a top 5 alternative asset manager globally with $513bn of AUM as of 1Q22. APO’s AUM is diversified across 73% of AUM in Yield strategies,...

Enlightened Capital

PAG Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Planned Reorg Doesn't Sound Great

PAG aims to raise around US$2bn via its Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

S&P/ASX Index Rebalance Preview: Tabcorp, Crown & Potential Changes in June