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.

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Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation / Equity Capital Markets

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-metropolitan-fund-investment-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:735:1" rel="noopener">Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation (8953 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$140m to partly fund the acquisition of four assets.</li>
<li>The deal will be relatively small, in terms of ADV and dilution.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation (8953 JP) aims to raise around US$140m to partly fund the acquisition of four assets.
The deal will be relatively small, in terms of ADV and dilution.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Japan Metropolitan Fund Placement - Relatively Small Deal to Digest

Event-Driven

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<li>The Japanese Financial Services Agency has asked the general insurers to reduce/eliminate their cross-shareholdings.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ms-ad-insurance-group-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:631:1" rel="noopener">MS&amp;AD Insurance (8725 JP)</a> had a stake over US$100m in at least 29 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of US$17.4bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
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The Japanese Financial Services Agency has asked the general insurers to reduce/eliminate their cross-shareholdings.

MS&amp;AD Insurance (8725 JP) had a stake over US$100m in at least 29 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of US$17.4bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


MS&AD Cross-Shareholding - At Least US$20bn of Cross-Shareholding to Sell

Invincible Investment / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/invincible-investment-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3617:1" rel="noopener">Invincible Investment (8963 JP)</a> plans to raise around US$230m to fund the acquisition of six hotel assets in Japan.</li>
<li>The stock has done well over the past year and so have most of its deals which we have covered in the past.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Invincible Investment (8963 JP) plans to raise around US$230m to fund the acquisition of six hotel assets in Japan.
The stock has done well over the past year and so have most of its deals which we have covered in the past.
In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Invincible Investment Corp Placement - Decent Accretion Despite the Large Dilution

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

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Daiwa House Logistics Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daiwa-house-logistics-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35020:1" rel="noopener">Daiwa House Logistics Trust (DHLT SP)</a> has launched an SGX IPO to raise gross proceeds of S$464 million ($343 million) at an IPO price of S$0.80 per unit. </li>
<li>DHLT offers an attractive value proposition consisting of a blue-chip tenant base, a staggered lease expiry profile, manageable tenant concentration risk, a growth pipeline and low capex.</li>
<li>DHLT offers exposure to the only Japan pure-play REIT listed in Singapore.</li>
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Daiwa House Logistics Trust (DHLT SP) has launched an SGX IPO to raise gross proceeds of S$464 million ($343 million) at an IPO price of S$0.80 per unit. 
DHLT offers an attractive value proposition consisting of a blue-chip tenant base, a staggered lease expiry profile, manageable tenant concentration risk, a growth pipeline and low capex.
DHLT offers exposure to the only Japan pure-play REIT listed in Singapore.


Daiwa House Logistics Trust IPO: The Flow of Things

Activia Properties / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/9498" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9498:1" rel="noopener">Activia Properties Inc (3279 JP)</a>(API) plans to raise around US$200m/JPY22bn to fund the acquisition of three assets worth JPY44bn.</p></div><div>
<p>We have previously covered four other deals in the name: </p>
<ul><li>US$220m in Dec 2018, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/activia-properties-placement-time-for-the-annual-fund-raise-dpu-accretive-past-deals-did-well" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Activia Properties Placement - Time for the Annual Fund Raise, DPU Accretive, past Deals Did Well</a>
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<li>US$130m in Dec 2017, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/activia-properties-placement-back-again-in-just-over-a-year-past-deals-have-done-well" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Activia Properties Placement - Back Again in Just over a Year, past Deals Have Done Well</a>
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<li>US$270m in Nov 2016,  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/activia-properties-back-for-the-annual-capital-raise-but-macro-might-not-be-supportive-this-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Activia Properties - Back for the Annual Capital Raise but Macro Might Not Be Supportive This</a>, and</li>
<li>US$161m in Dec 2015,  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/activia-properties-accretive-acquisition-should-add-to-the-previous-deals-record" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Activia Properties - Accretive Acquisition Should Add to the Previous Deals Record</a>.</li>
</ul></div><div><p>All the prior deals have done well over the short-term. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal dynamics.</p></div>

Activia Properties Inc (3279 JP)(API) plans to raise around US$200m/JPY22bn to fund the acquisition of three assets worth JPY44bn.
We have previously covered four other deals in the name: 
US$220m in Dec 2018, Activia Properties Placement - Time for the Annual Fund Raise, DPU Accretive, past Deals Did Well


US$130m in Dec 2017, Activia Properties Placement - Back Again in Just over a Year, past Deals Have Done Well

US$270m in Nov 2016,  Activia Properties - Back for the Annual Capital Raise but Macro Might Not Be Supportive This, and
US$161m in Dec 2015,  Activia Properties - Accretive Acquisition Should Add to the Previous Deals Record.
All the prior deals have done well over the short-term. In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal dynamics.

Activia Properties Placement - Accretive Deal but Comes with a Weak Backdrop

Japan

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corporation is a real estate investment trust (REIT). The Company invests in real estate properties such as commercial and logistic facilities.

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Daiwa House Reit Investment (3263 JP)

Japan Metropolitan Fund Placement - Relatively Small Deal to Digest

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corporation (8953 JP) aims to raise around US$140m to partly fund the acquisition of four assets.

Sumeet Singh

MS&AD Cross-Shareholding - At Least US$20bn of Cross-Shareholding to Sell

Along with its results announcement today, MS&AD announced that it will accelerate its cross-shareholding unwind and is targeting a sale of around...

Sumeet Singh

Invincible Investment Corp Placement - Decent Accretion Despite the Large Dilution

Invincible Investment plans to raise around US$230m to fund the acquisition of six hotel assets in Japan. In this note, we talk about the deal...

Sumeet Singh

Daiwa House Logistics Trust IPO: The Flow of Things

DHLT has launched an SGX IPO to raise gross proceeds of S$464 million ($343 million). Overall, we believe that DHLT offers an attractive value...

Arun George

Activia Properties Placement - Accretive Deal but Comes with a Weak Backdrop

Activia Properties Inc (3279 JP) plans to raise around US$200m/JPY22bn to fund the acquisition of three assets worth JPY44bn.

Sumeet Singh

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