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

Areit (AyalaLand REIT) / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ayala-land-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:131:1" rel="noopener">Ayala Land Inc (ALI PM)</a> aims to raise around US$121m via selling around 11% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/areit-ayalaland-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28856:1" rel="noopener">Areit (AyalaLand REIT) (AREIT PM)</a>.</li>
<li>Ayala Land and AREIT have been moving towards concluding an asset for shares swap that had been in the works for a while. This placement appears to stem from that.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Ayala Land Inc (ALI PM) aims to raise around US$121m via selling around 11% of Areit (AyalaLand REIT) (AREIT PM).
Ayala Land and AREIT have been moving towards concluding an asset for shares swap that had been in the works for a while. This placement appears to stem from that.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


AREIT Placement - Parent Is Buying High and Selling Low

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia), SCCM Asia Research

SCCM Asia Research

Research from SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Headquartered in Singapore, SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia) is an investment bank focusing on emerging growth companies across Asia, providing a full suite of investment banking services, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions advisory, equity capital markets, institutional equities sales and trading and equities research.

SooChow CSSD Capital Markets (Asia)

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dasin-retail-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23743" rel="noopener">Dasin Retail Trust (DASIN SP)</a> 1H22 Business Updates – No distributions in 1H22, loan facilities extended until 31Dec22</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bhg-retail-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21021" rel="noopener">BHG Retail REIT (BHGREIT SP)</a> 1H22 DPU -32.1% YoY; Dragged by one-off refinancing cost and forex losses, though occupancy remains robust</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/uol-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:142" rel="noopener">UOL Group (UOL SP)</a> 1H22 PATMI +306% YoY; Robust residential, retail, and hotel operations offset weaknesses in office portfolio</li></ul>

Dasin Retail Trust (DASIN SP) 1H22 Business Updates – No distributions in 1H22, loan facilities extended until 31Dec22BHG Retail REIT (BHGREIT SP) 1H22 DPU -32.1% YoY; Dragged by one-off refinancing cost and forex losses, though occupancy remains robustUOL Group (UOL SP) 1H22 PATMI +306% YoY; Robust residential, retail, and hotel operations offset weaknesses in office portfolio

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (15Aug22) - DASIN Defers Distributions, Extends Loan Facilities

<ul><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aims-amp-capital-industrial" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:933" rel="noopener">AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP)</a> 1Q23 DPU +1.3% YoY; Robust occupancies and rental reversion continue to drive organic growth</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mapletree-industrial-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40" rel="noopener">Mapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP)</a> 1Q23 DPU +4.2% YoY; Flat quarterly performance despite occupancies trending up</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> 2Q22 DPU +4.8% YoY; Robust occupancy, trading attractively at 5.3% FY23E yield</li></ul>

AIMS APAC REIT (AAREIT SP) 1Q23 DPU +1.3% YoY; Robust occupancies and rental reversion continue to drive organic growthMapletree Industrial Trust (MINT SP) 1Q23 DPU +4.2% YoY; Flat quarterly performance despite occupancies trending upKeppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) 2Q22 DPU +4.8% YoY; Robust occupancy, trading attractively at 5.3% FY23E yield

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (26Jul22) - AAREIT Robust Operating Metrics

<ul><li>Surging demand + limited supply = perfect storm as rents rising by 20-40% on average</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sinarmas-land-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1144" rel="noopener">Sinarmas Land (SML SP)</a> forms investment arm to fund Indonesian startups</li><li><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/filinvest-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33764" rel="noopener">Filinvest REIT (FILRT PM)</a> – Dragging market price pushing up yields (Regina Capital)</li></ul>

Surging demand + limited supply = perfect storm as rents rising by 20-40% on averageSinarmas Land (SML SP) forms investment arm to fund Indonesian startupsFilinvest REIT (FILRT PM) – Dragging market price pushing up yields (Regina Capital)

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (28Jun22) - Perferct Storm as Rents Rising 20-40% on Avg

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vista-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35951:1" rel="noopener">Vista REIT (VR PM)</a> is looking to raise about US$158m in its Philippines IPO. This would be a 100% secondary selldown by the Sponsors. </li>
<li>VREIT's larger assets have seen their occupancies dwindle since FY19. A bulk of its office tenants are up for expiry in FY22 and sector momentum hasn’t been the greatest.</li>
<li>VREIT would also hold the smallest portfolio in terms of appraised valuation and would be the smallest REIT, as per mcap.</li>
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Vista REIT (VR PM) is looking to raise about US$158m in its Philippines IPO. This would be a 100% secondary selldown by the Sponsors. 
VREIT's larger assets have seen their occupancies dwindle since FY19. A bulk of its office tenants are up for expiry in FY22 and sector momentum hasn’t been the greatest.
VREIT would also hold the smallest portfolio in terms of appraised valuation and would be the smallest REIT, as per mcap.


Vista REIT IPO - Smallest of the Lot, Sector Has Been Under Pressure

Philippines

Filinvest REIT will own primarily office assets in the Philippines

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Filinvest REIT (FILRT PM)

AREIT Placement - Parent Is Buying High and Selling Low

Ayala Land Inc (ALI PM) aims to raise around US$121m via selling around 11% of Areit (AyalaLand REIT) (AREIT PM). In this note, we run the deal...

Sumeet Singh

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (15Aug22) - DASIN Defers Distributions, Extends Loan Facilities

BHGREIT dragged by one-off costs; UOL hotel ops leading the way; ART buys 9 props with +2.8% DPU accretion; STRTR divvy specie in ESR shares; ALI...

SCCM Asia Research

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (26Jul22) - AAREIT Robust Operating Metrics

MINT flat quarterly performance; KDCREIT trades attractively at 5.3% yield; CLCT expects retail recovery in 2H22; OUECT massive hotel turnaround;...

SCCM Asia Research

ASEAN Builder's Scoop (28Jun22) - Perferct Storm as Rents Rising 20-40% on Avg

SML forms tech investment arm; FILRT dragging mrkt price pushing up yields; CPG to focus on affordable housing; SDPR Battersea UK plans new launches

SCCM Asia Research

Vista REIT IPO - Smallest of the Lot, Sector Has Been Under Pressure

Vista REIT (VR PM) is looking to raise about US$158m in its Philippines IPO. Sector momentum hasn’t been the greatest and VREIT would be the...

Clarence Chu

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