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>EbixCash (EC) is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Motilal, Equirus, ISec, SBI Caps and Yes Securities.</li>
<li>EC is a provider of digital products and services in the B2C, B2B and financial technology arena. Its has four primary business segments: Payment solutions, travel, financial technologies and BPO.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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EbixCash (EC) is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Motilal, Equirus, ISec, SBI Caps and Yes Securities.
EC is a provider of digital products and services in the B2C, B2B and financial technology arena. Its has four primary business segments: Payment solutions, travel, financial technologies and BPO.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


EbixCash Pre-IPO - The Positives - The Few that There Are: Diversified Offering, Fast Revenue Growth

Event-Driven

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<li>PropertyGuru (PG) tried to raise around US$300m when it undertook a merger with Bridgetown 2 SPAC in Mar 2022.</li>
<li>The transaction valued PropertyGuru at an EV of US$1.35bn and equity value of US$1.78bn. It is now trading at less than half that valuation and with very limited liquidity.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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PropertyGuru (PG) tried to raise around US$300m when it undertook a merger with Bridgetown 2 SPAC in Mar 2022.
The transaction valued PropertyGuru at an EV of US$1.35bn and equity value of US$1.78bn. It is now trading at less than half that valuation and with very limited liquidity.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


PropertyGuru SPAC Lock-Up - Two PE’s with a US$450m Stake Are Stuck with a Liquidity Conundrum

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>A news report has indicated that SEBI is looking to tighten criteria used for inclusion and continued availability of stocks in the Futures &amp; Options (F&amp;O) segment of the market.</li>
<li>Our analysis shows 30 stocks could be deleted from the F&amp;O segment while another 12 are close to deletion zone. If applied objectively, 22 stocks could be added to F&amp;O.</li>
<li>Deletion from the F&amp;O segment could see two stocks dropped from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index</a> while inclusion in F&amp;O could see two stocks added to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23617:1" rel="noopener">NIFTY Index</a>.</li>
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A news report has indicated that SEBI is looking to tighten criteria used for inclusion and continued availability of stocks in the Futures &amp; Options (F&amp;O) segment of the market.
Our analysis shows 30 stocks could be deleted from the F&amp;O segment while another 12 are close to deletion zone. If applied objectively, 22 stocks could be added to F&amp;O.
Deletion from the F&amp;O segment could see two stocks dropped from the Nifty Next 50 Index while inclusion in F&amp;O could see two stocks added to the NIFTY Index.


Impact of Potential Changes to India F&O Eligibility Criteria

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<li>Zomato (Zomato IN) raised US$1.3bn in its India IPO in Jul 2021. At that time, it was the largest technology sector listing in India.</li>
<li>Zomato is one of two leading food delivery app operators in India. It recently acquired Blinkit marking its foray into the instant grocery segment.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


Zomato (Zomato IN) raised US$1.3bn in its India IPO in Jul 2021. At that time, it was the largest technology sector listing in India.
Zomato is one of two leading food delivery app operators in India. It recently acquired Blinkit marking its foray into the instant grocery segment.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Zomato IPO Lock-Up - A US$3.4bn Lockup Release Test Case for India

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/life-insurance-corp-of-india-lic" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28829:1" rel="noopener">Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) (LICI IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tata-power-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15618:1" rel="noopener">Tata Power (TPWR IN)</a> will be added to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-100-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36051:1" rel="noopener">Nifty 100 Index (NSE100 INDEX)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX)</a>. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nmdc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2016:1" rel="noopener">Nmdc Ltd (NMDC IN)</a> will be deleted from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpse-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28191:1" rel="noopener">CPSE ETF (CPSEBE IN)</a> and there will be no replacement in the index.</li>
<li>The NMDC deletion along with capping changes means that there is decent volume (and ADV) to buy on quite a few names in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cpse-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28191:1" rel="noopener">CPSE ETF (CPSEBE IN)</a>.</li>
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Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) (LICI IN) and Tata Power (TPWR IN) will be added to the Nifty 100 Index (NSE100 INDEX) and Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX). 

Nmdc Ltd (NMDC IN) will be deleted from the CPSE ETF (CPSEBE IN) and there will be no replacement in the index.
The NMDC deletion along with capping changes means that there is decent volume (and ADV) to buy on quite a few names in the CPSE ETF (CPSEBE IN).


NIFTY100 & CPSE Index Rebalance: Some Big Changes in 3 Weeks

India

FSN E-Commerce Ventures Private Limited providese-retailing beauty and personal care solutions. The Company offers comprehensive selection of makeup, skin and hair care, bath body, fragrance, grooming appliances, personal care, and health and welness categories. FSN E-Commerce Ventures serves customers worldwide.

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EbixCash Pre-IPO - The Positives - The Few that There Are: Diversified Offering, Fast Revenue Growth

EbixCash is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

PropertyGuru SPAC Lock-Up - Two PE’s with a US$450m Stake Are Stuck with a Liquidity Conundrum

PropertyGuru mergered with Bridgetown 2 SPAC in Mar 2022. Its 180-days lockup will end soon freeing its two large PE shareholders.

Sumeet Singh

Impact of Potential Changes to India F&O Eligibility Criteria

News reports indicate that SEBI is looking to tighten criteria for inclusion and continued availability of stocks in the F&O segment. 30 stocks...

Brian Freitas

Zomato IPO Lock-Up - A US$3.4bn Lockup Release Test Case for India

Zomato raised US$1.3bn in its India IPO in Jul 2021. At that time, it was the largest technology sector listing in India. The lock-up on its pre...

Sumeet Singh

NIFTY100 & CPSE Index Rebalance: Some Big Changes in 3 Weeks

LIC and Tata Power will be added to the NIFTY100 Index at the close on 5 August. NMDC is being deleted from the NIFTY100 & CPSE indices. There is a...

Brian Freitas

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