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Arun George

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Thai Life Insurance  / Equity Capital Markets

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<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> has started to meet investors ahead of its $1 billion IPO. The roadshow will run till early July with a listing targeted later in July.</li>
<li>Thai Life is the third-largest life insurer in Thailand with a 12.9% market share as measured by gross premium income in 1Q22.</li>
<li>The key elements of the bull case rest on a strong brand, the largest agent network, return to APE growth, high persistency ratio and improving VONB margin.</li>
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Thai Life Insurance (124744Z TB) has started to meet investors ahead of its $1 billion IPO. The roadshow will run till early July with a listing targeted later in July.
Thai Life is the third-largest life insurer in Thailand with a 12.9% market share as measured by gross premium income in 1Q22.
The key elements of the bull case rest on a strong brand, the largest agent network, return to APE growth, high persistency ratio and improving VONB margin.


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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<li>Thai Life Insurance is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming Thailand IPO.</li>
<li>Thai Life Insurance is one of the largest life insurance companies in Thailand, third by assets. As of Mar 2022, it had 64,000 insurance agents.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Thai Life Insurance is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming Thailand IPO.
Thai Life Insurance is one of the largest life insurance companies in Thailand, third by assets. As of Mar 2022, it had 64,000 insurance agents.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Thai Life Insurance Pre-IPO - The Positives - Resilient Performance with a Changing Product Mix

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/wm-motor-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29225:1" rel="noopener">WM Motor Technology Co Ltd (WMT CH)</a> filed for a US$1bn IPO 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> aims to shortly launch a US$100-150m IPO.</li>
<li>On the Event-Driven front, key developments at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/xiamen-international-port-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5390:1" rel="noopener">Xiamen International Port H (3378 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/link-administration-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:970:1" rel="noopener">Link Administration Holdings (LNK AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yancoal-australia-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4145:1" rel="noopener">Yancoal Australia (YAL AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cocoaland-holdings-bhd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:493:1" rel="noopener">Cocoaland Holdings (COLA MK)</a>.  </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, WM Motor Technology Co Ltd (WMT CH) filed for a US$1bn IPO and GoGoX Holdings (GOGO HK) aims to shortly launch a US$100-150m IPO.
On the Event-Driven front, key developments at Xiamen International Port H (3378 HK), Link Net (LINK IJ), Link Administration Holdings (LNK AU), Yancoal Australia (YAL AU), Cocoaland Holdings (COLA MK).  


Weekly Deals Digest (5 Jun): Link Admin, Cocoaland, Xiamen Port, Link Net, WM Motor, GOGOX, Yancoal

Life Insurance  of India / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Government of India (GoI) raised around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its India IPO.</li>
<li>As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of gross written premium (GWP).</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) raised around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its India IPO.
As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of gross written premium (GWP).
In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


Life Insurance Corporation IPO Trading - Demand Shored up by Policyholders, Trading Won’t Be

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<li>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the final deal terms and structure, RHP updates and do a quick valuation refresh.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.
This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.
In this note, we will talk about the final deal terms and structure, RHP updates and do a quick valuation refresh.


Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - Valuation Is Ok but Its Not the Best Deal Structure

Hong Kong

FWD Group Holdings Limited operates as a holding company of FWD Group. The Company offers life and health insurance, employee benefits and financial planning products through its subsidiaries. FWD Group Holdings serves customers worldwide.

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Thai Life Insurance IPO: The Bull Case

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Arun George

Thai Life Insurance Pre-IPO - The Positives - Resilient Performance with a Changing Product Mix

Thai Life Insurance is looking to raise up to US$1bn in its upcoming Thailand IPO. It is one of the largest Life Insurance companies in Thailand,...

Sumeet Singh

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Life Insurance Corporation IPO Trading - Demand Shored up by Policyholders, Trading Won’t Be

Government of India raised around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India in its India IPO. In this note, we will...

Sumeet Singh

Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - Valuation Is Ok but Its Not the Best Deal Structure

Government of India is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India. In this note, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

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