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>Baring aims to raise around US$900m by selling its remaining 26.6% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/coforge-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8639:1" rel="noopener">Coforge (COFORGE IN)</a> .</li>
<li>Baring has been paring down its stake since 2020 and hence, the selldown is somewhat well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal dynamics.</li>
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Baring aims to raise around US$900m by selling its remaining 26.6% stake in Coforge (COFORGE IN) .
Baring has been paring down its stake since 2020 and hence, the selldown is somewhat well flagged.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal dynamics.


Coforge Placement - US$900m Cleanup, Well Flagged but the Stock Is Toppish

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

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<ul><li>We hosted the ISG index call (link) and the key message was recovery in the business environment ahead</li><li>While ISG maintained the CY23 outlook on growth in managed services deal bookings (+5% for CY23), recovery ahead is based on (1) improving pipeline for new scope projects (vs renewals &amp; extension heavy recently that drove vendor consolidation) (2) approval threshold for projects and transition timelines normalising with stable pricing environment (3) pipeline build-up for SIs with increased enterprise interest in captives and (4) stability to return in BFSI, which was impacted by executive movement earlier in enterprises</li><li>The current disconnect between the growth in bookings and soft revenue growth is largely due to the impact on discretionary services</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We hosted the ISG index call (link) and the key message was recovery in the business environment aheadWhile ISG maintained the CY23 outlook on growth in managed services deal bookings (+5% for CY23), recovery ahead is based on (1) improving pipeline for new scope projects (vs renewals &amp; extension heavy recently that drove vendor consolidation) (2) approval threshold for projects and transition timelines normalising with stable pricing environment (3) pipeline build-up for SIs with increased enterprise interest in captives and (4) stability to return in BFSI, which was impacted by executive movement earlier in enterprisesThe current disconnect between the growth in bookings and soft revenue growth is largely due to the impact on discretionary servicesContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

<ul><li>Tata Consultancy Services: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) delivered a soft (in-line) performance in Q1 but recorded strong deal bookings which provide visibility despite challenging macros</li><li>Flat sequential revenue growth was impacted by broad-based weakness across verticals—BFSI, Communication &amp; Media, Technology &amp; Services (46% of revenue declining 1% QoQ)—while the remaining business grew 1.6% QoQ</li><li>Greater scrutiny of projects is leading to the relative weakness in sub-segments of mortgage, capital market and P&amp;C insurance within BFSI and in the Communication &amp; Media vertical</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Tata Consultancy Services: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) delivered a soft (in-line) performance in Q1 but recorded strong deal bookings which provide visibility despite challenging macrosFlat sequential revenue growth was impacted by broad-based weakness across verticals—BFSI, Communication &amp; Media, Technology &amp; Services (46% of revenue declining 1% QoQ)—while the remaining business grew 1.6% QoQGreater scrutiny of projects is leading to the relative weakness in sub-segments of mortgage, capital market and P&amp;C insurance within BFSI and in the Communication &amp; Media verticalContent is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

HSIE Results Daily : Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies

HSIE Results Daily  - Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies

India

HCL Technologies Limited provides software development and related engineering services.  The Group's technologies utilize a variety of technologies, including Internet and e-commerce, networking, internet telephony, embedded software, ASIC/VLSI design and testing, satellite and wireless communications, and component based object technologies, including COM, DCOM and COBRA.

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Sumeet Singh

IT Sector Update: Recovery ahead

The current disconnect between the growth in bookings and soft revenue growth is largely due to the impact on discretionary service

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HSIE Results Daily : Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) delivered a soft (in-line) performance in Q1 but recorded strong deal bookings which provide visibility despite...

HDFC Securities

IT Sector Update - Recovery Ahead

The current disconnect between the growth in bookings and soft revenue growth is largely due to the impact on discretionary services

HDFC Securities

HSIE Results Daily - Tata Consultancy Services, HCL Technologies

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) delivered a soft (in-line) performance in Q1 but recorded strong deal bookings which provide visibility despite...

HDFC Securities

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