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.

Event-Driven

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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 likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.</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 likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.


Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Equity Capital Markets

Rainbow Children's Medicare / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Rainbow Children’s Hospital (RCH) aims to raise around US$200m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.</li>
<li>RCH is a multi-specialty pediatric and obstetrics and gynecology hospital chain in India, operating 14 hospitals and three clinics in six cities, with a total bed capacity of 1,500 beds.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about our earnings forecast and thoughts on valuation.</li>
</ul>


Rainbow Children’s Hospital (RCH) aims to raise around US$200m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.
RCH is a multi-specialty pediatric and obstetrics and gynecology hospital chain in India, operating 14 hospitals and three clinics in six cities, with a total bed capacity of 1,500 beds.
In this note, we will talk about our earnings forecast and thoughts on valuation.


Rainbow Children’s Hospital IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>The difference in Indian exposures between Value and Aggressive Growth managers hits record wides of +10.5%.</li>
<li>Value managers are increasing underweights, with today’s level of -5.52% below benchmark the lowest on record.  Key underweights are Reliance Industries, Infosys, HDFC Limited, Bajaj Finance and Bharti Airtel</li>
<li>For Aggressive Growth funds, Infosys was a key driver behind the recent spike in exposure, with 8.6% of funds buying in to the stock and average weights increasing by +0.42%.</li>
</ul>


The difference in Indian exposures between Value and Aggressive Growth managers hits record wides of +10.5%.
Value managers are increasing underweights, with today’s level of -5.52% below benchmark the lowest on record.  Key underweights are Reliance Industries, Infosys, HDFC Limited, Bajaj Finance and Bharti Airtel
For Aggressive Growth funds, Infosys was a key driver behind the recent spike in exposure, with 8.6% of funds buying in to the stock and average weights increasing by +0.42%.


India: Value/Growth Divide Hits New Peak Among GEM Funds.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<ul>
<li>There are 36 - mostly firm - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal. </li>
<li>Two new deals this week: KKR's possible tilt for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ramsay-health-care-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:673:1" rel="noopener">Ramsay Health (RHC AU)</a>; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-dongzheng-automotive-finance-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27984:1" rel="noopener">Dongzheng Automotive  (2718 HK)</a>'s possible MGO. Possible Offers for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/transpacific-industries-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19885:1" rel="noopener">Cleanaway (CWY AU)</a>and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hitachi-transport-system-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2395:1" rel="noopener">Hitachi Transport (9086 JP)</a>.</li>
<li>Key updates took place for: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gold-road-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6698:1" rel="noopener">Gold Road Resources (GOR AU)</a>'s all-scrip off-market Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dgo-gold-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8312:1" rel="noopener">DGO Gold Ltd (DGO AU)</a>.</li>
</ul>


There are 36 - mostly firm - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal. 
Two new deals this week: KKR's possible tilt for Ramsay Health (RHC AU); Dongzheng Automotive  (2718 HK)'s possible MGO. Possible Offers for Cleanaway (CWY AU)and Hitachi Transport (9086 JP).
Key updates took place for: Gold Road Resources (GOR AU)'s all-scrip off-market Offer for DGO Gold Ltd (DGO AU).


Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Ramsay Health, Dongzheng Auto, Cleanaway, Hitachi Transport, DGO Gold

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Ankit Agrawal, CFA

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>HDFCB's stock has seen significant volatility over the past one month. The Street seems to have four major concerns, which we think are either unfounded or too myopic.</li>
<li>A recent concern has been around the compression in NIMs, where the Street is missing the point that this is well offset by lower operating/credit costs per the shifting product-mix.</li>
<li>HDFC Bank has been gaining market share and with its distribution expansion, the growth is only going to accelerate further. Overall, the current valuations offer an attractive entry point. </li>
</ul>


HDFCB's stock has seen significant volatility over the past one month. The Street seems to have four major concerns, which we think are either unfounded or too myopic.
A recent concern has been around the compression in NIMs, where the Street is missing the point that this is well offset by lower operating/credit costs per the shifting product-mix.
HDFC Bank has been gaining market share and with its distribution expansion, the growth is only going to accelerate further. Overall, the current valuations offer an attractive entry point. 


Q4FY22 Earnings | HDFC Bank: All Is Well!

India

HDFC Bank Ltd. offers a wide range of services to the global corporate sector. The Bank provides corporate banking and custodial services and is active in the treasury and capital markets. HDFC also markets project advisory services and capital market products such as Global Deposit Receipts, Euro currency loans, and Euro currency bonds.

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Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Government of India 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...

Sumeet Singh

Rainbow Children’s Hospital IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Rainbow Children’s Hospital (RCH) aims to raise around US$200m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO. In this note, we...

Sumeet Singh

India: Value/Growth Divide Hits New Peak Among GEM Funds.

The difference in Indian exposures between Value and Aggressive Growth managers hits record wides of +10.5%. Value managers go max underweight,...

Steven Holden

Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Ramsay Health, Dongzheng Auto, Cleanaway, Hitachi Transport, DGO Gold

This insight provides a summary of gross/annualised spreads (on deals discussed on Smartkarma) across Asia-Pacific as at the last trading date, and...

David Blennerhassett

Q4FY22 Earnings | HDFC Bank: All Is Well!

HDFCB's stock has seen significant volatility in the past one month. The Street seems to have four major concerns, which we think are unfounded....

Ankit Agrawal, CFA

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