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

Five Star Business Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.


Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>There are 44 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.</li>
<li>One new deal was discussed on Smartkarma this week: EQTBPEA/Regal's tilt for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/perpetual-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:599:1" rel="noopener">Perpetual Ltd (PPT AU)</a>.</li>
<li>Key updates took place for: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nitro-software-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30943:1" rel="noopener">Nitro Software Ltd (NTO AU)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pushpay-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13737:1" rel="noopener">Pushpay Holdings (PPH NZ)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-medical-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7441:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Medical (SMG SP)</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shandong-fengxiang-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29164:1" rel="noopener">Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK)</a>.</li>
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There are 44 - mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac - transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.
One new deal was discussed on Smartkarma this week: EQTBPEA/Regal's tilt for Perpetual Ltd (PPT AU).
Key updates took place for: Nitro Software Ltd (NTO AU), Pushpay Holdings (PPH NZ), Singapore Medical (SMG SP), and Shandong Fengxiang (9977 HK).


(Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Perpetual, Nitro, Fengxiang, Pushpay, Singapore Medical

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front,  a number of companies in India have launched thier IPOs recently, even as HK and rest of Asia remains dormant.</li>
<li>The only notable placement this week was the selldown in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/axis-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:768:1" rel="noopener">Axis Bank Ltd (AXSB IN)</a> by Bain Capital.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front,  a number of companies in India have launched thier IPOs recently, even as HK and rest of Asia remains dormant.
The only notable placement this week was the selldown in Axis Bank Ltd (AXSB IN) by Bain Capital.


ECM Weekly (6th Nov 2022) - Giant Biogene, Blibli, Betagro, Bionote, Fusion, Medanta, Bikaji, Axis

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bikaji-foods-international-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36502:1" rel="noopener">Bikaji Foods (BIKAJI IN)</a> , an ethnic snacks company, is looking to raise approximately US$107m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Its product range includes six principal categories: bhujia, namkeen, packaged sweets, papad, western snacks as well as other snacks which primarily include gift packs, frozen food, mathri range and cookies.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we'll talk about implied valuations.</li>
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Bikaji Foods (BIKAJI IN) , an ethnic snacks company, is looking to raise approximately US$107m in its India IPO.
Its product range includes six principal categories: bhujia, namkeen, packaged sweets, papad, western snacks as well as other snacks which primarily include gift packs, frozen food, mathri range and cookies.
In our previous note, we looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we'll talk about implied valuations.


Bikaji Foods International IPO - At an Equally Spicy Valuation

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC IPOs & Placements

Fusion Micro Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fusion-micro-finance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36450:1" rel="noopener">Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN)</a> is looking to raise approximately US$134m in its India IPO.  </li>
<li>Fusion Micro Finance (FMF) is a non-banking financial company - microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides financial services to unserved and underserved women in rural and peri-rural areas across India.</li>
<li>We have looked at the background of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about its recent RHP updates, peer comparison and valuations.   </li>
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Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise approximately US$134m in its India IPO.  
Fusion Micro Finance (FMF) is a non-banking financial company - microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides financial services to unserved and underserved women in rural and peri-rural areas across India.
We have looked at the background of the deal in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about its recent RHP updates, peer comparison and valuations.   


Fusion Micro Finance IPO - Not Worth the Premium

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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Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

Five Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake...

Sumeet Singh

(Mostly) Asia-Pac Weekly Risk Arb Wrap: Perpetual, Nitro, Fengxiang, Pushpay, Singapore Medical

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

ECM Weekly (6th Nov 2022) - Giant Biogene, Blibli, Betagro, Bionote, Fusion, Medanta, Bikaji, Axis

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

Bikaji Foods International IPO - At an Equally Spicy Valuation

Bikaji Foods, an ethnic snacks company, is looking to raise approximately US$107m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Fusion Micro Finance IPO - Not Worth the Premium

Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise approximately US$134m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about its recent RHP...

Ethan Aw

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