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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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$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.</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 positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.
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 positive aspects of the deal.


Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Juicy Margins and Strong Backers

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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, HK IPOs continued to struggle with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/calb-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35985:1" rel="noopener">CALB (3931 HK)</a> joining <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-leapmotor-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35968:1" rel="noopener">Leapmotor (9863 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/onewo-space-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36204:1" rel="noopener">Onewo (2602 HK)</a> with its tepid performance.</li>
<li>Given the mid-week HK holiday and the ongoing golden week, there weren't any large placements this week.</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, HK IPOs continued to struggle with CALB (3931 HK) joining Leapmotor (9863 HK) and Onewo (2602 HK) with its tepid performance.
Given the mid-week HK holiday and the ongoing golden week, there weren't any large placements this week.


ECM Weekly (9th Oct 2022) - CALB, Socionext, Betagro, Country Style, I-Tail, Lionheart, Kakao Pay

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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, China Tourism managed to price its IPO above the mid-point.</li>
<li>There were a host of placements and blocks this week across the region.</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, China Tourism managed to price its IPO above the mid-point.
There were a host of placements and blocks this week across the region.


ECM Weekly (21st Aug 2022) - China Tourism, SoCar, Beauty Farm, ANZ, Max, Judo, Steadfast, Cleanaway

Event-Driven

Australia & New Zealand Bankin / Event-Driven

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<li>ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022.</li>
<li>The institutional part of the entitlement offer saw a strong take up and the shares have held up well since the deal was announced.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming retail shortfall bookbuild and other updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022.
The institutional part of the entitlement offer saw a strong take up and the shares have held up well since the deal was announced.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming retail shortfall bookbuild and other updates since our last note.


ANZ Renounceable Entitlement Offer - Could Be a Relatively Large (A$550-750m) Retail Shortfall

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>While HDFC Bank ("HDFCB") is doing all the right things (distribution expansion, digital infrastructure revamp) from a long-term perspective, it also has near-term growth triggers led by its retail book.  </li>
<li>Excluding auto sector and two-wheeler loans, HDFCB's retail book grew 25% YoY in Q1FY23. As the supply chain disruptions recede, HDFCB's retail book growth could surprise on the upside.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-bank-ltd-4b6b7a92-9087-468d-9dbe-ab169e77f014" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:558:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)</a> is also making decent progress in its digitization upgrades which should further bolster the growth and productivity.</li>
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While HDFC Bank ("HDFCB") is doing all the right things (distribution expansion, digital infrastructure revamp) from a long-term perspective, it also has near-term growth triggers led by its retail book.  
Excluding auto sector and two-wheeler loans, HDFCB's retail book grew 25% YoY in Q1FY23. As the supply chain disruptions recede, HDFCB's retail book growth could surprise on the upside.

HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) is also making decent progress in its digitization upgrades which should further bolster the growth and productivity.


HDFC Bank: Attractive Valuation with Near-Term Growth Triggers

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 Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Juicy Margins and Strong Backers

Five-Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The company has been growing fast and has maintained...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (9th Oct 2022) - CALB, Socionext, Betagro, Country Style, I-Tail, Lionheart, Kakao Pay

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

ECM Weekly (21st Aug 2022) - China Tourism, SoCar, Beauty Farm, ANZ, Max, Judo, Steadfast, Cleanaway

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

ANZ Renounceable Entitlement Offer - Could Be a Relatively Large (A$550-750m) Retail Shortfall

ANZ announced a US$2.4bn (A$3.5bn) raising via a renounceable entitlement offer to part fund the purchase of Suncorp Bank in Jul 2022. The retail...

Sumeet Singh

HDFC Bank: Attractive Valuation with Near-Term Growth Triggers

HDFCB's stock has been under pressure over the past 6M due to narrative bias. However, the fundamentals remain sound. Current valuations offer the...

Ankit Agrawal, CFA

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