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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Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MUFG) / Event-Driven

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<li>Following up on our earlier cross-shareholding notes, in this note we look at <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsubishi-ufj-financial-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:218:1" rel="noopener">Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MUFG) (8306 JP)</a>’s cross-shareholding.</li>
<li>MUFG had a stake over US$100m in at least 47 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of around US$19bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.</li>
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Following up on our earlier cross-shareholding notes, in this note we look at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial (MUFG) (8306 JP)’s cross-shareholding.
MUFG had a stake over US$100m in at least 47 listed Japanese stocks, amounting to a total of around US$19bn.
In this note, we take a look at its stakes in various companies to see which ones could possibly be candidates for further selldowns.


MUFG Cross-Shareholding - At Least US$20bn of Cross-Shareholding to Sell, Taking It Slow

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>A group of shareholders aims to raise up to US$3.2bn via selling around 5% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/honda-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:154:1" rel="noopener">Honda Motor (7267 JP).</a>
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<li>The possibility of such a selldown was flagged by Reuters prior to the deal launch.</li>
<li>In our earlier note, we spoke about the deal dynamics. In this note, we talk about the updates since then.</li>
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A group of shareholders aims to raise up to US$3.2bn via selling around 5% of Honda Motor (7267 JP).

The possibility of such a selldown was flagged by Reuters prior to the deal launch.
In our earlier note, we spoke about the deal dynamics. In this note, we talk about the updates since then.


Honda Motor Placement - Past Large Deals Analysis - Could Do with a Bit More Correction

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<li>One year ago we looked at the arrangement between <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nissan-motor-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:72:1" rel="noopener">Nissan (7201 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/renault-sa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21536:1" rel="noopener">Renault (RNO FP)</a> regarding their relationship, which left Renault with a 28% Nissan stake to be sold.</li>
<li>Since then, Renault has undertaken one selldown but its recent announcement of Ampere’s listing cancellation once again raises the possibility of a further selldown of Nissan’s stake by Renault.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the updates since our previous note and the impact of the Ampere listing delay.</li>
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One year ago we looked at the arrangement between Nissan (7201 JP) and Renault (RNO FP) regarding their relationship, which left Renault with a 28% Nissan stake to be sold.
Since then, Renault has undertaken one selldown but its recent announcement of Ampere’s listing cancellation once again raises the possibility of a further selldown of Nissan’s stake by Renault.
In this note, we talk about the updates since our previous note and the impact of the Ampere listing delay.


Nissan’s Renault Led Selldown Updates - Lack of Ampere Listing Brings Back the US$4bn Overhang

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<p>According to the latest figures released by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), local car assemblers (including LCVs, Vans and Jeeps) managed to sell 23,341 units in October 2017, up 46% YoY and 24% sequentially. These are highest monthly sales ever and is due to recent change in import procedure as ongoing disruption in imports of used cars has contributed to strong demand. Cumulative industry sales during the first four months of FY18 exhibited 32% growth to 83,809 units. If…</p>

According to the latest figures released by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), local car assemblers (including LCVs, Vans and Jeeps) managed to sell 23,341 units in October 2017, up 46% YoY and 24% sequentially. These are highest monthly sales ever and is due to recent change in import procedure as ongoing disruption in imports of used cars has contributed to strong demand. Cumulative industry sales during the first four months of FY18 exhibited 32% growth to 83,809 units. If…

Pakistan Automobiles: Oct'17 Auto Sales +46% YoY (+24% MoM)

<p>We revise down our sector stance from ‘Overweight’ to ‘Market weight’ after tweaking our estimates in light of recent shift in macro economic factors. Our investment thesis is revised on the back of 1) expected currency devaluation, 2) downward volumetric sales adjustment, 3) margin compression and 4) entry of new players. We highlight that concern of an abrupt devaluation followed by higher inflation and interest rate tightening has affected investors’ sentiments and resultantly the sector has…</p>

We revise down our sector stance from ‘Overweight’ to ‘Market weight’ after tweaking our estimates in light of recent shift in macro economic factors. Our investment thesis is revised on the back of 1) expected currency devaluation, 2) downward volumetric sales adjustment, 3) margin compression and 4) entry of new players. We highlight that concern of an abrupt devaluation followed by higher inflation and interest rate tightening has affected investors’ sentiments and resultantly the sector has…

Pakistan Automobiles: Sector Downgraded to 'Market Weight'

Pakistan

Honda Atlas Cars Pakistan Limited manufactures, assembles and sells Honda vehicles through its many divisions within Pakistan.

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Honda Atlas Car (HCAR PA)

MUFG Cross-Shareholding - At Least US$20bn of Cross-Shareholding to Sell, Taking It Slow

Following up on our earlier cross-shareholding notes, in this note we look at MUFG (8306 JP)’s cross-shareholding. MUFG had a stake of over US$100m...

Sumeet Singh

Honda Motor Placement - Past Large Deals Analysis - Could Do with a Bit More Correction

A group of shareholders aims to raise up to US$3.2bn via selling around 5% of Honda Motor (7267 JP). In this note, we talk about the updates since...

Sumeet Singh

Nissan’s Renault Led Selldown Updates - Lack of Ampere Listing Brings Back the US$4bn Overhang

A year ago we looked at the arrangement between Nissan and Renault regarding their relationship, which left Renault with a 28% Nissan stake to be...

Sumeet Singh

Pakistan Automobiles: Oct'17 Auto Sales +46% YoY (+24% MoM)

According to the latest figures released by Pakistan Automotive Manufacturers Association (PAMA), local car assemblers (including LCVs, Vans and...

Topline Securities

Pakistan Automobiles: Sector Downgraded to 'Market Weight'

We revise down our sector stance from ‘Overweight’ to ‘Market weight’ after tweaking our estimates in light of recent shift in macro economic...

Topline Securities

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