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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bundl-technologies-private-limited-swiggy" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35630:1" rel="noopener">Swiggy</a> aims to raise US$1.25bn in its upcoming India IPO. The company has filed confidentially for its IPO, which is likely to be launched towards the end of the year.</li>
<li>Swiggy, along with Zomato, operates a duopoly that has come to dominate the food delivery market in India. In 1H24, Swiggy serviced over 274,000 restaurants via its 370,000 delivery partners.</li>
<li>In this note, we will take an early look at the company based on the publicly available financials. </li>
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Swiggy aims to raise US$1.25bn in its upcoming India IPO. The company has filed confidentially for its IPO, which is likely to be launched towards the end of the year.
Swiggy, along with Zomato, operates a duopoly that has come to dominate the food delivery market in India. In 1H24, Swiggy serviced over 274,000 restaurants via its 370,000 delivery partners.
In this note, we will take an early look at the company based on the publicly available financials. 


Swiggy Pre-IPO Early Look - Innovation Leader, Profitability Laggard

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Forensic Accounting

Kotak Mahindra Bank / Forensic Accounting

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<li>RBI has barred Kotak Bank from expanding its digital business and credit card issuance</li>
<li>Rather than earnings damage (max -10%) there is more reputational damage to the bank taking away premium valuations it used to command</li>
<li>The way ahead lies for the bank is the path of moderate growth </li>
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RBI has barred Kotak Bank from expanding its digital business and credit card issuance
Rather than earnings damage (max -10%) there is more reputational damage to the bank taking away premium valuations it used to command
The way ahead lies for the bank is the path of moderate growth 


Why RBI's Favourite Enemy Kotak Bank Is Barred from Digital Banking Business?

Aadhar Housing Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aadhar-housing-finance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32152:1" rel="noopener">Aadhar Housing Finance</a> (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>AHF is focused on the low income housing segments (ticket size less than INR1.5m) in India. It offers a range of mortgage-related loan products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s performance in our past note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.
AHF is focused on the low income housing segments (ticket size less than INR1.5m) in India. It offers a range of mortgage-related loan products.
We have looked at the company’s performance in our past note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Aadhar Housing Finance IPO - Larger and Slower, at a Reasonable Discount

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The Axis Top Picks Basket delivered an excellent return of 5.8% in Apr’24 against the 1.2% return posted by Nifty 50, thereby beating the benchmark by a wide margin of 4.6%.</li><li>Over the last one year, the basket has gained 49%. Moreover, it gives us immense joy to inform you that our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 284% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 144% return delivered by the NIFTY 50 index over the same period.</li><li>In light of this, we continue to believe in our thematic approach to Top Picks selection.</li></ul><p><em>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.</em></p>

The Axis Top Picks Basket delivered an excellent return of 5.8% in Apr’24 against the 1.2% return posted by Nifty 50, thereby beating the benchmark by a wide margin of 4.6%.Over the last one year, the basket has gained 49%. Moreover, it gives us immense joy to inform you that our Top Picks Basket has delivered an impressive return of 284% since its inception (May’20), which stands well above the 144% return delivered by the NIFTY 50 index over the same period.In light of this, we continue to believe in our thematic approach to Top Picks selection.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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/honasa-consumer-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36117:1" rel="noopener">Honasa Consumer (HONASA IN)</a> raised about US$200m in its India IPO. Its pre-IPO investors will be released from its IPO linked lockup soon.</li>
<li>HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry and possible deal dynamics.</li>
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Honasa Consumer (HONASA IN) raised about US$200m in its India IPO. Its pre-IPO investors will be released from its IPO linked lockup soon.
HC’s product portfolio includes products in the baby care, face care, body care, hair care, color cosmetics and fragrances segments.
In this note, we talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry and possible deal dynamics.


Honasa Consumer IPO Lock-Up Expiry - US$500m+ Lockup Expiry with Everyone Well in the Money

India

ICICI Bank Limited operates as a bank. The Bank offers saving accounts, loans, debit, credit cards, insurance, investments, mortgages, and online banking services. ICICI Bank serves customers worldwide.

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Swiggy Pre-IPO Early Look - Innovation Leader, Profitability Laggard

Swiggy aims to raise US$1.25bn in its upcoming India IPO. The company has filed confidentially for its IPO, which is likely to be launched towards...

Sumeet Singh

Why RBI's Favourite Enemy Kotak Bank Is Barred from Digital Banking Business?

In the latest development at Ganesh Benzoplast Ltd, Raunak Pilani, son of Ramakant Pilani, has resigned from his position as director. Ramakant...

Nimish Maheshwari

Aadhar Housing Finance IPO - Larger and Slower, at a Reasonable Discount

Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Axis Top Picks - May 2024

The Axis Top Picks Basket delivered an excellent return of 5.8% in Apr’24 against the 1.2% return posted by Nifty 50, thereby beating the benchmark...

Axis Direct

Honasa Consumer IPO Lock-Up Expiry - US$500m+ Lockup Expiry with Everyone Well in the Money

Honasa Consumer (HONASA IN) raised about US$200m in its India IPO. Its pre-IPO investors will be released from its IPO linked lockup soon.

Sumeet Singh

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