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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<li>Navi Technologies (NT) aims to raise around US$500m in its India listing. NT was started by Sachin Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart which was sold to Walmart in 2018.</li>
<li>NT is a technology-driven financial products and services company. The company was only incorporated in 2018, it offers personal loans, home loans, general insurance and mutual funds. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Navi Technologies (NT) aims to raise around US$500m in its India listing. NT was started by Sachin Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart which was sold to Walmart in 2018.
NT is a technology-driven financial products and services company. The company was only incorporated in 2018, it offers personal loans, home loans, general insurance and mutual funds. 
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Navi Technologies Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Still Very Much a Work-In-Progress

Equity L/S Analyst | Forensic Accounting | India, Yellowstone Equity

Ankit Agrawal, CFA

Equity L/S Analyst | Forensic Accounting | India

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Yellowstone Equity

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>HDFC Bank continues to make steady efforts on the digitization front as it gears up to be a digitally savvy bank. It has been revamping its apps, PayZapp and Smartbuy.</li>
<li>HDFC Bank (HDFCB) posted steady growth and improvement in asset quality in Q3FY22. The growth focus and risk-on stance is back in the retail book with normalization of the environment.</li>
<li>While HDFCB’s stock has been under pressure over the past 1Y, we believe apprehensions around its restructuring book and the impact on its payments led fee business are overdone.</li>
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HDFC Bank continues to make steady efforts on the digitization front as it gears up to be a digitally savvy bank. It has been revamping its apps, PayZapp and Smartbuy.
HDFC Bank (HDFCB) posted steady growth and improvement in asset quality in Q3FY22. The growth focus and risk-on stance is back in the retail book with normalization of the environment.
While HDFCB’s stock has been under pressure over the past 1Y, we believe apprehensions around its restructuring book and the impact on its payments led fee business are overdone.


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

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<li>Exposure in Indian Financials has reached peak levels among Asia Ex-Japan managers.  A key overweight, 77% of Asia Ex-Japan managers are now positioned above benchmark.</li>
<li>HDFC Bank Limited is the most widely held stock, with Housing Development Finance Corp, ICICI Bank Limited and Kotak Mahindra well held stocks and net overweights in Asia Ex-Japan portfolios</li>
<li>HDFC Bank Limited is a key holding for many investors, with the bulk of allocations above 2% and high conviction positions well above that</li>
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Exposure in Indian Financials has reached peak levels among Asia Ex-Japan managers.  A key overweight, 77% of Asia Ex-Japan managers are now positioned above benchmark.
HDFC Bank Limited is the most widely held stock, with Housing Development Finance Corp, ICICI Bank Limited and Kotak Mahindra well held stocks and net overweights in Asia Ex-Japan portfolios
HDFC Bank Limited is a key holding for many investors, with the bulk of allocations above 2% and high conviction positions well above that


Indian Financials: Momentum Returns to Key Overweight

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-baroda" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:545:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rbl-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22856:1" rel="noopener">RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX)</a> at the close of trading on 30 March.</li>
<li>Index trackers will need to buy over 2 days of ADV on BOB while selling over 2 days of ADV on RBL. There will be capping changes too.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-baroda" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:545:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN)</a> trades cheaper than its peers on forward PE and price to book and could outperform over the near-term.</li>
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Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN) will replace RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN) in the Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX) at the close of trading on 30 March.
Index trackers will need to buy over 2 days of ADV on BOB while selling over 2 days of ADV on RBL. There will be capping changes too.

Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN) trades cheaper than its peers on forward PE and price to book and could outperform over the near-term.


NIFTY Bank Index Rebalance: BOB to Replace RBL Bank

Life Insurance  of India / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$5-10bn via selling a 5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of GWP, a 66.2% market share in terms of NBP.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$5-10bn via selling a 5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO.
As of FY21, LIC was the largest life insurer in India with a 64.1% market share in terms of GWP, a 66.2% market share in terms of NBP.
In this note, we will talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - The Negatives - Has Been Lagging the Sector

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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Navi Technologies Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Still Very Much a Work-In-Progress

Navi Technologies (NT) aims to raise around US$500m in its India listing. NT was started by Sachin Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart which was sold to...

Sumeet Singh

HDFC BANK: Steady As She Goes

we believe some of the apprehensions around HDFCB, especially relating to its restructuring book and the impact on its payments led fee business,...

Ankit Agrawal, CFA

Indian Financials: Momentum Returns to Key Overweight

Exposure in Indian Financials has reached peak levels among Asia Ex-Japan managers. A key overweight, 77% of Asia Ex-Japan managers are now...

Steven Holden

NIFTY Bank Index Rebalance: BOB to Replace RBL Bank

Bank of Baroda replaces RBL Bank in the NSEBANK at the close on 30 March. Passive trackers will need to buy over 2 days ADV on BOB while selling...

Brian Freitas

Life Insurance Corporation of India IPO - The Negatives - Has Been Lagging the Sector

Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$5-10bn via selling a 5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming...

Sumeet Singh

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