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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<li>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO. 
This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.
In this note, we will talk about the likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.


Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Equity Capital Markets

Life Insurance  of India / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Government of India (GoI) is now said to be looking to raise around US$6-7bn via selling a 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 undertake a peer comparison and look at the implied multiples at the rumored valuations.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) is now said to be looking to raise around US$6-7bn via selling a 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 undertake a peer comparison and look at the implied multiples at the rumored valuations.


Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison, Quick Thoughts on Rumored Valuations

<ul>
<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

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<li>Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its India IPO. Below its target of US$979m.</li>
<li>SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.</li>
<li>In this note we will talk about the subscription levels and trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>


Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its India IPO. Below its target of US$979m.
SHAI insured 20.5m people in FY21. SHAI primarily offers retail health insurance which accounted for 87.9% of its FY21 GWP. Individual agents accounted for 97% of its FY21 GWP.
In this note we will talk about the subscription levels and trading dynamics.


Star Health Insurance IPO Trading - Previous Large IPO with Under Subscription Felt a Lot of Pain

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<li>PB Fintech, India’s largest online platform for insurance and lending products, raised  US$793m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.</li>
<li>The company is backed by a strong set of investors including Info Edge, Tencent, Temasek, Tiger Global and Softbank.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


PB Fintech, India’s largest online platform for insurance and lending products, raised  US$793m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its India IPO.
The company is backed by a strong set of investors including Info Edge, Tencent, Temasek, Tiger Global and Softbank.
In this note, we will talk about the updates since our last note.


PB Fintech (Policybazaar) IPO Trading - Mixed Bag Demand

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ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited operates as an insurance company. The Company offers motor, health, travel, rural, business, third party, personal accident, and home insurance, as well as claim settlements and renewals services. ICICI Lombard General Insurance serves customers in India.

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Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Government of India is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India...

Sumeet Singh

Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison, Quick Thoughts on Rumored Valuations

Government of India is now said to be looking to raise around US$6-7bn via selling a stake in LIC in its upcoming India IPO. In this deal, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

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

Star Health Insurance IPO Trading - Previous Large IPO with Under Subscription Felt a Lot of Pain

Star Health and Allied Insurance (SHAI), the largest private health and retail health insurance company in India, raised around US$851m in its...

Sumeet Singh

PB Fintech (Policybazaar) IPO Trading - Mixed Bag Demand

PB Fintech, India’s largest online platform for insurance and lending products, raised US$793m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares...

Sumeet Singh

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