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.

Event-Driven

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<li>In Nov 2021, Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO. </li>
<li>The company is backed by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/softbank-group-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:315:1" rel="noopener">Softbank Group (9984 JP)</a> and counts <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/berkshire-hathaway-inc-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1044:1" rel="noopener">Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US)</a> among its investors. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.</li>
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In Nov 2021, Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO. 
The company is backed by Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US), Softbank Group (9984 JP) and counts Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl A (BRK/A US) among its investors. 
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lockup expiry.


Paytm (One 97) Lockup - US$4bn+ Lockup Expiry, Some Large Shareholders Are Underwater, a Lot Aren’t

Senior Equity Derivatives Trader

Simon Harris

<ul>
<li>We screen the NIFTY Index components for yield enhancing opportunites</li>
<li>We screen for expensive options and combine with stock performances to find the best candidates</li>
<li>We identity 6 stocks where selling short-term premium makes sense</li>
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We screen the NIFTY Index components for yield enhancing opportunites
We screen for expensive options and combine with stock performances to find the best candidates
We identity 6 stocks where selling short-term premium makes sense


EQD | NIFTY Index: Option Selling Strategies for Short-Term Yield  (RIL,SBIN,SBILIFE,COAL,INFY,BRIT)

Equity Capital Markets

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/interglobe-aviation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24877:1" rel="noopener">InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN)</a>’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal aims to raise around US$250m via selling 2.8% of the company.</li>
<li>He had earlier stated his intention to pare down his stake after a long drawn, and very public battle, with the other co-founder Rahul Bhatia. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN)’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal aims to raise around US$250m via selling 2.8% of the company.
He had earlier stated his intention to pare down his stake after a long drawn, and very public battle, with the other co-founder Rahul Bhatia. 
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Placement - The Beginning of the End of the Overhang

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

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<li>There could be 17 changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 30 December. Some changes from earlier following 45 new F&amp;O stocks.</li>
<li>If all changes are on expected lines, one-way turnover is estimated at 61.5% and that will result in a one-way trade of INR 63.4bn (US$752m).</li>
<li>The potential inclusions to the index have outperformed the potential deletions since the start of June. This trend could continue for a couple of weeks till the changes are announced.</li>
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There could be 17 changes for the Nifty200 Momentum 30 Index that will be implemented at the close on 30 December. Some changes from earlier following 45 new F&amp;O stocks.
If all changes are on expected lines, one-way turnover is estimated at 61.5% and that will result in a one-way trade of INR 63.4bn (US$752m).
The potential inclusions to the index have outperformed the potential deletions since the start of June. This trend could continue for a couple of weeks till the changes are announced.


NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: More Changes with New F&O Stocks

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zinka-logistics" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43728:1" rel="noopener">Blackbuck (1355652D IN)</a>  raised about US$130m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>Zinka Logistics (Blackbuck) is India’s largest digital platform for truck operators (in terms of number of users), with 963,345 truck operators transacting on its platform in FY24, as per Redseer.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Blackbuck (1355652D IN)  raised about US$130m in its India IPO.
Zinka Logistics (Blackbuck) is India’s largest digital platform for truck operators (in terms of number of users), with 963,345 truck operators transacting on its platform in FY24, as per Redseer.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Zinka Logistics IPO Trading - Subdued Demand; Lags Recent Listings

India

Infosys Limited provides IT consulting and software services, including e-business, program management and supply chain solutions. The Group's services include application development, product co-development, and system implementation and system engineering. Infosys targets businesses specializing in the insurance, banking, telecommunication and manufacturing sectors.

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Infosys Ltd Sp Adr (INFY US)

Paytm (One 97) Lockup - US$4bn+ Lockup Expiry, Some Large Shareholders Are Underwater, a Lot Aren’t

In Nov 2021, Paytm raised around US$2.2bn via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its IPO. In this note, we talk about the upcoming...

Sumeet Singh

EQD | NIFTY Index: Option Selling Strategies for Short-Term Yield (RIL,SBIN,SBILIFE,COAL,INFY,BRIT)

A look at the single stocks in the NIFTY Index to identify candidates for over/underwrites and strangle selling. We highlight 6 trades.

Simon Harris

Interglobe Aviation (Indigo) Placement - The Beginning of the End of the Overhang

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (INDIGO IN)’s co-founder Rakesh Gangwal aims to raise around US$250m via selling 2.8% of the company.

Sumeet Singh

NIFTY200 Momentum30 Index Rebalance Preview: More Changes with New F&O Stocks

We forecast 17 changes a side for the index in Dec. Some of the changes have changed following 45 new F&O inclusions. The forecast adds have...

Brian Freitas

Zinka Logistics IPO Trading - Subdued Demand; Lags Recent Listings

Zinka Logistics (Blackbuck) raised about US$130m in its India IPO. In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.

Akshat Shah

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