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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/w-scope-chungju-plant-co-ltd-wcp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36076:1" rel="noopener">WCP (393890 KS)</a> raised around US$314m via in its Korean IPO. The stock was listed on 30th Sep 2022, its six-month lockup will expire soon.</li>
<li>WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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WCP (393890 KS) raised around US$314m via in its Korean IPO. The stock was listed on 30th Sep 2022, its six-month lockup will expire soon.
WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


W-Scope IPO Lock-Up - US$300m Worth of Shares to Come Free

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Korea Investment &amp; Securities announced the final competition rate for the tender offer of SM Entertainment by Kakao Group (8,333,641 shares of SM Entertainment at 150,000 won per share).</li>
<li>The competition ratio of the tender offer was 2.2655436 to 1. Accordingly, the allocation ratio was set at 44.1395170%. </li>
<li>At the current price of 95,100 won, SM Entertainment's shares are undervalued by about 25% to 45% over the next 6-12 months, in our view. </li>
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Korea Investment &amp; Securities announced the final competition rate for the tender offer of SM Entertainment by Kakao Group (8,333,641 shares of SM Entertainment at 150,000 won per share).
The competition ratio of the tender offer was 2.2655436 to 1. Accordingly, the allocation ratio was set at 44.1395170%. 
At the current price of 95,100 won, SM Entertainment's shares are undervalued by about 25% to 45% over the next 6-12 months, in our view. 


SM Entertainment: Tender Offer Allocation Ratios Announced

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35638:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten Bank (5838 JP)</a>, the online banking arm of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rakuten-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31:1" rel="noopener">Rakuten (4755 JP)</a>, aims to raise up to around US$900m in its Japan listing in April 2023.</li>
<li>RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Dec 22, it had 13.3m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.8tn.</li>
<li>In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the updates from its recent filings.</li>
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Rakuten Bank (5838 JP), the online banking arm of Rakuten (4755 JP), aims to raise up to around US$900m in its Japan listing in April 2023.
RB is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. As of Dec 22, it had 13.3m deposit accounts with a total deposit base of JPY8.8tn.
In our earlier notes, we have looked at the company’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the updates from its recent filings.


Rakuten Bank IPO - Recent Filings Updates and Quick Thoughts on Valuation

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>After <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hybe-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28959:1" rel="noopener">HYBE (352820 KS)</a> conceded to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15002:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Corp (035720 KS)</a> earlier this month, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-m-entertainment-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3500:1" rel="noopener">S.M.Entertainment Co (041510 KS)</a>'s shares have declined 23%. </li>
<li>Kakao's Partial Offer of  ₩150,000/share closes on the 26 March. </li>
<li>Unadjusted proration is 36.8%, conservatively rising to 48.5%. It may settle at 61% if HYBE maintains its position - but that is probably a tad optimistic. </li>
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After HYBE (352820 KS) conceded to Kakao Corp (035720 KS) earlier this month, S.M.Entertainment Co (041510 KS)'s shares have declined 23%. 
Kakao's Partial Offer of  ₩150,000/share closes on the 26 March. 
Unadjusted proration is 36.8%, conservatively rising to 48.5%. It may settle at 61% if HYBE maintains its position - but that is probably a tad optimistic. 


APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bionote-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36446:1" rel="noopener">Bionote (377740 KS)</a> was listed on 22nd Dec 2023, when it raised US$73m in its downsized Korean IPO. Its three-month lockup will expire on 21st Mar 23.</li>
<li>Bionote is an integrated producer of diagnostics test products and biocontent products. Based on its unique recombinant antigen and antibody manufacturing technology, the firm researches and develops diagnostic reagent products.</li>
<li>Coming up for three-month lockup expiry are the firm’s three pre-IPO investors, together with Gunwoo Ha (ex-CEO). The three pre-IPO investors had earlier trimmed their respective stakes in the IPO.</li>
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Bionote (377740 KS) was listed on 22nd Dec 2023, when it raised US$73m in its downsized Korean IPO. Its three-month lockup will expire on 21st Mar 23.
Bionote is an integrated producer of diagnostics test products and biocontent products. Based on its unique recombinant antigen and antibody manufacturing technology, the firm researches and develops diagnostic reagent products.
Coming up for three-month lockup expiry are the firm’s three pre-IPO investors, together with Gunwoo Ha (ex-CEO). The three pre-IPO investors had earlier trimmed their respective stakes in the IPO.


Bionote Lock-Up - Uncertainty on the Horizon, Likely to See Some Selling Pressure

South Korea

Kakao Corp. provides Internet portal services such as news, free e-mail, and leisure information.  The Company also offers cross-platform mobile messaging application that allows users to exchange messages.

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Kakao Corp (035720 KS)

W-Scope IPO Lock-Up - US$300m Worth of Shares to Come Free

WCP (393890 KS) raised around US$314m via in its Korean IPO. The stock was listed on 30th Sep 2022, its six-month lockup will expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

SM Entertainment: Tender Offer Allocation Ratios Announced

The allocation ratio of SM Entertainment tender offer was 44.1%, which was relatively close to our estimate of 49%. We believe SM's shares are...

Douglas Kim

Rakuten Bank IPO - Recent Filings Updates and Quick Thoughts on Valuation

Rakuten Bank (5838 JP), the online banking arm of Rakuten (4755 JP), aims to raise up to around US$900m in its Japan listing in April 2023.

Sumeet Singh

S.M. Entertainment: Proration Musings

I do not expect SM to trade below undisturbed levels after the close of the Partial. A merger/IPO with Kakao Entertainment is very much on the...

David Blennerhassett

Bionote Lock-Up - Uncertainty on the Horizon, Likely to See Some Selling Pressure

Bionote (377740 KS) was listed on 22nd Dec 2023, when it raised US$73m in its downsized Korean IPO. Its three-month lockup will expire on 21st Mar 23.

Clarence Chu

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