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>Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month lock-up will expire soon.</li>
<li>The stock more than doubled on listing, providing one of the best first day returns in 2021. However, its performance since then hasn’t been all that great.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month lock-up will expire soon.
The stock more than doubled on listing, providing one of the best first day returns in 2021. However, its performance since then hasn’t been all that great.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Kakao Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Equity Capital Markets

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPOs front, Campus Activewear and Rainbow Hospitals will get India's IPO season going again, with LIC in the pipeline.</li>
<li>Placement flows remained slow over the holiday shortened week. With only Taiwan and India seeing deals.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPOs front, Campus Activewear and Rainbow Hospitals will get India's IPO season going again, with LIC in the pipeline.
Placement flows remained slow over the holiday shortened week. With only Taiwan and India seeing deals.


ECM Weekly (24th Apr 22) - Sk Shieldus, One Store, LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Zhihu, LG Energy, Shin Kong

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<li>SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.</li>
<li>SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.</li>
<li>In this note, we will look at the refiling updates.</li>
</ul>


SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO.
SKS is the security subsidiary of SK Square. It provides security services across four main categories: information security/Cybersecurity, convergence security, physical security, and Safety &amp; Care.
In this note, we will look at the refiling updates.


SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

<ul>
<li>LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO in Jan 22. Its three-month lockup is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO in Jan 22. Its three-month lockup is set to expire soon.
LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


LG Energy IPO Lock-Up - Some Might Be Tempted to Book Profits

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Tencent’s increase in investment acquisition activity has coincided with a general weakness in equity prices and valuation levels.</li>
<li>Tencent management’s assessment of the fair value of its listed investee holdings, of RMB982.8bn on 31 December 2021, equates to roughly 27.4% of its market cap.</li>
<li>The market value of Tencent’s investee holdings in more-mature, Chinese-listed, internet-orientated holdings equates to roughly 9% of its current market cap.</li>
</ul>


Tencent’s increase in investment acquisition activity has coincided with a general weakness in equity prices and valuation levels.
Tencent management’s assessment of the fair value of its listed investee holdings, of RMB982.8bn on 31 December 2021, equates to roughly 27.4% of its market cap.
The market value of Tencent’s investee holdings in more-mature, Chinese-listed, internet-orientated holdings equates to roughly 9% of its current market cap.


Tencent: Investments up as Valuations Drop, Room for Another Significant Special in Specie Dividend

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 Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month...

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (24th Apr 22) - Sk Shieldus, One Store, LIC, Campus, Rainbow, Zhihu, LG Energy, Shin Kong

Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

Sumeet Singh

SK Shieldus IPO - Refiling Disclosures Should Make Multiples Move, LOWER.

SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via issuing a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korea IPO. In this note we will look at the...

Sumeet Singh

LG Energy IPO Lock-Up - Some Might Be Tempted to Book Profits

LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO in Jan 22. Its three-month lockup is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Tencent: Investments up as Valuations Drop, Room for Another Significant Special in Specie Dividend

In this insight, we analyse Tencent’s recent investment activity and notable investee holdings to evaluate the potential for another meaningful...

Wium Malan, CFA

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