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>SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via a mix of issuing 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 talk about the postive aspects of the deal.</li>
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SK Shieldus (SKS) aims to raise around US$800m via a mix of issuing 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 talk about the postive aspects of the deal.


SK Shieldus IPO - The Positives - Decent Growth, Diversifying Its Revenue Base

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>OneStore is getting ready to complete its IPO in May with IPO price range of 34,300 won to 41,700 won. It is one of the largest app operators in Korea.</li>
<li>The IPO base deal size is from $187 million to $227 million. The expected market cap after the IPO is from 0.9 trillion won to 1.1 trillion won. </li>
<li>OneStore generated sales of 214.2 billion won (up 38% YoY), operating loss of 5.8 billion won, and EBITDA of 8 billion won in 2021. </li>
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OneStore is getting ready to complete its IPO in May with IPO price range of 34,300 won to 41,700 won. It is one of the largest app operators in Korea.
The IPO base deal size is from $187 million to $227 million. The expected market cap after the IPO is from 0.9 trillion won to 1.1 trillion won. 
OneStore generated sales of 214.2 billion won (up 38% YoY), operating loss of 5.8 billion won, and EBITDA of 8 billion won in 2021. 


JD.com Inc (ADR) / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>On 23rd Dec 2021, Tencent declared a special interim dividend in the form of a distribution in specie of 457.326m Class A ordinary shares of JD.com.</li>
<li>While Tencent went ex-div on 20th Jan 2022, the actual settlement of the distribution is expected to happen on or about 25th Mar 2022.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the updates since our last note and have a closer look at Prosus and its possible motivation/intention with its JD.com stake.</li>
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On 23rd Dec 2021, Tencent declared a special interim dividend in the form of a distribution in specie of 457.326m Class A ordinary shares of JD.com.
While Tencent went ex-div on 20th Jan 2022, the actual settlement of the distribution is expected to happen on or about 25th Mar 2022.
In this note, we talk about the updates since our last note and have a closer look at Prosus and its possible motivation/intention with its JD.com stake.


JD.com Tencent Distribution - Updates on the Now US$15bn Overhang and the Prosus Angle

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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 positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


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 positive aspects of the deal.


Navi Technologies Pre-IPO - The Positives - Sold the First for US$20bn, Now Building One Without VCs

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<li>Kookmin Bank Trust Department is looking to raise up to US$321m via selling 3.9% of Samsung SDS.</li>
<li>The deal appears to be very well flagged as the ultimate sellers are the Samsung family.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
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Kookmin Bank Trust Department is looking to raise up to US$321m via selling 3.9% of Samsung SDS.
The deal appears to be very well flagged as the ultimate sellers are the Samsung family.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Samsung SDS Placement - Deal Is Very Well Flagged and the Stock Is Cheap, but It's a Tough One

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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SK Shieldus IPO - The Positives - Decent Growth, Diversifying Its Revenue Base

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

Sumeet Singh

OneStore IPO Preview

OneStore is getting ready to complete its IPO in May with IPO price range of 34,300 won to 41,700 won. It is one of the largest app operators in...

Douglas Kim

JD.com Tencent Distribution - Updates on the Now US$15bn Overhang and the Prosus Angle

On 23rd Dec 2021, Tencent declared a special interim dividend in the form of a distribution in specie of 457.326m shares of JD.com. In this note we...

Sumeet Singh

Navi Technologies Pre-IPO - The Positives - Sold the First for US$20bn, Now Building One Without VCs

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

Samsung SDS Placement - Deal Is Very Well Flagged and the Stock Is Cheap, but It's a Tough One

Kookmin Bank Trust Department is looking to raise up to US$321m via selling 3.9% of Samsung SDS. The deal appears to be very well flagged.

Sumeet Singh

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