Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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<li>Today after the close, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a>("NBF") announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently announced property acquisition. </li>
<li>The primary offer quantity is 47,500 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 2,500 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥33bn (~US$285mn). </li>
<li>Below is a closer look at the details of this offering and the potential of this offering to trigger strong secondary market performance in the following weeks.</li>
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Today after the close, Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)("NBF") announced a follow-on equity offering to fund part of their recently announced property acquisition. 
The primary offer quantity is 47,500 units. In addition, there will also be an over-allotment quantity of 2,500 units. The total size of this offering could be roughly ¥33bn (~US$285mn). 
Below is a closer look at the details of this offering and the potential of this offering to trigger strong secondary market performance in the following weeks.


Nippon Building Fund (8951): Offering Could Trigger Outperformance Vs TSEREIT Index

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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Japan Prime Realty Investmen / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/japan-prime-realty-investmen" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:495:1" rel="noopener">Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP)</a> aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of  the Tokyo Tatemono Higashi Shibuya Building and repay borrowings.</li>
<li>The deal is somewhat anticipated, given that the REIT’s asset replacement strategy has been in the works for a couple of months now. </li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Japan Prime Realty Investment (8955 JP) aims to raise around US$130m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of  the Tokyo Tatemono Higashi Shibuya Building and repay borrowings.
The deal is somewhat anticipated, given that the REIT’s asset replacement strategy has been in the works for a couple of months now. 
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Japan Prime Realty Placement - Expected Deal, Has Corrected in the past Month

Alpha-Centric ESG Research

Kyle Rudden

Announcements keep on coming from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-exchange-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1047:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Exchange (SGX SP)</a> and its SGX FIRST sustainable investing platform. Weeks after launching Climate Impact X – SGX's carbon exchange joint venture with DBS, Standard Chartered, and Temasek – the exchange announced (on 14 June) the launch of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sgx-nikkei-esg-reit-index-futures" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33480:1" rel="noopener">SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT Index Futures (JRTA INDEX)</a> contract.For SGX, the launch further solidifies its position as Asia's leading financial exchange for all things sustainable investing and finance (and of course, REITs). For investors, the ESG-REIT Index futures contract expands the menu of products for REIT-related ESG investing. That is far more significant than it sounds; Real Estate is a sleeping ESG giant of sorts, and investment products are lacking.Therein lies the second of two goals for this Insight. The first is, rather obviously, to delve into the SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT product – the underlying index and futures contract. The second is to take it as an opportunity to broach an important, but often underrated, topic – the relationships between ESG and the Real Estate sector, including REITs. Much of it positive, or at least potentially so.Think about it. One billion buildings in the world already, and expected to double by 2060.

Announcements keep on coming from Singapore Exchange (SGX SP) and its SGX FIRST sustainable investing platform. Weeks after launching Climate Impact X – SGX's carbon exchange joint venture with DBS, Standard Chartered, and Temasek – the exchange announced (on 14 June) the launch of the SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT Index Futures (JRTA INDEX) contract.For SGX, the launch further solidifies its position as Asia's leading financial exchange for all things sustainable investing and finance (and of course, REITs). For investors, the ESG-REIT Index futures contract expands the menu of products for REIT-related ESG investing. That is far more significant than it sounds; Real Estate is a sleeping ESG giant of sorts, and investment products are lacking.Therein lies the second of two goals for this Insight. The first is, rather obviously, to delve into the SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT product – the underlying index and futures contract. The second is to take it as an opportunity to broach an important, but often underrated, topic – the relationships between ESG and the Real Estate sector, including REITs. Much of it positive, or at least potentially so.Think about it. One billion buildings in the world already, and expected to double by 2060.

SGX Nikkei ESG-REIT Index Futures Launch Is an Ideal Backdrop for an Important Topic: ESG and REITs

Japan's largest Office REIT <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a> ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) <a href="https://www.nbf-m.com/nbf_e/release/files/20201009_Notice%20Concerning%20Issue%20of%20New%20Investment%20Units%20and%20Secondry%20Offering%20on%20Investments%20Units.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-on equity offering</a> on 9th October 2020 and I provided a brief introduction to the background of the REIT and its offerings history in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nippon-building-fund-8951-jp-reit-offering-take-it" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:44090" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Take It</a>. As mentioned in that insight, the pricing date was expected to be between 20th and 22nd of October 2020 (pricing is normally on the first day in the pricing period).Today, after market close, NBF <a href="https://www.nbf-m.com/nbf_e/release/files/%E6%9D%A1%E4%BB%B6%E6%B1%BA%E5%AE%9A%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9_E.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> the Issue Price to be ¥527,240/unit.Below is a brief recap of the Deal details (including confirmation of key dates) and a closer look at the attractiveness of this pricing.

Japan's largest Office REIT Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) follow-on equity offering on 9th October 2020 and I provided a brief introduction to the background of the REIT and its offerings history in Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Take It. As mentioned in that insight, the pricing date was expected to be between 20th and 22nd of October 2020 (pricing is normally on the first day in the pricing period).Today, after market close, NBF announced the Issue Price to be ¥527,240/unit.Below is a brief recap of the Deal details (including confirmation of key dates) and a closer look at the attractiveness of this pricing. 

NBF (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Pricing Announced. Wide Discount to Undisturbed.

Japan's largest Office REIT <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-building-fund-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1900:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP)</a> ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) <a href="https://www.nbf-m.com/nbf_e/release/files/20201009_Notice%20Concerning%20Issue%20of%20New%20Investment%20Units%20and%20Secondry%20Offering%20on%20Investments%20Units.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">follow-on equity offering</a> on 9th October 2020 to fund their recent acquisition of Shinjuku Mitsui Building and Gran Tokyo South Tower. 
This is the biggest REIT offering in Japan this year so far, is large historically, and is the first offering by NBF, the largest Office REIT by Market Cap since 2014.
NBF plans to offer 171,000 units in the Domestic Primary Offering and 58,000 units in the International Offering (mainly in the U.S., Europe and Asia). However, final allocation can be different depending on demand conditions. The over-allotment quantity will be 11,500 units. 
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Japan's largest Office REIT Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) ("NBF") announced a ¥140bn (~US$1.3bn) follow-on equity offering on 9th October 2020 to fund their recent acquisition of Shinjuku Mitsui Building and Gran Tokyo South Tower. 
This is the biggest REIT offering in Japan this year so far, is large historically, and is the first offering by NBF, the largest Office REIT by Market Cap since 2014.
NBF plans to offer 171,000 units in the Domestic Primary Offering and 58,000 units in the International Offering (mainly in the U.S., Europe and Asia). However, final allocation can be different depending on demand conditions. The over-allotment quantity will be 11,500 units. 


Source: Quiddity, Capital IQ (Data)

As always, there is more below the fold. 

Nippon Building Fund (8951 JP) REIT Offering: Take It

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