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

JD.com Inc (ADR) / 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>Placements were back with a bang this week with multiple blocks across the region. All eyes will be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jd-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29043:1" rel="noopener">JD.com Inc. (9618 HK)</a> in the coming week.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/farm-fresh-berhad" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34617:1" rel="noopener">Farm Fresh Berhad (FF MY)</a>'s IPO got off to a good start, while Hong Kong IPOs continue to be lackluster.</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.
Placements were back with a bang this week with multiple blocks across the region. All eyes will be on JD.com Inc. (9618 HK) in the coming week.

Farm Fresh Berhad (FF MY)'s IPO got off to a good start, while Hong Kong IPOs continue to be lackluster.


ECM Weekly (27th Mar 2022) - JD, Tencent, Prosus, Ferretti, Recbio, Nomura, Navi, Samsung, Celltrion

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Exposure in Indian Financials has reached peak levels among Asia Ex-Japan managers.  A key overweight, 77% of Asia Ex-Japan managers are now positioned above benchmark.</li>
<li>HDFC Bank Limited is the most widely held stock, with Housing Development Finance Corp, ICICI Bank Limited and Kotak Mahindra well held stocks and net overweights in Asia Ex-Japan portfolios</li>
<li>HDFC Bank Limited is a key holding for many investors, with the bulk of allocations above 2% and high conviction positions well above that</li>
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Exposure in Indian Financials has reached peak levels among Asia Ex-Japan managers.  A key overweight, 77% of Asia Ex-Japan managers are now positioned above benchmark.
HDFC Bank Limited is the most widely held stock, with Housing Development Finance Corp, ICICI Bank Limited and Kotak Mahindra well held stocks and net overweights in Asia Ex-Japan portfolios
HDFC Bank Limited is a key holding for many investors, with the bulk of allocations above 2% and high conviction positions well above that


Indian Financials: Momentum Returns to Key Overweight

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-baroda" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:545:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/rbl-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22856:1" rel="noopener">RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-bank-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26811:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX)</a> at the close of trading on 30 March.</li>
<li>Index trackers will need to buy over 2 days of ADV on BOB while selling over 2 days of ADV on RBL. There will be capping changes too.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bank-of-baroda" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:545:1" rel="noopener">Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN)</a> trades cheaper than its peers on forward PE and price to book and could outperform over the near-term.</li>
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Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN) will replace RBL Bank Ltd (RBK IN) in the Nifty Bank Index (NSEBANK INDEX) at the close of trading on 30 March.
Index trackers will need to buy over 2 days of ADV on BOB while selling over 2 days of ADV on RBL. There will be capping changes too.

Bank Of Baroda (BOB IN) trades cheaper than its peers on forward PE and price to book and could outperform over the near-term.


NIFTY Bank Index Rebalance: BOB to Replace RBL Bank

Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Our profitability and credit quality screens were generally, in terms of credit quality metrics to end-December 2021, more constructive than the prior quarter, whilst core profitability signals improved slightly</li>
<li>The threat of worsening credit quality in the coming quarters is still real, in our view, with the financial difficulties of Future Retail indicating potential corporate credit quality deterioration</li>
<li>We like quality play HDFC Bank, turn constructive on State Bank of India and we remain negative on Canara Bank and Bandhan Bank; neutral on Kotak Mahindra and ICICI Bank</li>
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Our profitability and credit quality screens were generally, in terms of credit quality metrics to end-December 2021, more constructive than the prior quarter, whilst core profitability signals improved slightly
The threat of worsening credit quality in the coming quarters is still real, in our view, with the financial difficulties of Future Retail indicating potential corporate credit quality deterioration
We like quality play HDFC Bank, turn constructive on State Bank of India and we remain negative on Canara Bank and Bandhan Bank; neutral on Kotak Mahindra and ICICI Bank


Indian Banks; Further Question Marks on Credit Quality

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fsn-e-commerce-ventures-nykaa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33796:1" rel="noopener">FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (NYKAA IN)</a>, is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and fashion products, including its own branded products.</li>
<li>As of March 21, it had 43.7m cumulative downloads across all its mobile applications. Its offline channel comprises 73 physical stores across 38 cities in India.</li>
<li>Post its successful listing, the stock is now by far the most expensive e-commerce stock in India and probably globally.</li>
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FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa) (NYKAA IN), is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and fashion products, including its own branded products.
As of March 21, it had 43.7m cumulative downloads across all its mobile applications. Its offline channel comprises 73 physical stores across 38 cities in India.
Post its successful listing, the stock is now by far the most expensive e-commerce stock in India and probably globally.


2022 High Conviction - FSN (Nykaa) - Marketplace and Inventory Mix Make It a Very Expensive Stock

India

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is a full service commercial bank. The Bank offers a wide range of products and services such as personal, commercial, and corporate banking services, including deposit accounts, loans, and investments. Kotak Mahindra Bank serves customers in India.

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Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB IN)

ECM Weekly (27th Mar 2022) - JD, Tencent, Prosus, Ferretti, Recbio, Nomura, Navi, Samsung, Celltrion

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

Indian Financials: Momentum Returns to Key Overweight

Exposure in Indian Financials has reached peak levels among Asia Ex-Japan managers. A key overweight, 77% of Asia Ex-Japan managers are now...

Steven Holden

NIFTY Bank Index Rebalance: BOB to Replace RBL Bank

Bank of Baroda replaces RBL Bank in the NSEBANK at the close on 30 March. Passive trackers will need to buy over 2 days ADV on BOB while selling...

Brian Freitas

Indian Banks; Further Question Marks on Credit Quality

We still have NPL concerns on Indian banks; yet we like quality play HDFC Bank, turn positive on State Bank of India & we stay negative on Canara &...

Victor Galliano

2022 High Conviction - FSN (Nykaa) - Marketplace and Inventory Mix Make It a Very Expensive Stock

FSN E-Commerce Ventures (Nykaa), is a lifestyle focussed e-commerce platform and consumer brand offering a portfolio of beauty, personal care and...

Clarence Chu

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