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

<ul>
<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

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

<ul>
<li>The FnGuide Top 10 (TIGER ETF) currently has an AUM of ₩1.18T, and the next rebalancing will be on June 13, and the rebalancing trading on June 10.</li>
<li>If we perform the screening based on the current stock prices and the FnGuide-concluded index float rates, the possibility that Shinhan Financial will replace Celltrion is relatively high.</li>
<li>If Shinhan replaces Celltrion, the passive flow size seems more significant than the previous rebalancing. Shinhan will face a passive inflow of 1.17x ADTV, while Celltrion will face -0.61x ADTV.</li>
</ul>


The FnGuide Top 10 (TIGER ETF) currently has an AUM of ₩1.18T, and the next rebalancing will be on June 13, and the rebalancing trading on June 10.
If we perform the screening based on the current stock prices and the FnGuide-concluded index float rates, the possibility that Shinhan Financial will replace Celltrion is relatively high.
If Shinhan replaces Celltrion, the passive flow size seems more significant than the previous rebalancing. Shinhan will face a passive inflow of 1.17x ADTV, while Celltrion will face -0.61x ADTV.


FnGuide Top 10 (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview: Shinhan Financial IN & Celltrion OUT

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>
</ul>


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

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

<ul>
<li>After the market close today, SK Shieldus revised its IPO filing, especially for the valuation comps. However, it maintained the same IPO price range of 31,000 won to 38,800 won.</li>
<li>Bankers included two new comps (Taiwan Secom and Cyberone). Bankers excluded ADT Inc, Alarm.com, and Qualys as comps.</li>
<li>Our valuation of SK Shieldus suggests market cap of 4.1 trillion won or target price of 44,892 won (28.6% higher than the mid-point of the IPO price range). </li>
</ul>


After the market close today, SK Shieldus revised its IPO filing, especially for the valuation comps. However, it maintained the same IPO price range of 31,000 won to 38,800 won.
Bankers included two new comps (Taiwan Secom and Cyberone). Bankers excluded ADT Inc, Alarm.com, and Qualys as comps.
Our valuation of SK Shieldus suggests market cap of 4.1 trillion won or target price of 44,892 won (28.6% higher than the mid-point of the IPO price range). 


SK Shieldus IPO: Revises IPO Filing But Maintains Same Price Range

<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

South Korea

LG Energy Solution produces and sells batteries. The Company manufactures and sells automobile batteries, small batteries, energy storage system batteries, and other products. LG Energy Solution markets its products worldwide.

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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

FnGuide Top 10 (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview: Shinhan Financial IN & Celltrion OUT

This post previews the semi-annual rebalancing of the FnGuide Top 10 Theme Index (TIGER ETF), which will occur on June 10.

Sanghyun Park

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: Revises IPO Filing But Maintains Same Price Range

After the market close today, SK Shieldus revised its IPO filing, especially for the valuation comps. However, it maintained the same IPO price...

Douglas Kim

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

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