APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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

Fusion Micro Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fusion-micro-finance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36450:1" rel="noopener">Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN)</a> is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Fusion Micro Finance (FMF) is a non-banking financial company - microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides financial services to unserved and underserved women in rural and peri-rural areas across India.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal. </li>
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Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Fusion Micro Finance (FMF) is a non-banking financial company - microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides financial services to unserved and underserved women in rural and peri-rural areas across India.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal. 


Fusion Micro Finance Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Much Less Inspiring as a Business

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fusion-micro-finance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36450:1" rel="noopener">Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) </a>is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>Fusion Micro Finance (FMF) is a non-banking financial company - microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides financial services to unserved and underserved women in rural and peri-rural areas across India.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal. </li>
</ul>



Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
Fusion Micro Finance (FMF) is a non-banking financial company - microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides financial services to unserved and underserved women in rural and peri-rural areas across India.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal. 


Fusion Micro Finance Pre-IPO - The Positives - Inspiring as a Social Cause

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Five Star Business Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)</a>  is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.</li>
<li>Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)  is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.
Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
In this note, we talk about the not so positive aspects of the deal.


Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Negatives - NPLs Low but Delayed Payments Aren't

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/five-star-business-finance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35238:1" rel="noopener">Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.</li>
<li>Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by ICICI Securities, Edelweiss, Kotak, and Nomura.
Five-Star Business is a non-banking financial company (NBFC-ND-SI) that provides secured business loans to micro-entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Juicy Margins and Strong Backers

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY and 48.6/9.8% MoM.</li><li>Strong NBP growth on an MoM basis was largely on account of LIC’s performance.</li><li>In Sep’22, the private players’ performance was quite lacklusture, reporting a de-growth of 13.9%/5.1% YoY in NBP/APE. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY and 48.6/9.8% MoM.Strong NBP growth on an MoM basis was largely on account of LIC’s performance.In Sep’22, the private players’ performance was quite lacklusture, reporting a de-growth of 13.9%/5.1% YoY in NBP/APE. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Life Insurance Companies Performance – Sep’22 and H1FY23

India

Life Insurance Corporation of India operates as an insurance company. The Company provides life, pension, health, and micro insurance products and services. Life Insurance serves customers in India.

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Life Insurance of India (LICI IN)

Fusion Micro Finance Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Much Less Inspiring as a Business

Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Ethan Aw

Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Negatives - NPLs Low but Delayed Payments Aren't

Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so...

Sumeet Singh

Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Juicy Margins and Strong Backers

Five-Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The company has been growing fast and has maintained...

Sumeet Singh

Life Insurance Companies Performance – Sep’22 and H1FY23

Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY...

Axis Direct

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52-week Range

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Fusion Micro Finance Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Much Less Inspiring as a Business

Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive...

Ethan Aw

Fusion Micro Finance Pre-IPO - The Positives - Inspiring as a Social Cause

Fusion Micro Finance Ltd (1053199D IN) is looking to raise about US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive...

Ethan Aw

Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Negatives - NPLs Low but Delayed Payments Aren't

Five-Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so...

Sumeet Singh

Five-Star Business Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth, Juicy Margins and Strong Backers

Five-Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$300m in its upcoming India IPO. The company has been growing fast and has maintained...

Sumeet Singh

Life Insurance Companies Performance – Sep’22 and H1FY23

Steady Industry Performance: In Sep’22, the life insurance industry witnessed a steady performance in NBP/APE growth, which stood at 17.3/11.5% YoY...

Axis Direct