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

Five Star Business Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<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 (FIVESTAR IN)</a> raised around US$190m in its India IPO in Nov 2022.</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 will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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Five Star Business Finance (FIVESTAR IN) raised around US$190m in its India IPO in Nov 2022.
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 will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Five Star IPO Lock-Up - Over US$1.3bn Lockup Release with Less than US$1m ADV

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Emkay Global Financial Services Limited

Emkay

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Emkay Global Financial Services Limited

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL), in its board meeting held on 14-Dec-2022, approved the sale of its housing finance subsidiary – Poonawalla Housing Finance (PHFL) – to TPG (Perseus SG Pte., an entity affiliated with TPG Global, LLC).</li><li>The deal has been struck at Rs39bn, which values PHFL at a trailing Sep-22 P/BVPS of 3.4x.</li><li>This is broadly in line with our TP implied trailing Sep-22 valuation of 3.3x for the consolidated entity.</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>

Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL), in its board meeting held on 14-Dec-2022, approved the sale of its housing finance subsidiary – Poonawalla Housing Finance (PHFL) – to TPG (Perseus SG Pte., an entity affiliated with TPG Global, LLC).The deal has been struck at Rs39bn, which values PHFL at a trailing Sep-22 P/BVPS of 3.4x.This is broadly in line with our TP implied trailing Sep-22 valuation of 3.3x for the consolidated entity.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.

Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL) - Sale of Housing Finance Subsidiary to TPG

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<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$250m in its upcoming India IPO. </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 RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.</li>
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Five Star Business Finance (0958461D IN) is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. 
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 RHP updates and undertake a peer comparison.


Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>Nearing the end of the review period, we see 5 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 2 new listings added to LargeCap and 7 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap.</li>
<li>We see 7 stocks moving from SmallCap to MidCap, 3 new listings added to MidCap, and 12 stocks moving from MidCap to SmallCap.</li>
<li>Stock migrating upward have, on average, outperformed stocks that are downward migrations. Stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap have performed the best.</li>
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Nearing the end of the review period, we see 5 stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap, 2 new listings added to LargeCap and 7 stocks moving from LargeCap to MidCap.
We see 7 stocks moving from SmallCap to MidCap, 3 new listings added to MidCap, and 12 stocks moving from MidCap to SmallCap.
Stock migrating upward have, on average, outperformed stocks that are downward migrations. Stocks moving from MidCap to LargeCap have performed the best.


India: AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Nirmal Bang

Nirmal Bang

A Relationship Beyond Broking

Nirmal Bang, one of the leading stock broking companies in India, caters to retail and institutional clients by offering them a range of financial products and services, including equities, derivatives, commodities, currency derivatives, mutual funds, IPOs, insurance, depository services and PMS.

Nirmal Bang is drawn from a diversity of professional backgrounds, and blend of experience, skill and dedication is shared with its clients. Nirmal Bang emphasizes adequate, thorough research local and world-wide developments, balancing these with the astute discovery of intrinsic values, synergies and growth. The aim is simply to help the investors to maximize their returns.

<ul><li><span style="font-size: var(--content-font-size);">Organic disbursements at Rs22bn and inorganic disbursements stood at Rs11.4bn.</span></li></ul><div><div><div><ul><li>March’22 disbursement of pre-owned cars stood at Rs1.65bn (entered leadership position); LTP March’22 disbursements stood at Rs1bn (entered leadership position) and SME LAP March’22 disbursement stood at Rs1bn.</li></ul><div><div><div><ul><li>Added digital consumption loan product to the retail product portfolio through the partnership mode.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div></div><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>

Organic disbursements at Rs22bn and inorganic disbursements stood at Rs11.4bn.March’22 disbursement of pre-owned cars stood at Rs1.65bn (entered leadership position); LTP March’22 disbursements stood at Rs1bn (entered leadership position) and SME LAP March’22 disbursement stood at Rs1bn.Added digital consumption loan product to the retail product portfolio through the partnership mode.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.

Poonawalla Fincorp - Execution & Asset Quality Improve; Upgrade to Buy

India

Poonawalla Fincorp Limited operates as a non-banking finance company. The Company offers business, personal, pre-owned car, and home loan products and services, as well as loan against property and insurance solutions. Poonawalla Fincorp serves customers in India.

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Poonawalla Fincorp (POONAWAL IN)

Five Star IPO Lock-Up - Over US$1.3bn Lockup Release with Less than US$1m ADV

Five Star Business Finance (FIVESTAR IN) raised around US$190m in its India IPO in Nov 2022. Its US$1.3bn worth IPO lockup expiry is coming up soon.

Sumeet Singh

Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL) - Sale of Housing Finance Subsidiary to TPG

The deal has been struck at Rs39bn, which values PHFL at a trailing Sep-22 P/BVPS of 3.4x. This is broadly in line with our TP implied trailing Sep...

Emkay

Five-Star Business IPO - RHP Updates and Peer Comparion

Five Star Business Finance is looking to raise around US$250m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the RHP updates and undertake...

Sumeet Singh

India: AMFI Stock Reclassification Preview

With 9 trading days to go in the review period, we see 5 stocks moving from Mid to Large and 7 stocks moving the other way. 2 new listings will be...

Brian Freitas

Poonawalla Fincorp - Execution & Asset Quality Improve; Upgrade to Buy

Poonawalla Fincorp (PFL) reported PAT of Rs1.2bn, ahead of our estimate due to write- back of excess provisions, which were partially offset by...

Nirmal Bang

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