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

Nexus Select Trust / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexus-select-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36566:1" rel="noopener">Nexus Select Trust (NST IN)</a>  is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>NST is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers. It is backed by Blackstone.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Nexus Select Trust (NST IN)  is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. 
NST is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers. It is backed by Blackstone.
In this note, we will talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.


Nexus Select Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Some Assets Were Recently Acquired, Not All Doing Well

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexus-select-trust" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36566:1" rel="noopener">Nexus Select Trust (NST IN)</a>  is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>NST is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers. It is backed by Blackstone.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>



Nexus Select Trust (NST IN)  is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. 
NST is a REIT with a portfolio of 17 Grade A urban consumption centers. It is backed by Blackstone.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Nexus Select Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Forecasting Robust Growth

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income, Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Geoff Howie

SGX Market Strategist, Equity & Fixed Income

Asia’s leading multi-asset exchange

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Singapore Exchange is Asia’s leading and trusted market infrastructure, facilitating the exchange of capital and ideas to create value for people, businesses and economies. As a multi-asset exchange operating equity, fixed income and derivatives markets to the highest regulatory standards, SGX is a vertically integrated business that provides listing, trading, clearing, settlement, depository and data services.

With about 40% of listed companies and over 80% of listed bonds originating outside of Singapore as well as established linkages across the region and in Europe, SGX is Asia’s most international and connected exchange. Offering a full suite of derivatives products across Asian equity indices, commodities and currencies, SGX is the world’s most liquid international market for the benchmark equity indices of China, India, Japan and ASEAN.

As Asia’s pioneering central counterparty, SGX is globally recognised for its risk management and clearing capabilities, and was one of the first globally to adopt the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructure.

Headquartered in AAA-rated Singapore, SGX has over 800 employees including offices in Beijing, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, New York, Mumbai, San Francisco, Shanghai and Tokyo.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 17 Feb - 23 Feb, 2023 Keppel Corporation, Singtel, Jardine Matheson Holdings, Singapore Airlines and DBS led the net institutional outflow for the five sessions.</li><li>Between Feb 22 and 23, HPRY Holdings, in which Kuok has a deemed interest, acquired 535,000 shares at an average price of S$3.95 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 17 Feb - 23 Feb, 2023 Keppel Corporation, Singtel, Jardine Matheson Holdings, Singapore Airlines and DBS led the net institutional outflow for the five sessions.Between Feb 22 and 23, HPRY Holdings, in which Kuok has a deemed interest, acquired 535,000 shares at an average price of S$3.95 per share.

Wilmar chairman Kuok Khoon Hong adds to stake following FY22 results

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/link-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:872:1" rel="noopener">Link REIT (823 HK)</a> (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.</li>
<li>After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.</li>
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Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn.
After announcing a S$2.2bn acquisition in late Dec 2022, the company explicitly mentioned that it didn’t need to raise any new capital. Thus, the rights issue marks an abrupt turnaround.
In this note, we talk about the right issue, its previous acquisition and the overall implications.


Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In January, S-Reits posted 7.1 per cent in total returns (based on the iEdge S-Reit Index) and booked net institutional fund inflows of S$3.2 million, outpacing STI’s 3.5 per cent total returns.</li><li>Within the STI, all seven S-Reits in the index outperformed the STI’s 3.5 per cent total returns for January.</li><li>The top five performing S-Reits were Keppel DC Reit (+15.3 per cent), Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (+9.0 per cent), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (+8.6 per cent), Mapletree Logistics Trust (+7.7 per cent), and Mapletree Industrial Trust (+7.2 per cent).</li></ul>

In January, S-Reits posted 7.1 per cent in total returns (based on the iEdge S-Reit Index) and booked net institutional fund inflows of S$3.2 million, outpacing STI’s 3.5 per cent total returns.Within the STI, all seven S-Reits in the index outperformed the STI’s 3.5 per cent total returns for January.The top five performing S-Reits were Keppel DC Reit (+15.3 per cent), Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (+9.0 per cent), Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust (+8.6 per cent), Mapletree Logistics Trust (+7.7 per cent), and Mapletree Industrial Trust (+7.2 per cent).

REIT Watch - S-Reits report 7 per cent gains in January

Singapore

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust is a Singapore-focused real estate investment trust. The Trust invests on a long-term basis, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate used primarily for office and/or retail purposes, whether wholly or partially, as well as real estate-related assets.

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MCT SP)

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Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust (MCT SP)

Nexus Select Trust Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Some Assets Were Recently Acquired, Not All Doing Well

Nexus Select Trust (NST IN) is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects...

Sumeet Singh

Nexus Select Trust Pre-IPO - The Positives - Forecasting Robust Growth

Nexus Select Trust, backed by Blackstoner, is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Wilmar chairman Kuok Khoon Hong adds to stake following FY22 results

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 17 Feb - 23 Feb, 2023 Keppel Corporation, Singtel, Jardine Matheson Holdings, Singapore Airlines and...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Link REIT US$2.4bn Rights Issue - Mistimed but Yield at the Rights Price Might Be the Saving Grace

Link REIT (823 HK) (LREIT) aims to undertake a 1 for 5 rights issue at a subscription price of HK$44.20/unit, to raise around US$2.4bn. In this...

Sumeet Singh

REIT Watch - S-Reits report 7 per cent gains in January

In January, S-Reits posted 7.1 per cent in total returns (based on the iEdge S-Reit Index) and booked net institutional fund inflows of S$3.2...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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