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

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<li>Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd (VTAC) aims to raise around US$126m via Singapore’s first SPAC listing.</li>
<li>VTAC is sponsored by Vertex Venture Holdings (VVH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek. </li>
<li>In this tear sheet, we will talk about the deal background and structure.</li>
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Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd (VTAC) aims to raise around US$126m via Singapore’s first SPAC listing.
VTAC is sponsored by Vertex Venture Holdings (VVH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek. 
In this tear sheet, we will talk about the deal background and structure.


Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd Tear Sheet - Singapore’s First SPAC Listing

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>Accrelist chairman Terence Tea increases stake in firm CapitaLand Investment led the consideration tally, buying back 1,072,100 shares at an average price of S$3.00 per share on Jan 10.</li><li>Between Jan 4 and 9, Accrelist executive chairman and managing director Terence Tea acquired 2,365,900 shares at S$0.039 per share.</li></ul>

Accrelist chairman Terence Tea increases stake in firm CapitaLand Investment led the consideration tally, buying back 1,072,100 shares at an average price of S$3.00 per share on Jan 10.Between Jan 4 and 9, Accrelist executive chairman and managing director Terence Tea acquired 2,365,900 shares at S$0.039 per share.

Accrelist chairman Terence Tea increases stake in firm

Event-Driven

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<li>Temasek raised around US$300m via its secondary selldown in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/singapore-airlines-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:74:1" rel="noopener">Singapore Airlines (SIA SP)</a> in Jun 2023. The lockup from that placement will expire soon.</li>
<li>Temasek still owns over 50% of SIA and hence, any selldown might not come before SIA reports its 1H23/24 results in mid-Nov 2023.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the placement lockup dynamics.</li>
</ul>


Temasek raised around US$300m via its secondary selldown in Singapore Airlines (SIA SP) in Jun 2023. The lockup from that placement will expire soon.
Temasek still owns over 50% of SIA and hence, any selldown might not come before SIA reports its 1H23/24 results in mid-Nov 2023.
In this note, we talk about the placement lockup dynamics.


SIA Placement Lockup - Time for Another Trim of Its US$7bn Stake

<ul><li>Share buybacks by primary listed companies 24 - 30 March, 2023 DBS, OCBC, Suntec Reit, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust led the net institutional outflow for the five sessions.</li><li>On Mar 27, Acesian Partners executive director & group chief operating officer Wong Kok Chye disposed of 3,040,500 shares at S$0.065 per share.</li></ul>

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 24 - 30 March, 2023 DBS, OCBC, Suntec Reit, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) and CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust led the net institutional outflow for the five sessions.On Mar 27, Acesian Partners executive director & group chief operating officer Wong Kok Chye disposed of 3,040,500 shares at S$0.065 per share.

<ul><li>Venture, UMS & Frencken have ranked as Singapore’s most traded Technology stocks over the past four weeks, with the trio averaging 14% gains, while booking S$48 million of net fund inflows.</li><li>This follows average declines of 24% in total return in 2022 on S$139 million of net fund outflows.</li><li>These 14 stocks have averaged 10% gains over the past four weeks, while booking S$42 million of net fund inflows, outpacing the STI, and contrary to the broader Singapore stock market which has booked net fund outflows.</li></ul>

Venture, UMS & Frencken have ranked as Singapore’s most traded Technology stocks over the past four weeks, with the trio averaging 14% gains, while booking S$48 million of net fund inflows.This follows average declines of 24% in total return in 2022 on S$139 million of net fund outflows.These 14 stocks have averaged 10% gains over the past four weeks, while booking S$42 million of net fund inflows, outpacing the STI, and contrary to the broader Singapore stock market which has booked net fund outflows.

Technology Sector Led Global Stocks in January

Singapore

Nanofilm Technologies International Pte Ltd manufactures industrial machinery. The Company specializes in batch and load-lock systems, as well as materials with special surface properties and nano-engineering capabilities. Nanofilm Technologies International serves customers worldwide.

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Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd Tear Sheet - Singapore’s First SPAC Listing

Vertex Technology Acquisition Corporation Ltd (VTAC) aims to raise around US$126m via Singapore’s first SPAC listing. VTAC is backed by Vertex,...

Sumeet Singh

Accrelist chairman Terence Tea increases stake in firm

Accrelist chairman Terence Tea increases stake in firm CapitaLand Investment led the consideration tally, buying back 1,072,100 shares at an...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

SIA Placement Lockup - Time for Another Trim of Its US$7bn Stake

Temasek raised around US$300m via its secondary selldown in Singapore Airlines (SIA SP) in Jun 2023. The lockup from that placement will expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Wee Cho Yaw adds to his stake in UOL

Share buybacks by primary listed companies 24 - 30 March, 2023 DBS, OCBC, Suntec Reit, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) and CapitaLand...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

Technology Sector Led Global Stocks in January

Venture, UMS & Frencken have ranked as Singapore’s most traded Technology stocks over the past four weeks, with the trio averaging 14% gains,...

Singapore Exchange Ltd (SGX)

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