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>Shift Up plans to raise up to US$320m in its upcoming South Korean IPO.</li>
<li>Shift Up is a South Korean games developer, which as released three games so far for the global markets.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Shift Up plans to raise up to US$320m in its upcoming South Korean IPO.
Shift Up is a South Korean games developer, which as released three games so far for the global markets.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Shift Up IPO - The Positives - All Games Have Done Well

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Equity Capital Markets

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<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 IPO front, Indian IPOs continued to do well, we also looked at two upcoming deals in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>On the placement front, last week ended up being one of the busiest ones so far this year with five deals live just on Thursday night alone. </li>
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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 IPO front, Indian IPOs continued to do well, we also looked at two upcoming deals in Hong Kong.
On the placement front, last week ended up being one of the busiest ones so far this year with five deals live just on Thursday night alone. 


ECM Weekly (20th May 2024) -Lalatech, Go Digit, Aadhar, TBO Tek, Ecopro, Nexus, Modec, Hyundai Heavy

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<li>SK Square is looking to raise around US$198m via selling 2.1% of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/krafton-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28956:1" rel="noopener">Krafton (259960 KS).</a>
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<li>The stock has been doing well over the past few months and its earnings and price momentum remain strong.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
</ul>


SK Square is looking to raise around US$198m via selling 2.1% of Krafton (259960 KS).

The stock has been doing well over the past few months and its earnings and price momentum remain strong.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Krafton Placement - Stock Has Been Doing Well, Momentum Remains Strong

Samsung Electronics / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>KEB Hana Bank, on behalf of Lee Boo-Jin, is looking to raise up to US$325m via selling 0.1% of  Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).</li>
<li>The deal appears to be somewhat well flagged and the company recently reported better operating numbers for 1Q24.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.</li>
</ul>


KEB Hana Bank, on behalf of Lee Boo-Jin, is looking to raise up to US$325m via selling 0.1% of  Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).
The deal appears to be somewhat well flagged and the company recently reported better operating numbers for 1Q24.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the recent updates.


Samsung Electronics Placement - Better Timing This Time Around

Event-Driven

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<li>WCP raised around US$314m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. The lockup on some of its parent’s stake will expire soon.</li>
<li>WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


WCP raised around US$314m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. The lockup on some of its parent’s stake will expire soon.
WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


W-Scope IPO Lock-Up - Part of the Parent’s Stake Will Be Freed, but It's Been Adding Instead

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Shift Up IPO - The Positives - All Games Have Done Well

Shift Up plans to raise up to US$320m in its upcoming South Korean IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

ECM Weekly (20th May 2024) -Lalatech, Go Digit, Aadhar, TBO Tek, Ecopro, Nexus, Modec, Hyundai Heavy

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

Krafton Placement - Stock Has Been Doing Well, Momentum Remains Strong

SK Square is looking to raise around US$198m via selling 2.1% of Krafton (259960 KS). In this note, we talk about the deal dyanmics and run it...

Sumeet Singh

Samsung Electronics Placement - Better Timing This Time Around

KEB Hana Bank, on behalf of Lee Boo-Jin, is looking to raise up to US$325m via selling 0.1% of Samsung Electronics (005930 KS).

Sumeet Singh

W-Scope IPO Lock-Up - Part of the Parent’s Stake Will Be Freed, but It's Been Adding Instead

WCP raised around US$314m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. The lockup on some of its parent’s stake will expire...

Sumeet Singh

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