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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunshine-insurance-group-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36464:1" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance (6963 HK)</a> priced its IPO at HK$5.83 per share to raise net proceeds of HK$6.4 billion (US$824 million). The shares will start trading tomorrow.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85205" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85253" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-valuation-insights" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85356" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: Valuation Insights</a>. </li>
<li>Peers have modestly re-rated and the IPO price continues to imply a premium to the median peer CY2022 P/EV and P/B multiples. Therefore, the IPO price remains unattractive.</li>
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Sunshine Insurance (6963 HK) priced its IPO at HK$5.83 per share to raise net proceeds of HK$6.4 billion (US$824 million). The shares will start trading tomorrow.
We previously discussed the IPO in Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case, Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case and Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: Valuation Insights. 
Peers have modestly re-rated and the IPO price continues to imply a premium to the median peer CY2022 P/EV and P/B multiples. Therefore, the IPO price remains unattractive.


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: Trading Debut

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Sumeet Singh

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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.

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<li>Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&amp;C insurance company, raised around US$850m in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>SIG is an integrated insurance provider which offers both life and health (L&amp;H) and property and casualty (P&amp;C) insurance in China.</li>
<li>We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&amp;C insurance company, raised around US$850m in its HK IPO.
SIG is an integrated insurance provider which offers both life and health (L&amp;H) and property and casualty (P&amp;C) insurance in China.
We have looked at various aspects of the deal in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO Trading - No Demand - Still Needs to Correct by 50%

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunshine-insurance-group-company-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36464:1" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance (6963 HK)</a> has launched its HKEx listing at HK$5.83-6.45 per share to raise up to US$951 million. Books are open from 30 November to 5 December.</li>
<li>We previously discussed the IPO in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85205" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-the-bear-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85253" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case</a>. </li>
<li>At the IPO price range, Sunshine trades at a significant premium to median peer multiples. Therefore, we would avoid the IPO. </li>
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Sunshine Insurance (6963 HK) has launched its HKEx listing at HK$5.83-6.45 per share to raise up to US$951 million. Books are open from 30 November to 5 December.
We previously discussed the IPO in Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case and Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case. 
At the IPO price range, Sunshine trades at a significant premium to median peer multiples. Therefore, we would avoid the IPO. 


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: Valuation Insights

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<li>Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&amp;C insurance company, aims to raise around US$950m in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>SIG is an integrated insurance provider which offers both life and health (L&amp;H) and property and casualty (P&amp;C) insurance in China.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>


Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&amp;C insurance company, aims to raise around US$950m in its HK IPO.
SIG is an integrated insurance provider which offers both life and health (L&amp;H) and property and casualty (P&amp;C) insurance in China.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about valuations.


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO - Needs to Correct by Only 50%

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunshine-insurance-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36464:1" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance (SUN HK)</a>, a Chinese life and P&amp;C insurance company, is pre-marketing a US$1.0 billion HKEx IPO, according to press reports.</li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/sunshine-insurance-group-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:85205" rel="noopener">Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case</a>, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.  </li>
<li>The key elements of the bear case rest on Sunshine Life’s VNB margin decline and agent channel pressure; Sunshine P&amp;C’s regulatory pressure on premiums and the group's declining investment yield.</li>
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Sunshine Insurance (SUN HK), a Chinese life and P&amp;C insurance company, is pre-marketing a US$1.0 billion HKEx IPO, according to press reports.
In Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.  
The key elements of the bear case rest on Sunshine Life’s VNB margin decline and agent channel pressure; Sunshine P&amp;C’s regulatory pressure on premiums and the group's declining investment yield.


Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case

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New China Life Insurance Company Limited provides life insurance in local and foreign currencies, acts as an insurance agent, provides checks, claims and insurance consulting. The Company's main products include life insurance, accident insurance, health insurance products and services.

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Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: Trading Debut

Peers have modestly re-rated and the IPO price continues to imply a premium to the median peer CY2022 P/EV and P/B multiples. Therefore, the IPO...

Arun George

Sunshine Insurance Group IPO Trading - No Demand - Still Needs to Correct by 50%

Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&C insurance company, raised around US$850m in its HK IPO. In this note, we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: Valuation Insights

At the IPO price range, Sunshine trades at a significant premium to median peer multiples. Therefore, we would avoid the IPO.

Arun George

Sunshine Insurance Group IPO - Needs to Correct by Only 50%

Sunshine Insurance Group (SIG), a life, health and P&C insurance company, aims to raise around US$950m in its HK IPO. In this note, we talk about...

Sumeet Singh

Sunshine Insurance Group IPO: The Bear Case

The key elements of the bear case rest on Sunshine Life’s VNB margin decline and agent channel pressure; Sunshine P&C’s regulatory pressure on...

Arun George

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