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

LG Energy Solution / 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>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> saw strong retail demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.</li>
<li>Other IPO markets (ex-Korea) are starting to show signs of life. There were no major placements this week.</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.

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) saw strong retail demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.
Other IPO markets (ex-Korea) are starting to show signs of life. There were no major placements this week.


ECM Weekly (23rd Jan 2022) - Hyundai Engineering, KakaoBank, Wanda, AInnovation, Cloudr, LG Energy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nippon-paint-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7387:1" rel="noopener">Nippon Paint Holdings (4612 JP)</a> is down nearly 25% in a week after the large non-dilutive Offering which nevertheless increases Foreign Real World Float by 70+%.</li>
<li>The ratio of Forward PERe of Nippon Paint vs Peers is as low as it has been in many years, but EV/ForwardEBITDA remains high vs peers.</li>
<li>Investors who buy this deal or the Pricing Dip will be getting long next to ¥140-150bn of their closest friends who didn't own as much NPH one week ago.</li>
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Nippon Paint Holdings (4612 JP) is down nearly 25% in a week after the large non-dilutive Offering which nevertheless increases Foreign Real World Float by 70+%.
The ratio of Forward PERe of Nippon Paint vs Peers is as low as it has been in many years, but EV/ForwardEBITDA remains high vs peers.
Investors who buy this deal or the Pricing Dip will be getting long next to ¥140-150bn of their closest friends who didn't own as much NPH one week ago.


Nippon Paint (4612) Secondary Pricing Approaches - Cheaper But...

<ul>
<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>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> saw very strong demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.</li>
<li>While other IPO markets were in torpor, a number of placements continued to flow in.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) saw very strong demand for its mega US$10bn+ IPO.
While other IPO markets were in torpor, a number of placements continued to flow in.


ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mitsui-fudosan-logistics-park-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24027:1" rel="noopener">Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$170m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of three properties and pay down its borrowings.</li>
<li>The anticipated acquisitions, post-completion, will be accretive to both operating income and DPU, even after factoring in the dilution.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>



Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP) is looking to raise around US$170m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of three properties and pay down its borrowings.
The anticipated acquisitions, post-completion, will be accretive to both operating income and DPU, even after factoring in the dilution.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Placement - Unit Price Has Historically Outperformed Peers

Nippon Paint Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>A group of shareholders of Nippon Paint Holdings, plan to raise around US$1.4bn via selling nearly 6% of the stock.</li>
<li>We covered most aspects of the deal in our previous note, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/nippon-paint-holdings-placement-nothing-particularly-exciting-needs-to-correct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nippon Paint Holdings Placement - Nothing particularly exciting, needs to correct</a>.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the updates and share price movement since then.</li>
</ul>


A group of shareholders of Nippon Paint Holdings, plan to raise around US$1.4bn via selling nearly 6% of the stock.
We covered most aspects of the deal in our previous note, Nippon Paint Holdings Placement - Nothing particularly exciting, needs to correct.
In this note, we will talk about the updates and share price movement since then.


Nippon Paint Placement Quick Update - Better Positioned After Delivering the Largest Correction

Japan

NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO., LTD. produces paints for automobiles, ships, and other industrial paints.  The Company also manufactures fine chemicals such as finishing agents and adhesives.

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Nippon Paint Holdings (4612 JP)

ECM Weekly (23rd Jan 2022) - Hyundai Engineering, KakaoBank, Wanda, AInnovation, Cloudr, LG Energy

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

Nippon Paint (4612) Secondary Pricing Approaches - Cheaper But...

The Nippon Paint (4612) Secondary likely prices 17 January after the stock has fallen 24% in a week since the announcement. It's cheaper. It's not...

Travis Lundy

ECM Weekly (16th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, Hyundai Engineering, Nippon Paint, Sunac, JL Mag, JREITs

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

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Placement - Unit Price Has Historically Outperformed Peers

Mitsui Fudosan Logistics Park Inc (3471 JP) is looking to raise around US$170m in its Primary Offering, to fund its acquisition of three properties...

Clarence Chu

Nippon Paint Placement Quick Update - Better Positioned After Delivering the Largest Correction

A group of shareholders of Nippon Paint Holdings, plan to raise around US$1.4bn via selling nearly 6% of the stock. In this note we talk about the...

Sumeet Singh

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