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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kayou" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40875:1" rel="noopener">Kayou</a> is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming HK IPO.</li>
<li>Kayou is a Chinese pan-entertainment product retailer of toys, with trading cards in particular as its core product.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Kayou is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming HK IPO.
Kayou is a Chinese pan-entertainment product retailer of toys, with trading cards in particular as its core product.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Kayou Pre-IPO - The Positives - Strong FY22 Growth

Insight Provider, CrossASEAN Research

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

Insight Provider

CrossASEAN Research

At CrossASEAN Research we strive to produce unbiased and differentiated on the ground insights on companies across South East Asia. Our Research is produced for the most part after face to face meetings and conversations with company management to dig deep into the long term vision and strategy of the companies we cover. We seek to deliver investable and actionable themes on sectors and markets across SE Asia, often in collaboration with other Insight Providers across the region, pooling the vast experience of the analysts within the Smartkarma Ecosystem. We also offer bespoke work and tailor made trips for our clients. 

Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>1983 was the year both TMNT and Mario Bros were created by two different animation studios</li>
<li>Mario Bros latest movie has now grossed $1.3 billion in box office receipts YTD, entering the all-time top-3 of animated movies </li>
<li>TNMT will see its debut in US theatres on the 2nd of August 2023. Will the turtles get the same reception as Mario Bros?</li>
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1983 was the year both TMNT and Mario Bros were created by two different animation studios
Mario Bros latest movie has now grossed $1.3 billion in box office receipts YTD, entering the all-time top-3 of animated movies 
TNMT will see its debut in US theatres on the 2nd of August 2023. Will the turtles get the same reception as Mario Bros?


Playmates Toys: Mario Bros Movie Surpasses $1.3 Billion in Box Office; TMNT Next?

Smartkarma Research Team, Smartkarma

Smartkarma Research

Smartkarma Research Team

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

<p>In this next installment of our #webinar Wednesdays, we welcome Smartkarma Insight Provider, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/nicolas-van-broekhoven-24a66c2d-bca4-4f5b-adda-c4e2bcc509f4" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:1208" rel="noopener">Nicolas Van Broekhoven</a>, as he shares his thoughts and insights on three different small cap stock ideas. From Hong Kong to Canada, tune in as Nicolas delves deeper into stock ideas from across the globe.</p><h3>The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 17:00 SGT/HKT.</h3><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div class="content-highlight"><h2><a href="https://share.hsforms.com/1H9pFZOB-RF2J00kbvMmxcw2c5gj?zoom_webinar_id=86009313020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Register for the Webinar here</a></h2></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/profiles/nicolas-van-broekhoven-24a66c2d-bca4-4f5b-adda-c4e2bcc509f4" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="accounts:1208" rel="noopener">Nicolas Van Broekhoven</a> was on the buyside for 15 years, and most recently at a medium-sized boutique asset management firm. Having grown up in Europe, attending university in the US and living in Singapore for the last 7 years, this has given him a broad scope on the world and investing in general. He considers himself as a generalist investor with a preference for small and mid-cap companies and special situations. However, a large cap that has gone temporarily out of favor might also pique his interest. His style of investing could be categorized as more of value investor, rather than growth at any cost. Learning from Charlie Munger on the importance of quality of a company has been of tremendous value over the years. Nicolas likes businesses with real earnings, cash flows, dividends, book value and insider ownership.</p>

In this next installment of our #webinar Wednesdays, we welcome Smartkarma Insight Provider, Nicolas Van Broekhoven, as he shares his thoughts and insights on three different small cap stock ideas. From Hong Kong to Canada, tune in as Nicolas delves deeper into stock ideas from across the globe.The webinar will be hosted on Wednesday, 14 June 2023, 17:00 SGT/HKT.Register for the Webinar hereNicolas Van Broekhoven was on the buyside for 15 years, and most recently at a medium-sized boutique asset management firm. Having grown up in Europe, attending university in the US and living in Singapore for the last 7 years, this has given him a broad scope on the world and investing in general. He considers himself as a generalist investor with a preference for small and mid-cap companies and special situations. However, a large cap that has gone temporarily out of favor might also pique his interest. His style of investing could be categorized as more of value investor, rather than growth at any cost. Learning from Charlie Munger on the importance of quality of a company has been of tremendous value over the years. Nicolas likes businesses with real earnings, cash flows, dividends, book value and insider ownership.

Smartkarma Webinar | Three Small Cap Stock Ideas

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/playmates-toys-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2946:1" rel="noopener">Playmates Toys (869 HK)</a> just published its FY22 results showing a decrease in revenues of 19% but a consistent dividend of 2c HKD</li>
<li>More importantly, it shared more details about the TMNT upcoming movie launch</li>
<li>Reiterate thesis that upon TMNT relaunch Playmates toys could be a major beneficiary</li>
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Playmates Toys (869 HK) just published its FY22 results showing a decrease in revenues of 19% but a consistent dividend of 2c HKD
More importantly, it shared more details about the TMNT upcoming movie launch
Reiterate thesis that upon TMNT relaunch Playmates toys could be a major beneficiary


Playmates Toys: More Details of Upcoming TMNT Toys And... Another Dividend

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/playmates-toys-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2946:1" rel="noopener">Playmates Toys (869 HK)</a> has been listed since 2008 and makes TMNT toys. It has traded as high as 4 HKD/share on the back of successful TMNT movie launches</li>
<li>Paramount is set to launch a highly anticipated Seth Rogen-produced, TMNT movie in August 2023. In 2013/2014 the stock went up 8x on the last successful TMNT movie launch</li>
<li>Playmates Toys trades at negative enterprise value, hence giving a large margin of safety option to bet on the success of a TMNT revival</li>
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Playmates Toys (869 HK) has been listed since 2008 and makes TMNT toys. It has traded as high as 4 HKD/share on the back of successful TMNT movie launches
Paramount is set to launch a highly anticipated Seth Rogen-produced, TMNT movie in August 2023. In 2013/2014 the stock went up 8x on the last successful TMNT movie launch
Playmates Toys trades at negative enterprise value, hence giving a large margin of safety option to bet on the success of a TMNT revival


Playmates Toys: Betting on Paramount's New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (TMNT) Movie

Hong Kong

Playmates Toys Limited design, develops, markets, and distributes toys. The Company's products include action figures, vehicles, dolls, plush, role play toys and interactive electronic toys.

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Kayou Pre-IPO - The Positives - Strong FY22 Growth

Kayou is looking to raise up to US$500m in its upcoming HK IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

Playmates Toys: Mario Bros Movie Surpasses $1.3 Billion in Box Office; TMNT Next?

Mario Bros latest movie has entered top-3 animated box office hits of all time. Will TMNT join the hype? Yesterday the movie was shown and received...

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

Smartkarma Webinar | Three Small Cap Stock Ideas

In the next installment of our Webinar Wednesdays, we go live with Smartkarma Insight Provider, Nicolas Van Broekhoven, as he will shares with us...

Smartkarma Research

Playmates Toys: More Details of Upcoming TMNT Toys And... Another Dividend

Playmates and Paramount launched the first movie trailer of the new TMNT movie as well as the complete toy line up coming to consumers this summer.

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

Playmates Toys: Betting on Paramount's New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (TMNT) Movie

Playmates Toys is strongly linked to the Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles franchise owned by Viacom. A new Seth Rogen-produced movie is coming in...

Nicolas Van Broekhoven

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