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>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, a few large Hong Kong IPOs managed to launch their bookbuild over the past week.</li>
<li>There were no large placements launched this week, although <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atlas-arteria-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14430:1" rel="noopener">Atlas Arteria (ALX AU)</a> kept many occupied.</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, a few large Hong Kong IPOs managed to launch their bookbuild over the past week.
There were no large placements launched this week, although Atlas Arteria (ALX AU) kept many occupied.


ECM Weekly (25th Sep 2022) - Onewo, Leapmotor, CALB, Socionext, WCP, Sula, Jenscare, EbixCash, Atlas

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<li>EbixCash (EC) is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Motilal, Equirus, ISec, SBI Caps and Yes Securities.</li>
<li>EC is a provider of digital products and services in the B2C, B2B and financial technology arena. Its has four primary business segments: Payment solutions, travel, financial technologies and BPO.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal</li>
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EbixCash (EC) is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Motilal, Equirus, ISec, SBI Caps and Yes Securities.
EC is a provider of digital products and services in the B2C, B2B and financial technology arena. Its has four primary business segments: Payment solutions, travel, financial technologies and BPO.
In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal


EbixCash Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Growing Too Fast for Its Previous Auditors, and Short Sellers

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<li>EbixCash (EC) is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Motilal, Equirus, ISec, SBI Caps and Yes Securities.</li>
<li>EC is a provider of digital products and services in the B2C, B2B and financial technology arena. Its has four primary business segments: Payment solutions, travel, financial technologies and BPO.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


EbixCash (EC) is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. The deal will be run by Motilal, Equirus, ISec, SBI Caps and Yes Securities.
EC is a provider of digital products and services in the B2C, B2B and financial technology arena. Its has four primary business segments: Payment solutions, travel, financial technologies and BPO.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


EbixCash Pre-IPO - The Positives - The Few that There Are: Diversified Offering, Fast Revenue Growth

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amtd-digital" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36214:1" rel="noopener">AMTD Digital (HKD US)</a> shares are up 230x since its listing at US$7.80 per ADS on 15 July. Its market cap is a staggering US$334 billion.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amtd-idea-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28137:1" rel="noopener">AMTD Idea Group (AMTD US)</a> accounts for 99.4% of the voting power. In January 2022, it increased its AMTD Digital shareholding to 97.1% of outstanding shares at US$1.2 billion valuation.</li>
<li>AMTD Digital’s financials are uninspiring and cannot justify the share price ramp. No sane valuation methodology can support the share price.    </li>
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AMTD Digital (HKD US) shares are up 230x since its listing at US$7.80 per ADS on 15 July. Its market cap is a staggering US$334 billion.

AMTD Idea Group (AMTD US) accounts for 99.4% of the voting power. In January 2022, it increased its AMTD Digital shareholding to 97.1% of outstanding shares at US$1.2 billion valuation.
AMTD Digital’s financials are uninspiring and cannot justify the share price ramp. No sane valuation methodology can support the share price.    


Event-Driven

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<li>Zomato (Zomato IN) raised US$1.3bn in its India IPO in Jul 2021. At that time, it was the largest technology sector listing in India.</li>
<li>Zomato is one of two leading food delivery app operators in India. It recently acquired Blinkit marking its foray into the instant grocery segment.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
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Zomato (Zomato IN) raised US$1.3bn in its India IPO in Jul 2021. At that time, it was the largest technology sector listing in India.
Zomato is one of two leading food delivery app operators in India. It recently acquired Blinkit marking its foray into the instant grocery segment.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Zomato IPO Lock-Up - A US$3.4bn Lockup Release Test Case for India

India

PB Fintech Limited doing business as PolicyBazaar, develops and publishes an online financial services platform. The Company offers a consumer centric platform by partnering with financial services companies such as insurance companies to enhance their platform from a consumer e-commerce perspective.

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ECM Weekly (25th Sep 2022) - Onewo, Leapmotor, CALB, Socionext, WCP, Sula, Jenscare, EbixCash, Atlas

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

EbixCash Pre-IPO - The Negatives - Growing Too Fast for Its Previous Auditors, and Short Sellers

EbixCash is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the not-so-positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

EbixCash Pre-IPO - The Positives - The Few that There Are: Diversified Offering, Fast Revenue Growth

EbixCash is looking to raise around US$800m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.

Sumeet Singh

AMTD Digital: Irrational Frenzy 2.0

The shares are currently up 143% today. AMTD’s financials are uninspiring and cannot justify the share price ramp. No sane valuation assumption can...

Arun George

Zomato IPO Lock-Up - A US$3.4bn Lockup Release Test Case for India

Zomato raised US$1.3bn in its India IPO in Jul 2021. At that time, it was the largest technology sector listing in India. The lock-up on its pre...

Sumeet Singh

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