APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Ethan Aw

APAC 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

<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mineral-resources-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15103:1" rel="noopener">Mineral Resources (MIN AU)</a> is looking to raise up to A$229m (US$150m) via a secondary block trade in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/azure-minerals-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16538:1" rel="noopener">Azure Minerals (AZS AU)</a>, <strong>which will be a clean-up. </strong>
</li>
<li>The deal is a large one to digest, at approximately 51.6 days of three month ADV and 13.8% of current mcap. </li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
</ul>



Mineral Resources (MIN AU) is looking to raise up to A$229m (US$150m) via a secondary block trade in Azure Minerals (AZS AU), which will be a clean-up. 

The deal is a large one to digest, at approximately 51.6 days of three month ADV and 13.8% of current mcap. 
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Azure Minerals Block - Removal of Overhang but Still a Risky Bet

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>There is one change for the ASX20, two for the ASX100, four for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200 INDEX</a> and 12 adds/ 9 deletes for the ASX300 Index at the March rebalance.</li>
<li>There will be between 7-20 days of ADV to trade on the ASX100 and ASX200 adds while the impact on the deletions is between 1-11 days of ADV.</li>
<li>The adds have outperformed the deletes on all indices over the last few months. Short interest has jumped on a lot of the large deletes.</li>
</ul>


There is one change for the ASX20, two for the ASX100, four for the S&amp;P/ASX 200 INDEX and 12 adds/ 9 deletes for the ASX300 Index at the March rebalance.
There will be between 7-20 days of ADV to trade on the ASX100 and ASX200 adds while the impact on the deletions is between 1-11 days of ADV.
The adds have outperformed the deletes on all indices over the last few months. Short interest has jumped on a lot of the large deletes.


S&P/​​​ASX Index Rebalance (Mar 2023): Big Impact Changes as Adds Outperform Deletes

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

<ul>
<li>The index changes for the ASX Index family for the March 2023 Rebalance were announced after the close on Friday 3rd March 2023.</li>
<li>There will be one, two, and four changes for ASX 20, ASX 100, and ASX 200 indices, respectively. There will also be 12 ADDs and 9 DELs for ASX 300.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a closer look at our expectations for index flows, short interest, and recent price performance of the names involved in the rebalance event.</li>
</ul>


The index changes for the ASX Index family for the March 2023 Rebalance were announced after the close on Friday 3rd March 2023.
There will be one, two, and four changes for ASX 20, ASX 100, and ASX 200 indices, respectively. There will also be 12 ADDs and 9 DELs for ASX 300.
In this insight, we take a closer look at our expectations for index flows, short interest, and recent price performance of the names involved in the rebalance event.


Quiddity ASX Rebal Mar 23: Good Hit Rate, Some Short Buildup, Decent Impact

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for S&amp;P ASX 20, 50, 100, 200, 300 in the run up to the March 2023 Rebalance.</li>
<li>There could be one change for ASX 20 and one change for ASX 100 while ASX 200 could see four ADDs/DELs.</li>
<li>For ASX 300, there could be 15 ADDs and 12 DELs in the March 2023 Rebalance including some high impact names based on days-to-trade.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes for S&amp;P ASX 20, 50, 100, 200, 300 in the run up to the March 2023 Rebalance.
There could be one change for ASX 20 and one change for ASX 100 while ASX 200 could see four ADDs/DELs.
For ASX 300, there could be 15 ADDs and 12 DELs in the March 2023 Rebalance including some high impact names based on days-to-trade.


Quiddity Leaderboard-S&P/​​​​​​​​​​ASX Mar 23: Time to Be Bullish ASX 200 & 300 Potential ADDs

Australia

Renascor Resources Limited is an exploration company. The Company acquires, explores and develops properties for copper, gold and other base and precious metals, as well as uranium.

Price Gauge
52-week Range	0.00 - 0.00
Market Cap (USDm)	0.00
P/E	0.00
Dividend (Yield)	0.00

Renascor Resources (RNU AU)

Azure Minerals Block - Removal of Overhang but Still a Risky Bet

Mineral Resources (MIN AU) is looking to raise up to A$229m (US$150m) via a secondary block trade in Azure Minerals (AZS AU), which will be a clean...

Ethan Aw

S&P/ASX Index Rebalance (Mar 2023): Big Impact Changes as Adds Outperform Deletes

There are 19 adds and 16 deletes across the S&P/ASX family of indices. On the larger names, passives need to buy 7-20x ADV while selling between 1...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity ASX Rebal Mar 23: Good Hit Rate, Some Short Buildup, Decent Impact

The LONG ADDs - SHORT DELs trade seems interesting. According to my estimates, the average number of days-to-trade for the ADDs and DELs are +11.3...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard-S&P/ASX Mar 23: Time to Be Bullish ASX 200 & 300 Potential ADDs

The Potential ASX 200 & 300 ADDs basket has recently dipped against the ASX 200 index quite sharply and with roughly 6 weeks to Implementation, I...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)

Azure Minerals Block - Removal of Overhang but Still a Risky Bet

Mineral Resources (MIN AU) is looking to raise up to A$229m (US$150m) via a secondary block trade in Azure Minerals (AZS AU), which will be a clean...

Ethan Aw

S&P/​​​ASX Index Rebalance (Mar 2023): Big Impact Changes as Adds Outperform Deletes

There are 19 adds and 16 deletes across the S&P/ASX family of indices. On the larger names, passives need to buy 7-20x ADV while selling between 1...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity ASX Rebal Mar 23: Good Hit Rate, Some Short Buildup, Decent Impact

The LONG ADDs - SHORT DELs trade seems interesting. According to my estimates, the average number of days-to-trade for the ADDs and DELs are +11.3...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard-S&P/​​​​​​​​​​ASX Mar 23: Time to Be Bullish ASX 200 & 300 Potential ADDs

The Potential ASX 200 & 300 ADDs basket has recently dipped against the ASX 200 index quite sharply and with roughly 6 weeks to Implementation, I...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

S&P/ASX Index Rebalance (Mar 2023): Big Impact Changes as Adds Outperform Deletes

Quiddity Leaderboard-S&P/ASX Mar 23: Time to Be Bullish ASX 200 & 300 Potential ADDs