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.

Event-Driven

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<li>LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO. The stock was listed on 27th Jan 22. Its six-month lockup is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO. The stock was listed on 27th Jan 22. Its six-month lockup is set to expire soon.
LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and General Motors.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


LG Energy IPO Lock-Up - Largest Lockup Release of the Lot at US$3bn

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

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Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO.</li>
<li>WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO.
WCP designs, manufactures, and sells separators, which are one of the four core materials for secondary Lithium-ion batteries
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


WCP IPO - The Positives - Past Sales Have Been Very Strong

Telco/Internet specialist

Kirk Boodry

Redex Research

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Softbank sale of Fortress removes an asset that is surplus to requirements at a price that is not as bad as headlines suggest</li>
<li>A sale to Mubadala at ~$1bn seems low versus the $3.3bn it paid in 2017 but dividend payments and a strong yen mean a c. 70% loss is actually ~10%</li>
<li>The discount has modestly narrowed recently but VF valuations likely to remain volatile whilst worries on China tech regulation persist</li>
</ul>


Softbank sale of Fortress removes an asset that is surplus to requirements at a price that is not as bad as headlines suggest
A sale to Mubadala at ~$1bn seems low versus the $3.3bn it paid in 2017 but dividend payments and a strong yen mean a c. 70% loss is actually ~10%
The discount has modestly narrowed recently but VF valuations likely to remain volatile whilst worries on China tech regulation persist


Softbank Group - Fortress Sale Looks Better when Returns and Exchange Rate Considered

Topsports International Holdings / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>Topsports International Holdings (TIH) is now trading close to its all time lows, after the shares corrected by 50% over the past year.</li>
<li>The company is one of the largest retailers for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nike-inc-cl-b" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6658:1" rel="noopener">Nike (NKE US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adidas-ag" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21578:1" rel="noopener">Adidas AG (ADS GR)</a> in China.</li>
<li>Given then on/off lockdowns the near term outlook isn't great, but the stock appears cheap for those willing to take a longer view.</li>
</ul>


Topsports International Holdings (TIH) is now trading close to its all time lows, after the shares corrected by 50% over the past year.
The company is one of the largest retailers for Nike (NKE US) and Adidas AG (ADS GR) in China.
Given then on/off lockdowns the near term outlook isn't great, but the stock appears cheap for those willing to take a longer view.


Topsports International Holdings - Is Cheap Enough to Counter Some of the Risks

Japan

SoftBank Group Corp. provides telecommunication services. The Company also operates ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) and fiber optic high-speed Internet connection, e-Commerce businesses, and Internet based advertising and auction businesses.

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LG Energy IPO Lock-Up - Largest Lockup Release of the Lot at US$3bn

LG Energy Solution (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO. The stock was listed on 27th Jan 22. Its six-month lockup is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

Weekly Wrap - 15 Jul 2022

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Lucror Analytics

WCP IPO - The Positives - Past Sales Have Been Very Strong

WCP aims to raise around US$690m via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares in its Korean IPO. In this note, we talk about the positive...

Sumeet Singh

Softbank Group - Fortress Sale Looks Better when Returns and Exchange Rate Considered

Softbank's potential sale of Fortress makes sense as that asset was always surplus to requirements whilst the headline prices being discussed look...

Kirk Boodry

Topsports International Holdings - Is Cheap Enough to Counter Some of the Risks

Topsports International Holdings (TIH) is now trading close to its all time lows, after the shares corrected by 50% over the past year.

Sumeet Singh

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