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>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:787:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US)</a>'s restructuring news caused some exiciting in the IPO market this week, with Hong Kong filings picking up as well. </li>
<li>On the placements front, all eyes remain on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> and whether <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/prosus-nv" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28104:1" rel="noopener">Prosus (PRX NA)</a> will do a placement.</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.

Alibaba (ADR) (BABA US)'s restructuring news caused some exiciting in the IPO market this week, with Hong Kong filings picking up as well. 
On the placements front, all eyes remain on Meituan (3690 HK) and whether Prosus (PRX NA) will do a placement.


ECM Weekly (2nd Apr 2023) - Meituan, Rakuten Bank, SBI, Merdeka, ZJLD, Trial Hol, DPC, WCP, MLT

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), HDFC Securities

HDFC Securities

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

HDFC securities is the best online trading platform for stocks, IPOs, mutual fund in India. 

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>We hosted over 15 companies at the HDFC Securities’ 7th annual IT conference</li><li>Key takeaways include the following: (1) mixed near-term outlook on increased macro risk, but medium-term drivers for the technology upgrade cycle are intact (2) improved outlook on Europe geography (relative to earlier pessimism) (3) higher cost optimisation deals in the pipeline that has implications on deal bookings, margins but is expected to be net positive and (4) upward bias to margins due to favourable outlook and trend on the cost of delivery and optimisation levers.</li><li>BFSI vertical and Hi-Tech vertical can be soft in the near term on delayed decision-making and rationalisation of discretionary tech spend.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We hosted over 15 companies at the HDFC Securities’ 7th annual IT conferenceKey takeaways include the following: (1) mixed near-term outlook on increased macro risk, but medium-term drivers for the technology upgrade cycle are intact (2) improved outlook on Europe geography (relative to earlier pessimism) (3) higher cost optimisation deals in the pipeline that has implications on deal bookings, margins but is expected to be net positive and (4) upward bias to margins due to favourable outlook and trend on the cost of delivery and optimisation levers.BFSI vertical and Hi-Tech vertical can be soft in the near term on delayed decision-making and rationalisation of discretionary tech spend.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

IT Sector: Looking beyond near-term macro stress

<ul><li>We hosted over 15 companies at the HDFC Securities’ 7th annual IT conference.</li><li>Key takeaways include the following: (1) mixed near-term outlook on increased macro risk, but medium-term drivers for the technology upgrade cycle are intact; (2) improved outlook on Europe geography (relative to earlier pessimism); (3) higher cost optimisation deals in the pipeline that has implications on deal bookings, margins but is expected to be net positive; and (4) upward bias to margins due to favourable outlook and trend on the cost of delivery and optimisation levers.</li><li>We prefer Infosys, LTI Mindtree and Persistent Systems from our coverage universe.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We hosted over 15 companies at the HDFC Securities’ 7th annual IT conference.Key takeaways include the following: (1) mixed near-term outlook on increased macro risk, but medium-term drivers for the technology upgrade cycle are intact; (2) improved outlook on Europe geography (relative to earlier pessimism); (3) higher cost optimisation deals in the pipeline that has implications on deal bookings, margins but is expected to be net positive; and (4) upward bias to margins due to favourable outlook and trend on the cost of delivery and optimisation levers.We prefer Infosys, LTI Mindtree and Persistent Systems from our coverage universe.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

IT Sector - Looking Beyond Near-Term Macro Stress

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

Axis Direct is the flagship brand under Axis Securities Limited, a subsidiary of Axis Bank in India. 

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Accenture reported robust Q2FY23 numbers which stood above street expectations.</li><li>Revenue for the quarter stood at $15.8 Bn, posting an encouraging growth of 5% YoY in USD and 15% in local currency despite rising pressures of slowdown and increasing interest rates.</li><li>Beating the street expectation of revenue growth, the company’s operating margins also improved by 10bps to 13.8%.</li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Accenture reported robust Q2FY23 numbers which stood above street expectations.Revenue for the quarter stood at $15.8 Bn, posting an encouraging growth of 5% YoY in USD and 15% in local currency despite rising pressures of slowdown and increasing interest rates.Beating the street expectation of revenue growth, the company’s operating margins also improved by 10bps to 13.8%.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Accenture - Results Beat Expectations Albeit with Lower Guidance

Research from Water Tower Research, Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research

Research from Water Tower Research

Water Tower Research is a leading equity research firm that provides research on micro, small and mid cap companies.

Water Tower Research was founded by Wall Street veterans after witnessing a fundamental shift in the investment research industry with the result being a declining knowledge base among investors, a lack of awareness and a shrinking pool of fundamental research being conducted on companies across the small-cap and micro-cap spectrum. The same issues are now increasingly occurring in the mid-cap space. This sea change within the investment community is impacting not only the companies themselves but also current shareholders and potential investors. With significantly less active sell-side sponsorship by Wall Street, a substantial information gap has developed between companies and various constituents in the financial community. The net result is fewer channels for insight and information to flow between companies and investors.

Equity Research Firm

<ul><li>The digital transformation services market is big, at more than $2 trillion this year, and growing at a 23% CAGR. </li><li>According to Gartner, 91% of organizations have a digital initiative currently ongoing and 67% of senior executives believe their organizations must become significantly more digitized.</li><li>The reason digital transformation is growing is the benefits of a true digital transformation are significant, including improved operations, time-to-market, and customer experience, and COVID-19 just accelerated the trend. </li></ul>

The digital transformation services market is big, at more than $2 trillion this year, and growing at a 23% CAGR. According to Gartner, 91% of organizations have a digital initiative currently ongoing and 67% of senior executives believe their organizations must become significantly more digitized.The reason digital transformation is growing is the benefits of a true digital transformation are significant, including improved operations, time-to-market, and customer experience, and COVID-19 just accelerated the trend. 

India

Tata Consultancy Services, a division of Tata Sons Limited, is a global IT services organization that provides a comprehensive range of IT services to its clients in diverse industries. The Company, caters to finance and banking, insurance, telecommunication, transportation, retail, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, and utility industries.

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ECM Weekly (2nd Apr 2023) - Meituan, Rakuten Bank, SBI, Merdeka, ZJLD, Trial Hol, DPC, WCP, MLT

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

IT Sector: Looking beyond near-term macro stress

BFSI vertical and Hi-Tech vertical can be soft in the near term on delayed decision-making and rationalisation of discretionary tech spend.

HDFC Securities

IT Sector - Looking Beyond Near-Term Macro Stress

BFSI vertical and Hi-Tech vertical can be soft in the near term on delayed decision-making and rationalisation of discretionary tech spend.

HDFC Securities

Accenture - Results Beat Expectations Albeit with Lower Guidance

Revenue for the quarter stood at $15.8 Bn, posting an encouraging growth of 5% YoY in USD and 15% in local currency despite rising pressures of...

Axis Direct

Tech Talk: Digital Transformation

According to Gartner, 91% of organizations have a digital initiative currently ongoing and 67% of senior executives believe their organizations...

Water Tower Research

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