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>Protean eGov Technologies (PET) is looking to raise up to US$600m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Protean eGov Technologies (PET) is a key IT-enabled solutions company in India engaged in conceptualizing, developing and executing nationally critical greenfield technology solutions. </li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company's past performance.</li>
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Protean eGov Technologies (PET) is looking to raise up to US$600m in its upcoming India IPO.
Protean eGov Technologies (PET) is a key IT-enabled solutions company in India engaged in conceptualizing, developing and executing nationally critical greenfield technology solutions. 
In this note, we look at the company's past performance.


Protean EGov Technologies Pre-IPO - A Key Service Provider but Earnings Have Lagged

Equity Long-Short Analyst

Pyari Menon

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We again write about one stock each from the large, mid and small cap portfolios, briefly giving the reasons behind their inclusion.</li>
<li>The three companies we write about this week are <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mastercard-inc-class-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15529:1" rel="noopener">Mastercard (MA US)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vertex-pharmaceuticals-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4864:1" rel="noopener">Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pearson-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:680:1" rel="noopener">Pearson Plc (PSON LN)</a> </li>
<li>For the four weeks ended 16 Dec the combined innovation portfolio was -1.1%, versus DJIA -2.4%, S&amp;P500 -2.8%, Nasdaq -4.0% &amp; MSCI-ACWI-ETF -2.3%, all in US$ terms.</li>
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We again write about one stock each from the large, mid and small cap portfolios, briefly giving the reasons behind their inclusion.
The three companies we write about this week are Mastercard (MA US) , Vertex Pharmaceuticals (VRTX US) and Pearson Plc (PSON LN) 
For the four weeks ended 16 Dec the combined innovation portfolio was -1.1%, versus DJIA -2.4%, S&amp;P500 -2.8%, Nasdaq -4.0% &amp; MSCI-ACWI-ETF -2.3%, all in US$ terms.


Alibaba Group Holding  / 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,  things are started to cool down in to the year end with some smaller issuers still trying their luck to get listed before the year end.</li>
<li>On placements front, most of the action was in India with Australia seeing a large offering after a while.</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,  things are started to cool down in to the year end with some smaller issuers still trying their luck to get listed before the year end.
On placements front, most of the action was in India with Australia seeing a large offering after a while.


ECM Weekly (18th Dec 2022) - China ADRs, Skymark, Daiei, Weilong, KFintech, Sula, Endeavour, Adani

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Government of India (GoI) aims to raise up to US$360m via selling its 5% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/indian-railway-catering-and-tourism-corporation-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33951:1" rel="noopener">Indian Railway Catering and Tourism (IRCTC IN)</a>.</li>
<li>This is not the first selldown by GoI and won’t be the last either. However, the stock now looks more expensive than ever.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Government of India (GoI) aims to raise up to US$360m via selling its 5% stake in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism (IRCTC IN).
This is not the first selldown by GoI and won’t be the last either. However, the stock now looks more expensive than ever.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


IRCTC OFS - Well Flagged Deal for an Overly Well Priced Stock

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/adani-enterprises-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:245:1" rel="noopener">Adani Enterprises (ADE IN)</a>  is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering. The company has obtained board approval and is now awaiting shareholder approval.</li>
<li>It is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s listed entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.</li>
<li>However, the stock is expensive and has had some issues in the past. In this note, we take an early look at the possible placement and its impact.</li>
</ul>



Adani Enterprises (ADE IN)  is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering. The company has obtained board approval and is now awaiting shareholder approval.
It is the flagship company of the Adani Group. The group’s listed entities' stock performance over the past few years has made the founder one of the richest persons globally.
However, the stock is expensive and has had some issues in the past. In this note, we take an early look at the possible placement and its impact.


Adani Enterprise US$2.4bn Raising Early Look - Lots to Think About: Controversies, Debt, Grand Plans

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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Protean EGov Technologies Pre-IPO - A Key Service Provider but Earnings Have Lagged

Protean eGov Technologies (PET) is looking to raise up to US$600m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note we talk about the company's past...

Sumeet Singh

The Innovations Portfolios - Week Four

For four weeks ended 16 Dec the combined innovation portfolio was -1.1%, versus DJIA -2.4%, S&P500 -2.8%, Nasdaq -4.0% & MSCI-ACWI-ETF -2.3%, all...

Pyari Menon

ECM Weekly (18th Dec 2022) - China ADRs, Skymark, Daiei, Weilong, KFintech, Sula, Endeavour, Adani

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

IRCTC OFS - Well Flagged Deal for an Overly Well Priced Stock

Government of India (GoI) aims to raise up to US$360m via selling its 5% stake in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism (IRCTC IN). In this note we...

Sumeet Singh

Adani Enterprise US$2.4bn Raising Early Look - Lots to Think About: Controversies, Debt, Grand Plans

Adani Enterprises (ADE IN) is looking to raise INR200bn (US$2.4bn) via a further public offering. The company has obtained board approval and is...

Sumeet Singh

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