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>Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO. </li>
<li>This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.</li>
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Government of India (GoI) is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India IPO. 
This is less than half of its initial plans in terms of fundraising target and comes at less than half of its initial valuation target.
In this note, we will talk about the likely final deal terms and the likelihood of fast entry in the various indices.


Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

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<li>Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month lock-up will expire soon.</li>
<li>The stock more than doubled on listing, providing one of the best first day returns in 2021. However, its performance since then hasn’t been all that great.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.</li>
</ul>


Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month lock-up will expire soon.
The stock more than doubled on listing, providing one of the best first day returns in 2021. However, its performance since then hasn’t been all that great.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and updates since our last note.


Kakao Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 14th.  The release of report is delayed due to Hong Kong trading holiday.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short increases in Galaxy Entertainment, JD as well as short covers in Alibaba, Baidu.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 14th.  The release of report is delayed due to Hong Kong trading holiday.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short increases in Galaxy Entertainment, JD as well as short covers in Alibaba, Baidu.


HK Short Interest: Galaxy Entertainment, JD.com, Alibaba, Baidu

Equity Analyst, LightStream Research

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Equity Analyst

Long-Short Analysis on Japan, Asia and the World

LightStream Research

LightStream conducts quantitatively rigorous and data-driven analysis with a focus on Japan and Asia.

We consistently cover the Tech, Consumer and Industrial sectors, and provide ECM and Events coverage more broadly.

We supplement traditional qualitative insights from company relationships with a robust quantitative foundation that examines as much historical data as is available.
We further refine the accuracy of our insights and calls through the use of alternative data to flesh out current trends, and through a valuation framework that emphasises non-superficial peer group selection and a proper attempt to understand the metrics and changes that have driven security valuations in the past.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a> will announce its first quarter 2022 results on 18th May 2022.</li>
<li>Since 3Q2021, Tencent’s earnings have started to decelerate, and the previous quarter marked the slowest ever revenue growth for the company since 2004.</li>
<li>We expect Tencent’s earnings weakness to continue well into 1H2022E due to slowdown in online games and online advertising businesses.  </li>
</ul>



Tencent (700 HK) will announce its first quarter 2022 results on 18th May 2022.
Since 3Q2021, Tencent’s earnings have started to decelerate, and the previous quarter marked the slowest ever revenue growth for the company since 2004.
We expect Tencent’s earnings weakness to continue well into 1H2022E due to slowdown in online games and online advertising businesses.  


Tencent 1Q2022 Earnings Preview: Earnings Weakness to Continue

Japan/Asia Long-Short, LightStream Research

Mio Kato

Japan/Asia Long-Short

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<li>Valorant’s Masters 1 Tournament concluded today in Iceland with North America’s Optic Gaming defeating Brazil’s Loud, leaving Japan’s Zeta Division in third place. </li>
<li>These are three key regions for viewership and Japan’s surprising performance bodes well for the esports scene in the country. </li>
<li>Gameplay for Valorant Mobile has also leaked and early indications are that Krafton could be cannibalised here.</li>
</ul>


Valorant’s Masters 1 Tournament concluded today in Iceland with North America’s Optic Gaming defeating Brazil’s Loud, leaving Japan’s Zeta Division in third place. 
These are three key regions for viewership and Japan’s surprising performance bodes well for the esports scene in the country. 
Gameplay for Valorant Mobile has also leaked and early indications are that Krafton could be cannibalised here.


Valorant Is Good For Japanese Esports and Bad for Krafton

China

Tencent Holdings Limited operates as an investment holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides Internet and mobile value-added services (VAS), online advertising, and e-commerce transactions. Tencent Holdings offers services to users worldwide.

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Life Insurance Corporation of India Pre-IPO - India’s Largest IPO Will Not Get Any Passive Support

Government of India is looking to raise around US$2.7bn via selling a 3.5% stake in Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) in its upcoming India...

Sumeet Singh

Kakao Pay IPO Lock-Up - IPO Was Great, Performance Since Then Has Been Tepid

Kakao Pay (KP), one of South Korea’s largest payment and financial services apps, raised US$1.3bn in its South Korean IPO in Nov 21. Its 6 month...

Sumeet Singh

HK Short Interest: Galaxy Entertainment, JD.com, Alibaba, Baidu

We highlight week on week short increases in Galaxy Entertainment, JD as well as short covers in Alibaba, Baidu based on the latest HK SFC short...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Tencent 1Q2022 Earnings Preview: Earnings Weakness to Continue

Tencent will announce its first quarter 2022 results on 18th May 2022. We expect Tencent’s earnings weakness to continue well into 1H2022E due to...

Shifara Samsudeen, ACMA, CGMA

Valorant Is Good For Japanese Esports and Bad for Krafton

Regional parity and strong performance by a Japanese team in Valorant could kick start Japan's esports drive while Valorant Mobile looks like a...

Mio Kato

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