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.

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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, a few large Hong Kong IPOs managed to launch their bookbuild over the past week.</li>
<li>There were no large placements launched this week, although <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atlas-arteria-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14430:1" rel="noopener">Atlas Arteria (ALX AU)</a> kept many occupied.</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, a few large Hong Kong IPOs managed to launch their bookbuild over the past week.
There were no large placements launched this week, although Atlas Arteria (ALX AU) kept many occupied.


ECM Weekly (25th Sep 2022) - Onewo, Leapmotor, CALB, Socionext, WCP, Sula, Jenscare, EbixCash, Atlas

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

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<li>WCP's institutional subscription rate was 33.28 to 1, one of the lowest for an IPO this size. And nearly all orders sit below the lower end.</li>
<li>WCP set the price at ₩60,000, even lower than the floor, at an implied market cap of ₩2T. And the issuer also reduced the offering volume from 9M to 7.2M. </li>
<li>Passive flows equivalent to about 3% of SO will likely flow into WCP by March next year. It is substantial enough to consider designing a flow trade setup.</li>
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WCP's institutional subscription rate was 33.28 to 1, one of the lowest for an IPO this size. And nearly all orders sit below the lower end.
WCP set the price at ₩60,000, even lower than the floor, at an implied market cap of ₩2T. And the issuer also reduced the offering volume from 9M to 7.2M. 
Passive flows equivalent to about 3% of SO will likely flow into WCP by March next year. It is substantial enough to consider designing a flow trade setup.


WCP IPO: Order Table, Revised Terms, & Passive Flow Schedule

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wcp-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36076:1" rel="noopener">WCP (WCP KS)</a>, a lithium-ion batteries separator company, has set its IPO price at KRW60,000 per share, a hefty 25-40% discount on the "desired" IPO price range of KRW80,000-100,000. </li>
<li>The target raise has declined from KRW720-900 billion (US$517-646 million) to KRW432 billion (US$310 million) due to the lower IPO price and offer shares.</li>
<li>While the final IPO price is now reasonable, the process smacks desperation and calls into question the credibility of the syndicate's forecasts. This is still an avoid.</li>
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WCP (WCP KS), a lithium-ion batteries separator company, has set its IPO price at KRW60,000 per share, a hefty 25-40% discount on the "desired" IPO price range of KRW80,000-100,000. 
The target raise has declined from KRW720-900 billion (US$517-646 million) to KRW432 billion (US$310 million) due to the lower IPO price and offer shares.
While the final IPO price is now reasonable, the process smacks desperation and calls into question the credibility of the syndicate's forecasts. This is still an avoid.


WCP IPO: Final IPO Price Set, Still an Avoid

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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, a few large Hong Kong IPOs are rumoured to be aiming to launch their bookbuild next week.</li>
<li>There was only the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/atlas-arteria-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14430:1" rel="noopener">Atlas Arteria (ALX AU)</a> mega entitlement offer this week, on the placements front.</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, a few large Hong Kong IPOs are rumoured to be aiming to launch their bookbuild next week.
There was only the Atlas Arteria (ALX AU) mega entitlement offer this week, on the placements front.


ECM Weekly (18th Sep 2022) - CALB, Onewo, Leapmotor, WCP, Biogene, Socionext, Prop Guru, PayMate

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>Several local Korean media reported that the initial book building results for the WCP IPO has been disappointing.</li>
<li>The IPO could be priced close to 60,000 won to 65,000 won won, which would be about 19%-25% lower than the low end of the IPO price range.</li>
<li>The final decision as to whether or not WCP will go ahead with the IPO at lower price or delay it altogether is expected to be made on/near 19 September.</li>
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Several local Korean media reported that the initial book building results for the WCP IPO has been disappointing.
The IPO could be priced close to 60,000 won to 65,000 won won, which would be about 19%-25% lower than the low end of the IPO price range.
The final decision as to whether or not WCP will go ahead with the IPO at lower price or delay it altogether is expected to be made on/near 19 September.


Poor Initial IPO Book Building Results for WCP

South Korea

W-Scope Chungju Plant Co., Ltd. develops and manufactures battery separator. The Company develops, produces and sales lithium ion secondary battery separator. W-Scope Chungju Plant markets its products worldwide.

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WCP (393890 KS)

ECM Weekly (25th Sep 2022) - Onewo, Leapmotor, CALB, Socionext, WCP, Sula, Jenscare, EbixCash, Atlas

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

WCP IPO: Order Table, Revised Terms, & Passive Flow Schedule

This post details the order table and revised terms of the WCP IPO and investigates the passive flows from the KOSDA 150 and the local sector ETFs.

Sanghyun Park

WCP IPO: Final IPO Price Set, Still an Avoid

While the final IPO price is now reasonable, the process smacks desperation and calls into question the credibility of the syndicate's forecasts....

Arun George

ECM Weekly (18th Sep 2022) - CALB, Onewo, Leapmotor, WCP, Biogene, Socionext, Prop Guru, PayMate

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

Poor Initial IPO Book Building Results for WCP

Local Korean media reported that the initial book building results for the WCP IPO has been disappointing. The IPO could be priced about 60,000 won...

Douglas Kim

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