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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/infratil-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:596:1" rel="noopener">Infratil Ltd (IFT NZ)</a> aims to raise around US$456m (NZ$750m) via an institutional placement.</li>
<li>Proceeds from the placement will be used to acquire the remaining stake on One New Zealand from Brookfields.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Infratil Ltd (IFT NZ) aims to raise around US$456m (NZ$750m) via an institutional placement.
Proceeds from the placement will be used to acquire the remaining stake on One New Zealand from Brookfields.
In this note, we will talk about the placement and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Infratil Placement - Acquisition of Familiar Asset at Higher Multiples, Stock Is Toppish

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 changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of May 19th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD16.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Wesfarmers, Coles, Xero, ANZ, Bhp, Woolworths, Newcrest Mining.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of May 19th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD16.8bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Wesfarmers, Coles, Xero, ANZ, Bhp, Woolworths, Newcrest Mining.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (May 19th): Wesfarmers, Coles, Xero, ANZ, Bhp, Woolworths, Newcrest

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Feb 3rd (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD16.3bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Coles, Bhp, Northern Star, Macquarie, Xero.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Feb 3rd (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD16.3bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Coles, Bhp, Northern Star, Macquarie, Xero.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Feb 3rd): Coles, Bhp, Northern Star, Macquarie, Xero

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

Temple & Webster Group Ltd / Event-Driven

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<li>Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) structure updates will lead to changes to the S&amp;P/ASX All Technology Index at the March rebalance.</li>
<li>To better reflect the GICS changes and reduce constituent turnover, S&amp;P DJI has proposed changes to the index universe for constituent selection.</li>
<li>We expect there will be 4 deletions from the index in March, but that could increase to 10 if the changes are not adopted.</li>
</ul>


Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) structure updates will lead to changes to the S&amp;P/ASX All Technology Index at the March rebalance.
To better reflect the GICS changes and reduce constituent turnover, S&amp;P DJI has proposed changes to the index universe for constituent selection.
We expect there will be 4 deletions from the index in March, but that could increase to 10 if the changes are not adopted.


S&P/ASX All Technology Index: GICS Changes, Market Consultation & Potential Index Changes

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Sep 30th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.2bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Woodside, CBA, NAB, ANZ, Metcash, Xero, Core Lithium.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Sep 30th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.2bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Woodside, CBA, NAB, ANZ, Metcash, Xero, Core Lithium.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 30th): Woodside, CBA, NAB, ANZ, Metcash, Xero, Core Lithium

New Zealand

Xero Limited offers an online accounting system.  The software features bank transaction importing, a cashbook, a general ledger, invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial reporting, and management of expense claims.

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Xero Ltd (XRO AU)

Infratil Placement - Acquisition of Familiar Asset at Higher Multiples, Stock Is Toppish

Infratil Ltd (IFT NZ) aims to raise around US$456m (NZ$750m) via an institutional placement. In this note, we talk about the placement and run the...

Sumeet Singh

ASX Short Interest Weekly (May 19th): Wesfarmers, Coles, Xero, ANZ, Bhp, Woolworths, Newcrest

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Wesfarmers, Coles, Xero, ANZ, BHP, Woolworths,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Feb 3rd): Coles, Bhp, Northern Star, Macquarie, Xero

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Coles, Bhp, Northern Star, Macquarie, Xero.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

S&P/ASX All Technology Index: GICS Changes, Market Consultation & Potential Index Changes

Changes to the GICS structure will result in deletions from the S&P/ASX All Tech Index in March. There could be 4 deletions if the index universe...

Brian Freitas

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 30th): Woodside, CBA, NAB, ANZ, Metcash, Xero, Core Lithium

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Woodside, CBA, NAB, ANZ, Metcash, Xero, Core Lithium.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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