Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of IPO & Placements for Aequitas Research. At Aequitas we cover all IPOs and placements across Asia-Pac with a deal size of at least US$100m. 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%. 
Prior to Aequitas. I was heading Content Strategy for Smartkarma, along with covering IPOs & Placement. In an earlier life I have covered ASEAN property and the banking space in India.

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

China Edu Group 15 Fade Down to 10 Support

China Education Group Placement - Recent Momentum Is Strong but past Deal Record Isn’t Supportive

China Education Group Placement - Recent Momentum Has Been Strong but past Deals Were Mixed

Like China Education Group for Scale and Organic Growth but Prefer CNHE for Acquisition Track Record

China Education Group IPO: Quality Schools and Cornerstones but Beware Of Sponsor

China Education Group (中国教育集团) Placement - Likely Expected After Acquisition Announcement

Hope Education (希望教育) Placement - 2019 Acquisitions Paid off and Finally Made a Comeback in 2020

Hope Education (希望教育) IPO Trading - Appears Fully Priced for Now

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

China Education Group / Equity Capital Markets

<div><p><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-education-group-holdin" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18218:1" rel="noopener">China Education Group (839 HK)</a> is looking to raise up to US$268m in its top-up placement. This will be second placement for the stock in less than six months.  </p></div><div><p>In this note, we will look at the use of proceeds, deal dynamics, and run the deal through framework.</p></div>

China Education Group (839 HK) is looking to raise up to US$268m in its top-up placement. This will be second placement for the stock in less than six months.  In this note, we will look at the use of proceeds, deal dynamics, and run the deal through framework.

China Maple Leaf Educational Systems (1317 HK)

China Distance Education Holdings Ltd (ADR) (DL US)

China Distance Education Holdings Ltd (ADR)

China Education Group Placement - Back for More, past Deal Didn't Do Well