Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that have been covered by Smartkarma Insight Providers recently, along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
The number of new listings is beginning to ease off while we are getting more information on upcoming IPOs. To start off, Budweiser Brewing Company APAC (1876 HK) made headlines again with its decision to sell its Australian beer assets for about US$11bn and giving the market some hope that the company could potentially still come back to IPO.
Beyond that, there were more new filings in Hong Kong this week with Home Credit (HC HK) being the one in the spotlight, potentially raising about US$1.5bn. Sumeet Singh has already shared his initial thoughts on the company's performance in:
There were also more biotech companies seeking to list in Hong Kong. Shanghai Henlius (re-filed) and SinoMab filed their prospectuses last week and Ke Yan, CFA, FRM analyzed the companies in:
We are also hearing that China Merchants Shekou is planning a Hong Kong REIT IPO while OneConnect Financial Tech has filed for IPO in the US. Alibaba is also moving one step closer to its listing in Hong Kong with shareholders approving of its share split. In India, Home First Finance is also said to be planning a US$200m IPO this year.
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Below is a snippet of our IPO tool showing upcoming events for the next week. The IPO tool is designed to provide readers with timely information on all IPO related events (Book open/closing, listing, initiation, lock-up expiry, etc) for all the deals that we have worked on. You can access the tool here or through the tools menu.
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