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

K Car IPO - Peer Comparison and Valuation

K Car IPO - Insti Demand Breakdown and Pricing

K Car Listing: Final Allocation, Lockup Schedule, & Immediate Float

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

<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/k-car" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34118:1" rel="noopener">K Car (KCAR KS)</a>  is looking to raise up to US$629m in its upcoming South Korea IPO.K Car is a used car marketplace and dealership operating in South Korea. The company operates 41 offline dealership branches across South Korea, as of July, 2021. The company also operates online platforms like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/compose/insight/57212/www.kcar.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.kcar.com</a> and K Car App that allows customers purchase used cars.In this note, we will look at the company’s operational and financial performance and share our initial thoughts on the IPO.

K Car (KCAR KS)  is looking to raise up to US$629m in its upcoming South Korea IPO.K Car is a used car marketplace and dealership operating in South Korea. The company operates 41 offline dealership branches across South Korea, as of July, 2021. The company also operates online platforms like www.kcar.com and K Car App that allows customers purchase used cars.In this note, we will look at the company’s operational and financial performance and share our initial thoughts on the IPO.

K Car Pre-IPO - Dominant Leadership in the Online Space