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

ECM Weekly (23rd Jan 2022) - Hyundai Engineering, KakaoBank, Wanda, AInnovation, Cloudr, LG Energy

ECM Weekly (29th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, AInnovation, Citicore REIT, Adani Wilmar, Airpower, HK SPAC

ECM Weekly (13th Feb 2022) -Krafton, Huitongda, GogoX, Lepu, Adani Wilmar, Vedant, Mitsubishi Estate

2022 High Conviction - Kakao Bank - A Long Way to Go

Kakao Bank Placement - Not a Surprise but past Deal Didn’t Do Well

Kakao Bank Placement - Its Expensive but the Discount Is Enticing

Kakao Bank Lock-Up - Watch Out for Netmarble Led Blocks

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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<li>Kakao Bank's six month IPO lock-up will end on 6th Feb 2022. </li>
<li>It will result in freeing up another US$2.5bn+ worth of shares held by a number of pre-IPO and local IPO investors.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry.</li>
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Kakao Bank's six month IPO lock-up will end on 6th Feb 2022. 
It will result in freeing up another US$2.5bn+ worth of shares held by a number of pre-IPO and local IPO investors.
In this note, we will talk about the upcoming lock-up expiry.


Hyundai Engineering & Construction (000720 KS)

Korea Investment Holdings Co, Ltd. (071050 KS)

Kakao Bank Six-Month Lock-Up - Over US$2.5bn Stock Release Will Only Add to the Recent Rout