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 (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

ECM Weekly (20th Feb 2022) - LIC, SBI Sumishin, Huitongda, Delhivery, Vedant, Persol, Emcure, Linom

LG Energy IPO -  Peer Updates + Bull/Bear Scenarios

LG Energy Pre-IPO - Valuation - LGES Inexpensive, Potential LG Chem Trade Leading up to IPO

LG Energy Pre-IPO -  Industry and Competitive Landscape - LGES Will Remain a Dominant Player

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

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO, after pricing at the top-end of  the IPO price range .</li>
<li>LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem and it was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and GM.</li>
<li>LGES will be included into MSCI and KOSPI. But MSCI’s fast entry could likely be scheduled with February’s quarterly review which will be effective only on 1st of March.</li>
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LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) (LGES) raised US$10.8bn in its South Korea IPO, after pricing at the top-end of  the IPO price range .
LGES is the EV battery unit of LG Chem and it was spun off in December last year. The company is a major supplier to customers including Tesla and GM.
LGES will be included into MSCI and KOSPI. But MSCI’s fast entry could likely be scheduled with February’s quarterly review which will be effective only on 1st of March.


Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) (300750 CH)

LG Energy IPO Trading - Allocations, Index, and Updates