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

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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.

Private Capital Markets

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<li>Rakuten Bank (RB) is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. It is a part of the Rakuten Group.</li>
<li>The company is wholly owned by Raktuen and hasn't taken any external funding.</li>
<li>As per the public disclosures made by Rakuten, it aims to list the business unit within a year as was  reported in September 2021.</li>
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Rakuten Bank (RB) is the largest internet bank in Japan, by number of accounts. It is a part of the Rakuten Group.
The company is wholly owned by Raktuen and hasn't taken any external funding.
As per the public disclosures made by Rakuten, it aims to list the business unit within a year as was  reported in September 2021.


Rakuten Bank Tearsheet - Japan Largest Internet Bank