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

MREIT Pre-IPO - Mediocre Performance, Convoluted Lease, Low Asset Yield

ECM Weekly (15th August 2021) - SH HeartCare, Acotec, Hyundai Heavy Ind, RLC REIT, Coupang, Devyani

The Week That Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Grab Deep Dive, Philippines REITs, and Indonesia Convergence

Filinvest REIT IPO - Hard to Get Excited, Despite the Yield

AREIT Pre-IPO - First Philippines REIT Listing Comes with Its Peculiarities

DDMP REIT IPO Trading - Priced at the Top of the Range, Upside Remains Unclear

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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.

Equity Capital Markets

RL Commercial REIT / Equity Capital Markets

RL Commercial REIT (RREIT), sponsored by Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), aims to raise up to US$491m in its Philippines listing.  It will be a 100% secondary shares offering, where the Sponsor will be selling part of its stake. RREIT is a commercial REIT and its initial portfolio will consist of 14 PEZA-accredited commercial real estate properties located in CBDs across Metro Manila and key cities outside Metro Manila, namely, Naga, Tarlac, Cebu and Davao. The properties will have a total GLA of 425,315 sqm, and are valued at PHP73.9bn as of Jun 21. They are majority Grade A commercial assets, leased primarily for office purposes. The portfolio had an occupancy of 99% and WALE of 4.3 years as of Jun 21.RREIT has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic well. Despite some assets posting weaker occupancies in FY20, the overall occupancy has received to near full occupancy. Although, not all assets have been doing well.

RL Commercial REIT (RREIT), sponsored by Robinsons Land Corporation (RLC), aims to raise up to US$491m in its Philippines listing.  It will be a 100% secondary shares offering, where the Sponsor will be selling part of its stake. RREIT is a commercial REIT and its initial portfolio will consist of 14 PEZA-accredited commercial real estate properties located in CBDs across Metro Manila and key cities outside Metro Manila, namely, Naga, Tarlac, Cebu and Davao. The properties will have a total GLA of 425,315 sqm, and are valued at PHP73.9bn as of Jun 21. They are majority Grade A commercial assets, leased primarily for office purposes. The portfolio had an occupancy of 99% and WALE of 4.3 years as of Jun 21.RREIT has weathered the COVID-19 pandemic well. Despite some assets posting weaker occupancies in FY20, the overall occupancy has received to near full occupancy. Although, not all assets have been doing well.

RL Commercial REIT Pre-IPO - Motley Crew of Assets Has Weathered COVID Well