APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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

Bloks Groups (Bloks) operates in the toy segment where it primarily assembles character toys.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bloks-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43648:1" rel="noopener">Bloks Group (1850960D CH)</a> is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Bloks Groups (Bloks) operates in the toy segment where it primarily assembles character and brick-based toys.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
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Bloks Group (1850960D CH) is looking to raise US$300m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
Bloks Groups (Bloks) operates in the toy segment where it primarily assembles character and brick-based toys.
In this note, we will talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Bloks Group Pre-IPO - The Positives - Wide Portfolio of Established IPs

ACME Solar Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

ACME Solar Holdings Limited operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides innovative green energy and energy management solutions for telecom passive Infrastructure. ACME Solar Holdings serves customers in India.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/acme-solar-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43723:1" rel="noopener">ACME Solar Holdings (1700918D IN)</a> is looking to raise US$360m in its upcoming India IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are ICICI, JM Financial, Kotak, Nuvama Wealth and Motilal Oswal.</li>
<li>ACME Solar (ACME) is a renewable energy firm with a portfolio of solar, wind, hybrid and firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) projects.</li>
<li>As per CRISIL, the firm was among the top 10 renewable energy players in India in terms of operational capacity as of FY24. </li>
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ACME Solar Holdings (1700918D IN) is looking to raise US$360m in its upcoming India IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are ICICI, JM Financial, Kotak, Nuvama Wealth and Motilal Oswal.
ACME Solar (ACME) is a renewable energy firm with a portfolio of solar, wind, hybrid and firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) projects.
As per CRISIL, the firm was among the top 10 renewable energy players in India in terms of operational capacity as of FY24. 


Invincible Investment / Equity Capital Markets

Invincible Investment Corp is a real estate investment trust (REIT) which  invests in securitized real estate products. TGR Investment invests in income  producing residential and office buildings.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/invincible-investment-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3617:1" rel="noopener">Invincible Investment (8963 JP)</a> is looking to raise around US$375m in its primary follow-on offering. The proceeds will be used to partially acquire 12 assets from its Sponsor’s affiliates. </li>
<li>The REIT has been very active on the acquisition front, and has highlighted its ongoing discussions with its Sponsor for acquisitions. Thus, the current deal should be well flagged.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Invincible Investment (8963 JP) is looking to raise around US$375m in its primary follow-on offering. The proceeds will be used to partially acquire 12 assets from its Sponsor’s affiliates. 
The REIT has been very active on the acquisition front, and has highlighted its ongoing discussions with its Sponsor for acquisitions. Thus, the current deal should be well flagged.
In this note, we talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Invincible Investment Corp Placement  - Another Accretive Acquisition, past Deals Have Done Well

Niva Bupa Health Insurance / Equity Capital Markets

Niva Bupa Health Insurance Company Limited operates as an insurance company. The Company offers a wide range of health and life, travel, and corporate insurance plans to individuals and organizations. Max Bupa Health Insurance serves customers in India.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/niva-bupa-health-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43716:1" rel="noopener">Niva Bupa Health Insurance (1226871D IN)</a> is looking to raise US$360m in its upcoming India IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are MS, Kotak, Axis, ICICI, HDFC, and Motilal Oswal.</li>
<li>Niva Bupa Health Insurance (Niva Bupa) is a health insurance firm. Its portfolio consists of health (including retail and group), personal accident, and travel insurance.</li>
<li>As per Redseer, the firm was one of India’s largest and fastest growing standalone health insurers (SAHI) based on overall health gross direct premium income (GDPI) in FY24. </li>
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Niva Bupa Health Insurance (1226871D IN) is looking to raise US$360m in its upcoming India IPO. The bookrunners on the deal are MS, Kotak, Axis, ICICI, HDFC, and Motilal Oswal.
Niva Bupa Health Insurance (Niva Bupa) is a health insurance firm. Its portfolio consists of health (including retail and group), personal accident, and travel insurance.
As per Redseer, the firm was one of India’s largest and fastest growing standalone health insurers (SAHI) based on overall health gross direct premium income (GDPI) in FY24. 


Niva Bupa Health Insurance Pre-IPO Tearsheet

Gigabyte Technology / Equity Capital Markets

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets computer motherboards and other peripheral products.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gigabyte-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17486:1" rel="noopener">Gigabyte Technology (2376 TT)</a> is looking to raise up to US$307m in its global depository receipts (GDRs) offering. The firm is also looking to raise another US$300m via convertible bonds.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Gigabyte Technology (2376 TT) is looking to raise up to US$307m in its global depository receipts (GDRs) offering. The firm is also looking to raise another US$300m via convertible bonds.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Gigabyte GDR Offering - Not Wholly Convinced, but Discount at Wide End Is Inline with the Average

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%.