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

NTPC Green Energy Ltd / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntpc-green-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43951:1" rel="noopener">NTPC Green Energy Ltd (2214556D IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) is a renewable energy public sector enterprise and a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, a Maharatna central public sector enterprise (PSU).</li>
<li>In an earlier note, we looked at the firm’s past performance. In this note, we look at its RHP updates, undertake a peer comparison and discuss our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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NTPC Green Energy Ltd (2214556D IN) is looking to raise around US$1.2bn in its upcoming India IPO.
NTPC Green Energy Limited (NGEL) is a renewable energy public sector enterprise and a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, a Maharatna central public sector enterprise (PSU).
In an earlier note, we looked at the firm’s past performance. In this note, we look at its RHP updates, undertake a peer comparison and discuss our thoughts on valuation.


NTPC Green IPO - Grand Plans to Grow Its Portfolio, but Appears Expensive

Keppel DC REIT is Asia's first pure-play data centre REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange. Keppel DC REIT's investment strategy is to principally invest, directly or indirectly, in a diversified portfolio of income-producing real estate assets which are used primarily for data centre purposes, as well as real estate related assets.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keppel-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:85:1" rel="noopener">Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP)</a> is looking to raise S$600m (US$450m) from a primary placement. The proceeds will be used to acquire interest in two data centers in Singapore.</li>
<li>The deal will be a large one to digest, accounting for 47 days of the stock’s three month ADV. That said, the acquisitions appear to be accretive to bottomline.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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Keppel DC REIT (KDCREIT SP) is looking to raise S$600m (US$450m) from a primary placement. The proceeds will be used to acquire interest in two data centers in Singapore.
The deal will be a large one to digest, accounting for 47 days of the stock’s three month ADV. That said, the acquisitions appear to be accretive to bottomline.
In this note, we'll run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


KDC REIT Placement - Accretive Acquisitions Should Garner Strong Support

Cuscal Limited provides payment solutions. The Company offers payment platform, cards, digital payments, automated teller machine (ATMs) solutions, and other related services. Cuscal serves customers in Australia.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cuscal-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40209:1" rel="noopener">Cuscal (1229Z AU)</a> is looking to raise A$337m (US$218m) in its Australia IPO.</li>
<li>Cuscal is an authorized deposit-taking institution (ADI) in Australia that primarily provides financial infrastructure and payment services in Australia.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the updates since our last look-through and share our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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Cuscal (1229Z AU) is looking to raise A$337m (US$218m) in its Australia IPO.
Cuscal is an authorized deposit-taking institution (ADI) in Australia that primarily provides financial infrastructure and payment services in Australia.
In this note, we look at the updates since our last look-through and share our thoughts on valuation.


Cuscal IPO - Peers Have Traded Up, Decent Margin of Safety from Here

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mnc-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44082:1" rel="noopener">MNC Solution (MNC KS)</a> MNC Solutions is looking to raise US$200m in its upcoming Korea IPO.</li>
<li>MNC Solutions (MNC) supplies high-precision control components for maritime and aviation weaponry, and travel devices for stabilization to the defense industry.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the firm’s past performance.</li>
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MNC Solution (MNC KS) MNC Solutions is looking to raise US$200m in its upcoming Korea IPO.
MNC Solutions (MNC) supplies high-precision control components for maritime and aviation weaponry, and travel devices for stabilization to the defense industry.
In this note, we look at the firm’s past performance.


MNC Solutions Pre-IPO - Momentum Has Been Very Strong, Although Some Corp Gov Issues to Watch For

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> raised around US$260m in its India IPO.</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>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Niva Bupa Health Insurance (1226871D IN) raised around US$260m in its India IPO.
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.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about the trading dynamics.


Niva Bupa Health Insurance IPO Trading - Demand Lagged Recent Listings

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%.