Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

Tongcheng Travel Holdings  / Event-Driven

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<li>It was a busy week with rebalance implementations at the close of trading on Thursday in Korea and then across the region on Friday.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">SET 50 Index</a> changes should be announced this week and the Yuanta TW Div+ ETF will continue to implement the changes till Thursday.</li>
<li>There were inflows to China ETFs during the week while there were big outflows from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 (KOSPI2 INDEX)</a> ETFs.</li>
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It was a busy week with rebalance implementations at the close of trading on Thursday in Korea and then across the region on Friday.
The SET 50 Index changes should be announced this week and the Yuanta TW Div+ ETF will continue to implement the changes till Thursday.
There were inflows to China ETFs during the week while there were big outflows from Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 (KOSPI2 INDEX) ETFs.


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Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Dec 15th based on HKEx daily reports.</li>
<li>In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK).</li>
<li>In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), China Petroleum &amp; Chemical (386 HK).</li>
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We analyze statistics on top repurchases over one week, one month, one quarter and one year periods ended on Dec 15th based on HKEx daily reports.
In the past 7 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK).
In the past 30 days, the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares from the market were Tencent (700 HK), AIA (1299 HK), China Petroleum &amp; Chemical (386 HK).


Hong Kong Buybacks Weekly (Dec 15th): Tencent, AIA, Wuxi Biologics

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>China announced game approval for November batch. The number of games approved is in-line with the pace of approval in recent months.</li>
<li>The Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.</li>
<li>Netease scored one approval while Tencent has been zeroed for five rounds.</li>
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China announced game approval for November batch. The number of games approved is in-line with the pace of approval in recent months.
The Pace of China game approval stays flattish, at a much slower pace than pre-tightening.
Netease scored one approval while Tencent has been zeroed for five rounds.


Tencent/Netease: Game Approval Skewed Towards Netease in '23

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research, Blue Lotus Research Institute

Ying Pan

Blue Lotus Non US Internet research

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>BABA/MELI/PDD/Shein/1519 HK: Cainiao launches charter flight route to Mexico (+/+/-/-/-/)</li>
<li>700 HK: Tencent gaming studio &lt;Level Infinite&gt; announced 4 new games at The Game Award 2023(+)</li>
<li>BABA/Temu/Shein/CPNG/SE/AMZN/MELI: Alibaba plans to launch LLM AI-powered &lt;1688&gt; in South Korea(+/+/+/+/+/-/-)</li>
</ul>


BABA/MELI/PDD/Shein/1519 HK: Cainiao launches charter flight route to Mexico (+/+/-/-/-/)
700 HK: Tencent gaming studio &lt;Level Infinite&gt; announced 4 new games at The Game Award 2023(+)
BABA/Temu/Shein/CPNG/SE/AMZN/MELI: Alibaba plans to launch LLM AI-powered &lt;1688&gt; in South Korea(+/+/+/+/+/-/-)


[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA/Temu/Shein/PDD/CPNG/SE/AMZN/MELI/JD/1024 HK/2618 HK

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>SOUTHBOUND flows showing reversion tendencies continues for a second or third week after weeks of momentum. </li>
<li>SOUTHBOUND saw HK$11.2bn of INFLOWS on the week, a chunk of which was net buys on HK-listed ETFs, but Hs underperformed their A counterparts in the H/A pairs once again. </li>
<li>High-Div SOEs again saw action. This time with both <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cnooc-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:175:1" rel="noopener">CNOOC Ltd (883 HK)</a><em>and</em><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mobile-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27:1" rel="noopener">China Mobile (941 HK)</a> seeing strong net buying as a percentage of volume. Tech was sold.  </li>
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SOUTHBOUND flows showing reversion tendencies continues for a second or third week after weeks of momentum. 
SOUTHBOUND saw HK$11.2bn of INFLOWS on the week, a chunk of which was net buys on HK-listed ETFs, but Hs underperformed their A counterparts in the H/A pairs once again. 
High-Div SOEs again saw action. This time with both CNOOC Ltd (883 HK)andChina Mobile (941 HK) seeing strong net buying as a percentage of volume. Tech was sold.  


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 8Dec23); CNOOC & China Mobile Both Now To The Buy Side, Tencent Not

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China's game approval process remains slow, with Netease receiving one approval and Tencent facing five rounds of zero approvals.

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HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 8Dec23); CNOOC & China Mobile Both Now To The Buy Side, Tencent Not

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Travis Lundy

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Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSTECH, SIG/CWG, KQ150, REPT BATTERO

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

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We analyzed the Hong Kong buyback data in the past week and highlight the top 3 companies that repurchased the most shares were Tencent (700 HK),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Tencent/Netease: Game Approval Skewed Towards Netease in '23

​China's game approval process remains slow, with Netease receiving one approval and Tencent facing five rounds of zero approvals.

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[Blue Lotus Daily - TMT Update]:700 HK/BABA/Temu/Shein/PDD/CPNG/SE/AMZN/MELI/JD/1024 HK/2618 HK

​Cainiao launches charter flight route to Mexico; Tencent gaming studio announces 4 new games; Alibaba plans to launch LLM AI-powered 1688 in South...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 8Dec23); CNOOC & China Mobile Both Now To The Buy Side, Tencent Not

SOUTHBOUND flows were a strong HK$11.2bn net inflow, with both ETFs and high-div SOEs seeing big net inflows. Despite that, Hs underperformed their...

Travis Lundy

China's game approval process remains slow, with Netease receiving one approval and Tencent facing five rounds of zero approvals.

Cainiao launches charter flight route to Mexico; Tencent gaming studio announces 4 new games; Alibaba plans to launch LLM AI-powered 1688 in South...