Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Last week <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yum-china-holdings-inc-0533692c-6dae-4014-baa1-ed0b050638f2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29259:1" rel="noopener">Yum China Holdings Inc (9987 HK)</a></strong>  <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2022/0815/2022081501554.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it has applied for voluntary conversion to a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.</li>
<li>Should all necessary approvals from the HKEx be satisfied, Yum will become dual primary listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the HKEx.</li>
<li>This regulatory process, facilitated by rules introduced by the HKEx over the past year, enables the de-listing of the ADRs and the smooth transition to a sole HK listing.</li>
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Last week Yum China Holdings Inc (9987 HK)  announced it has applied for voluntary conversion to a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Should all necessary approvals from the HKEx be satisfied, Yum will become dual primary listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the HKEx.
This regulatory process, facilitated by rules introduced by the HKEx over the past year, enables the de-listing of the ADRs and the smooth transition to a sole HK listing.


Yum China Pursues Primary Listing Conversion On The HKEx

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Communication Services allocations among active China managers are at their lowest levels on record. Average weights have drifted below 10% for the first time since 2013.</li>
<li>Tencent was the driver of the declining sector weight, yet managers are keeping the faith.  Asian managers cut exposure to Bilibili and China Mobile yet increased NetEase and Baidu.</li>
<li>Versus the MSCI China index, active managers are underweight -6.69% on average, the largest among sector peers and offset by overweights in Industrials and Consumer Staples</li>
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Communication Services allocations among active China managers are at their lowest levels on record. Average weights have drifted below 10% for the first time since 2013.
Tencent was the driver of the declining sector weight, yet managers are keeping the faith.  Asian managers cut exposure to Bilibili and China Mobile yet increased NetEase and Baidu.
Versus the MSCI China index, active managers are underweight -6.69% on average, the largest among sector peers and offset by overweights in Industrials and Consumer Staples


China Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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

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<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, China Tourism managed to price its IPO above the mid-point.</li>
<li>There were a host of placements and blocks this week across the region.</li>
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Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
On the IPO front, China Tourism managed to price its IPO above the mid-point.
There were a host of placements and blocks this week across the region.


ECM Weekly (21st Aug 2022) - China Tourism, SoCar, Beauty Farm, ANZ, Max, Judo, Steadfast, Cleanaway

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

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a>'s reported sale of its <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meituan-dianping" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26970:1" rel="noopener">Meituan (3690 HK)</a> stake led to a selloff on Meituan and on other companies that Tencent has invested in.</li>
<li>There are 10 listed companies where <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tencent-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26:1" rel="noopener">Tencent (700 HK)</a>'s holding is over US$1bn. Some stakes are more likely to be sold than others. </li>
<li>A complete stake sale will benefit some companies more than others since they are part of a wider array of indices and that will bring in passive flow.</li>
</ul>



Tencent (700 HK)'s reported sale of its Meituan (3690 HK) stake led to a selloff on Meituan and on other companies that Tencent has invested in.
There are 10 listed companies where Tencent (700 HK)'s holding is over US$1bn. Some stakes are more likely to be sold than others. 
A complete stake sale will benefit some companies more than others since they are part of a wider array of indices and that will bring in passive flow.


Tencent's Potential Sale of Meituan Stake - Read Across to Other Stocks & Index Implications

<ul>
<li>Giant Biogene (GB) aims to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>GB is a leader in the bioactive ingredient-based professional skin treatment product industry in China.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.</li>
</ul>


Giant Biogene (GB) aims to raise around US$500m in its Hong Kong IPO.
GB is a leader in the bioactive ingredient-based professional skin treatment product industry in China.
In this note, we talk about the positive aspects of the deal.


Giant Biogene Pre-IPO - The Positives - Fast Growth and Juicy Margins

China

Bilibili Inc. provides online entertainment services. The Company offers a platform that covers a wide array of genres and media formats, including videos, live broadcasting, mobile games, animation, and comics. Bilibili serves customers in China.

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Sumeet Singh

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