Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>This week it is changed from H/A Discount to A/H Premium, by popular demand. Some Northbound data is added. We kept the unicorn.</li>
<li>Last week saw a win/loss ratio of 21:13. Average recommended pair on the week earned 0.9% if Sunday recos executed Monday close, 1.35% if executed Monday VWAP. </li>
<li>6 Unwinds and 3 new trades recommended this week. As always, feedback desired to make this even better.</li>
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This week it is changed from H/A Discount to A/H Premium, by popular demand. Some Northbound data is added. We kept the unicorn.
Last week saw a win/loss ratio of 21:13. Average recommended pair on the week earned 0.9% if Sunday recos executed Monday close, 1.35% if executed Monday VWAP. 
6 Unwinds and 3 new trades recommended this week. As always, feedback desired to make this even better.


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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>Based on the close of 21 August, there could be two changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-ftse-a50-china-index-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:249:1" rel="noopener">iShares A50 China (2823 HK)</a>/ <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/csop-ftse-china-a50-etf-26e3b671-fa47-4165-a12e-bf841640c5a3" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23664:1" rel="noopener">CSOP A50 (HKD) (2822 HK)</a> in September.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nari-technology-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4364:1" rel="noopener">NARI Technology Co Ltd A (600406 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/csc-financial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27823:1" rel="noopener">CSC Financial (601066 CH)</a> should replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tongwei-co-ltd-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14405:1" rel="noopener">Tongwei Co Ltd A (600438 CH)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shaanxi-coal-industry-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11254:1" rel="noopener">Shaanxi Coal Industry (601225 CH)</a> in the ETFs.</li>
<li>There are couple of stocks with over 1x ADV to trade from the ETFs. Plus there are cash and carry positions that will need to be rebalanced, adding to flow.</li>
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Based on the close of 21 August, there could be two changes for the iShares A50 China (2823 HK)/ CSOP A50 (HKD) (2822 HK) in September.

NARI Technology Co Ltd A (600406 CH) and CSC Financial (601066 CH) should replace Tongwei Co Ltd A (600438 CH) and Shaanxi Coal Industry (601225 CH) in the ETFs.
There are couple of stocks with over 1x ADV to trade from the ETFs. Plus there are cash and carry positions that will need to be rebalanced, adding to flow.


Offshore China ETFs Rebalance Preview: Two Changes Expected in September

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<li>This is the Brand Spanking New and Improved and Extra Spiffy H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly designed to help investors see H/A relationships easily. </li>
<li>We used to do it and decided to bring it back better. There are lots of cool interactive tables, and charts, heat maps, and comparative data. And 19 Trade Recommendations. </li>
<li>We hope this new version serves readers even better. Improvements this week due to popular demand, and updated format. Further feedback is welcome/appreciated. </li>
</ul>


This is the Brand Spanking New and Improved and Extra Spiffy H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly designed to help investors see H/A relationships easily. 
We used to do it and decided to bring it back better. There are lots of cool interactive tables, and charts, heat maps, and comparative data. And 19 Trade Recommendations. 
We hope this new version serves readers even better. Improvements this week due to popular demand, and updated format. Further feedback is welcome/appreciated. 


Week 2 of the Brand New and Extra Spiffy 🦄 H/​A-Share Discount/​Premium Weekly (As of 18 Aug 2023)

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Communications Construction / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-communications-construction-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:265:1" rel="noopener">China Communications Construction (1800 HK)</a> saw stronger new contract growth in 2Q23, increasing by 15.5% YoY. Sharp pick-up in domestic contracts is the key driver.</li>
<li>We estimate its backlog at end-1H23 at Rmb3.9trn, up 15% from end-FY22. This equals 5.1x the projected FY23 revenue, indicating very comfortable forward coverage.</li>
<li>Despite a 22.5% share price increase YTD, it trades on just 0.21x P/B. Compared with an ROE of 7-8%, it is inexpensive. Upside will come from asset value realisation.</li>
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China Communications Construction (1800 HK) saw stronger new contract growth in 2Q23, increasing by 15.5% YoY. Sharp pick-up in domestic contracts is the key driver.
We estimate its backlog at end-1H23 at Rmb3.9trn, up 15% from end-FY22. This equals 5.1x the projected FY23 revenue, indicating very comfortable forward coverage.
Despite a 22.5% share price increase YTD, it trades on just 0.21x P/B. Compared with an ROE of 7-8%, it is inexpensive. Upside will come from asset value realisation.


China Comm Const (1800 HK): New Contract Growth Accelerated

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

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<li>SSE 50 and SSE180, respectively, aim to represent the performance of the 50 and 180 largest and most liquid A-share stocks listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange. </li>
<li>SSE 380 consists of 380 mid-cap stocks which are selected from the remaining Shanghai listed A-shares after the constituents of SSE 180 Index. </li>
<li>In this insight, we take a brief look at the index selection methodology and the historical price and volume performance of the SSE 50/180/380 index rebalance baskets.</li>
</ul>


SSE 50 and SSE180, respectively, aim to represent the performance of the 50 and 180 largest and most liquid A-share stocks listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange. 
SSE 380 consists of 380 mid-cap stocks which are selected from the remaining Shanghai listed A-shares after the constituents of SSE 180 Index. 
In this insight, we take a brief look at the index selection methodology and the historical price and volume performance of the SSE 50/180/380 index rebalance baskets.


Quiddity Primer for SSE 50/180/380 Index Rebalance Events

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China Railway Group Limited offers transportation facility construction services. The Company builds railways, roads, tunnels, and bridges. China Railway Group also conducts engineering survey, equipment manufacturing, real estate development, and investment businesses.

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China Railway Group (601390 CH)

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Brian Freitas

China Comm Const (1800 HK): New Contract Growth Accelerated

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Osbert Tang, CFA

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Names moving directly in and out of SSE 50 and SSE 180 are likely to be the most interesting cases for trading opportunities. SSE 380 index changes...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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There should be 2 changes for 2822/2823 HK in September. Impact of passive trading will be 0.5-1.5x ADV and could be higher due to cash and carry...

Brian Freitas

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Travis Lundy

China Comm Const (1800 HK): New Contract Growth Accelerated

New contract growth accelerated to 15.5% in 2Q23, and we estimate its end-1H23 backlog is enough to cover 5.1x the projected FY23 revenue. Relative...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Quiddity Primer for SSE 50/180/380 Index Rebalance Events

Names moving directly in and out of SSE 50 and SSE 180 are likely to be the most interesting cases for trading opportunities. SSE 380 index changes...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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