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<ul><li>The property slump is expected have slightly less of an impact on China’s economy in 2024 than feared, while fiscal support will play a bigger role, Wang Tao, UBS’s chief China economist, said at a Tuesday seminar.</li><li>The year-on-year growth rate in 2024 will be lower than that in 2023, but the economy will continue to recover and stabilize with a growth rate of about 4.5%, Wang said.</li><li>The biggest drag on the economy from the property slump happened in 2022, the economist said.</li></ul>

The property slump is expected have slightly less of an impact on China’s economy in 2024 than feared, while fiscal support will play a bigger role, Wang Tao, UBS’s chief China economist, said at a Tuesday seminar.The year-on-year growth rate in 2024 will be lower than that in 2023, but the economy will continue to recover and stabilize with a growth rate of about 4.5%, Wang said.The biggest drag on the economy from the property slump happened in 2022, the economist said.

UBS Economist Expects Less Property Drag on China’s Economy in 2024 

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.

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Event-Driven

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<li>With a few weeks to go in the review period, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cgn-power-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:58:1" rel="noopener">CGN Power (1816 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yankuang-energy-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:384:1" rel="noopener">Yankuang Energy Group (1171 HK)</a> could be added to the ETF in March.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beer-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:399:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beer Holdings (291 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23679:1" rel="noopener">Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK)</a> are potential deletions while there is another stock close to deletion zone.</li>
<li>There are a lot of shorts on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yankuang-energy-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:384:1" rel="noopener">Yankuang Energy</a> in terms of days of ADV and as a percentage of float while short interest on the other stocks is lower.</li>
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With a few weeks to go in the review period, CGN Power (1816 HK) and Yankuang Energy Group (1171 HK) could be added to the ETF in March.

China Resources Beer Holdings (291 HK) and Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK) are potential deletions while there is another stock close to deletion zone.
There are a lot of shorts on Yankuang Energy in terms of days of ADV and as a percentage of float while short interest on the other stocks is lower.


FXI Rebalance Preview: Two Potential Changes in March

Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst, Real Estate Foresight

Robert Ciemniak

Founder-CEO & Chief Analyst

Real Estate Foresight

Since 2012, REF has been helping investors with market research, project due diligence, and strategy development. This has ranged from detailed assessments and estimates on distressed developers' project portfolios to market due diligence on specific projects to macro-level questions linked to demand for commodities. The unique combination of the housing markets and developer data from data partner China Index Academy in Beijing, primary research, and technology-powered alternative data collection from public sources result in a valuable content set used in REF analytics and reports.

Predictive Analytics for China Property

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>This note is a weekly curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in distress</li>
<li>We look for their deals, updates, specific project progress news ('local signals'), as well as relevant local research commentaries about the market</li>
<li>We do not verify the underlying data or provide any opinion, we only select and summarize the information; See direct links to sources</li>
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This note is a weekly curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in distress
We look for their deals, updates, specific project progress news ('local signals'), as well as relevant local research commentaries about the market
We do not verify the underlying data or provide any opinion, we only select and summarize the information; See direct links to sources


China Property Developers In Distress - Weekly News & Announcements Tracker | Dec 29 -Jan 4, 2024

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<li>The latest China housing metrics remain weak, 'less negative' by some 12M measures, in line with our forecast from December 2022 data, but watch out for some major data twists</li>
<li>The expanding easing of policies is still far from a major stimulus, and the ‘whitelist’ to support certain developers indicates a selective approach by the policymakers, focused on "risk prevention"</li>
<li>The market for new home sales (mostly pre-sales) diverges from the secondary market, and the policy steers toward affordable housing, public facilities, urban village renovation</li>
</ul>


The latest China housing metrics remain weak, 'less negative' by some 12M measures, in line with our forecast from December 2022 data, but watch out for some major data twists
The expanding easing of policies is still far from a major stimulus, and the ‘whitelist’ to support certain developers indicates a selective approach by the policymakers, focused on "risk prevention"
The market for new home sales (mostly pre-sales) diverges from the secondary market, and the policy steers toward affordable housing, public facilities, urban village renovation


China Property - The Latest Signals In The Housing Markets, Data Caveats | December 2023

Analyst

Steve

Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-vanke-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18368:1" rel="noopener">China Vanke (H) (2202 HK)</a> saw a major drop in bond and stock prices recently, due to fear of default. </li>
<li>Yesterday, the company held a conference call, with representatives from Shenzhen SASAC and Shenzhen Metro (major shareholder of Vanke and owned by Shenzhen SASAC) participating in the call.</li>
<li>The strong support shown by Shenzhen SASAC/Shenzhen Metro represents a good short-term buying opportunity, for both Vanke stock and bonds. </li>
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China Vanke (H) (2202 HK) saw a major drop in bond and stock prices recently, due to fear of default. 
Yesterday, the company held a conference call, with representatives from Shenzhen SASAC and Shenzhen Metro (major shareholder of Vanke and owned by Shenzhen SASAC) participating in the call.
The strong support shown by Shenzhen SASAC/Shenzhen Metro represents a good short-term buying opportunity, for both Vanke stock and bonds. 


China Vanke (2202 HK):  Short Term Trading Opportunity Post Conference Call

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China Vanke Co., Ltd. is a property development company.  The Company develops residential properties in Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Nanjing, and other big cities in China.

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Caixin Global

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Brian Freitas

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This note is a weekly (Dec 29, 2023 - Jan 4, 2024) curated selection of Chinese news articles and company announcements focused on developers in...

Robert Ciemniak

China Property - The Latest Signals In The Housing Markets, Data Caveats | December 2023

What's the latest with China's housing markets and what data caveats to watch for? In this note, we draw on the range of data metrics and our...

Robert Ciemniak

China Vanke (2202 HK): Short Term Trading Opportunity Post Conference Call

According to public news, China is drafting a white list of 50 developers, which includes Vanke. The list will be given to financial institutions...

Steve

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