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>China A-Shares allocations continues to grow among active EM investors. Average holding weights sit close to all-time highs of 5.60%, with a record 87.8% of funds invested</li>
<li>Over the past 6-months, EM investors have made a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving higher vs country peers. Growth investors are the key allocators</li>
<li>Ecovacs Robotics Co Ltd and East Money Information have seen ownership levels double, whilst CATL and Midea Group remain the most widely held stocks.</li>
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China A-Shares allocations continues to grow among active EM investors. Average holding weights sit close to all-time highs of 5.60%, with a record 87.8% of funds invested
Over the past 6-months, EM investors have made a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving higher vs country peers. Growth investors are the key allocators
Ecovacs Robotics Co Ltd and East Money Information have seen ownership levels double, whilst CATL and Midea Group remain the most widely held stocks.


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 the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Consumer staples and materials sectors led the outflows while energy, communication services and real estate led the inflows.</li>
<li>We highlight stocks with top weekly outflows: Moutai, East Money, Yunnan Energy, CATL, Naura Tech.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Consumer staples and materials sectors led the outflows while energy, communication services and real estate led the inflows.
We highlight stocks with top weekly outflows: Moutai, East Money, Yunnan Energy, CATL, Naura Tech.


Northbound Flows: $10bn Outflows in 2 Weeks

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<li>We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Information technology, industrials, and material led the inflow while the financials , consumer discretionary  and consumer staple led the outflows.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining, Yangtze Power, and outflows from BYD, Wuliangye, Ping An Insurance, CATL, and East Money.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen Connect flows with our data engine.
Information technology, industrials, and material led the inflow while the financials , consumer discretionary  and consumer staple led the outflows.
We highlight inflows into Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining, Yangtze Power, and outflows from BYD, Wuliangye, Ping An Insurance, CATL, and East Money.


Northbound Flows: Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining

Equity Bottom-Up

East Money Information / Equity Bottom-Up

<p>East Money is the most actively traded A-share stock in 2020. It just reported its 1H2021 results. Unlike the traditional broker, it has a strong leverage on its online information platform which is well reflected in its latest financial results. As an unconventional broker and a member stock of the MSCI China A50 index, we think investors should follow the company closely.</p>

East Money is the most actively traded A-share stock in 2020. It just reported its 1H2021 results. Unlike the traditional broker, it has a strong leverage on its online information platform which is well reflected in its latest financial results. As an unconventional broker and a member stock of the MSCI China A50 index, we think investors should follow the company closely.

East Money 1H21: The Most Active A-Share that Beat the Market

Forensic Analyst

Jason Yap, CFA

Forensic Accounting

<div>A pandemic fuelled retailed trading frenzy and strong market performance in 2020 enabled <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/futu-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27858:1" rel="noopener">Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU US)</a> to benefit from unprecedented growth in paying client additions and trading activities.  A recent USD1 trillion selloff of China offshore equities and a shift in investor sentiment however, compounded by escalating regulatory scrutiny, has led to concerns whether the high growth seen in 2020 and early 2021 would persist in coming quarters.  We lay out 4 hypotheses for a potential negative re-rating focused on growth declines, continued investments, regulations, and licensing concerns. </div>

A pandemic fuelled retailed trading frenzy and strong market performance in 2020 enabled Futu Holdings Ltd (FUTU US) to benefit from unprecedented growth in paying client additions and trading activities.  A recent USD1 trillion selloff of China offshore equities and a shift in investor sentiment however, compounded by escalating regulatory scrutiny, has led to concerns whether the high growth seen in 2020 and early 2021 would persist in coming quarters.  We lay out 4 hypotheses for a potential negative re-rating focused on growth declines, continued investments, regulations, and licensing concerns. 

Futu Holdings - An Inflection Point Imminent?

China

East Money Information Co., Ltd. operates online financial information platform.  The Company's products include internet advertising and financial data.

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East Money Information (300059 CH)

China A-Shares: Powering to New Highs

China A-Shares allocations have hit new highs among EM investors. We see a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving...

Steven Holden

Northbound Flows: $10bn Outflows in 2 Weeks

We highlight two weeks of big outflows from A-share by northbound investors, and stocks with top weekly outflows including Moutai, East Money,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Northbound Flows: Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining

We highlight weekly Northbound inflows into Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining, Yangtze Power, and outflows from BYD, Wuliangye,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Futu Holdings - An Inflection Point Imminent?

Strong retail participation and market performance enabled Futu Holdings to benefit from strong growth. Given a shift in investor sentiment, we...

Jason Yap, CFA

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China A-Shares: Powering to New Highs

China A-Shares allocations have hit new highs among EM investors. We see a clear rotation in to A-Shares, with all measures of ownership moving...

Steven Holden

Northbound Flows: $10bn Outflows in 2 Weeks

We highlight two weeks of big outflows from A-share by northbound investors, and stocks with top weekly outflows including Moutai, East Money,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Northbound Flows: Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining

We highlight weekly Northbound inflows into Longi Green, Sungrow, Jiangxi Ganfeng, Zijin Mining, Yangtze Power, and outflows from BYD, Wuliangye,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

East Money 1H21: The Most Active A-Share that Beat the Market

We highlight the strong set of results for East Money. As an unconventional broker and a member stock of the MSCI China A50 index, we think...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Futu Holdings - An Inflection Point Imminent?

Strong retail participation and market performance enabled Futu Holdings to benefit from strong growth. Given a shift in investor sentiment, we...

Jason Yap, CFA