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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyosung-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20712:1" rel="noopener">Hyosung Corporation (004800 KS)</a> has announced that it is spinning off part of its business holdings to Hyosung New Holding Corporation in a 0.818:0.182 ratio.</li>
<li>The stock will remain suspended from late June to late July. We expect <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyosung-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20712:1" rel="noopener">Hyosung Corporation (004800 KS)</a> to maintain its index membership while the New Entity will not be added.</li>
<li>The dynamics between listed ETFs and non-listed passive trackers differ and we take a look at the potential index flows.</li>
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Hyosung Corporation (004800 KS) has announced that it is spinning off part of its business holdings to Hyosung New Holding Corporation in a 0.818:0.182 ratio.
The stock will remain suspended from late June to late July. We expect Hyosung Corporation (004800 KS) to maintain its index membership while the New Entity will not be added.
The dynamics between listed ETFs and non-listed passive trackers differ and we take a look at the potential index flows.


Hyosung Corp (004800 KS): Spin-Off & KOSPI200 Index Implications

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 analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Feb 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD7.9bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We have highlighted short interest weekly changes in Korea Zinc.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Feb 2nd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD7.9bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We have highlighted short interest weekly changes in Korea Zinc.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Feb 2nd): Korea Zinc

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the recent pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos which could provide trading opportunities in 1Q 2024. </li>
<li>We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 26 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past six months and 12 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
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In this insight, we highlight the recent pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos which could provide trading opportunities in 1Q 2024. 
We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.
Of the 38 pair trades, 26 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past six months and 12 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 1Q 2024

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.7bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri, Hyundai Bioscien, Leeno Industrial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.7bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri, Hyundai Bioscien, Leeno Industrial.


KRX Shorts: Top Changes Prior to Short Ban

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 4Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 38 pair trades, 18 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 20 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 4Q 2023.
Of the 38 pair trades, 18 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos YTD and 20 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 38 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 4Q 2023

South Korea

Hyosung TNC Co. Ltd. manufactures and distributes fiber products. The Company produces nylon, polyester yarns, fabrics, and other related products. Hyosung TNC also trades steel and chemicals.

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Hyosung Corp (004800 KS): Spin-Off & KOSPI200 Index Implications

Hyosung Corp is spinning-off part of its businesses to a new entity. The surviving entity will maintain its KS200 membership while the new entity...

Brian Freitas

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Feb 2nd): Korea Zinc

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes for the past week in Korea Zinc.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 1Q 2024

In this insight, we highlight the recent pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos which could provide trading opportunities in...

Douglas Kim

KRX Shorts: Top Changes Prior to Short Ban

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Trading Opportunities in 4Q 2023

In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 4Q 2023. We highlight 38 pair trades that...

Douglas Kim

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