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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<li>There are 19 changes a side for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance. There are many stocks with same-way flows from passive trackers of other indices.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 9.8% resulting in a one-way trade of INR 8.2bn (US$98m). With US$40.1bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.</li>
<li>The adds have outperformed the deletes this year, though near-term performance has been meh. There was a similar trend in March and the adds could outperform nearer to implementation.</li>
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There are 19 changes a side for the NIFTY Midcap 150 Index at the September rebalance. There are many stocks with same-way flows from passive trackers of other indices.
Estimated one-way turnover is 9.8% resulting in a one-way trade of INR 8.2bn (US$98m). With US$40.1bn tracking the index actively, the impact on the stocks will be much larger.
The adds have outperformed the deletes this year, though near-term performance has been meh. There was a similar trend in March and the adds could outperform nearer to implementation.


NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 19 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic, Beat the Street

Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

Beat the Street

Beat The Street was founded by Nimish Maheshwari and Sudarshan Bhandari, both of whom are Chartered Accountants by Profession, known for their expert analysis in the fields of Business, Sectoral analysis, and Corporate governance.

With a strong social media presence of 45,000+ Subscribers across various platforms, they are considered trusted voices in the industry. Their insights and analysis have been featured in some of India’s most prominent publications, including the Economic Times, Dalal Street Investment Journal, The Morning Context, and The Ken.

Their analysis on Bankrupt & Insolvent companies has been instrumental in saving investors from significant losses. They have a keen eye for identifying red flags and has identified exclusive redflags earlier in Vedanta, Nykaa, Dhani Services, Adani and many more.

Read Business Not Stock Prices

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Overall, the introduction of the price-linked tick size mechanism by the NSE is a positive development as it leads to improving market efficiency and enhancing price discovery. </li>
<li>This move is likely to benefit investors by reducing slippage costs and improving liquidity, especially for small-cap and mid-cap stocks. </li>
<li>The move is also evidence of intense competition between NSE and BSE. BSE earlier was the only exchange to offer reduced tick size.</li>
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Overall, the introduction of the price-linked tick size mechanism by the NSE is a positive development as it leads to improving market efficiency and enhancing price discovery. 
This move is likely to benefit investors by reducing slippage costs and improving liquidity, especially for small-cap and mid-cap stocks. 
The move is also evidence of intense competition between NSE and BSE. BSE earlier was the only exchange to offer reduced tick size.


India's Largest Exchange Took Major Move To Improve Price Efficiency

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

Aadhar Housing Finance / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/aadhar-housing-finance-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32152:1" rel="noopener">Aadhar Housing Finance</a> (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>AHF is focused on the low income housing segments (ticket size less than INR1.5m) in India. It offers a range of mortgage-related loan products.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s performance in our past note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.
AHF is focused on the low income housing segments (ticket size less than INR1.5m) in India. It offers a range of mortgage-related loan products.
We have looked at the company’s performance in our past note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Aadhar Housing Finance IPO - Larger and Slower, at a Reasonable Discount

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<li>Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$600m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.</li>
<li>AHF is focused on the low income housing segments (ticket size less than INR1.5m) in India. It offers a range of mortgage-related loan products.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the updates from the company’s recent filings.</li>
</ul>


Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$600m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares.
AHF is focused on the low income housing segments (ticket size less than INR1.5m) in India. It offers a range of mortgage-related loan products.
In this note, we look at the updates from the company’s recent filings.


Aadhar Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Growth Picking Up

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<li>Indian household savings seeing a significant transition from traditional assets to financial assets</li>
<li>More than transition, there is a transformative trend ahead for financialization of savings paving way for Indian Households a decadal opportunity of wealth creation</li>
<li>What happened in US could happen in India over the next few decades - Significant wealth creation opportunity</li>
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Indian household savings seeing a significant transition from traditional assets to financial assets
More than transition, there is a transformative trend ahead for financialization of savings paving way for Indian Households a decadal opportunity of wealth creation
What happened in US could happen in India over the next few decades - Significant wealth creation opportunity


From Savings to Wealth Creation: The Financialization of Indian Households

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NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 19 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

There are 19 changes for the index in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 9.8% resulting in a one-way trade of INR 8.2bn (US$98m). There are many...

Brian Freitas

India's Largest Exchange Took Major Move To Improve Price Efficiency

The NSE's introduction of reduced tick size mechanism improves market efficiency, benefits investors by reducing slippage costs, and shows...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Aadhar Housing Finance IPO - Larger and Slower, at a Reasonable Discount

Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Aadhar Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Growth Picking Up

As per media reports, Aadhar Housing Finance is likely to launch its IPO in mid-May with an aim of raising around US$600m.

Sumeet Singh

From Savings to Wealth Creation: The Financialization of Indian Households

Equities as % household assets have rose from 2% to 5% as of 2023 and is expected to gone to 10% by 2030 paving a significant opportunity for...

Sudarshan Bhandari

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NIFTY MIDCAP150 Index Rebalance: 19 Changes a Side; Lots of Overlap with Other Index Flow

There are 19 changes for the index in Sep. Estimated one-way turnover is 9.8% resulting in a one-way trade of INR 8.2bn (US$98m). There are many...

Brian Freitas

India's Largest Exchange Took Major Move To Improve Price Efficiency

​The NSE's introduction of reduced tick size mechanism improves market efficiency, benefits investors by reducing slippage costs, and shows...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Aadhar Housing Finance IPO - Larger and Slower, at a Reasonable Discount

Aadhar Housing Finance (AHF) is now looking to raise around US$360m in its India IPO, via selling a mix of primary and secondary shares. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Aadhar Housing Finance Pre-IPO - Refiling Updates - Growth Picking Up

As per media reports, Aadhar Housing Finance is likely to launch its IPO in mid-May with an aim of raising around US$600m.

Sumeet Singh

From Savings to Wealth Creation: The Financialization of Indian Households

Equities as % household assets have rose from 2% to 5% as of 2023 and is expected to gone to 10% by 2030 paving a significant opportunity for...

Sudarshan Bhandari

The NSE's introduction of reduced tick size mechanism improves market efficiency, benefits investors by reducing slippage costs, and shows...