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>Two-Thirds of the way through the review period, we see 7 stocks migrating from MidCap to LargeCap, 8 stocks from LargeCap to MidCap, and 1 new listing added to LargeCap.</li>
<li>Post listing, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/life-insurance-corp-of-india-lic" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28829:1" rel="noopener">Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) (1248Z IN)</a> should be added to the LargeCap segment while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/delhivery-pvt-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33471:1" rel="noopener">Delhivery (1058656D IN)</a> should be added to the MidCap segment.</li>
<li>On average, stocks expected to migrate from Mid Cap to Large Cap have outperformed. Stocks expected to migrate from the Large Cap to Mid Cap segment have performed the worst.</li>
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Two-Thirds of the way through the review period, we see 7 stocks migrating from MidCap to LargeCap, 8 stocks from LargeCap to MidCap, and 1 new listing added to LargeCap.
Post listing, Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) (1248Z IN) should be added to the LargeCap segment while Delhivery (1058656D IN) should be added to the MidCap segment.
On average, stocks expected to migrate from Mid Cap to Large Cap have outperformed. Stocks expected to migrate from the Large Cap to Mid Cap segment have performed the worst.


India: Preview of Stock Reclassification for Active Funds

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

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<li>Vedant Fashions is looking to raise up to US$420m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>It is a fashionwear company targeting the Indian wedding and celebration wear segment. According to CRISIL, it was the largest company in India in the men’s Indian wedding wear segment.</li>
<li>In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal background.</li>
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Vedant Fashions is looking to raise up to US$420m in its India IPO.
It is a fashionwear company targeting the Indian wedding and celebration wear segment. According to CRISIL, it was the largest company in India in the men’s Indian wedding wear segment.
In this note, we will run the deal through our ECM framework and talk about the deal background.


Vedant Fashions IPO - Dominant Position in a Small Niche but Appears Pricey

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<li>Metro Brands (MB), an Indian footwear retailer targeting the economy, mid and premium segments, raised around US$182m in its India IPO. </li>
<li>As of Sep 21, it operated 598 stores across 136 cities spread across 30 states and union territories in India.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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Metro Brands (MB), an Indian footwear retailer targeting the economy, mid and premium segments, raised around US$182m in its India IPO. 
As of Sep 21, it operated 598 stores across 136 cities spread across 30 states and union territories in India.
In this note, we talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


Metro Brands IPO Trading - Lukewarm Demand, Peers Have Corrected

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist, Trudence Capital Advisors

Pranav Bhavsar

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist

Trudence Capital Advisors

Trudence Capital Advisors Private Limited is a SEBI-registered Research Analyst, holding SEBI registration number INH000015747. Our firm is dedicated to providing independent and unbiased research on Indian mid to large-cap companies. Trudence Capital is known for its counter-consensus views, with a focus on forensic research and on-ground primary investigations. Our research approach is thorough, involving detailed analysis of accounting practices and governance, alongside extensive channel checks.

Independent & Unbiased Research

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>For this insight, we interacted with channels of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/marico-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16903:1" rel="noopener">Marico Ltd (MRCO IN)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/page-industries-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4940:1" rel="noopener">Page Industries (PAG IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jubilant-foodworks-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:986:1" rel="noopener">Jubilant Foodworks (JUBI IN)</a>.</li>
<li>For MRCO, the drop in volumes is not a concern, PAG competitive positing and consumer demand is encouraging. For JUBI everyday value remains the core traffic driver. </li>
<li>These checks are anecdotal in nature conducted with a primary objective of channel surveillance and are not designed to build earnings forecasts.  </li>
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For this insight, we interacted with channels of Marico Ltd (MRCO IN) , Page Industries (PAG IN) and Jubilant Foodworks (JUBI IN).
For MRCO, the drop in volumes is not a concern, PAG competitive positing and consumer demand is encouraging. For JUBI everyday value remains the core traffic driver. 
These checks are anecdotal in nature conducted with a primary objective of channel surveillance and are not designed to build earnings forecasts.  


India Channel Insight #18 | Marico, Page, Jubilant Food

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<li>Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisee in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO.</li>
<li>Its core business is to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in the Indian subcontinent.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the subscription levels and the trading dynamics.</li>
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Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisee in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO.
Its core business is to operate KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in the Indian subcontinent.
In this note, we will talk about the subscription levels and the trading dynamics.


Sapphire Foods IPO Trading - Demand Was So So, Peer Performance Might Help

India

Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. owns and operates fast food chains. The Company offers donuts, baked goods, coffee, bagels, muffin, fruit milkshakes, smoothies, tea, sandwiches, pizza, and beverages. Jubilant Foodworks serves its products to customers throughout India.

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Jubilant Foodworks (JUBI IN)

India: Preview of Stock Reclassification for Active Funds

Two-thirds of the way through the review period, we see quite a few changes to the Large/Mid/Small Cap classification for Indian stocks. The upward...

Brian Freitas

Vedant Fashions IPO - Dominant Position in a Small Niche but Appears Pricey

Vedant Fashions is looking to raise up to US$420m in its India IPO. In this note we will talk about the company background and run the deal through...

Sumeet Singh

Metro Brands IPO Trading - Lukewarm Demand, Peers Have Corrected

Metro Brands (MB), an Indian footwear retailer targeting the economy, mid and premium segments, raised around US$182m in its India IPO. In this...

Sumeet Singh

India Channel Insight #18 | Marico, Page, Jubilant Food

We interact with channels of Marcio, Page, & Jubilant Food with the objective of understanding the current demand environment.

Pranav Bhavsar

Sapphire Foods IPO Trading - Demand Was So So, Peer Performance Might Help

Sapphire Foods Limited (SFL), one of Yum Brand’s franchisee in the Indian subcontinent, raised around US$280m in its Indian IPO.

Sumeet Singh

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