Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Pan-Asia Index Flows & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Event-Driven

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<li>The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.</li>
<li>There could be one index change during the September 2024 index rebal event. The official results will be announced after market close on 16th August 2024.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at our latest flow expectations based on closing prices on Monday 12th August 2024.</li>
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The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.
There could be one index change during the September 2024 index rebal event. The official results will be announced after market close on 16th August 2024.
In this insight, we take a look at our latest flow expectations based on closing prices on Monday 12th August 2024.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Sep 24: Expected ADD and DEL Have 10+ Days to Trade

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

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<li>Post market close on Friday, Hang Seng Indexes will announce the changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)</a> that will be implemented at the close on 6 September.</li>
<li>With no constituent changes in March and 1 add/1 delete in June, there could be more changes in September with Health Care stocks among the potential inclusions.</li>
<li>Changes to the Hang Seng Industry Classification System (HSICS) will be implemented from the September rebalance and that will alter industry coverage.</li>
</ul>


Post market close on Friday, Hang Seng Indexes will announce the changes for the Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) that will be implemented at the close on 6 September.
With no constituent changes in March and 1 add/1 delete in June, there could be more changes in September with Health Care stocks among the potential inclusions.
Changes to the Hang Seng Industry Classification System (HSICS) will be implemented from the September rebalance and that will alter industry coverage.


Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for September

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

China Resources Beverage / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, the prior week witnessed a number of listings with divergent results.</li>
<li>Given the market volatility, there was only one large placements in the prior week.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, the prior week witnessed a number of listings with divergent results.
Given the market volatility, there was only one large placements in the prior week.


ECM Weekly (12th Aug 2024) - Ola Electric, Brainbees, WeRide, Akum, CR Beverages, Eternal Beauty

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Low Volatility and High Dividend yield stocks in Hong Kong outperformed the region during recent global market sell off.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mgm-china-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:472:1" rel="noopener">MGM China Holdings (2282 HK)</a> is outperforming its peers with revenue now exceeding pre-COVID levels.
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weibo-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35280:1" rel="noopener">Weibo (9898 HK)</a> maintains a high cash flow and dividend yield in China's tech sector.  <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhuzhou-crrc-times-electric-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18:1" rel="noopener">Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd. (3898 HK)</a> benefits from China's new large-scale maintenance cycle.
</li>
</ul>


Low Volatility and High Dividend yield stocks in Hong Kong outperformed the region during recent global market sell off.

MGM China Holdings (2282 HK) is outperforming its peers with revenue now exceeding pre-COVID levels.


Weibo (9898 HK) maintains a high cash flow and dividend yield in China's tech sector.  Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co., Ltd. (3898 HK) benefits from China's new large-scale maintenance cycle.



BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Stock Updates (August 6)

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beverage" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41984:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beverage</a> is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>China Resources Beverage manufactures and sells packaged drinking water and RTD soft beverages in China.</li>
<li>In our earlier note, we talked about the company’s past performance. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.</li>
</ul>



China Resources Beverage is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
China Resources Beverage manufactures and sells packaged drinking water and RTD soft beverages in China.
In our earlier note, we talked about the company’s past performance. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.


China Resources Beverage Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Middling

China

Kuaishou Technology operates as a content community and social platform. The Company helps users create, upload and watch short videos on mobile devices. Kuaishou Technology offers services worldwide.

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Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK)

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Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for September

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Brian Freitas

ECM Weekly (12th Aug 2024) - Ola Electric, Brainbees, WeRide, Akum, CR Beverages, Eternal Beauty

Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.

Sumeet Singh

BUY/SELL/HOLD: Hong Kong Stock Updates (August 6)

Low Vol and High Dividend factors outperformed the region during recent sell off. MGM i EBITDA exceeds pre-COVID levels. Weibo will benefit from...

David Mudd

China Resources Beverage Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - Middling

China Resources Beverage is looking to raise US$1bn in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous...

Sumeet Singh

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