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>Asia underweight funds LATAM overweight.  Asia’s ‘big 4’, account for 64.4% of the average fund.  MENA region suffers from a lack of ownership, with Saudi Arabia held underweight by -2.92%.</li>
<li>Tech moves to the top sector holding after capturing strong inflows, displacing Financials which saw heavy outflows and negative rotation.</li>
<li>TSMC, Samsung, Tencent and Alibaba are the consensus holding.  All 4 are owned by at least 70% of funds and form the backbone of most active GEM equity funds.</li>
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Asia underweight funds LATAM overweight.  Asia’s ‘big 4’, account for 64.4% of the average fund.  MENA region suffers from a lack of ownership, with Saudi Arabia held underweight by -2.92%.
Tech moves to the top sector holding after capturing strong inflows, displacing Financials which saw heavy outflows and negative rotation.
TSMC, Samsung, Tencent and Alibaba are the consensus holding.  All 4 are owned by at least 70% of funds and form the backbone of most active GEM equity funds.


Emerging Market Funds:  Top-Down Positioning and Fund Flows Update

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 TWSE Stocks as of Jul 28th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.0bn.</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 Quanta Computer, Lite-On Tech, Wiwynn, Alchip Tech, Inventec, Faraday Tech.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 28th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.0bn.
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 Quanta Computer, Lite-On Tech, Wiwynn, Alchip Tech, Inventec, Faraday Tech.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 28th): Quanta Computer, Lite-On Tech, Wiwynn, Alchip Tech

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 21st which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.1bn.</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 Gigabyte Tech, Lite-On Tech, Delta Elec, Walsin Lihwa.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 21st which has an aggregated short interest worth USD15.1bn.
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 Gigabyte Tech, Lite-On Tech, Delta Elec, Walsin Lihwa.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 21st): Gigabyte Tech, Lite-On Tech, Delta Elec, Walsin Lihwa

Equity Bottom-Up

Voltronic Power Technology / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Ownership levels in Voltronic Power Technology rise as EM funds open new positions.</li>
<li>A record 15.7% of EM long-only funds own a position, with Wasatch and Morgan Stanley among the high conviction holders.</li>
<li>Voltronic Power Technology is now the 12th most widely owned stock in Taiwan and the 7th most overweighted company.  </li>
</ul>


Ownership levels in Voltronic Power Technology rise as EM funds open new positions.
A record 15.7% of EM long-only funds own a position, with Wasatch and Morgan Stanley among the high conviction holders.
Voltronic Power Technology is now the 12th most widely owned stock in Taiwan and the 7th most overweighted company.  


Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

<ul>
<li>We had a call with ChipMOS management about their latest long-term R&amp;D efforts and drivers. </li>
<li>We see many of the company's key clients' businesses turning a corner, hence see these developments likely to benefit ChipMOS.</li>
<li>The company will be reporting earnings on August 3rd, we have an Outperform rating for the shares. Could see some continued margin weakness, however we believe forward outlook is improving.</li>
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We had a call with ChipMOS management about their latest long-term R&amp;D efforts and drivers. 
We see many of the company's key clients' businesses turning a corner, hence see these developments likely to benefit ChipMOS.
The company will be reporting earnings on August 3rd, we have an Outperform rating for the shares. Could see some continued margin weakness, however we believe forward outlook is improving.


ChipMOS: Results Ahead & Key Clients for Display and Memory Signal a Turn Around Is Happening

Taiwan

Novatek Microelectronics Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets integrated circuits (ICs).  The Company's products are used in telecommunication, computer peripherals, and LCD (liquid crystal display) drivers.

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Emerging Market Funds: Top-Down Positioning and Fund Flows Update

Asia underweight funds LATAM overweight. Asia’s ‘big 4’, account for 64% of the average fund. MENA region suffers from a lack of ownership, Tech...

Steven Holden

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 28th): Quanta Computer, Lite-On Tech, Wiwynn, Alchip Tech

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Quanta Computer, Lite-On Tech, Wiwynn, Alchip...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 21st): Gigabyte Tech, Lite-On Tech, Delta Elec, Walsin Lihwa

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Gigabyte Tech, Lite-On Tech, Delta Elec, Walsin...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Voltronic Power: Rising Up the Ranks

Ownership levels in Voltronic Power Technology rise to record levels as EM funds open new positions. It now stands as the 7th most overweighted...

Steven Holden

ChipMOS: Results Ahead & Key Clients for Display and Memory Signal a Turn Around Is Happening

We had a call with ChipMOS management about the company's latest long-term research efforts and drivers. The shares appear well supported into an...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

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