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>The WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index measures the performance of emerging markets stocks that are not state-owned enterprises.</li>
<li>The October rebalance will result in a one-way turnover of ~16% and in a one-way trade of US$329m. There are 16 stocks with over US$3m to trade.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hdfc-bank-ltd-4b6b7a92-9087-468d-9dbe-ab169e77f014" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:558:1" rel="noopener">HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN)</a> will be added to the index while there will be selling in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11230:1" rel="noopener">Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (2330 TT)</a>.</li>
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The WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index measures the performance of emerging markets stocks that are not state-owned enterprises.
The October rebalance will result in a one-way turnover of ~16% and in a one-way trade of US$329m. There are 16 stocks with over US$3m to trade.

HDFC Bank (HDFCB IN) will be added to the index while there will be selling in Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (2330 TT).


WisdomTree Emerging Markets Ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index Rebalance: 16% Turnover, US$660m Trade

Independent research on the U.S. markets, Baptista Research

Baptista Research

Independent research on the U.S. markets

Baptista Research is an independent financial research house focused on the U.S. markets. We provide equity research as well as credit research reports on the top-listed U.S. companies with most of our focus on technology, consumer goods and services, automobiles, industrials, oil and gas, pharma, and healthcare. Our research has served more than 3000 institutional investors including mutual funds, hedge funds, banks, family offices, and various buy-side firms. We operate a research subscription service where institutions, as well as retail investors, can have priority access to all our research. We also have a wide distribution of our research reports across some of the top global financial platforms. Apart from equity research and credit research, we also provide advisory services with respect to mergers & acquisitions (M&A), private equity/ venture capital fundraising, valuation reports, and investment management services for corporates.
Baptista Research is owned and managed by Ishan Majumdar, an ex-Venture Capitalist/ Investment Banker, a Chartered Accountant, and a Masters’ degree holder in Management from HEC Paris. Ishan has nearly a decade of experience in Mergers and Acquisitions, Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs), Venture Capital Investing, Corporate Strategy, and Valuation in front-office roles at the likes of BNP Paribas CIB, Credit Agricole CIB, Groupe Danone, and TIW Private Equity. He has worked on and closed multiple acquisition deals, leveraged buyouts, and start-up investment transactions.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>PDD Holdings Inc. delivered a solid result and managed an all-around beat in the quarter.</li><li>The company experienced a substantial 66% year-on-year increase in revenue, signaling a growing trust in its products and services.</li><li>This surge in consumer confidence has led to increased demand across various product categories, a testament to the company's continued success.</li></ul>

PDD Holdings Inc. delivered a solid result and managed an all-around beat in the quarter.The company experienced a substantial 66% year-on-year increase in revenue, signaling a growing trust in its products and services.This surge in consumer confidence has led to increased demand across various product categories, a testament to the company's continued success.

PDD Holdings Inc.: Breaking the Mold with Tech-Driven Farming Innovations and Skyrocketing Revenues! - Major Drivers

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

J&T Global Express  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/j-t-global-express-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36819:1" rel="noopener">J&amp;T Global Express</a>, a global logistics service provider, is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>As per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm is the leading express delivery business in Southeast Asia, with a 22.5% market share as per 2022 parcel volume.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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J&amp;T Global Express, a global logistics service provider, is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
As per Frost &amp; Sullivan (F&amp;S), the firm is the leading express delivery business in Southeast Asia, with a 22.5% market share as per 2022 parcel volume.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and undertaken a peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about valuations.


J&T Global Express Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

China/Asia TMT

Shawn Yang

China growth and global non-US Internet equities

Blue Lotus Research Institute

Blue Lotus Research is a Hong Kong Type 4 Licensed investment advisory firm focusing on Chinese growth equities and global non-US Internet equities

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>PDD/BABA/4385JP：TikTok Shop US opened up, initial target categories in Mercari, ETSY and eBay（/）</li>
<li>BABA ：rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO（ / ）</li>
<li>LI/NIO/XPEV: AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good performance（-）</li>
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PDD/BABA/4385JP：TikTok Shop US opened up, initial target categories in Mercari, ETSY and eBay（/）
BABA ：rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO（ / ）
LI/NIO/XPEV: AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good performance（-）


China TMT Update Oct.12-Pdd/Baba/4385jp/BABA/LI/NIO/XPEV-TikTok Shop US/Taobao Management Change

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<li>We view the recent cooperation between Alimama and Tencent a true change that both parties need to enter a new paradigm of business priorities in China Internet;</li>
<li>Middle-Sized social/video companies like Kuaishou and Bilibili have historically exploited the disconnect between Alibaba’s e-commerce merchandise shelf and Tencent’s advertising inventory. This opportunity is diminishing;</li>
<li>We raised Tencent's TP by 4% to HK$417 while keeping Alibaba unchanged. We cut Kuaishou and Bilibili’s TP by 8% and 3% and maintain SELL.</li>
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We view the recent cooperation between Alimama and Tencent a true change that both parties need to enter a new paradigm of business priorities in China Internet;
Middle-Sized social/video companies like Kuaishou and Bilibili have historically exploited the disconnect between Alibaba’s e-commerce merchandise shelf and Tencent’s advertising inventory. This opportunity is diminishing;
We raised Tencent's TP by 4% to HK$417 while keeping Alibaba unchanged. We cut Kuaishou and Bilibili’s TP by 8% and 3% and maintain SELL.


[Blue Lotus Internet Sector Update]: Increasing Marginalization of Middle-Sized Companies

China

PDD Holdings Inc. is a multinational commerce group that owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. The Company focuses on digital economy so that local communities and small businesses can benefit from the increased productivity and new opportunities. PDD Holdings has built a network of sourcing, logistics, and fulfillment capabilities for its underlying businesses.

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PDD Holdings (PDD US)

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index Rebalance: 16% Turnover, US$660m Trade

There are 157 adds/79 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index. One-way turnover is 16% resulting in a one-way...

Brian Freitas

PDD Holdings Inc.: Breaking the Mold with Tech-Driven Farming Innovations and Skyrocketing Revenues! - Major Drivers

PDD Holdings Inc. delivered a solid result and managed an all-around beat in the quarter. The company experienced a substantial 66% year-on-year...

Baptista Research

J&T Global Express Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

J&T Global Express, a global logistics service provider, is looking to raise about US$500m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. In this note, we talk...

Sumeet Singh

China TMT Update Oct.12-Pdd/Baba/4385jp/BABA/LI/NIO/XPEV-TikTok Shop US/Taobao Management Change

TikTok Shop US opened up; rumor says Taobao/Tmall looking to shuffle CEO; AITO’s sales performance during the National Day holiday see good...

Blue Lotus Research Institute

[Blue Lotus Internet Sector Update]: Increasing Marginalization of Middle-Sized Companies

We raised Tencent's TP by 4% to HK$417 while keeping Alibaba unchanged. We cut Kuaishou and Bilibili’s TP by 8% and 3% and maintain SELL.

Blue Lotus Research Institute

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