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

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronic / Event-Driven

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<li>The index committee has continued to use a 6-month minimum listing history leading to five changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a> in March.</li>
<li>One way turnover is estimated at 4.95% and will result in a one-way trade of CNY 4,413m. The estimated impact on the deletes is higher than that on the adds.</li>
<li>The inclusions have outperformed the deletions over multiple time periods. There will be pre-positions on the stocks and those could be unwound over the next week or two.</li>
</ul>


The index committee has continued to use a 6-month minimum listing history leading to five changes to the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) in March.
One way turnover is estimated at 4.95% and will result in a one-way trade of CNY 4,413m. The estimated impact on the deletes is higher than that on the adds.
The inclusions have outperformed the deletions over multiple time periods. There will be pre-positions on the stocks and those could be unwound over the next week or two.


STAR50 Index Rebalance: Five Changes as Adds Bigly Outperform Deletes

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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.6% as of Feb 24th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 2.0ppt week on week, led by utilities, health care, financials and offset by information technology, industrials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.6% as of Feb 24th.
The average A-H premium changed by 2.0ppt week on week, led by utilities, health care, financials and offset by information technology, industrials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan.


A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 24th): Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan

<ul>
<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.9% as of Feb 10th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 3.6ppt week on week, led by health care, consumer discretionary, information technology and offset by real estate.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, Huadian, Huaneng, Datang Intl.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.9% as of Feb 10th.
The average A-H premium changed by 3.6ppt week on week, led by health care, consumer discretionary, information technology and offset by real estate.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, Huadian, Huaneng, Datang Intl.


A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 10th): Premium Compressed for Utilities

Qingdao Haier Biomedical  Lt / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The review period for the March rebalance ends today. We forecast 2 changes using a 12-month minimum listing history, and 5 changes using a 6-month minimum listing history.</li>
<li>We expect the index committee to continue using a 6-month minimum listing history. The impact on the potential deletes is a lot higher than the impact on the potential adds.</li>
<li>With 5 changes to the index, estimated one-way turnover is 5.1% resulting in a one-way trade of CNY 4,549m. There is a reasonably large reverse funding trade.</li>
</ul>


The review period for the March rebalance ends today. We forecast 2 changes using a 12-month minimum listing history, and 5 changes using a 6-month minimum listing history.
We expect the index committee to continue using a 6-month minimum listing history. The impact on the potential deletes is a lot higher than the impact on the potential adds.
With 5 changes to the index, estimated one-way turnover is 5.1% resulting in a one-way trade of CNY 4,549m. There is a reasonably large reverse funding trade.


STAR50 Index Rebalance Preview: 5 Changes Forecast as Review Period Ends

<ul>
<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.1% as of Jan 13th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -0.1ppt week on week, led by real estate, information technology, communication services and offset by utilities, financials, health care.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Fuyao Glass, Shenhua, Minsheng, Yankuang Energy, China Longyuan, Flat Glass.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 142 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 109.1% as of Jan 13th.
The average A-H premium changed by -0.1ppt week on week, led by real estate, information technology, communication services and offset by utilities, financials, health care.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Fuyao Glass, Shenhua, Minsheng, Yankuang Energy, China Longyuan, Flat Glass.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jan 13th): Fuyao Glass, Shenhua, Minsheng, Yankuang Energy, China Longyuan

China

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Company Limited designs and sells semiconductor devices. The Company produces security and identification chips, smart meters, specific analog circuits, flashes, and other products. Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group supplies its products in finance, social security, urban public transportation, and other fields.

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronic (688385 CH)

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Shanghai Fudan Microelectronic (688385 CH)

STAR50 Index Rebalance: Five Changes as Adds Bigly Outperform Deletes

There are 5 changes in March as the index committee stick to a 6-month minimum listing history. The adds have outperformed the deletes by a big...

Brian Freitas

A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 24th): Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Xinjiang Gold Wind, China Shenhua, CICC, GWM, Shanghai Fudan.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 10th): Premium Compressed for Utilities

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Great Wall Motor, Huadian, Huaneng, Datang Intl.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

STAR50 Index Rebalance Preview: 5 Changes Forecast as Review Period Ends

There could be 5 index changes in March if the index committee continues using a 6-month minimum listing history. One-way turnover will be over 5%....

Brian Freitas

A-H Premium Weekly (Jan 13th): Fuyao Glass, Shenhua, Minsheng, Yankuang Energy, China Longyuan

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Fuyao Glass, Shenhua, Minsheng, Yankuang Energy, China...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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