External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

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<ul><li>We reiterate our positive view on AI server and AI PC/Phone supply chain, as highlighted in our 2024 sector outlook.</li><li>In particular, we see AI server order /backlog/pipeline from major server ODM/brands (DELL/SMCI/Lenovo/HPE) are gaining strong momentum in CY4Q23, well ahead of our expectations.</li><li>For edge AI (PC/phones), we see more product launches and strong consumer interest of AI smartphones, esp. Samsung Galaxy S24 and new products in MWC (e.g. Honor Magic Pro, Xiaomi 14 Ultra). </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

We reiterate our positive view on AI server and AI PC/Phone supply chain, as highlighted in our 2024 sector outlook.In particular, we see AI server order /backlog/pipeline from major server ODM/brands (DELL/SMCI/Lenovo/HPE) are gaining strong momentum in CY4Q23, well ahead of our expectations.For edge AI (PC/phones), we see more product launches and strong consumer interest of AI smartphones, esp. Samsung Galaxy S24 and new products in MWC (e.g. Honor Magic Pro, Xiaomi 14 Ultra). Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

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 last week was a very busy one. The coming week has some announcements and implementations but is a relatively quieter one.</li>
<li>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> and STAR100 Index changes for March will be implemented at the close on Friday, the 8th.</li>
<li>Another week of inflows for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-msci-emerging-markets-223f5da3-7054-4e4f-bc55-b7f0852c2581" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31998:1" rel="noopener">iShares Emerging Markets ex-China (EMXC US)</a> ETF as creations cross US$2bn for 2024. ETF AUM has gone from US$420m in 2021 to US$11bn now!</li>
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The last week was a very busy one. The coming week has some announcements and implementations but is a relatively quieter one.
The SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX) and STAR100 Index changes for March will be implemented at the close on Friday, the 8th.
Another week of inflows for the iShares Emerging Markets ex-China (EMXC US) ETF as creations cross US$2bn for 2024. ETF AUM has gone from US$420m in 2021 to US$11bn now!


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: STAR50/100, FXI, NIFTY/NEXT50, S&P500, KOSPI, Goodman, Ecopro BM

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<ul><li>Recent market volatility with large moves in individual stocks</li><li>Multistrategy hedge funds may be impacting these market movements</li><li>Goose Hollow Capital founder Krishna Kumar discusses the workings of pod shops and their impact on stock trading</li></ul>This content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

Recent market volatility with large moves in individual stocksMultistrategy hedge funds may be impacting these market movementsGoose Hollow Capital founder Krishna Kumar discusses the workings of pod shops and their impact on stock tradingThis content is sourced through publicly available sources and has been machine generated. Information displayed is for general informational purposes only.

How the Rise of 'Pod Shops' Is Reshaping the Way Markets Trade

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Raghav Chandra Mathur

Product Marketing Manager

Next-Generation Credit Analytics Provider

Criat

Criat specializes in new-generation data-driven credit analytics. Leveraging our industry-leading DeepCredit analytical technologies, we produce daily-updated forward-looking credit assessment and valuation to help financial institutions stay ahead of risks. Coupled with use-case-driven applications, we extract insights, answer questions and enable smarter credit decisions.

<ul><li>Chipmakers and chip-making tool providers are set to continue benefitting from the surge in demand that has rallied the equity prices for the companies that are at the forefront of AI-related semiconductor research, development, and production.</li><li>One of the key drivers in the resurgence of new chip demand is the acceleration of upgrade demand for PCs and smartphones to meet the novel generative AI needs, while companies build up storage and data center capabilities to transition to utilizing generative AI capabilities in their operations.</li><li>However, so far, the benefit of the market rally has been disproportionately felt across the industry.</li></ul>

Chipmakers and chip-making tool providers are set to continue benefitting from the surge in demand that has rallied the equity prices for the companies that are at the forefront of AI-related semiconductor research, development, and production.One of the key drivers in the resurgence of new chip demand is the acceleration of upgrade demand for PCs and smartphones to meet the novel generative AI needs, while companies build up storage and data center capabilities to transition to utilizing generative AI capabilities in their operations.However, so far, the benefit of the market rally has been disproportionately felt across the industry.

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<ul><li>Looking back, March 2023 presented a significant “wobble” to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy tightening campaign as the sudden bank failures, the largest since the 2008 financial crisis, of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank in particular, caused the Fed to step in as customers rushed to withdraw their deposits while these banks did not have enough liquid funds on hand to satisfy those customers’ cash requirements.</li><li>One reason for these bank failures was that normally safe investments in U.S. Treasuries, purchased at the highs, began losing money due to their duration mismatch as interest rates were rapidly increased by the Federal Reserve.</li><li>In came the Fed’s BTFP program to the rescue which was setup to eliminate a financial institution’s need to rapidly sell securities, and is open to federally insured banks, savings associations, and credit unions, as well as the U.S. branches of foreign banks.</li></ul>

Looking back, March 2023 presented a significant “wobble” to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s monetary policy tightening campaign as the sudden bank failures, the largest since the 2008 financial crisis, of Signature Bank and Silicon Valley Bank in particular, caused the Fed to step in as customers rushed to withdraw their deposits while these banks did not have enough liquid funds on hand to satisfy those customers’ cash requirements.One reason for these bank failures was that normally safe investments in U.S. Treasuries, purchased at the highs, began losing money due to their duration mismatch as interest rates were rapidly increased by the Federal Reserve.In came the Fed’s BTFP program to the rescue which was setup to eliminate a financial institution’s need to rapidly sell securities, and is open to federally insured banks, savings associations, and credit unions, as well as the U.S. branches of foreign banks.

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Super Micro Computer, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells server solutions based on modular and open-standard x86 architecture. The Company's products include servers, motherboards, chassis, and accessories.

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In particular, we see AI server order /backlog/pipeline from major server ODM/brands (DELL/SMCI/Lenovo/HPE) are gaining strong momentum in CY4Q23

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Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: STAR50/100, FXI, NIFTY/NEXT50, S&P500, KOSPI, Goodman, Ecopro BM

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How the Rise of 'Pod Shops' Is Reshaping the Way Markets Trade

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AI-Driven Semiconductor Rally Leaves Small-Cap Chipmakers Behind

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