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 KRX Stocks as of Nov 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.7bn.</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 Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri, Hyundai Bioscien, Leeno Industrial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD12.7bn.
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 Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri, Hyundai Bioscien, Leeno Industrial.


KRX Shorts: Top Changes Prior to Short Ban

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

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<li>LX Semicon and Tokai Carbon Korea will be excluded, and these two positions will be filled by Eo Technics and either HPSP or ISC Co Ltd.</li>
<li>The effective date is October 16th, and the rebalancing trading by the TIGER ETF occurs towards the closing (likely to start around 2 p.m.) on Friday, October 13th.</li>
<li>The practical setup would entail an EO Technics-TCK Long Short pair. For a more aggressive strategy, we could explore the inclusion of HPSP in this setup.</li>
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LX Semicon and Tokai Carbon Korea will be excluded, and these two positions will be filled by Eo Technics and either HPSP or ISC Co Ltd.
The effective date is October 16th, and the rebalancing trading by the TIGER ETF occurs towards the closing (likely to start around 2 p.m.) on Friday, October 13th.
The practical setup would entail an EO Technics-TCK Long Short pair. For a more aggressive strategy, we could explore the inclusion of HPSP in this setup.


Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

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<li>NPS has expressed concerns about the wide risk range of the KOSDAQ 150 index, and there has been speculation about whether they will take advantage of the KOSDAQ Global Index.</li>
<li>The launch of these ETFs should be closely watched as it could potentially be a turning point in the investment patterns of local pension funds in KOSDAQ.</li>
<li>It may be worth considering the constituents included in this index where the NPS ownership stake does not reach 5%.</li>
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NPS has expressed concerns about the wide risk range of the KOSDAQ 150 index, and there has been speculation about whether they will take advantage of the KOSDAQ Global Index.
The launch of these ETFs should be closely watched as it could potentially be a turning point in the investment patterns of local pension funds in KOSDAQ.
It may be worth considering the constituents included in this index where the NPS ownership stake does not reach 5%.


Potential Changes to NPS's KOSDAQ Benchmark with the Launch of KOSDAQ Global Index ETFs

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<li>The Korean local sector ETF with the fastest growing AUM is TIGER Fn Semiconductor Top 10 ETF, whose AUM has increased more than twice over the past two months.</li>
<li>HPSP (403870 KS) will replace Tokai Carbon Korea (064760 KS) by a comfortable margin in the upcoming review in October.</li>
<li>From a day trading perspective, this presents a significant Long-Short opportunity. Considering the relatively sizeable passive impact size, setting an entry point more aggressively may not be a bad idea.</li>
</ul>


The Korean local sector ETF with the fastest growing AUM is TIGER Fn Semiconductor Top 10 ETF, whose AUM has increased more than twice over the past two months.
HPSP (403870 KS) will replace Tokai Carbon Korea (064760 KS) by a comfortable margin in the upcoming review in October.
From a day trading perspective, this presents a significant Long-Short opportunity. Considering the relatively sizeable passive impact size, setting an entry point more aggressively may not be a bad idea.


A Long Short Trading Event Likely to Have a High Hit Rate: HPSP & TCK

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<li>Mirae Asset TIGER Fn Semiconductor TOP 10 ETF saw a rapid increase in AUM in a short period. Currently, AUM has reached 126 billion won.</li>
<li>Compared to the flow size, the price movement magnitude was substantial. What is particularly important is that the correlation between weight change direction and price impact was quite significant.</li>
<li>Considering Long Short basket trading based on the weight change direction on a day trading window seems worthwhile.</li>
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Mirae Asset TIGER Fn Semiconductor TOP 10 ETF saw a rapid increase in AUM in a short period. Currently, AUM has reached 126 billion won.
Compared to the flow size, the price movement magnitude was substantial. What is particularly important is that the correlation between weight change direction and price impact was quite significant.
Considering Long Short basket trading based on the weight change direction on a day trading window seems worthwhile.


Introducing Another Long Short Basket Trading Event with Semicon ETF Rebalancing in Korea

South Korea

Tokai Carbon Korea Co., Ltd. produces purified graphite products used in semiconductor equipment, and silicon single crystal puller parts.  The Company also produces carbon products used in rubber parts for machineries.

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KRX Shorts: Top Changes Prior to Short Ban

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Ecopro, Samsung Sdi Co, Sk Hynix, Jusung Engineeri,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Long Short Flow Trading Opportunity: TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF Rebalancing Next Friday

This post explores a Long-Short flow trading opportunity, which will likely be presented next Friday by the TIGER Semicon Top 10 ETF rebalancing.

Sanghyun Park

Potential Changes to NPS's KOSDAQ Benchmark with the Launch of KOSDAQ Global Index ETFs

This post investigates the possibility of changes to NPS's benchmark for KOSDAQ investments due to the launch of KOSDAQ Global Index ETFs.

Sanghyun Park

A Long Short Trading Event Likely to Have a High Hit Rate: HPSP & TCK

This post examines the upcoming rebalancing of the TIGER Fn Semiconductor TOP 10 ETF and discovers a Long Short trading event likely to have a high...

Sanghyun Park

Introducing Another Long Short Basket Trading Event with Semicon ETF Rebalancing in Korea

This post introduces the rebalancing of sector ETFs in Korea, which is not yet well known, and examines whether this event provides long-short...

Sanghyun Park

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