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

China Shipbuilding Industry Group Power / Event-Driven

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<li>There could be 17 changes at the December rebalance with the Industrials sector gaining 3 index spots and the Information Technology sector losing 3 spots.</li>
<li>We estimate one-way turnover of 2.9% at the rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 21.96bn (US$3.1bn). There are 22 stocks with over 3x ADV to trade.</li>
<li>Impact on the stocks has increased as creations in ETFs linked to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-inde" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">CSI 300 Index</a> continue. That flow will reverse from the deletions in the next few months.</li>
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There could be 17 changes at the December rebalance with the Industrials sector gaining 3 index spots and the Information Technology sector losing 3 spots.
We estimate one-way turnover of 2.9% at the rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 21.96bn (US$3.1bn). There are 22 stocks with over 3x ADV to trade.
Impact on the stocks has increased as creations in ETFs linked to the CSI 300 Index continue. That flow will reverse from the deletions in the next few months.


CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: Round-Trip Trade Tops US$6bn as ETF Creations Soar

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<li>There could be 18 changes at the December rebalance with the Industrials sector gaining 3 index spots and the Information Technology sector losing 5 spots.</li>
<li>We estimate one-way turnover of 3.3% at the rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 22.07bn (US$3bn). There are a lot of stocks with multiple days ADV to trade.</li>
<li>The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes. There were ETF inflows last week amid a short selling crackdown as the Third Plenum kicks off.</li>
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There could be 18 changes at the December rebalance with the Industrials sector gaining 3 index spots and the Information Technology sector losing 5 spots.
We estimate one-way turnover of 3.3% at the rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 22.07bn (US$3bn). There are a lot of stocks with multiple days ADV to trade.
The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes. There were ETF inflows last week amid a short selling crackdown as the Third Plenum kicks off.


CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: 18 Changes in Dec; Third Plenum; ETF Inflows; Short Sell Crackdown

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Due to increasing competition/price reduction/overcapacity issue, outlook of domestic vaccine companies isn't optimistic, which has been reflected in 24Q1 results. However, there’s also a "special one" that deserves investors' attention.</li>
<li>The status of medical insurance funds is improving rather than deteriorating, but we’re currently in the first half of the decade with the highest pressure on medical insurance.</li>
<li>As the H.R.8333 proposal faced obstacles in the process of being included in NDAA, WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio’s shares once rebounded.We remain conservative as situation is not as simple as imagined.</li>
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Due to increasing competition/price reduction/overcapacity issue, outlook of domestic vaccine companies isn't optimistic, which has been reflected in 24Q1 results. However, there’s also a "special one" that deserves investors' attention.
The status of medical insurance funds is improving rather than deteriorating, but we’re currently in the first half of the decade with the highest pressure on medical insurance.
As the H.R.8333 proposal faced obstacles in the process of being included in NDAA, WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio’s shares once rebounded.We remain conservative as situation is not as simple as imagined.


China Healthcare Weekly (Jun16)-WuXi Get A "Reprieve", Vaccine Company in Trouble, Insurance Surplus

Global Healthcare Analyst

Tina Banerjee

Beijing Wantai Biological Phar / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-wantai-biological-phar" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30129:1" rel="noopener">Beijing Wantai Biological Phar (603392 CH)</a> announced that its net profit for 2023 declined 71–75% YoY to RMB1.20–1.35B mainly due to the market competition.</li>
<li>China’s HPV vaccine market is highly competitive. Beijing Wantai has no presence in higher valent HPV vaccine segment, which dominates the domestic market.</li>
<li>Although the company will be one of the early movers in domestically developed nonavalent HPV vaccines, at least three more players will follow soon, thereby making the space more competitive.</li>
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Beijing Wantai Biological Phar (603392 CH) announced that its net profit for 2023 declined 71–75% YoY to RMB1.20–1.35B mainly due to the market competition.
China’s HPV vaccine market is highly competitive. Beijing Wantai has no presence in higher valent HPV vaccine segment, which dominates the domestic market.
Although the company will be one of the early movers in domestically developed nonavalent HPV vaccines, at least three more players will follow soon, thereby making the space more competitive.


Beijing Wantai Biological (603392 CH): Struggling to Make a Mark in Murky China HPV Vaccine Market

Equity Capital Markets

Beijing Health Guard Biotechnology / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The real market space of China’s HPV vaccines is much smaller-than-expected. Investment logic of vaccine companies is different from biotech - They either become large vaccine enterprises or are eliminated.</li>
<li>Low-Valent HPV vaccines would easily enter a price war or be included in National Immunization Program. 9-valent HPV vaccines would be the main battlefield, which is a highly competitive market.</li>
<li>Health Guard is facing increasing survival risks. Based on the concerns about the commercialization outlook of HPV vaccines, we’re not sure if the Company would bring expected returns to investors.</li>
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The real market space of China’s HPV vaccines is much smaller-than-expected. Investment logic of vaccine companies is different from biotech - They either become large vaccine enterprises or are eliminated.
Low-Valent HPV vaccines would easily enter a price war or be included in National Immunization Program. 9-valent HPV vaccines would be the main battlefield, which is a highly competitive market.
Health Guard is facing increasing survival risks. Based on the concerns about the commercialization outlook of HPV vaccines, we’re not sure if the Company would bring expected returns to investors.


Pre-IPO Beijing Health Guard Biotechnology - The Story of the HPV Vaccine Is Not as Good as Imagined

China

Walvax Biotechnology Company Limited develops, manufactures and sells bio-pharmaceutical vaccination products.  The Company's products include haemophilus influenzae type b conjugate vaccine and meningococcal group A,C bivalent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine.

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Walvax Biotechnology Co A (300142 CH)

CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: Round-Trip Trade Tops US$6bn as ETF Creations Soar

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Brian Freitas

CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: 18 Changes in Dec; Third Plenum; ETF Inflows; Short Sell Crackdown

There could be 18 changes in December. The adds have outperformed the deletes but near-term performance has been meh. There were ETF inflows last...

Brian Freitas

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun16)-WuXi Get A "Reprieve", Vaccine Company in Trouble, Insurance Surplus

Outlook for domestic vaccine companies is bleak, but one standout. Medical insurance status is improving. WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio shares rebounded as...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Beijing Wantai Biological (603392 CH): Struggling to Make a Mark in Murky China HPV Vaccine Market

Beijing Wantai expects 70%+ decline in net profit in 2023 due to competition. Going ahead, competition is expected to intensify further in China...

Tina Banerjee

Pre-IPO Beijing Health Guard Biotechnology - The Story of the HPV Vaccine Is Not as Good as Imagined

The real China’s HPV vaccine market could be smaller-than-expected.After being included in National Immunization Program, vaccine business will be...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

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CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: Round-Trip Trade Tops US$6bn as ETF Creations Soar

There could be 17 changes in Dec resulting in a round-trip trade of over US$6bn. 22 stocks have over 3x ADV to trade. The potential adds have...

Brian Freitas

CSI300 Index Rebalance Preview: 18 Changes in Dec; Third Plenum; ETF Inflows; Short Sell Crackdown

There could be 18 changes in December. The adds have outperformed the deletes but near-term performance has been meh. There were ETF inflows last...

Brian Freitas

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun16)-WuXi Get A "Reprieve", Vaccine Company in Trouble, Insurance Surplus

​Outlook for domestic vaccine companies is bleak, but one standout. Medical insurance status is improving. WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio shares rebounded as...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Beijing Wantai Biological (603392 CH): Struggling to Make a Mark in Murky China HPV Vaccine Market

Beijing Wantai expects 70%+ decline in net profit in 2023 due to competition. Going ahead, competition is expected to intensify further in China...

Tina Banerjee

Pre-IPO Beijing Health Guard Biotechnology - The Story of the HPV Vaccine Is Not as Good as Imagined

The real China’s HPV vaccine market could be smaller-than-expected.After being included in National Immunization Program, vaccine business will be...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Outlook for domestic vaccine companies is bleak, but one standout. Medical insurance status is improving. WuXi AppTec/WuXi Bio shares rebounded as...