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Daily Brief Event-Driven: Event Trading on KOSPI Transfer Listings: Notable Post-Listing Price Patterns and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Event Trading on KOSPI Transfer Listings: Notable Post-Listing Price Patterns
  • March 2024 Nikkei 225 Rebal:  Socionext, Disco, and a Consumer Goods Stock, Still
  • Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for March
  • Hollysys (HOLI US): 8th Feb Shareholder Vote. Dazheng Fails The Sniff Test
  • Quiddity Leaderboard BSE/​​​​SENSEX Jun 24: Wipro SENSEX Deletion Possible
  • An Early Look at the Potential KOSPI200 Rebalance Candidates in June 2024
  • EQD | S&P/ASX200 Going Down… (Approaching Support to Go LONG)


Event Trading on KOSPI Transfer Listings: Notable Post-Listing Price Patterns

By Sanghyun Park

  • In the past year, four KOSPI transfer listings showed similar patterns, with pre-listing price increases and substantial corrections in the first five trading days post-listing.
  • ChatGPTAmid a sideways market and a 54.2% YoY growth in the local ETF market last year, the impact of passive flow imbalances may have been more significant than before.
  • A key factor is the short-selling ban. Posco DX’s SSFs showed significant backwardation pre-KOSPI listing, concentrating proactive short positions, requiring caution in adjusting pre-listing short position costs.

March 2024 Nikkei 225 Rebal:  Socionext, Disco, and a Consumer Goods Stock, Still

By Travis Lundy

  • No changes in the rankings since last time. Socionext (6526), Disco (6146), and a Consumer Goods stock (Zozo (3092) top-ranked, Ryohin Keikaku (7453) a better choice) are ADDs.
  • The DELETEs are still Takara Holdings (2531), Pacific Metals (5541), Sumitomo Osaka Cement (5232) with a dark horse candidate in Hitachi Zosen (7004) to replace Takara.
  • There is the upweight to Nitori (9843) but now less funkiness with Fast Retailing (9983). But it will continue being an interesting Nikkei 225 influence (for years to come).

Hang Seng Index (HSI) Rebalance Preview: Inclusion Candidates for March

By Brian Freitas

  • At 82 index constituents currently, we expect the index committee to progress towards reaching 100 constituents. We are (highly) unlikely to reach the target this calendar year though.
  • We highlight nine stocks that have a decent chance at being added to the index over the next couple of rebalances. All companies are profitable and meet inclusion requirements.
  • The market consultation on proposed changes to the Hang Seng Industry Classification System (HSICS) could lead to more inclusions from the Information Technology sector from the June rebalance.

Hollysys (HOLI US): 8th Feb Shareholder Vote. Dazheng Fails The Sniff Test

By David Blennerhassett

  • Hollysys Automation Technologies (HOLI US) has announced that an EGM is scheduled for February 8th to vote on the merger agreement with Ascendent Capital Partners. 
  • The Offer price remains at US$26.50/ADS. The shareholder approval required is simple majority. Regulatory approvals include NDRC, MoC and SAFE. Maybe a national security review.
  • And the Dazheng consortium? Apparently insufficient information as to its financing sources and consortium structure ruled it out. Separately, the SGM to spill the board has now been called off. 

Quiddity Leaderboard BSE/​​​​SENSEX Jun 24: Wipro SENSEX Deletion Possible

By Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

  • In this insight, we take a look at the Potential ADDs/DELs for the BSE SENSEX, 100, and 200 Indices in the June 2024 index rebal event.
  • As things stand, there could be one index change for the SENSEX index. 
  • There could be four ADDs/DELs for the BSE 100 index and four ADDs/DELs for the BSE 200 index.

An Early Look at the Potential KOSPI200 Rebalance Candidates in June 2024

By Douglas Kim

  • We discuss the potential KOSPI200 rebalance candidates in June 2024. In the past several years, there have been a lot of alpha generating stocks arising from the KOSPI200 rebalances.
  • The following companies are likely candidates which could be included in KOSPI200 rebalance in June 2024, including Posco DX, Doosan Robotics, Hyosung Heavy Industries Corp, and DS Dansuk. 
  • For the potential exclusion candidates, we included 10 stocks that are in the bottom 5% market caps in KOSPI200.

EQD | S&P/ASX200 Going Down… (Approaching Support to Go LONG)

By Nico Rosti

  • The S&P/ASX 200 INDEX is oversold, currently down for 2 weeks (actually the second week down has just started), it has good chances to bounce this week.
  • The best set up would be: index closing the week down at the end of this week: GO LONG at Close (or at any high probability support level reached intra-week).
  • A reprise of the rally should last into the end of January (or longer).

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