In today’s briefing:
- Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCEI, HSTECH, TOPIX FFW, SSE50, AS51, ChiNext, Kenedix, Liontown
- The Big 3 U.S. Banks Delivered Solid Earnings on NII, Benign Credit Quality
Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCEI, HSTECH, TOPIX FFW, SSE50, AS51, ChiNext, Kenedix, Liontown
- An ad hoc S&P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX) rebalance will be implemented at the close on 17 October with Light & Wonder (LNW AU) replacing United Malt Group Ltd (UMG AU).
- The rebalances of Wisdomtree Emerging Markets (DEM US), Wisdomtree Em Small Cap (DGS US) and Wisdmtree Emerg Mkt Ex-St Ow (XSOE US) will be implemented on 18 October.
- There were net outflows from onshore China ETFs with inflows to larger cap ETFs and outflows mainly from the CSI Smallcap 500 Index and CSI 1000 Index trackers.
The Big 3 U.S. Banks Delivered Solid Earnings on NII, Benign Credit Quality
- The U.S. Big 3 banks delivered strong 3Q23 earnings on the back of record net interest income, despite a lower balance in commercial loans and residential mortgages.
- Credit quality is mostly steady, with credit card charge-offs normalized. The main pain point is in CRE, especially for WFC.
- The proposed Basel III end game, if materialized, could have a huge impact on JPM and Citigroup in particular.