Daily Brief Financials: Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank, KB Financial, Queen City Investments , Bitcoin, Sygnia and more

• CSI 300 represents the 300 largest stocks by market capitalization and liquidity from the entire universe of Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. CSI 500 represents the next largest 500 names.
• In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for the CSI 300 and CSI 500 rebalance in June 2024.
• Since my December 2023 insight, a couple of names have left the CSI 300 Expected ADDs basket and have been replaced by two other names. 

• The local media have started to provide some concrete figures of the amount of losses related to HSCEI related ELS products sold by major Korean banks and securities firms.
• If HSCEI continues to remain at about 5,450 to the end of March 2024, the total losses could rise to nearly 1.6 trillion won, impacting more than 45,000 investors. 
• Concerns about HSCEI index related ELS losses have negatively impacted both the major Korean banks and securities companies in Korea in the past 1-2 months. 

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• Queen City Investments (QUCT) is an illiquid OTC-traded affiliate of Farmers & Merchants of Long Beach (FMBL), a regional bank.
• QUCT has a strong balance sheet with $30 million in cash/treasuries and no debt.
• In 2022, QUCT generated approximately $4.4 million in free cash flow, indicating its financial stability.

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• The crypto industry’s big dream has become a reality.
• The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave the green light to 11 Bitcoin spot ETFs after the market closed yesterday.
• Notably, this includes approval for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust and the conversion of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust into an ETF.

• Ten fund management companies are preparing to launch spot Exchange-Traded Funds backed by virtual assets in Hong Kong, according to an executive of crypto exchange operator HashKey Group.
• Up to eight of the fund companies are at an “advanced stage” for the launch, Livio Weng, HashKey’s chief operating officer, told Caixin in an interview.
• He didn’t provide any more details.

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• Sygnia Limited is an asset management firm based in South Africa that specializes in low-cost investment products, including ETFs.
• The company was founded in 2003 and became listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 2015.
• Sygnia currently holds a market share of around 4% and manages R285 billion of the overall market assets under management, making it the 9th largest asset manager in South Africa.

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