In today’s briefing:
- Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: KS200, KQ150, Yuanta Div+, LIT, HSCI, IDX, Japan Positioning
- ECM Weekly (29th Oct 2023) – Kokusai, J&T, Midea, Wuxi XDC, Cirrus, Cello World, Honasa, SIA
Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: KS200, KQ150, Yuanta Div+, LIT, HSCI, IDX, Japan Positioning
- The coming week has a lot of review periods ending – KOSPI 200, KOSDAQ 150, CSI 300, CSI 500, SSE50, STAR50, ChiNext and SENSEX, among others.
- The TOPIX rebalance will be implemented on Monday while the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF (LIT US) and IDX indices will rebalance at the close on Tuesday.
- There were outflows from Emerging Market ETFs including iShares Emerging Markets (EEM), iShares Core Emerging Mar (IEMG), Schwab Emerging Markets Equi (SCHE) and IShares Edge Min Vol Emerging Markets ETF (EEMV).
ECM Weekly (29th Oct 2023) – Kokusai, J&T, Midea, Wuxi XDC, Cirrus, Cello World, Honasa, SIA
- Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.
- In the IPO space, Kokusai Electric (6525 JP) provided some relief in the ECM space, even as J&T Global Express (1519 HK) didn’t do much.
- Given the earnings seasons, there weren’t any placement during the week. We did look at Singapore Airlines (SIA SP)‘s upcoming placement lockup expiry.