In today’s briefing:
- S&P500 Index Rebalance: SPCY Additions & Large Impact
- (Mostly) Assia-Pac M&A: Alumina, Superloop, Qantm, Samsonite, ESR, APM , Adbri, CSR, Outsourcing
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S&P500 Index Rebalance: SPCY Additions & Large Impact
- Super Micro Computer (SMCI US) and Deckers Outdoor (DECK US) replace Whirlpool Corp (WHR US) and Zions Bancorporation (ZION US) in the S&P 500 INDEX at the close on 15 March.
- There are a bunch of inclusions, deletions and migrations across the S&P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX), the S&P Midcap 400 Index, and the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.
- The largest flows will be in the S&P 500 INDEX (SPX INDEX) adds and the largest impact in the adds to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.
(Mostly) Assia-Pac M&A: Alumina, Superloop, Qantm, Samsonite, ESR, APM , Adbri, CSR, Outsourcing
- I tally 54 – mostly firm, mostly Asia-Pac – transactions currently being discussed and analysed on Smartkarma. Inside is a timetable of upcoming key events for each deal.
- Three new deals discussed this week on Smartkarma (possible four): Offers for Alumina (AWC AU), Superloop (SLC AU) & Qantm Intellectual (QIP AU); Samsonite (1910 HK)‘s ESR (1821 HK)‘s rumoured approaches.
- Key updates took place on APM Human Services Internation (APM AU), Adbri (ABC AU), CSR Ltd (CSR AU), Weiqiao Textile Co (2698 HK), and Outsourcing Inc (2427 JP).