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In today’s briefing:

  • KWEB Index Rebalance: Few Changes at the Close Today
  • MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index Rebalance: Big Float & Capping Changes
  • MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Three Adds; Float & Capping Changes
  • Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCI, GDXJ, KRX New Deal, AMFI, Amman Mineral, Infratil
  • MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index Rebalance: Chipping Away
  • Quiddity HSTECH Sep 23 Flow Expectations: Two ADDs/DELs Possible
  • Ohayo Japan|SPX Up Again; Fed Pause/Hike? NUGGET: Kyocera ISS Recommended Vote Doomed, But…
  • Taiwan Dual-Listings: TSMC Spread Opens Again for Opportunity; Others Have Swung Substantially
  • Quiddity HSCEI Sep 23 Flow Expectations: Two Changes Likely, US$276mn One-Way
  • Weekly Deals Digest (11 Jun) – Toshiba, Chindata, Yitai Coal, Eoflow, Estia, Origin, Amman Mineral


KWEB Index Rebalance: Few Changes at the Close Today

By Brian Freitas

  • The June rebalance of the KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB US) will take place at the close of trading today.
  • There are a couple of deletions and one inclusion. Plus there will be capping changes on the other stocks, but the impact of those changes is not large.
  • The stocks have already been moving in the right direction during the day and the pre-positions could be flipped to the ETF at the close.

MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index Rebalance: Big Float & Capping Changes

By Brian Freitas


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Three Adds; Float & Capping Changes

By Brian Freitas

  • There are 3 inclusions for the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index at the June rebalance. Plus there are free float and capping changes.
  • One way turnover is estimated at 10.6% and will result in a one-way trade of US$66m. There are a few stocks with over 0.5 days of ADV to trade.
  • Yunnan Chihong Zinc&Germanium Co, Ltd. (600497 CH) was not added to the index while ioneer Ltd (INR AU) has avoided deletion in June.

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCI, GDXJ, KRX New Deal, AMFI, Amman Mineral, Infratil

By Brian Freitas

  • The changes for the KOSPI2 INDEX, KOSDAQ150 Index, CSI300 Index, STAR50 INDEX and a bunch of other onshore China indices were implemented last week.
  • The coming week has a lot of rebalance implementations on Friday with the S&P/ASX family and the MVIS family, among others.
  • AUM for the Yuanta/P-shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF (0050 TT) has continued to increase with big inflows in the last week.

MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index Rebalance: Chipping Away

By Brian Freitas

  • The upcoming rebalance of the MVIS US Listed Semiconductor 25 Index will be implemented on 16 June. There are no constituent changes, but there are float and capping changes.
  • The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor (SMH US) ETF tracks the index and has an AUM of US$9.26bn.
  • Estimated one-way turnover is 3.9% resulting in a one-way trade of US$358m. The stocks are extremely liquid, the impact on the stock in terms of ADV to trade is small.

Quiddity HSTECH Sep 23 Flow Expectations: Two ADDs/DELs Possible

By Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

  • In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes and the resultant capping flows for the HSTECH Index in September 2023.
  • Based on the latest available data, I see two ADDs and two DELs. 
  • For the September 2023 rebalance, I expect one-way capping flows to be around US$234mn.

Ohayo Japan|SPX Up Again; Fed Pause/Hike? NUGGET: Kyocera ISS Recommended Vote Doomed, But…

By Mark Chadwick

  • OVERSEAS. SPX Closed +0.1% on Friday/WoW +0.4% confirming Bull Market; Fed Decision this week – Market See Pause; TESLA +4.1% Seals Deal with GM on its Super Chargers
  • JAPAN. NKY Futs flat vs Cash;  Japan Continues to focus on AGMs; Record number Proposals submitted to 90 companies; Buybacks to hit record in 2023 say SMBC Nikko
  • NUGGET. Kyocera: ISS  recommended AGM vote doomed but there is good news…

Taiwan Dual-Listings: TSMC Spread Opens Again for Opportunity; Others Have Swung Substantially

By Vincent Fernando, CFA

  • TSMC is back to an 11.8% ADR premium after dropping to 8%… potentially another good Long/Short point.
  • UMC has flipped to a -0.6% ADR discount, from a 5.6% Premium. If the discount ticks slightly more negative then a good setup level will open up.
  • ASE, ChipMOS, and CHT spreads have also experienced significant swings since our last dual-listings piece.

Quiddity HSCEI Sep 23 Flow Expectations: Two Changes Likely, US$276mn One-Way

By Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

  • In this insight, we take a look at the potential index changes and the resultant capping flows for HSCEI in September 2023.
  • Based on the latest available data, I expect two ADDs and two DELs for HSCEI in the September 2023 Rebalance.
  • I estimate one-way flow to be US$276mn. Only the two ADDs and two DELs involved in the index changes are likely to have more than one day to trade. 

Weekly Deals Digest (11 Jun) – Toshiba, Chindata, Yitai Coal, Eoflow, Estia, Origin, Amman Mineral

By Arun George


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