Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Highly experienced ex-Delta One trader with 17 years of experience trading arbitrage and related strategies across Asian markets.

Exempt Financial Adviser (EFA) under CrossASEAN Research Pte Ltd.

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All forecasts and estimates are based on information that has been obtained from public sources that are considered to be reliable. The sources include, but are not limited to, company announcements, exchange filings, ETF and other passive investment vehicle holdings, and free float and volume data from third-party data providers. Periscope Analytics does not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of the forecasts, estimates and/or other information.

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Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

China Zhenhua (Group) Science & Tech / Event-Driven

China Zhenhua (Group) Science & Tech (000733 CH)

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<li>Near the end of the review period, we see 16 potential changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-shenzhen-csi-300-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22906:1" rel="noopener">CSI 300 Index</a> at the December rebalance. There are other stocks very close to the cutoffs.</li>
<li>We estimate a one-way turnover of 3.04% at the December rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 8.4bn.</li>
<li>The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes, though the gap has narrowed in the last few weeks. We'd position for outperformance post the end of the review period.</li>
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Near the end of the review period, we see 16 potential changes to the CSI 300 Index at the December rebalance. There are other stocks very close to the cutoffs.
We estimate a one-way turnover of 3.04% at the December rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 8.4bn.
The potential adds have outperformed the potential deletes, though the gap has narrowed in the last few weeks. We'd position for outperformance post the end of the review period.


Shanghai Electric Group Company (601727 CH)

Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co., (600352 CH)

Shanxi Meijin Energy Co, Ltd. (000723 CH)

Beijing Tiantan Biological Products (600161 CH)

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