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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

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.

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Index Rebalance

Delta Electronics Thailand  / Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/central-plaza-hotel-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18213:1" rel="noopener">Central Plaza Hotel</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/com7-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27411:1" rel="noopener">Com7 PCL</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/delta-electronics-thai-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20912:1" rel="noopener">Delta Electronics Thai</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ratch-group-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15338:1" rel="noopener">Ratch Group</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bangkok-life-assurance-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16237:1" rel="noopener">Bangkok Life Assurance</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/irpc-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19051:1" rel="noopener">IRPC PCL</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kce-electronics-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1892:1" rel="noopener">KCE Electronics PCL</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/srisawad-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9480:1" rel="noopener">Srisawad Power</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">SET 50 Index</a>. </li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to buy between 2-4 days of ADV on the adds while selling between 0.6-3 days of ADV on the deletes.</li>
<li>The adds have significantly outperformed the deletes over the last few months. We'd use any big moves over the next couple of days to trim positions.</li>
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Central Plaza Hotel, Com7 PCL, Delta Electronics Thai and Ratch Group will replace Bangkok Life Assurance, IRPC PCL, KCE Electronics PCL and Srisawad Power in the SET 50 Index. 
Passive trackers will need to buy between 2-4 days of ADV on the adds while selling between 0.6-3 days of ADV on the deletes.
The adds have significantly outperformed the deletes over the last few months. We'd use any big moves over the next couple of days to trim positions.


SET50 Index Rebalance: CENTEL, COM7, DELTA, RATCH Added; BLA, IRPC, KCE, SAWAD Out

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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<li>The reference period for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> December 2022 Rebalance is about to come to an end.</li>
<li>With the market consultation changes confirmed as expected and the DTAC-TRUE merger likely to get delayed to 1Q CY2023, I expect 4 ADDs/DELs in December 2022. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ratch-group-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15338:1" rel="noopener">Ratch Group PCL (RATCH TB)</a> is a potential surprise ADD and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/irpc-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19051:1" rel="noopener">IRPC PCL (IRPC TB)</a> is a potential surprise DEL out of the index changes predicted in this insight.</li>
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The reference period for the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) December 2022 Rebalance is about to come to an end.
With the market consultation changes confirmed as expected and the DTAC-TRUE merger likely to get delayed to 1Q CY2023, I expect 4 ADDs/DELs in December 2022. 

Ratch Group PCL (RATCH TB) is a potential surprise ADD and IRPC PCL (IRPC TB) is a potential surprise DEL out of the index changes predicted in this insight.


Thailand SET50 Quiddity Dec 22 Final Expectations: DTAC-TRUE Delay Could Cause RATCH-IRPC Surprise

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<li>The market cap review period for the December rebalance of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> ends in 6 trading days.</li>
<li>Following the market consultation and reduction in the turnover ratio, there could be four changes to the index. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/total-access-communication" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:948:1" rel="noopener">DTAC</a>/<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/true-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8:1" rel="noopener">TRUE</a> merger could result in another inclusion in Q1 2023.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover at the December rebalance is 8.1% and will result in a one-way trade of THB 7.4bn. More than 1x ADV to trade on most stocks.</li>
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The market cap review period for the December rebalance of the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) ends in 6 trading days.
Following the market consultation and reduction in the turnover ratio, there could be four changes to the index. The DTAC/TRUE merger could result in another inclusion in Q1 2023.
Estimated one-way turnover at the December rebalance is 8.1% and will result in a one-way trade of THB 7.4bn. More than 1x ADV to trade on most stocks.


SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: Four Potential Changes in December

Thai Equity - Bottom-up - Equities, Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

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Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>CENTEL report 3Q22 net loss in 3Q22 at Bt78m. Stripping out extra items mainly from unrealized foreign exchange loss on foreign currency loans, core profit should be at Bt27m compared </li>
<li>Solid recovery in hospitality business as expected Hotel revenue hit ten quarter high at Bt1.5bn on the back of strong demand for hotels in Thailand where RevPar for Bangkok hotels</li>
<li>Food revenue hit 11 quarter high at Bt2.9bn (+52%YoY+2%QoQ) as SSSG expanded 43% compared with -30% and +19% in 3Q21 and 2Q22 respectively. This will be supported by pent-up demand</li>
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CENTEL report 3Q22 net loss in 3Q22 at Bt78m. Stripping out extra items mainly from unrealized foreign exchange loss on foreign currency loans, core profit should be at Bt27m compared 
Solid recovery in hospitality business as expected Hotel revenue hit ten quarter high at Bt1.5bn on the back of strong demand for hotels in Thailand where RevPar for Bangkok hotels
Food revenue hit 11 quarter high at Bt2.9bn (+52%YoY+2%QoQ) as SSSG expanded 43% compared with -30% and +19% in 3Q21 and 2Q22 respectively. This will be supported by pent-up demand


CENTEL : 3Q22 Missed Our and Market Estimates but Expect 4Q22 Profit to Be Solid

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>I-Tail, an OEM in the wet pet food category, aims to raise around US$500m in its Thailand IPO. It is a subsidiary of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-union-group-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:161:1" rel="noopener">Thai Union Group (TU TB)</a> .</li>
<li>As per ITC, it was the number two pet food company in Asia and in the top ten pet food companies globally. ITC expertise lies in fish-based wet pet food.</li>
<li>In our previous notes, we have looked at past performance, undertaken a peer comparison and spoken about valuation. In this note, we will add in its recently listed local peer.</li>
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I-Tail, an OEM in the wet pet food category, aims to raise around US$500m in its Thailand IPO. It is a subsidiary of Thai Union Group (TU TB) .
As per ITC, it was the number two pet food company in Asia and in the top ten pet food companies globally. ITC expertise lies in fish-based wet pet food.
In our previous notes, we have looked at past performance, undertaken a peer comparison and spoken about valuation. In this note, we will add in its recently listed local peer.


I-Tail Corporation Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison Update - Adding in Its Only Local Peer

Thailand

Central Plaza Hotel Public Company Limited owns and manages hotels and quick service restaurants. The Company operates its hotels under the banner of Centara Hotels & Resorts and franchises western and Japanese quick service restaurants.

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Central Plaza Hotel (CENTEL TB)

SET50 Index Rebalance: CENTEL, COM7, DELTA, RATCH Added; BLA, IRPC, KCE, SAWAD Out

There are 4 changes for the SET50 Index in Dec, all in line with forecasts. Passive trackers will need to buy between 2-4 days ADV on the adds...

Brian Freitas

Thailand SET50 Quiddity Dec 22 Final Expectations: DTAC-TRUE Delay Could Cause RATCH-IRPC Surprise

I expect 4 ADDs/DELs in the Dec 22 Rebalance. The Expected ADDs (DELTA, BJC, RATCH, and COM7) could outperform the Expected DELs (KCE, BLA, SAWAD,...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: Four Potential Changes in December

Following the market consultation, there could be 4 index change in December. Estimated one-way turnover is 8.1% and will result in a one-way trade...

Brian Freitas

CENTEL : 3Q22 Missed Our and Market Estimates but Expect 4Q22 Profit to Be Solid

CENTEL report 3Q22 net loss in 3Q22 at Bt78m.Stripping out extra items mainly from unrealized foreign exchange loss on foreign currency loans,core...

Pi Securities PCL, Thailand

I-Tail Corporation Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison Update - Adding in Its Only Local Peer

I-Tail, an OEM in the wet pet food category, aims to raise around US$500m in its Thailand IPO. It is a subsidiary of Thai Union Group (TU TB) .

Sumeet Singh

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