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<ul><li>The Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu has surged to the top of U.S. app store charts as American TikTok creators, dubbed “TikTok refugees,” migrate to the platform amid a potential U.S. ban, driving new global user engagement and sparking cross-cultural trends.</li><li>Ryan Martin, a TikTok user, said restricted access to Douyin — TikTok’s Chinese counterpart — and dissatisfaction with Meta Platform’s role in the TikTok ban had prompted his switch to Xiaohongshu.</li><li>He described the platform as the most similar to TikTok in terms of interface and functionality. Unlike TikTok and Douyin, Xiaohongshu does not isolate domestic and international users, allowing seamless access for overseas users.</li></ul>

The Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu has surged to the top of U.S. app store charts as American TikTok creators, dubbed “TikTok refugees,” migrate to the platform amid a potential U.S. ban, driving new global user engagement and sparking cross-cultural trends.Ryan Martin, a TikTok user, said restricted access to Douyin — TikTok’s Chinese counterpart — and dissatisfaction with Meta Platform’s role in the TikTok ban had prompted his switch to Xiaohongshu.He described the platform as the most similar to TikTok in terms of interface and functionality. Unlike TikTok and Douyin, Xiaohongshu does not isolate domestic and international users, allowing seamless access for overseas users.

TikTok Refugees Send Xiaohongshu to Top of U.S. App Store Charts 

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.

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Kioxia Holdings  / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kioxia-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29243:1" rel="noopener">Kioxia Holdings (285A JP)</a> raised around US$800m (including over-allocation) in its Japan IPO, after pricing its IPO in the middle of its range.</li>
<li>It was the world’s largest pure-play NAND flash memory supplier, in terms of both revenue and unit shipments in 2023, according to TechInsights.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Kioxia Holdings (285A JP) raised around US$800m (including over-allocation) in its Japan IPO, after pricing its IPO in the middle of its range.
It was the world’s largest pure-play NAND flash memory supplier, in terms of both revenue and unit shipments in 2023, according to TechInsights.
We have looked at the company’s past performance and valuations in our previous notes. In this note, we will talk about the trading dynamics.


Kioxia IPO Trading - Decent Demand for Decent Upside

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.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>Constituent changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a> and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$17.7bn across the Select Sector indices and the S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index.</li>
<li>There is over US$500m to trade in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/broadcom-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:998:1" rel="noopener">Broadcom (AVGO US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tesla-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20279:1" rel="noopener">Tesla (TSLA US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apollo-global-management-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28770:1" rel="noopener">Apollo Global Management (APO US)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/amazon-com-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:409:1" rel="noopener">Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/workday-inc-class-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5660:1" rel="noopener">Workday Inc Class A (WDAY US)</a>. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/broadcom-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:998:1" rel="noopener">Broadcom (AVGO US)</a> swings from a small net buy to a large net sell following the rally in the stock last week.</li>
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Constituent changes to the S&amp;P 500 INDEX and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$17.7bn across the Select Sector indices and the S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index.
There is over US$500m to trade in Broadcom (AVGO US), Tesla (TSLA US), Apollo Global Management (APO US), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN US) and Workday Inc Class A (WDAY US). 

Broadcom (AVGO US) swings from a small net buy to a large net sell following the rally in the stock last week.


Select Sector Indices and S&P Equal Weight Rebalance: US$17.7bn Round-Trip Trade Post Capping Cutoff

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<li>Constituent changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a> and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$15.9bn across the Select Sector indices and the S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index.</li>
<li>The Select Sector index trackers and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/invesco-s-p-500-equal-weight-e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32932:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 Equal Weight</a> trackers will need to buy <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/apollo-global-management-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28770:1" rel="noopener">Apollo Global Management</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/workday-inc-class-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:5660:1" rel="noopener">Workday</a>, adding to the buying from <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-500-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22886:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P 500 INDEX</a> trackers.</li>
<li>The flows will change over the next week as stock prices move around and final capping is done after the close on 13 December.</li>
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Constituent changes to the S&amp;P 500 INDEX and capping changes will result in a round-trip trade of US$15.9bn across the Select Sector indices and the S&amp;P500 Equal Weight Index.
The Select Sector index trackers and S&amp;P 500 Equal Weight trackers will need to buy Apollo Global Management and Workday, adding to the buying from S&amp;P 500 INDEX trackers.
The flows will change over the next week as stock prices move around and final capping is done after the close on 13 December.


Select Sector Indices and S&P Equal Weight Rebalance: US$16bn Trade; More Buying for APO and WDAY

US-EU Index & Corporate Actions Analyst, ORTEX

Harry Kalfas

US-EU Index & Corporate Actions Analyst

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ares-management-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28771:1" rel="noopener">Ares Management (ARES US) </a>entered into a definitive agreement a $3.7 billion acquisition of GLP Capital Partners’ international operations.</li>
<li>The acquisition is structured with a mix of cash and stock, including performance incentives.</li>
<li>The deal, subject to regulatory approvals, will impact Ares’ presence in a global and a major US index, potentially creating significant passive demand.</li>
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Ares Management (ARES US) entered into a definitive agreement a $3.7 billion acquisition of GLP Capital Partners’ international operations.
The acquisition is structured with a mix of cash and stock, including performance incentives.
The deal, subject to regulatory approvals, will impact Ares’ presence in a global and a major US index, potentially creating significant passive demand.


Ares Management’s $3.7 Billion Acquisition: Shift for the U.S. And Global Index

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TikTok Refugees Send Xiaohongshu to Top of U.S. App Store Charts

The Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu has surged to the top of U. S. app store charts as American TikTok creators, dubbed “TikTok refugees,”...

Caixin Global

Kioxia IPO Trading - Decent Demand for Decent Upside

Kioxia Holdings (285A JP) raised around US$800m (including over-allocation) in its Japan IPO, after pricing its IPO in the middle of its range. In...

Sumeet Singh

Select Sector Indices and S&P Equal Weight Rebalance: US$17.7bn Round-Trip Trade Post Capping Cutoff

Constituent changes to the SnP500 Index and capping changes result in a round-trip trade of US$17.7bn across the Select Sector and the SnP500 Equal...

Brian Freitas

Select Sector Indices and S&P Equal Weight Rebalance: US$16bn Trade; More Buying for APO and WDAY

Constituent changes to the SPX and capping changes result in a round-trip trade of US$15.9bn. Apollo Global, Workday, Exxon and McDonald's are...

Brian Freitas

Ares Management’s $3.7 Billion Acquisition: Shift for the U.S. And Global Index

Ares Management's $3.7B acquisition of GLP Capital’s international ops enhances its footprint and index presence, driving potential passive demand.

Harry Kalfas

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