Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

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Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

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The Asia HY Trade Book for July 2023 includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. The report also features relative-value charts and lists of the bonds across Asia (ex-Japan) HY and crossover credits.

  The Asia HY Trade Book for July 2023 includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. The report also features relative-value charts and lists of the bonds across Asia (ex-Japan) HY and crossover credits. 

Asia HY Trade Book - July 2023 - Lucror Analytics

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

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>It was a busy week with index rebalance implementations and announcements of index changes.</li>
<li>The coming week has the KOSPI200 and KOSDAQ150 rebalancing on Thursday and a bunch of onshore China indices rebalancing on Friday.</li>
<li>There were big inflows to China ETFs during the week while the largest inflows went to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tracker-fund-of-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29257:1" rel="noopener">Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK)</a> ETF.</li>
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It was a busy week with index rebalance implementations and announcements of index changes.
The coming week has the KOSPI200 and KOSDAQ150 rebalancing on Thursday and a bunch of onshore China indices rebalancing on Friday.
There were big inflows to China ETFs during the week while the largest inflows went to the Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK) ETF.


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: CSI300/500, Chinext, China Semi Chips, Nifty Next50, SET50, REMX

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>NSE Indices have started a market consultation on dropping stocks that are not a part of the Futures &amp; Options segment from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX)</a>. </li>
<li>This will be done in two phases with a weight reduction for non-F&amp;O stocks in June and deletion from the index in September.</li>
<li>That will result in 11 inclusions to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nifty-next-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36053:1" rel="noopener">Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX)</a> in September and bring in a lot of flow to the stocks.</li>
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NSE Indices have started a market consultation on dropping stocks that are not a part of the Futures &amp; Options segment from the Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX). 
This will be done in two phases with a weight reduction for non-F&amp;O stocks in June and deletion from the index in September.
That will result in 11 inclusions to the Nifty Next 50 Index (NIFTYJR INDEX) in September and bring in a lot of flow to the stocks.


NIFTY NEXT 50 Index Market Consultation: Non-F&O Stocks Could Be Dropped

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

<ul>
<li>Late Wednesday, the boards of <a href="https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/f5108573-775f-47c2-8cbf-3728e7cab738.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adani Enterprises</a>, <a href="https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/81efc0ed-99b8-4f66-bbfe-f06c6173038e.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adani Green Energy</a>, and <a href="https://www.bseindia.com/xml-data/corpfiling/AttachLive/bdeabbc4-4e66-47b6-8229-ded6bc257bcf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adani Transmission</a> announced they would meet Saturday to consider fund-raising proposals.</li>
<li>They will consider issuance of equity shares or other eligible securities through a private placement, a qualified institutions placement, or a preferential issue, among other methods.</li>
<li>Earnings just out were generally good/up. They still need/want to raise equity. SEBI is still conducting its investigation but hints are there's trouble. A set of private placements looks likelier.</li>
</ul>


Late Wednesday, the boards of Adani Enterprises, Adani Green Energy, and Adani Transmission announced they would meet Saturday to consider fund-raising proposals.
They will consider issuance of equity shares or other eligible securities through a private placement, a qualified institutions placement, or a preferential issue, among other methods.
Earnings just out were generally good/up. They still need/want to raise equity. SEBI is still conducting its investigation but hints are there's trouble. A set of private placements looks likelier.


Adani Enterprises, Green Energy, Transmission Boards to Consider Equity Raises

<ul>
<li>Every quarter, Indian companies report their "Shareholding Pattern" for all to see. They show holdings by category type, and holders over 1%. </li>
<li>The big news in Q1 in AdaniLand was the failed FPO, thwarted by the Hindenburg Research report, and the Adani Promoter sale of stakes in 4 companies to GQG Partners. </li>
<li>The details in the change of the shareholder structure are, however, interesting.</li>
</ul>


Every quarter, Indian companies report their "Shareholding Pattern" for all to see. They show holdings by category type, and holders over 1%. 
The big news in Q1 in AdaniLand was the failed FPO, thwarted by the Hindenburg Research report, and the Adani Promoter sale of stakes in 4 companies to GQG Partners. 
The details in the change of the shareholder structure are, however, interesting.


Analysis of Adani Group Shareholder Structure Changes in Q1 - Stock Moved

India

Adani Energy Solutions Limited is a major Indian electric power transmission and distribution company. It develops, operates, and maintains power transmission systems, distributes electricity to over 12 million consumers, and provides smart metering and cooling solutions. The company is headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, and was founded on December 9, 2013.

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Asia HY Trade Book - July 2023 - Lucror Analytics

The Asia HY Trade Book for July 2023 includes a summary of our recommendations, as well as our high-conviction ideas. The report also features...

Lucror Analytics

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: CSI300/500, Chinext, China Semi Chips, Nifty Next50, SET50, REMX

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

NIFTY NEXT 50 Index Market Consultation: Non-F&O Stocks Could Be Dropped

A market consultation could lead to the deletion of non-F&O stocks from the NIFTY NEXT50 index in September. That means 11 new index members and...

Brian Freitas

Adani Enterprises, Green Energy, Transmission Boards to Consider Equity Raises

Three different Adani Group names will see their Boards consider raising equity. The method is likely to be functionally equivalent to a private...

Travis Lundy

Analysis of Adani Group Shareholder Structure Changes in Q1 - Stock Moved

Adani Group shareholder patterns for end-Q1 are out. That means the changes are visible. There are some weird changes. They indicate lower Real...

Travis Lundy

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