Derivatives and Quantitative Strategist

Gaudenz Schneider

Equity Derivatives

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Context: Over the past five trading days, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-hang-seng-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22899:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX)</a> multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Strategy highlights are provided.</li>
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Highlights: Yield-extracting strategies prove more popular in the index than in single stocks. Two such examples, a Ratio Put Spread and an Iron Condor, are presented.</li>
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Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies,</li>
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Context: Over the past five trading days, Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Strategy highlights are provided.

Highlights: Yield-extracting strategies prove more popular in the index than in single stocks. Two such examples, a Ratio Put Spread and an Iron Condor, are presented.

Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies,


Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) Top Trades: Recent Option Flow Reveals Strategic Positioning

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

Alibaba Health Information Tec / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-health-information-tec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:453:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Health Information Tec (241 HK)</a> operates an online platform for healthcare services and products.  Post COVID the company has maintained and grown it the online healthcare market. 
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<li>The company which is 53%-owned by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK)</a> , recently reported results for 2023 which beat analyst estimates, recording a 65% increase in net profit.</li>
<li>The company recently bought AJK Technology from Taobao which gives Ali Health  operational rights for advertising of online healthcare merchants on Tmall (Alimama).</li>
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Alibaba Health Information Tec (241 HK) operates an online platform for healthcare services and products.  Post COVID the company has maintained and grown it the online healthcare market. 

The company which is 53%-owned by Alibaba Group Holding (9988 HK) , recently reported results for 2023 which beat analyst estimates, recording a 65% increase in net profit.
The company recently bought AJK Technology from Taobao which gives Ali Health  operational rights for advertising of online healthcare merchants on Tmall (Alimama).


Baba's Babies: They're All Grown Up!: Alibaba Health (241 HK) Temperature's Rising!

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

FWD Group Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fwd-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34332:1" rel="noopener">FWD Group</a>, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, aims to raise around US$442m in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>FWD is a pan-Asia life insurer operating in ten markets including Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.</li>
<li>We looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note we talk about the IPO pricing.</li>
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FWD Group, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, aims to raise around US$442m in its HK IPO.
FWD is a pan-Asia life insurer operating in ten markets including Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.
We looked at the company’s past performance in our previous notes. In this note we talk about the IPO pricing.


FWD IPO - Valuation Down but Its Difficult to Get Excited About It

Eternal Beauty Holdings / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/eternal-beauty-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43725:1" rel="noopener">Eternal Beauty Holdings</a> raised around US$125m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>Eternal Beauty is the largest brand management company of perfumes in the combined markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, in terms of retail sales in 2023.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note we talk about the trading dynamics.</li>
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Eternal Beauty Holdings raised around US$125m in its Hong Kong IPO.
Eternal Beauty is the largest brand management company of perfumes in the combined markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, in terms of retail sales in 2023.
We have looked at the company’s past performance in our previous note. In this note we talk about the trading dynamics.


Eternal Beauty IPO Trading - Weak Demand, Close to Fair Value

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fwd-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34332:1" rel="noopener">FWD Group Holdings (FWD HK)</a>, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, now aims to raise around US$500m in its HK IPO.</li>
<li>FWD is a pan-Asia life insurer operating in ten markets including Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.</li>
<li>We looked at the company’s 2018-21 performance in our past notes. In this note, we will talk about the updates since then.</li>
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FWD Group Holdings (FWD HK), a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, now aims to raise around US$500m in its HK IPO.
FWD is a pan-Asia life insurer operating in ten markets including Hong Kong (and Macau), Thailand (and Cambodia), Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and Malaysia.
We looked at the company’s 2018-21 performance in our past notes. In this note, we will talk about the updates since then.


FWD Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Growth Slowing, Metrics Evolution Continues

China

Alibaba Group Holding Limited provides online sales services. The Company provides internet infrastructure, electronic commerce, online financial, and internet content services through its subsidiaries. Alibaba Group Holding offers its products and services worldwide.

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Alibaba (BABA US)

Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) Top Trades: Recent Option Flow Reveals Strategic Positioning

Discover market trends and popular multi-leg option strategies in the Hang Seng Index for actionable insights and trade inspiration.

Gaudenz Schneider

Baba's Babies: They're All Grown Up!: Alibaba Health (241 HK) Temperature's Rising!

AliHealth is up 10% today on substantial volume (4x 20 day average). The stock price has broken above significant resistance at $5.04 (200 week...

David Mudd

FWD IPO - Valuation Down but Its Difficult to Get Excited About It

FWD Group, a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, aims to raise around US$442m in its HK IPO. In this note, we talk about the IPO pricing.

Sumeet Singh

Eternal Beauty IPO Trading - Weak Demand, Close to Fair Value

Eternal Beauty Holdings raised around US$125m in its Hong Kong IPO after pricing its IPO near the low-end. In this note, we talk about the trading...

Sumeet Singh

FWD Pre-IPO - PHIP Updates - Growth Slowing, Metrics Evolution Continues

FWD Group Holdings (FWD HK), a pan-Asian life insurer founded by Richard Li, now aims to raise around US$500m in its HK IPO. In this note, we look...

Sumeet Singh

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