Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Hong Kong Alpha portfolio gained 16.26% in January resulting in a 6.2% outperformance to its benchmark.  The portfolio has outperformed HK indexes by 48% to 63% since inception on 10/1/24.</li>
<li>Hong Kong Alpha has generated 50% of its return from alpha and has a Sharpe ratio of 1.79 since inception.  The portfolio's annualized mean excess return is 28%.</li>
<li>At the end of January, we reduced positions in the materials, communications, and conglomerate sectors and added positions in the food, energy, and manufacturing sectors.</li>
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Hong Kong Alpha portfolio gained 16.26% in January resulting in a 6.2% outperformance to its benchmark.  The portfolio has outperformed HK indexes by 48% to 63% since inception on 10/1/24.
Hong Kong Alpha has generated 50% of its return from alpha and has a Sharpe ratio of 1.79 since inception.  The portfolio's annualized mean excess return is 28%.
At the end of January, we reduced positions in the materials, communications, and conglomerate sectors and added positions in the food, energy, and manufacturing sectors.


HONG KONG ALPHA PORTFOLIO: (January 2026)

Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>One of a basket of Hong Kong commodity stocks we like</li>
<li>One off issues in 2023 which should reverse in 2024</li>
<li>Can also be viewed as  a tangential play on India's industrial growth</li>
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One of a basket of Hong Kong commodity stocks we like
One off issues in 2023 which should reverse in 2024
Can also be viewed as  a tangential play on India's industrial growth


Citic Resource Holdings (1205.HK) - A Play on Oil and Coal Demand

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Index Rebalance

Zijin Gold International / Index Rebalance

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<li>We screen for HSI ADD candidates ahead of the review result, due on 20 Nov 2026 after market close.</li>
<li>Four stocks are screened as mid-conviction ADD candidates this cycle.</li>
<li>Three of the four are in the most underweight industry group, and the fourth is in Healthcare.</li>
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We screen for HSI ADD candidates ahead of the review result, due on 20 Nov 2026 after market close.
Four stocks are screened as mid-conviction ADD candidates this cycle.
Three of the four are in the most underweight industry group, and the fourth is in Healthcare.


Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 200 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 92.3% as of Oct 9th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 3.7ppt week-on-week, led by materials, industrials, utilities.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 200 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 92.3% as of Oct 9th.
The average A-H premium changed by 3.7ppt week-on-week, led by materials, industrials, utilities.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.


A-H Premium Weekly (Oct 9th): Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

Incorporated in Hong Kong, supported by the mainland and targeting in global market, CMB International Capital Corporation Limited (“CMBI”) is an integrated financial institution providing comprehensive and professional services. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Merchants Bank ("CMB"), by leveraging on the Group’s synergy and coordination in domestic and overseas markets, as well as CMB’s strong resources and outstanding social reputation, CMBI and its subsidiaries have been actively implementing diversified business strategies and set up an overall layout of main business segments including Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Wealth Management, Global Markets and Structured Finance, etc. Adhering to the philosophy of “being clients oriented and increasing our own values by the way of creating value for clients”, CMBI endeavors to provide quality and integrated financial services to institutional, corporate and individual customers both domestic and overseas including Hong Kong IPO sponsorship and underwriting, share placement and rights issue for listed companies, financial advisors, bonds issuance services, asset management, direct investment, wealth management, equity sales and trading, etc.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The aluminium sector has come under pressure since early Apr due to the ease of conflict in the Middle East, the potential restriction of bauxite export from Guinea and sector rotation.</li><li>We reiterate our view that the resumptions of aluminium production being affected in the Middle East will likely take 12-18 months, due to the expensive and time-consuming process to drain and reline the pots (for details, please refer to our sector note “A prolonged supply deficit even assuming the end of Iran war” published on 12 May).</li><li>Besides, any unexpected restart of conflict over the medium term, which is also likely given the lack of trust between the US and Iran, will add uncertainties to the regional aluminium supply from time to time, in our view. </li></ul>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

The aluminium sector has come under pressure since early Apr due to the ease of conflict in the Middle East, the potential restriction of bauxite export from Guinea and sector rotation.We reiterate our view that the resumptions of aluminium production being affected in the Middle East will likely take 12-18 months, due to the expensive and time-consuming process to drain and reline the pots (for details, please refer to our sector note “A prolonged supply deficit even assuming the end of Iran war” published on 12 May).Besides, any unexpected restart of conflict over the medium term, which is also likely given the lack of trust between the US and Iran, will add uncertainties to the regional aluminium supply from time to time, in our view. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Materials - Concerns Largely Priced In; Attractive Valuation

China

Aluminum Corporation of China Limited manufactures aluminum products. The Company offers aluminum ores, aluminum, bauxite, coal, and other products. Aluminum of China serves coal mining, logistics, and other businesses.

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David Mudd

Citic Resource Holdings (1205.HK) - A Play on Oil and Coal Demand

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Rikki Malik

HSI Dec 2026 Index Rebalance Forecast

We expect 4 mid-conviction ADDs with no DELETE, and Energy, Materials, Industrials, Conglomerates remains the most underweight industry group in...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Oct 9th): Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Innocare, Ganfenglithium, China East Air, Yofc.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Materials - Concerns Largely Priced In; Attractive Valuation

The aluminium sector has come under pressure since early Apr due to the ease of conflict in the Middle East, the potential restriction of bauxite...

CMB International

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