Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 28th which has an aggregated holding worth USD902.6bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD2,403mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer, Eva Airways.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Mar 28th which has an aggregated holding worth USD902.6bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD2,403mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer, Eva Airways.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 28th): TSMC, Hon Hai Precision, Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

Cheng Shin Rubber Ind Co., Ltd. / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>The index changes for the T50/100 index family and the TDIV index were confirmed after market close on Friday 7th March 2025.</li>
<li>There will be one change for T50 and two other changes for T100. There will be no changes for the TDIV index but there will be capping flows.</li>
<li>In this insight, we will take a look at our final flow expectations for the March 2025 index rebal event.</li>
</ul>


The index changes for the T50/100 index family and the TDIV index were confirmed after market close on Friday 7th March 2025.
There will be one change for T50 and two other changes for T100. There will be no changes for the TDIV index but there will be capping flows.
In this insight, we will take a look at our final flow expectations for the March 2025 index rebal event.


Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Mar25 Results: US$500Mn+ One-Way Flows Collectively; Only One Surprise

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

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<li>The WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index measures the performance of emerging markets stocks that are not state-owned enterprises.</li>
<li>The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.</li>
<li>There are 154 adds and 80 deletes for the index with an estimated round-trip trade of US$300m.</li>
</ul>


The WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index measures the performance of emerging markets stocks that are not state-owned enterprises.
The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.
There are 154 adds and 80 deletes for the index with an estimated round-trip trade of US$300m.


WisdomTree Emerging Markets Ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index Rebalance: US$300m Round-Trip Trade

Far Eastern New Century / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>The ADDs/DELs for the TDIV, T50, and T100 indices for the September 2024 index rebal event was confirmed after market close on Friday 6th September 2024.</li>
<li>There will be one change for the T50 index and four separate changes for the T100 index. One of the T100 changes will also trigger a TDIV index deletion.</li>
<li>In this insight, we have presented our final estimates for the index flows for ADDs/DELs and capping flows for the TDIV index.</li>
</ul>


The ADDs/DELs for the TDIV, T50, and T100 indices for the September 2024 index rebal event was confirmed after market close on Friday 6th September 2024.
There will be one change for the T50 index and four separate changes for the T100 index. One of the T100 changes will also trigger a TDIV index deletion.
In this insight, we have presented our final estimates for the index flows for ADDs/DELs and capping flows for the TDIV index.


Quiddity TDIV/50/​​​100 Sep 24 Rebal: 100% Hit Rate; Perfectly Positioned for Our Trade

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Event-Driven

Shin Kong Financial Holding / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>For the month of August 2024, 10 new transactions (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$56bn.</li>
<li>The average premium for the new transactions announced (or first discussed) in August was ~47%. The average premium YTD is ~44%.</li>
<li>This compares to the average premium for transactions in 2023 (117 transactions), 2022 (106), 2021 (165), 2020 (158), and 2019 (145 ) of 39%, 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31% respectively.</li>
</ul>


For the month of August 2024, 10 new transactions (firm and non-binding) were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall announced deal size of ~US$56bn.
The average premium for the new transactions announced (or first discussed) in August was ~47%. The average premium YTD is ~44%.
This compares to the average premium for transactions in 2023 (117 transactions), 2022 (106), 2021 (165), 2020 (158), and 2019 (145 ) of 39%, 41%, 33%, 31%, and 31% respectively.


(Mostly) Asia M&A, Aug 2024: Orora, Fuji Soft, J Tower, Seven & I, Taishin/Shin Kong, PropertyGuru

Taiwan

Asia Cement Corporation manufactures and sells cement, clinker, ready-mixed concrete, as well as granulated blast-furnace slag and fly ash.  The Company markets its cement and clinker products under the Skyscraper brand name.

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TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 28th): TSMC, Hon Hai Precision, Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Quanta...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Mar25 Results: US$500Mn+ One-Way Flows Collectively; Only One Surprise

Many TDIV members have more than 2x ADV to trade. Cheng Shin Rubber is the highest-impact name with 7.4x ADV to sell. We expect this name to...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index Rebalance: US$300m Round-Trip Trade

There are 154 adds/80 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index. Round-trip trade is US$300m. There have been...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Sep 24 Rebal: 100% Hit Rate; Perfectly Positioned for Our Trade

The TDIV index change flows and capping flows will be equally distributed over five trading days (close of trading on 20th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

(Mostly) Asia M&A, Aug 2024: Orora, Fuji Soft, J Tower, Seven & I, Taishin/Shin Kong, PropertyGuru

For the month of Aug, 10 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall deal size of just ~US$56bn. The average premium for the new deals...

David Blennerhassett

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TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 28th): TSMC, Hon Hai Precision, Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Hon Hai Precision Industry, Quanta...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Mar25 Results: US$500Mn+ One-Way Flows Collectively; Only One Surprise

Many TDIV members have more than 2x ADV to trade. Cheng Shin Rubber is the highest-impact name with 7.4x ADV to sell. We expect this name to...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index Rebalance: US$300m Round-Trip Trade

There are 154 adds/80 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets ex-State-Owned Enterprises Index. Round-trip trade is US$300m. There have been...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity TDIV/50/​​​100 Sep 24 Rebal: 100% Hit Rate; Perfectly Positioned for Our Trade

The TDIV index change flows and capping flows will be equally distributed over five trading days (close of trading on 20th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, and...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

(Mostly) Asia M&A, Aug 2024: Orora, Fuji Soft, J Tower, Seven & I, Taishin/Shin Kong, PropertyGuru

For the month of Aug, 10 new deals were discussed on Smartkarma with an overall deal size of just ~US$56bn. The average premium for the new deals...

David Blennerhassett

Quiddity TDIV/50/100 Sep 24 Rebal: 100% Hit Rate; Perfectly Positioned for Our Trade