Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for Thailand's SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.</li>
<li>There are only few more days left for the base date and we believe there could be two ADDs/DELs for the SET 50 index.</li>
<li>The LONG <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34915:1" rel="noopener">Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB)</a> - SHORT <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bangkok-life-assurance-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16237:1" rel="noopener">Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB)</a> trade had a good spell of performance but now it might be time to rethink.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for Thailand's SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.
There are only few more days left for the base date and we believe there could be two ADDs/DELs for the SET 50 index.
The LONG Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB) - SHORT Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB) trade had a good spell of performance but now it might be time to rethink.


Quiddity Leaderboard SET50 Jun 23: Final Expectations

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>Two thirds of the way through the review period, we forecast two changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> at the June rebalance.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34915:1" rel="noopener">Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wha-corp-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:104:1" rel="noopener">WHA Corp Pcl (WHA TB)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jaymart-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12053:1" rel="noopener">Jaymart PCL (JMART TB)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ngern-tid-lor" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31103:1" rel="noopener">Ngern Tid Lor (TIDLOR TB)</a>.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jmt-network-services-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8581:1" rel="noopener">JMT Network Services (JMT TB)</a> is a very close delete on market cap, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intouch-holdings-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17638:1" rel="noopener">Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB)</a> is a close delete on liquidity. Multiple possibilities here.</li>
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Two thirds of the way through the review period, we forecast two changes for the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) at the June rebalance.

Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB) and WHA Corp Pcl (WHA TB) could replace Jaymart PCL (JMART TB) and Ngern Tid Lor (TIDLOR TB).

JMT Network Services (JMT TB) is a very close delete on market cap, while Intouch Holdings (INTUCH TB) is a close delete on liquidity. Multiple possibilities here.


SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: Two Changes - One High Probability; One Has Possibilities

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for Thailand's SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.</li>
<li>I currently see 2 ADDs and 2 DELs but the next-in-line names are lurking close to the border.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thai-life-insurance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34915:1" rel="noopener">Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB)</a> is one of these potential ADDs and there might be an interesting pair trade against <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bangkok-life-assurance-pcl" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16237:1" rel="noopener">Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB)</a> for the next few weeks. </li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for Thailand's SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.
I currently see 2 ADDs and 2 DELs but the next-in-line names are lurking close to the border.

Thai Life Insurance (TLI TB) is one of these potential ADDs and there might be an interesting pair trade against Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB) for the next few weeks. 


Quiddity Leaderboard for SET50 Jun 23: TLI Vs BLA Pair Trade Seems Interesting

Insurance & Central Asia-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Insurance & Central Asia-focused Analyst

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Given Pru's demerger in 2021, it now offers investors a good alternative to AIA to tap into the development and the growth potential of the life insurance sector in Pan-Asia.</li>
<li>AIA has a more balanced business across so many markets in APAC, while Pru skews toward Southeast Asia.</li>
<li>Pru's P/BV is currently at a 30% discount to AIA's and is trading at the same level as the year-end when China just announced the re-opening of its borders.</li>
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Given Pru's demerger in 2021, it now offers investors a good alternative to AIA to tap into the development and the growth potential of the life insurance sector in Pan-Asia.
AIA has a more balanced business across so many markets in APAC, while Pru skews toward Southeast Asia.
Pru's P/BV is currently at a 30% discount to AIA's and is trading at the same level as the year-end when China just announced the re-opening of its borders.


APAC Insurers Series (#2): AIA or Prudential?

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for the SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.</li>
<li>Based on the latest available data, I expect 2 ADDs/DELs but there are couple of names close to the border and final rankings could change with changes in share prices.</li>
<li>The three-month reference period used for the June 2023 rebalance will end on 31st May 2022.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs/DELs for the SET50 index rebalance in June 2023.
Based on the latest available data, I expect 2 ADDs/DELs but there are couple of names close to the border and final rankings could change with changes in share prices.
The three-month reference period used for the June 2023 rebalance will end on 31st May 2022.


Quiddity Leaderboard for SET50 Jun 23 Review: TLI ADD & JMART DEL Likely; BJC Is a Question Mark

Thailand

Bangkok Life Assurance Public Company Limited is a Thai financial services group specializing in life insurance. It offers a wide range of products including life insurance plans (protection, savings, education, pension, health, critical illness, total permanent disability, accident coverage), general insurance, mutual funds, credit protection plans, home loans, and bancassurance products. The company is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand, and was founded in 1951.

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Bangkok Life Assurance (BLA TB)

Quiddity Leaderboard SET50 Jun 23: Final Expectations

Historically, on average, between the end of the reference period and Inclusion/Exclusion, SET 50 ADDs have outperformed the index SET 50 DELs have...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: Two Changes - One High Probability; One Has Possibilities

There could be 2 changes in June. +TLI/-JMART is the high probability change. +WHA is medium probability. JMT/TIDLOR could be the second delete....

Brian Freitas

Quiddity Leaderboard for SET50 Jun 23: TLI Vs BLA Pair Trade Seems Interesting

For TLI, there could be 68.7mn shares to buy which is around 5.7 days of volume and a flow size of US$25mn. The price ratio of TLI vs peer BLA is...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

APAC Insurers Series (#2): AIA or Prudential?

Pru’s recent correction offers investors an opportune window to buy into its premium franchise (vs. AIA), although both stocks provide investors...

Alec Tseung

Quiddity Leaderboard for SET50 Jun 23 Review: TLI ADD & JMART DEL Likely; BJC Is a Question Mark

Currently, Thai Life Insurance and Berli Jucker are ADDs and Jaymart PCL and Ngern Tid Lor are DELs in June 2023. Potential ADD WHA Corp and...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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