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

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<li>There could be 4 constituent changes for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF in June as AI-related stocks bump (mostly) old-economy stocks from the index. </li>
<li>Following the changes, Information Technology stocks will make up over 91% of the index with Financials next at 6.5%. The Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors will have no representation.</li>
<li>Among stocks with large short interest (in terms of float), shorts have been decreasing in the forecast adds and increasing in the forecast deletes.</li>
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There could be 4 constituent changes for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF in June as AI-related stocks bump (mostly) old-economy stocks from the index. 
Following the changes, Information Technology stocks will make up over 91% of the index with Financials next at 6.5%. The Healthcare and Consumer Discretionary sectors will have no representation.
Among stocks with large short interest (in terms of float), shorts have been decreasing in the forecast adds and increasing in the forecast deletes.


Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: AI-Related Stocks Taking Over

Smartkarma AI Primers, Smartkarma

αSK Primers

Smartkarma AI Primers

Smartkarma

Smartkarma unites the fragmented investment industry, connecting institutional investors, independent research providers, and corporates within a single network.

Research Reinvented

Equity Bottom-Up

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  <li>Bizlink is a key beneficiary of secular growth trends in high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and automotive electrification, which are driving robust demand for its advanced interconnect solutions.</li>
  <li>The company has demonstrated a strong track record of execution, evidenced by impressive multi-year growth in revenue, net income, and free cash flow, alongside consistent margin expansion.</li>
  <li>Strategic acquisitions, such as that of LEONI's Industrial Solutions business, have successfully diversified the company's revenue streams, expanded its global manufacturing footprint, and provided access to new, high-margin markets and blue-chip customers.</li>
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  Bizlink is a key beneficiary of secular growth trends in high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and automotive electrification, which are driving robust demand for its advanced interconnect solutions.
  The company has demonstrated a strong track record of execution, evidenced by impressive multi-year growth in revenue, net income, and free cash flow, alongside consistent margin expansion.
  Strategic acquisitions, such as that of LEONI's Industrial Solutions business, have successfully diversified the company's revenue streams, expanded its global manufacturing footprint, and provided access to new, high-margin markets and blue-chip customers.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: Bizlink Holding (3665 TT) - Apr 2026

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC 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

AP Memory Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ap-memory-technology-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35694:1" rel="noopener">AP Memory Technology (6531 TT)</a>  is raising around US$422m, selling 14.8m shares via a GDR offering. Proceeds will be used to procure raw materials overseas and fund working capital.</li>
<li>Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.</li>
<li>In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.</li>
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AP Memory Technology (6531 TT)  is raising around US$422m, selling 14.8m shares via a GDR offering. Proceeds will be used to procure raw materials overseas and fund working capital.
Similar to previous GDR listings, the firm has undergone a long drawn out process prior to launching the deal, having to jump through a number of board/shareholder/regulatory approval loops.
In this note, we run the deal through our ECM framework and comment on deal dynamics.


Aequitas: AP Memory Technology GDR Offering - Well Flagged US$422m GDR

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 8th. The aggregated holding was USD2,409.2bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD6,235mln. We tabulate the league tables 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 Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Zhen Ding Technology.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 8th. The aggregated holding was USD2,409.2bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD6,235mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Zhen Ding Technology.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Oct 8th): Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 9th. The aggregated short interest was USD41.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, Winbond Electronics, MediaTek.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Oct 9th. The aggregated short interest was USD41.5bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, Winbond Electronics, MediaTek.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 9th): Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, MediaTek

Taiwan

Bizlink Holding Inc., manufactures connectors, cable assemblies, as well as wire harnesses. Their main products include HDMI connectors, display port connectors, solar cables, as well as halogen-free power cords.

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Bizlink Holding (3665 TT)

Primer: Bizlink Holding (3665 TT) - Apr 2026

Bizlink is a key beneficiary of secular growth trends in high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and automotive...

αSK Primers

Aequitas: AP Memory Technology GDR Offering - Well Flagged US$422m GDR

AP Memory Technology Corporation (6531 TT) is raising around US$422m, selling 14.8m shares via a GDR offering. In this note, we run the deal...

Akshat Shah

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Oct 8th): Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 9th): Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, MediaTek

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: AI-Related Stocks Taking Over

There could be 4 changes for the Top50 ETF. There is big flow for the forecast adds and big impact for the forecast deletes. Some of the stocks...

Brian Freitas

Primer: Bizlink Holding (3665 TT) - Apr 2026

Bizlink is a key beneficiary of secular growth trends in high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI), and automotive...

αSK Primers

Aequitas: AP Memory Technology GDR Offering - Well Flagged US$422m GDR

AP Memory Technology Corporation (6531 TT) is raising around US$422m, selling 14.8m shares via a GDR offering. In this note, we run the deal...

Akshat Shah

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Oct 8th): Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Wiwynn, MediaTek, TSMC, Unimicron Technology,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Oct 9th): Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology, MediaTek

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, UMC, Zhen Ding Technology,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM