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>As expected, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bloks-group-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43648:1" rel="noopener">Bloks Group (325 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (1364 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mixue-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40623:1" rel="noopener">Mixue Group (2097 HK)</a> will be added to the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) in June.</li>
<li>The HSCI inclusion will result in the stocks being added to Southbound Stock Connect from the open of trading on 9 June and that could result in sizeable inflows.</li>
<li>Use stock price spikes to trim positions in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bloks-group-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43648:1" rel="noopener">Bloks Group (325 HK)</a> ahead of lock-up expiry in July, and in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (1364 HK)</a> ahead of lock-up expiry in August.</li>
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As expected, Bloks Group (325 HK), Guming Holdings (1364 HK) and Mixue Group (2097 HK) will be added to the Hang Seng Composite Index (HSCI) in June.
The HSCI inclusion will result in the stocks being added to Southbound Stock Connect from the open of trading on 9 June and that could result in sizeable inflows.
Use stock price spikes to trim positions in Bloks Group (325 HK) ahead of lock-up expiry in July, and in Guming Holdings (1364 HK) ahead of lock-up expiry in August.


HSCI Index Rebalance: Bloks (325 HK), Guming (1364 HK) & MIXUE (2097 HK) Added

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Kayou’s business model revolves around IP licensing+blind box+multi-category expansion.With trading cards as the core traffic entry point, Kayou expands to other products, forming a synergistic effect of "card revenue+derivative products".</li>
<li>Kayou mainly relies on licensed IPs to drive growth, Its revenue are highly concentrated on limited number of IPs. The expiration of IP license agreements is “The Sword of Damocles”</li>
<li>Valuation could be lower than peers as the core risks are concentrated on IP renewal and the government's supervision of minors, which would negatively affect the sustainability of future growth.</li>
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Kayou’s business model revolves around IP licensing+blind box+multi-category expansion.With trading cards as the core traffic entry point, Kayou expands to other products, forming a synergistic effect of "card revenue+derivative products".
Kayou mainly relies on licensed IPs to drive growth, Its revenue are highly concentrated on limited number of IPs. The expiration of IP license agreements is “The Sword of Damocles”
Valuation could be lower than peers as the core risks are concentrated on IP renewal and the government's supervision of minors, which would negatively affect the sustainability of future growth.


Pre-IPO Kayou - The Strength of Business Model and the Potential Risks Behind

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<li>There have been 14 new listings on the Main Board of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hong-kong-exchanges-clearing" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:490:1" rel="noopener">HKEX</a> in Q1. One listing is a transfer from the GEM Board and one is a De-SPAC.</li>
<li>Of the 14 stocks, we see <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mixue-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40623:1" rel="noopener">Mixue Group (2097 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (1364 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bloks-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43648:1" rel="noopener">Bloks Group (1850960D CH)</a> as potential HSCI inclusions in June.</li>
<li>There are no lock-up expiries in the stocks ahead of inclusion in Southbound Stock Connect and the low float could take the stocks higher ahead of the index inclusion announcement.</li>
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There have been 14 new listings on the Main Board of the HKEX in Q1. One listing is a transfer from the GEM Board and one is a De-SPAC.
Of the 14 stocks, we see Mixue Group (2097 HK), Guming Holdings (1364 HK) and Bloks Group (1850960D CH) as potential HSCI inclusions in June.
There are no lock-up expiries in the stocks ahead of inclusion in Southbound Stock Connect and the low float could take the stocks higher ahead of the index inclusion announcement.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview: Three Hot Inclusions to Stock Connect in June

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, ORTEX

Dimitris Ioannidis

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Nanshan Aluminium International Holdings / Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nanshan-aluminium-international-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:43976:1" rel="noopener">Nanshan Aluminium (2610 HK)</a> is forecasted to fail the fcap thresholds of both Global indices in 2025 due to low IPO free float.</li>
<li>The free float is <em>not</em> expected to increase upon lock-up expiry because of strategic Cornerstone and substantial shareholdings.</li>
<li>Probability of addition to Global indices increases for the first time in March and May 2026 following the expected omission of strategic Cornerstone holdings from filings thus free float.</li>
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Nanshan Aluminium (2610 HK) is forecasted to fail the fcap thresholds of both Global indices in 2025 due to low IPO free float.
The free float is not expected to increase upon lock-up expiry because of strategic Cornerstone and substantial shareholdings.
Probability of addition to Global indices increases for the first time in March and May 2026 following the expected omission of strategic Cornerstone holdings from filings thus free float.


Nanshan Aluminium (2610 HK): Low IPO Free Float Prevents Global Index Inclusion Despite $2.4B Mcap

Event-Driven

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/guming-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40622:1" rel="noopener">Guming Holdings (1364 HK)</a> is forecasted to initially fail the fcap threshold for both global indices due to an IPO free float of ~6%.</li>
<li>The security is expected to be added at the global index's March 2026 review as the lock-up expiry's fcap increase becomes effective post September 2025 cut-off date.</li>
<li>The security will be eligible for the other global index at the May 2026 review following the 12-month lock-up expiry of the undisclosed shareholders.</li>
</ul>



Guming Holdings (1364 HK) is forecasted to initially fail the fcap threshold for both global indices due to an IPO free float of ~6%.
The security is expected to be added at the global index's March 2026 review as the lock-up expiry's fcap increase becomes effective post September 2025 cut-off date.
The security will be eligible for the other global index at the May 2026 review following the 12-month lock-up expiry of the undisclosed shareholders.


Guming (1364 HK): Global Index Inclusion Not Coming Soon

China

Bloks Group Limited designs toys. The Company develops and manufactures characters toys, assembly toys, and other products. Bloks Group markets its products throughout China.

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Bloks Group (325 HK)

HSCI Index Rebalance: Bloks (325 HK), Guming (1364 HK) & MIXUE (2097 HK) Added

Bloks, Guming and MIXUE will be added to the HSCI on 6 June and then to Southbound Stock Connect from the open on 9 June. Use stock price jumps to...

Brian Freitas

Pre-IPO Kayou - The Strength of Business Model and the Potential Risks Behind

Kayou's business model relies on IP licensing and blind box strategy, with revenue concentrated on limited IPs. Valuation may be lower due to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview: Three Hot Inclusions to Stock Connect in June

There could be 3 adds to the HSCI and Southbound Stock Connect in June. There are no lock-up expiries in the stocks prior to June and the low float...

Brian Freitas

Nanshan Aluminium (2610 HK): Low IPO Free Float Prevents Global Index Inclusion Despite $2.4B Mcap

Probability of addition to Global indices increases for the first time in March and May 2026 following the expected omission of strategic...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Guming (1364 HK): Global Index Inclusion Not Coming Soon

Guming to debut on 12 February with an mcap of $3.1bn but expected to fail global index fcap thresholds due to an IPO free float of 6%. Earliest...

Dimitris Ioannidis

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HSCI Index Rebalance: Bloks (325 HK), Guming (1364 HK) & MIXUE (2097 HK) Added

Bloks, Guming and MIXUE will be added to the HSCI on 6 June and then to Southbound Stock Connect from the open on 9 June. Use stock price jumps to...

Brian Freitas

Pre-IPO Kayou - The Strength of Business Model and the Potential Risks Behind

​Kayou's business model relies on IP licensing and blind box strategy, with revenue concentrated on limited IPs. Valuation may be lower due to...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview: Three Hot Inclusions to Stock Connect in June

There could be 3 adds to the HSCI and Southbound Stock Connect in June. There are no lock-up expiries in the stocks prior to June and the low float...

Brian Freitas

Nanshan Aluminium (2610 HK): Low IPO Free Float Prevents Global Index Inclusion Despite $2.4B Mcap

Probability of addition to Global indices increases for the first time in March and May 2026 following the expected omission of strategic...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Guming (1364 HK): Global Index Inclusion Not Coming Soon

​Guming to debut on 12 February with an mcap of $3.1bn but expected to fail global index fcap thresholds due to an IPO free float of 6%. Earliest...

Dimitris Ioannidis

Kayou's business model relies on IP licensing and blind box strategy, with revenue concentrated on limited IPs. Valuation may be lower due to...

Guming to debut on 12 February with an mcap of $3.1bn but expected to fail global index fcap thresholds due to an IPO free float of 6%. Earliest...