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

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We look at short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in April to identify stocks/sectors that have seen the largest changes in each market.</li>
<li>Korea and Taiwan are showing a clear divergence with short notional increasing as the market moves lower, indicative of new shorts being initiated.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-merchants-bank-co-ltd-3388a037-4214-4997-b45d-520518cfdb57" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10987:1" rel="noopener">China Merchants Bank H (3968 HK)</a> has seen the largest short covering as the stock has tumbled in the last couple of weeks.</li>
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We look at short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan in April to identify stocks/sectors that have seen the largest changes in each market.
Korea and Taiwan are showing a clear divergence with short notional increasing as the market moves lower, indicative of new shorts being initiated.

China Merchants Bank H (3968 HK) has seen the largest short covering as the stock has tumbled in the last couple of weeks.


Asia Short Interest: Large Moves in April

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.

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<li>We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>Industrial, healthcare and consumer discretionary led the inflow while financials led the outflow.</li>
<li>We highlight inflows into Shenzhen Inovance and Nari Technology that worth investor attention. </li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine.
Industrial, healthcare and consumer discretionary led the inflow while financials led the outflow.
We highlight inflows into Shenzhen Inovance and Nari Technology that worth investor attention. 


Northbound Flows: Shenzhen Inovance, Nari Technology

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 22nd. </li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short increases in Shenzhou Intl, CK Hutchison, and short covers in China Merchants Bank.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 22nd. 
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short increases in Shenzhou Intl, CK Hutchison, and short covers in China Merchants Bank.


HK Short Interest: Shenzhou Intl, CKH, CMB

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 14th.  The release of report is delayed due to Hong Kong trading holiday.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short increases in Galaxy Entertainment, JD as well as short covers in Alibaba, Baidu.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 14th.  The release of report is delayed due to Hong Kong trading holiday.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short increases in Galaxy Entertainment, JD as well as short covers in Alibaba, Baidu.


HK Short Interest: Galaxy Entertainment, JD.com, Alibaba, Baidu

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Caixin Global

Articles from Caixin Global

Caixin is a media group dedicated to providing financial and business news through periodicals, online content, mobile apps, conferences, books and TV/video programs. Caixin aims to blaze a trail that helps traditional media prosper in the new media age through integrated multimedia platforms.

News from Caixin

Cross Asset Strategy

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China

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. operates as a commercial bank. The Company provides deposits, loans, wealth management, asset custody, finance leasing, investment banking, and other banking services. China Merchants Bank conducts businesses domestically and internationally.

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China Merchants Bank A (600036 CH)

Asia Short Interest: Large Moves in April

Short notional in Korea and Taiwan has been increasing as the market has been moving lower. Shorts on China Merchant Bank have been covered in...

Brian Freitas

Northbound Flows: Shenzhen Inovance, Nari Technology

We highlight weekly Hong Kong Connect northbound inflows into Moutai, Yunnan Baiyao, Media Group, Shenzhen Inovance and Nari Technology.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: Shenzhou Intl, CKH, CMB

We highlight week on week short increases in Shenzhou Intl, CK Hutchison, and short covers in China Merchants Bank based on the latest HK SFC short...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest: Galaxy Entertainment, JD.com, Alibaba, Baidu

We highlight week on week short increases in Galaxy Entertainment, JD as well as short covers in Alibaba, Baidu based on the latest HK SFC short...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

CX Daily: Shanghai’s Rocky Road to Rebooting

Rebooting / Cover Story: Shanghai’s rocky road to rebooting. Covid-19 / Beijing starts mass Covid testing as it imposes lockdowns.

Caixin Global

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