Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.</li>
<li>SOUTHBOUND and NORTHBOUND flows net positive. AH premia on average rose so Hs underperformed As by 1.75%. Narrow premia pairs saw AH premia rise most.</li>
<li>Watch the SOE stock price KPI space. Wouldn't be short SOEs vs Privates on H/A basis. Low-hanging fruit with some SOEs having large cash balances.</li>
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The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc.
SOUTHBOUND and NORTHBOUND flows net positive. AH premia on average rose so Hs underperformed As by 1.75%. Narrow premia pairs saw AH premia rise most.
Watch the SOE stock price KPI space. Wouldn't be short SOEs vs Privates on H/A basis. Low-hanging fruit with some SOEs having large cash balances.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 9 Feb 2024):  Liquid AH Premia Near Multi-Yr Wides, Narrow AH Premia Wider

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<li>A bad week for HK and Chinese shares. National Team buying seems lighter into the waning days of the Year of the Rabbit.</li>
<li>Net SOUTHBOUND buying was HK$4.0bn in the shortened pre-holiday week.</li>
<li>Remarkable this past week, again, was the tendency to net sell names which were down hard, and net buy names which have been performing well.</li>
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A bad week for HK and Chinese shares. National Team buying seems lighter into the waning days of the Year of the Rabbit.
Net SOUTHBOUND buying was HK$4.0bn in the shortened pre-holiday week.
Remarkable this past week, again, was the tendency to net sell names which were down hard, and net buy names which have been performing well.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 9 Feb 2024); Net Tech Selling STILL, Net SOE Buying, STILL

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<li>A bad week for HK and Chinese shares. National Team buying seems lighter into the waning days of the Year of the Rabbit. </li>
<li>Net SOUTHBOUND selling was HK$9.4bn on the week, with net selling every day as the market fell hard - both in HK and the mainland.</li>
<li>Remarkable this past week was the tendency to net sell names which were down hard, and net buy names which have been performing well. </li>
</ul>


A bad week for HK and Chinese shares. National Team buying seems lighter into the waning days of the Year of the Rabbit. 
Net SOUTHBOUND selling was HK$9.4bn on the week, with net selling every day as the market fell hard - both in HK and the mainland.
Remarkable this past week was the tendency to net sell names which were down hard, and net buy names which have been performing well. 


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 2 Feb 2024); Net Selling (Much Tech), Net SOE Buying, Still

<ul>
<li>The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc. </li>
<li>SOUTHBOUND flows were small positive and NORTHBOUND flows a decent buy. AH premia stopped rising. Chinese shares bounced. SOEs being bought. Tech being sold. Tencent seeing SB outflows, still. </li>
<li>New article in China Securities Journal hints at new measures on SOEs. Watch this space. Wouldn't be short SOEs vs Privates on H/A basis. </li>
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The New/Better A-H Premium Tracker has tables, charts, measures galore to track A/H premium positioning, southbound and northbound positioning/volatility in pairs over time, etc. 
SOUTHBOUND flows were small positive and NORTHBOUND flows a decent buy. AH premia stopped rising. Chinese shares bounced. SOEs being bought. Tech being sold. Tencent seeing SB outflows, still. 
New article in China Securities Journal hints at new measures on SOEs. Watch this space. Wouldn't be short SOEs vs Privates on H/A basis. 


A/H Premium Tracker (To 26 Jan 2024):  AH Premia Still Near Multi-Yr Wides, SOEs May See New Action

In very early January, the NYSE decided that <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mobile-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27:1" rel="noopener">China Mobile (941 HK)</a> ADRs needed to be delisted. Then they didn't need to be delisted. Then they again needed to be delisted and we are on a path to seeing that complete shortly.The stock was subject to Trump's Executive Order 13959 regarding Communist Chinese Military Companies as were the shares of other Chinese telcos and China Mobile shares were deleted from global indices. That event marked a local low in the first week of January and shares promptly rallied 30%, later settling at an easy 15-20% above the index deletion point. This, and the fact that China a couple of years ago created a method for overseas-jurisdiction Chinese companies to list in China - particularly for very high market cap "tech" companies aiming to take market share from the US for its high-trading value "exported tickers" meant that at some point, the Chinese telcos creating a secondary listing in China was not going to be a surprise. Taking the example of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-telecom-corp-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1015:1" rel="noopener">China Telecom Corp Ltd (H) (728 HK)</a> which received permission in April to list its shares in mainland markets, on 17 May China Mobile announced its board had decided to pursue a <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0517/2021051701190.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Proposed RMB Share Issue</a>.A week later, and we have a <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2021/0524/2021052400195.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Circular</a>.China Mobile shareholders are being asked to accept that management issue some RMB 50+bn of shares for the stated purpose of investing in "the development of premium 5G networks, the development of new infrastructure for cloud resources, the development of gigabit broadband and smart home, the development of smart mid-end platform, the research and development of the next-generation information technology and digitalized and intelligent ecosystem."That sounds reasonable enough as a concept, but it ignores the fact that China Mobile has nine times that much money in available cash. and eight times that amount in net cash + securities holdings.If China Mobile shares were trading at a high multiple, this might be forgivable, but the shares are trading at a forward adjusted EV/EBITDA multiple of 1.6x and an ex-net cash &amp; securities PER of less than 4x. There are mitigants here. There is possible pricing at a premium to the Hs. There are "price stabilization measures". There are "shareholder return" measures. Some of these might be really worthwhile. The governance issues involved in this Circular and project remain problematic. But there are little stars here, twinkling in the darkness. More below the fold.

In very early January, the NYSE decided that China Mobile (941 HK) ADRs needed to be delisted. Then they didn't need to be delisted. Then they again needed to be delisted and we are on a path to seeing that complete shortly.The stock was subject to Trump's Executive Order 13959 regarding Communist Chinese Military Companies as were the shares of other Chinese telcos and China Mobile shares were deleted from global indices. That event marked a local low in the first week of January and shares promptly rallied 30%, later settling at an easy 15-20% above the index deletion point. This, and the fact that China a couple of years ago created a method for overseas-jurisdiction Chinese companies to list in China - particularly for very high market cap "tech" companies aiming to take market share from the US for its high-trading value "exported tickers" meant that at some point, the Chinese telcos creating a secondary listing in China was not going to be a surprise. Taking the example of China Telecom Corp Ltd (H) (728 HK) which received permission in April to list its shares in mainland markets, on 17 May China Mobile announced its board had decided to pursue a Proposed RMB Share Issue.A week later, and we have a Circular.China Mobile shareholders are being asked to accept that management issue some RMB 50+bn of shares for the stated purpose of investing in "the development of premium 5G networks, the development of new infrastructure for cloud resources, the development of gigabit broadband and smart home, the development of smart mid-end platform, the research and development of the next-generation information technology and digitalized and intelligent ecosystem."That sounds reasonable enough as a concept, but it ignores the fact that China Mobile has nine times that much money in available cash. and eight times that amount in net cash + securities holdings.If China Mobile shares were trading at a high multiple, this might be forgivable, but the shares are trading at a forward adjusted EV/EBITDA multiple of 1.6x and an ex-net cash &amp; securities PER of less than 4x. There are mitigants here. There is possible pricing at a premium to the Hs. There are "price stabilization measures". There are "shareholder return" measures. Some of these might be really worthwhile. The governance issues involved in this Circular and project remain problematic. But there are little stars here, twinkling in the darkness. More below the fold.

China Mobile (941 HK) - It Could Have Been Done Better, But It Ain't Bad for Hs

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China Mobile Limited provides telecommunication services. The Company offers wireline voice, broadband, roaming, and other related services. China Mobile serves customers in Hong Kong.

China Mobile (941 HK)

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