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 are 5 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-stock-exchange-sse-50-a-share-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31073:1" rel="noopener">SSE50 Index</a> that will be implemented at the close on 9 June. There is over 1x ADV to sell on a few deletions.</li>
<li>We estimate a one-way turnover of 5.3% at the June rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 3.84bn. Index arb activity could add to the impact on the stocks.</li>
<li>The adds outperformed the deletes from February to April but have given up a lot of the outperformance over the last month.</li>
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There are 5 changes for the SSE50 Index that will be implemented at the close on 9 June. There is over 1x ADV to sell on a few deletions.
We estimate a one-way turnover of 5.3% at the June rebalance leading to a one-way trade of CNY 3.84bn. Index arb activity could add to the impact on the stocks.
The adds outperformed the deletes from February to April but have given up a lot of the outperformance over the last month.


SSE50 Index Rebalance: 5 Changes as Adds Give Up Recent Gains

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of May 12th.</li>
<li>We estimate the weekly inflows to be US$1,581.0 million, led by financials, industrials, communication services sectors, and offset by consumer staples, information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Contemporary Amperex Technology, China Construction Bank, Kweichow Moutai, Luxshare Precision Industry, Han's Laser Technology Industry.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Shanghai/Shenzhen northbound Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of May 12th.
We estimate the weekly inflows to be US$1,581.0 million, led by financials, industrials, communication services sectors, and offset by consumer staples, information technology.
We highlight flows for Contemporary Amperex Technology, China Construction Bank, Kweichow Moutai, Luxshare Precision Industry, Han's Laser Technology Industry.


Northbound Flows (May 12th): CATL, CCB, Moutai, Luxshare Precision, Han's Laser

HK/China Healthcare Analyst (ex-Fosun Pharma)

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The overvaluation or undervaluation of China core assets cannot be explained solely by valuation models such as PE/PB/DCF etc., but rather by considering the deep meaning represented by them.</li>
<li>The so-called policy, strategic, and systemic importance are playing increasingly important role in stock picking process. It's not wise to just analyze it from bottom-up perspective without considering top-down perspective.</li>
<li>There’s no eternal,universal,absolute truth in this world. We’re in the midst of a "unprecedented upheaval in a century".It's time to change mindset so investors don't miss the next valuation takeoff.</li>
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The overvaluation or undervaluation of China core assets cannot be explained solely by valuation models such as PE/PB/DCF etc., but rather by considering the deep meaning represented by them.
The so-called policy, strategic, and systemic importance are playing increasingly important role in stock picking process. It's not wise to just analyze it from bottom-up perspective without considering top-down perspective.
There’s no eternal,universal,absolute truth in this world. We’re in the midst of a "unprecedented upheaval in a century".It's time to change mindset so investors don't miss the next valuation takeoff.


Valuation System with Chinese Characteristics – the Correct Interpretation and Its Deep Meaning

HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Energy Engineering / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-energy-engineering-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:21017:1" rel="noopener">China Energy Engineering (3996 HK)</a> is a laggard in this round of "China style valuation" rally. With strong earnings and project backlog, there is good room to catch up.</li>
<li>Its 1Q23 earnings growth is ahead of the infrastructure trio, and so as the new contracts signed. Moreover, it has a faster growth in overseas market. </li>
<li>The 3-year EPS CAGR is projected at 16.3%, yet it just trades on 5x PER. Its ROE of 9.4% makes it attractively priced at only 0.4x P/B for FY23.</li>
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China Energy Engineering (3996 HK) is a laggard in this round of "China style valuation" rally. With strong earnings and project backlog, there is good room to catch up.
Its 1Q23 earnings growth is ahead of the infrastructure trio, and so as the new contracts signed. Moreover, it has a faster growth in overseas market. 
The 3-year EPS CAGR is projected at 16.3%, yet it just trades on 5x PER. Its ROE of 9.4% makes it attractively priced at only 0.4x P/B for FY23.


Energy China (3996 HK): Tempting Risk-Return Payoff

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.2% as of May 5th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -0.3ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, communication services, health care and offset by real estate, energy, information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for CCB, BOC, Sinopec, China Shenhua, CMOC, CRRC, China Southern Airlines, CSC Financials.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 143 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 111.2% as of May 5th.
The average A-H premium changed by -0.3ppt week on week, led by consumer staples, communication services, health care and offset by real estate, energy, information technology.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for CCB, BOC, Sinopec, China Shenhua, CMOC, CRRC, China Southern Airlines, CSC Financials.


A-H Premium Weekly (May 5th): CCB, BOC, Sinopec, China Shenhua, CMOC, CRRC, China Southern Airlines

China

China Railway Group Ltd. offers transportation systems construction services. The Company builds railroads, roads, tunnels, and bridges.

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SSE50 Index Rebalance: 5 Changes as Adds Give Up Recent Gains

There are 5 changes for the SSE50 Index in June. The adds outperformed from Feb-April but have underperformed since then. The Anhui Conch Cement...

Brian Freitas

Northbound Flows (May 12th): CATL, CCB, Moutai, Luxshare Precision, Han's Laser

We analyzed northbound Shanghai/Shenzhen connect flows in the past week and highlight flows for CATL, CCB, Moutai, Luxshare Precision, Han's Laser.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Valuation System with Chinese Characteristics – the Correct Interpretation and Its Deep Meaning

Many investors do not have a deep understanding of the "valuation system with Chinese characteristics". It is necessary to provide some...

Xinyao (Criss) Wang

Energy China (3996 HK): Tempting Risk-Return Payoff

With stronger earnings growth, better new contract momentum, higher overseas potential and undemanding valuations, Energy China has potential to...

Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly (May 5th): CCB, BOC, Sinopec, China Shenhua, CMOC, CRRC, China Southern Airlines

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for CCB, BOC, Sinopec, China Shenhua, CMOC, CRRC, China Southern...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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