Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul>
<li>China has unveiled measures to emphasize a major push for passenger and freight movement by railroad</li>
<li>Rolling stock companies  play catch-up from the COVID under-investment years</li>
<li>High speed freight trains on near term horizon to compete with highway for e-commerce business</li>
</ul>


China has unveiled measures to emphasize a major push for passenger and freight movement by railroad
Rolling stock companies  play catch-up from the COVID under-investment years
High speed freight trains on near term horizon to compete with highway for e-commerce business


Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>AH premia bounce back last week but the "skew" of wide premia converging and narrow premia moving wider continues. It has paid to be long wide H discounts.</li>
<li>The previous week smelled like an RMB counter trade was being set up, "confirmed" by a Caixin article the weekend. The HKEX "confirmation" this past week, well, maybe wasn't one.</li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Monitor</a> are both there free for SK readers. Technical issue delayed this week's Monitor.</li>
</ul>


AH premia bounce back last week but the "skew" of wide premia converging and narrow premia moving wider continues. It has paid to be long wide H discounts.
The previous week smelled like an RMB counter trade was being set up, "confirmed" by a Caixin article the weekend. The HKEX "confirmation" this past week, well, maybe wasn't one.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers. Technical issue delayed this week's Monitor.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 20 June 2025):  Skew Move Continues as SB Buys But AH Premia Rise

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

<ul>
<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 155 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 71.7% as of Jun 20th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 0.5ppt week-on-week, led by energy, health care, utilities and offset by consumer staples, real estate, consumer discretionary.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield Services, Shanghai Petrochemical.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 155 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 71.7% as of Jun 20th.
The average A-H premium changed by 0.5ppt week-on-week, led by energy, health care, utilities and offset by consumer staples, real estate, consumer discretionary.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield Services, Shanghai Petrochemical.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 20th): Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield Services

<ul>
<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 155 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 72.7% as of Jun 13th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -5.0ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, energy, health care and offset by consumer discretionary, information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service, Livzon Pharmaceutical, COSCO Shipping Energy.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 155 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 72.7% as of Jun 13th.
The average A-H premium changed by -5.0ppt week-on-week, led by consumer staples, energy, health care and offset by consumer discretionary, information technology.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service, Livzon Pharmaceutical, COSCO Shipping Energy.


A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 13th): Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service

Guangzhou Automobile Group / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>AH spreads are SHARPLY narrower. The effect is dramatic across the "skew" i.e. very wide AH premia contracted more than very narrow premia. BYD is on its own.</li>
<li>This smells very much like someone knows something. I expect RMB dual counters may be in the works. Caixin had an <a href="https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-06-13/cx-briefing-yuan-trading-of-hong-kong-stocks-expected-for-mainland-investors-102330224.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> Friday.</li>
<li>The data tables below update on a daily basis in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Monitor</a> are both there free for SK readers.</li>
</ul>


AH spreads are SHARPLY narrower. The effect is dramatic across the "skew" i.e. very wide AH premia contracted more than very narrow premia. BYD is on its own.
This smells very much like someone knows something. I expect RMB dual counters may be in the works. Caixin had an article Friday.
The data tables below update on a daily basis in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The SOUTHBOUND Flow Monitor and AH Monitor are both there free for SK readers.


A/H Premium Tracker (To 13 June 2025):  HUGE H-Share Outperf Across The Board, "Beautiful Skew Move"

China

China Railway Signal & Communication Corporation Limited manufactures rail transit related systems. The Company researches, develops, designs, manufactures, sells and installs rail transit communication and signal systems. China Railway Signal & Communication also provides consulting, design and supervision work for urban transit projects and mainline railway projects.

China Railway Signal & Communi (688009 CH)

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China Railway Signal & Communi (688009 CH)

China Railway Stocks Back on Track

China has announced two significant launches in its High Speed Rail network. The HK-Beijing and HK-Shanghai sleeper trains will cut travel time in...

David Mudd

A/H Premium Tracker (To 20 June 2025): Skew Move Continues as SB Buys But AH Premia Rise

AH Premia bounced this past week to 20 June. Possible "sell the news" on the HK headline of RMB counters coming to Southbound. But "beautiful skew"...

Travis Lundy

A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 20th): Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield Services

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 13th): Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Price Gauge

52-week Range

Market Cap (USDm)

P/E

Dividend (Yield)

China Railway Stocks Back on Track

China has announced two significant launches in its High Speed Rail network. The HK-Beijing and HK-Shanghai sleeper trains will cut travel time in...

David Mudd

A/H Premium Tracker (To 20 June 2025): Skew Move Continues as SB Buys But AH Premia Rise

AH Premia bounced this past week to 20 June. Possible "sell the news" on the HK headline of RMB counters coming to Southbound. But "beautiful skew"...

Travis Lundy

A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 20th): Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield Services

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Petrochina, Shanghai Junshi Biosciences, China Oilfield...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Jun 13th): Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Tigermed, Bank Of Chongqing, Sinopec Oilfield Service,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A/H Premium Tracker (To 13 June 2025): HUGE H-Share Outperf Across The Board, "Beautiful Skew Move"

H-shares outperform A-shares dramatically with "beautiful skew" as very wide AH premia shrink most, medium less, smallest premia the least. Feels...

Travis Lundy