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>Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-March in April. There are companies with significant float changes from end-December and/or end-September.</li>
<li>The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.</li>
<li>Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 6 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 4 could see passive outflows in May.</li>
</ul>


Companies in India have disclosed their shareholding pattern as of end-March in April. There are companies with significant float changes from end-December and/or end-September.
The changes in free float could be reflected in domestic and global indices over the next few weeks and months resulting in action from passive trackers.
Depending on the date that the shareholding was published, there could be 6 stocks with passive inflows from global trackers while 4 could see passive outflows in May.


India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in 3 Weeks

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), Axis Direct

Axis Direct

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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>The company’s US revenue stood at $226 Mn, reflecting a 1.7% YoY decrease, although this was affected by lower Lanreotide supply issues. </li><li>India’s branded prescription segment grew by 10% YoY as key therapies like Respirator, Urology, etc.has performed well.</li><li>Chronic products now comprise 61.5% of revenue, continuing to outpace IPM growth. However, the Acute segment remains impacted by seasonal challenges.</li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

The company’s US revenue stood at $226 Mn, reflecting a 1.7% YoY decrease, although this was affected by lower Lanreotide supply issues. India’s branded prescription segment grew by 10% YoY as key therapies like Respirator, Urology, etc.has performed well.Chronic products now comprise 61.5% of revenue, continuing to outpace IPM growth. However, the Acute segment remains impacted by seasonal challenges.Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

CIPLA Ltd - CIPLA Delivers Despite U.S. Struggles

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a>(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.</li>
</ul>


A group of shareholders raised around US$530m in Mankind Pharma(MP) IPO in May 2023. The pre-IPO shareholders will be released from their lockup soon.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
In this note, we will talk about the lock-up dynamics and recent updates.


Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mankind-pharma-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36389:1" rel="noopener">Mankind Pharma</a> is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.</li>
<li>In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison with some of the India listed and domestically focussed pharmaceutical firms.</li>
</ul>



Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO.
MP is a pharmaceutical company engaged in developing, manufacturing and marketing a range of pharmaceutical formulations across various acute and chronic therapeutic areas, as well as several consumer healthcare products.
In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison with some of the India listed and domestically focussed pharmaceutical firms.


Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest, with Better Growth and Margins

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Nimish Maheshwari

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Thyrocare Technologies / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The generic availability of GLP-1 drugs from 2026 presents a structural, high-volume, and repetitive diagnostics opportunity that perfectly fits Thyrocare's low-cost, centralized B2B model.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thyrocare-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22694:1" rel="noopener">Thyrocare Technologies (THYROCAR IN)</a> reported robust Q2 FY'26 consolidated revenue growth of 22% YoY, coupled with a normalized EBITDA margin expansion to 34.8%.</li>
<li>Strong execution and quality improvements position Thyrocare to capture this multi-year GLP-1-driven volume surge.</li>
</ul>


The generic availability of GLP-1 drugs from 2026 presents a structural, high-volume, and repetitive diagnostics opportunity that perfectly fits Thyrocare's low-cost, centralized B2B model.

Thyrocare Technologies (THYROCAR IN) reported robust Q2 FY'26 consolidated revenue growth of 22% YoY, coupled with a normalized EBITDA margin expansion to 34.8%.
Strong execution and quality improvements position Thyrocare to capture this multi-year GLP-1-driven volume surge.


Thyrocare Technologies Limited: Positioned for the GLP-1 Diagnostics

India

Cipla Limited manufactures and sells pharmaceutical and personal care products. The Company offers active pharmaceutical ingredients, and formulations in therapeutic areas, such as allergy, analgesic, anti malarial, anti-infectives, cardiology, dermatology and cosmeceuticals, diabetology, gastroenterology, steroids, iron chelators, nutritional products.

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Cipla Ltd (CIPLA IN)

India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in 3 Weeks

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 3...

Brian Freitas

CIPLA Ltd - CIPLA Delivers Despite U.S. Struggles

The company’s US revenue stood at $226 Mn, reflecting a 1.7% YoY decrease, although this was affected by lower Lanreotide supply issues.

Axis Direct

Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

The two pre-IPO investors have launched a block to sell around US$591m worth of Mankind Pharma shares. Since the lockup on the shares expired not...

Sumeet Singh

Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest, with Better Growth and Margins

Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Thyrocare Technologies Limited: Positioned for the GLP-1 Diagnostics

Thyrocare Technologies poised to capitalize on GLP-1 drug availability from 2026 with strong Q2 performance and low-cost B2B model.

Nimish Maheshwari

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India: Potential Free Float Changes & Passive Flows in 3 Weeks

Changes to shareholding patterns could lead to changes in float for some stocks in local/global indices. Passive trackers will need to trade over 3...

Brian Freitas

CIPLA Ltd - CIPLA Delivers Despite U.S. Struggles

The company’s US revenue stood at $226 Mn, reflecting a 1.7% YoY decrease, although this was affected by lower Lanreotide supply issues.

Axis Direct

Mankind Pharma Lock-Up - A US$1.1bn+ Lockup Release

The two pre-IPO investors have launched a block to sell around US$591m worth of Mankind Pharma shares. Since the lockup on the shares expired not...

Sumeet Singh

Mankind Pharma Pre-IPO - Peer Comparison - One of the Largest, with Better Growth and Margins

Mankind Pharma is looking to raise about US$1bn in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we will undertake a peer comparison.

Sumeet Singh

Thyrocare Technologies Limited: Positioned for the GLP-1 Diagnostics

​Thyrocare Technologies poised to capitalize on GLP-1 drug availability from 2026 with strong Q2 performance and low-cost B2B model.

Nimish Maheshwari

Thyrocare Technologies poised to capitalize on GLP-1 drug availability from 2026 with strong Q2 performance and low-cost B2B model.