Independent Investment Research, The IDEA!

The IDEA!

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The Idea-Driven Equities Analyses company (the IDEA!) is an employee-owned boutique providing independent investment research and financial consultancy services with a clear focus on the Benelux countries. The company was founded in the summer of 2007 by Henk Slotboom and Maarten Verbeek, both with more than 35 years of professional experience in the financial sector. The IDEA! differentiates itself by focusing on adding value through self-initiated in-depth, idea-driven investment research, as well as by bespoke research assignments for institutional investors, hedge funds and private equity. In addition, we provide market intelligence, strategic research and – together with our business partners – consultancy services to businesses. In case you are interested in receiving more information, a sample of our products or an introductory meeting, please send a message to info@theidea.nl.

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International Distributions Services / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Cevian declares an approx. 3% holding in the company • Heineken | Poland intends to increase excise duty on beer by 15% • Corbion | to cooperate with BRAIN Biotech developing novel biobased antimicrobial compounds • JDE Peet’s | agrees on takeover offer of EUR 31.85 per share in cash by Keurig Dr Pepper • PostNL | Royal Mail’s delivery quality still falls short of minimum required targets • Dutch politics | NSC cabinet members have resigned as well; risk of political deadlock • Corporate agenda | week 35 - 39</li></ul>

In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Cevian declares an approx. 3% holding in the company • Heineken | Poland intends to increase excise duty on beer by 15% • Corbion | to cooperate with BRAIN Biotech developing novel biobased antimicrobial compounds • JDE Peet’s | agrees on takeover offer of EUR 31.85 per share in cash by Keurig Dr Pepper • PostNL | Royal Mail’s delivery quality still falls short of minimum required targets • Dutch politics | NSC cabinet members have resigned as well; risk of political deadlock • Corporate agenda | week 35 - 39

International Distributions Services PLC - What's New(s) in Amsterdam

<ul><li>In today's edition: • AkzoNobel | no major surprises, yet slightly improving underlying trends • BE Semiconductor Industries | order intake remains depressed • Randstad | modest beat of consensus – valuation at attractive level due to share price decline • Corbion | strongly beating consensus – reiterates FY25 guidance • Corbion | another letter from Inclusive Capital • InPost | signs multi-year contact with Vinted • Just Eat TakeAway.com | reiterates FY25 guidance, expects offer to commence in 2Q25 • PostNL/DHL | DHL deploys first APMs at Praxis DIY stores • Corporate agenda | week 17 - 21</li></ul>

In today's edition: • AkzoNobel | no major surprises, yet slightly improving underlying trends • BE Semiconductor Industries | order intake remains depressed • Randstad | modest beat of consensus – valuation at attractive level due to share price decline • Corbion | strongly beating consensus – reiterates FY25 guidance • Corbion | another letter from Inclusive Capital • InPost | signs multi-year contact with Vinted • Just Eat TakeAway.com | reiterates FY25 guidance, expects offer to commence in 2Q25 • PostNL/DHL | DHL deploys first APMs at Praxis DIY stores • Corporate agenda | week 17 - 21

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The European Benchmark Indices (BMI) of the STOXX family are reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. The December 2021 constituent changes were announced recently.</li>
<li>In this insight, we mainly focus on the constituent changes for the STOXX Europe 600 Index and the EURO STOXX Index.</li>
<li>In addition, we also take a look at the timeline, expected Inclusion/Exclusion Parameters for these candidates, historical performance of past rebalance events, and a potential trading strategy for December 2021.</li>
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The European Benchmark Indices (BMI) of the STOXX family are reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. The December 2021 constituent changes were announced recently.
In this insight, we mainly focus on the constituent changes for the STOXX Europe 600 Index and the EURO STOXX Index.
In addition, we also take a look at the timeline, expected Inclusion/Exclusion Parameters for these candidates, historical performance of past rebalance events, and a potential trading strategy for December 2021.


STOXX Europe Indices: Constituent Changes and Trading Strategy December 2021

Event-Driven

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<li>The European Benchmark Indices (BMI) of the STOXX Index family are reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. </li>
<li>In <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/stoxx-europe-indices-quiddity-leaderboard-for-december-2021-rebalance" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:58845" rel="noopener">STOXX Europe Indices: Quiddity Leaderboard for December 2021 Rebalance</a>, we looked at potential adds and deletes for the December 2021 review for STOXX Europe 600 and EURO STOXX Indices. </li>
<li>With official rebalance results to be announced in a few days, below is an update on the evolution of this Leaderboard. </li>
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The European Benchmark Indices (BMI) of the STOXX Index family are reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. 
In STOXX Europe Indices: Quiddity Leaderboard for December 2021 Rebalance, we looked at potential adds and deletes for the December 2021 review for STOXX Europe 600 and EURO STOXX Indices. 
With official rebalance results to be announced in a few days, below is an update on the evolution of this Leaderboard. 


STOXX Europe Indices: Quiddity Leaderboard for December 2021 Rebalance 2.0

The European Benchmark Indices (BMI) of the STOXX Index family are reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. In this insight, we take a look at the potential adds and deletes for the next review which will take place in December 2021 for the STOXX Europe 600 Index and the EURO STOXX Index. The STOXX Europe 600 Index is a benchmark index with a fixed number of 600 components representing large, mid and small capitalization companies across 17 countries of the European region. The EURO STOXX Index is a subset of the STOXX Europe 600 Index and is also the parent index for one of the most widely tracked blue-chip indices in the Eurozone ("EURO STOXX 50"), which is rebalanced once a year in September. <div>More below the fold.</div>

The European Benchmark Indices (BMI) of the STOXX Index family are reviewed on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December. In this insight, we take a look at the potential adds and deletes for the next review which will take place in December 2021 for the STOXX Europe 600 Index and the EURO STOXX Index. The STOXX Europe 600 Index is a benchmark index with a fixed number of 600 components representing large, mid and small capitalization companies across 17 countries of the European region. The EURO STOXX Index is a subset of the STOXX Europe 600 Index and is also the parent index for one of the most widely tracked blue-chip indices in the Eurozone ("EURO STOXX 50"), which is rebalanced once a year in September. More below the fold.

STOXX Europe Indices: Quiddity Leaderboard for December 2021 Rebalance

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Corbion NV delivers biobased products made from renewable resources. The Company's key products are lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and lactides, and functional blends containing enzymes, emulsifiers, minerals and vitamins for global markets such as bakery, meat, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, home and personal care, packaging, automotive, coatings and resins.

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International Distributions Services PLC - What's New(s) in Amsterdam

In this edition: • AkzoNobel | Cevian declares an approx. 3% holding in the company • Heineken | Poland intends to increase excise duty on beer...

The IDEA!

Akzo Nobel NV - What's News in Amsterdam

In today's edition: • AkzoNobel | no major surprises, yet slightly improving underlying trends • BE Semiconductor Industries | order intake...

The IDEA!

STOXX Europe Indices: Constituent Changes and Trading Strategy December 2021

A discussion of the constituent changes for the STOXX Europe 600 Index and the EURO STOXX Index in the December 2021 Quarterly Index Review and...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

STOXX Europe Indices: Quiddity Leaderboard for December 2021 Rebalance 2.0

Discussion on the potential ADDs and DELETEs for STOXX Europe 600 and EUROSTOXX Indices for December 2021 and a look at potential trading...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

STOXX Europe Indices: Quiddity Leaderboard for December 2021 Rebalance

A look at the potential adds and deletes for the December 2021 index review for the STOXX Europe 600 Index and the EURO STOXX Index.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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