Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The Hang Seng Internet &amp; IT (HSIII) index represents the top 30 stocks related to internet and information technology businesses listed in Hong Kong (HKEX).</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at potential index changes and capping flows for HSIII index rebal event in March 2026.</li>
<li>Based on the latest data, we see four index changes for March 2026 with one-way flow of around US$230mn.</li>
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The Hang Seng Internet &amp; IT (HSIII) index represents the top 30 stocks related to internet and information technology businesses listed in Hong Kong (HKEX).
In this insight, we take a look at potential index changes and capping flows for HSIII index rebal event in March 2026.
Based on the latest data, we see four index changes for March 2026 with one-way flow of around US$230mn.


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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

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<li>There could be 3 constituent changes for the HSIII Index in March along with capping changes for the largest index members.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 3.3% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$2.77bn. There are a few stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pony-ai-inc-f40ea771-20a4-48e1-9405-0a35b4c4aadb" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46237:1" rel="noopener">Pony AI (2026 HK)</a> has been trading higher over the last several weeks on expectations of large passive buying over the next couple of months.</li>
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There could be 3 constituent changes for the HSIII Index in March along with capping changes for the largest index members.
Estimated one-way turnover is 3.3% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$2.77bn. There are a few stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.

Pony AI (2026 HK) has been trading higher over the last several weeks on expectations of large passive buying over the next couple of months.


Hang Seng Internet & IT Index (HSIII) Rebalance Preview: 3 Changes as Pony AI Jumps

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<li>There could be 49 potential inclusions and 25 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. There are more stocks that are close on market cap/liquidity.</li>
<li>A lot of the potential adds are very recently listed stocks that have a limited trading history. The low free float could lead to price spikes in the stocks.</li>
<li>There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.</li>
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There could be 49 potential inclusions and 25 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. There are more stocks that are close on market cap/liquidity.
A lot of the potential adds are very recently listed stocks that have a limited trading history. The low free float could lead to price spikes in the stocks.
There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.


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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.

Equity Capital Markets

Tekscend Photomask / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.</li>
<li>On the IPO front, India saw a host of listing, while HK is gearing up a busy year end.</li>
<li>On the placements front, we had a look at some of the IPO lockups. There weren't any large placements this week.</li>
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Aequitas Research's weekly update on the IPOs, placements, lockup expiry and other ECM linked events that were covered by the team over the past week.
On the IPO front, India saw a host of listing, while HK is gearing up a busy year end.
On the placements front, we had a look at some of the IPO lockups. There weren't any large placements this week.


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APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

Deepexi Technology / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/deepexi-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45104:1" rel="noopener">Deepexi Technology (1843779D CH)</a> (DT) is looking to raise atleast US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CITIC, CMBC, Guotai, Bocom International and SPDB International.</li>
<li>The firm specializes in delivering AI solutions to enterprises to integrate their data, decisions and operations efficiently at scale. </li>
<li>DT ranked first among specialized providers of large model AI application solutions in China’s enterprise large model AI application solution market in terms of revenue in 2024, according to F&amp;S.</li>
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Deepexi Technology (1843779D CH) (DT) is looking to raise atleast US$100m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO. The deal will be run by CITIC, CMBC, Guotai, Bocom International and SPDB International.
The firm specializes in delivering AI solutions to enterprises to integrate their data, decisions and operations efficiently at scale. 
DT ranked first among specialized providers of large model AI application solutions in China’s enterprise large model AI application solution market in terms of revenue in 2024, according to F&amp;S.


China

Deepexi Technology is an enterprise large-model artificial intelligence (AI) application solution provider. It offers AI-driven solutions, including its FastData Foil Data Fusion Platform and FastAGI enterprise AI solutions, to help businesses integrate data, optimize decision-making, and improve operational efficiency across sectors like consumer goods, manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.

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Deepexi Technology (1384 HK)

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