Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Equity Capital Markets

Hunan Yuneng New Energy Battery Material / Equity Capital Markets

Hunan Yuneng New Energy Battery Material (YNEM HK)

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<li>Hunan Yuneng, a lithium iron phosphate cathode material supplier, is seeking an A+H listing. CSC and HSBC are the joint sponsors.</li>
<li>We look at the company's core business, lithium iron phosphate cathode materials for power batteries and energy storage batteries.</li>
<li>We discuss our preliminary thoughts on the company's valuation based on the A-H premium.</li>
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Hunan Yuneng, a lithium iron phosphate cathode material supplier, is seeking an A+H listing. CSC and HSBC are the joint sponsors.
We look at the company's core business, lithium iron phosphate cathode materials for power batteries and energy storage batteries.
We discuss our preliminary thoughts on the company's valuation based on the A-H premium.


Hunan Yuneng (湖南裕能) A+H Pre-IPO: Early Thoughts

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Hanwha Asset Management has launched the process of listing the PLUS Korea Manufacturing Core Alliance (KMCA) Index ETF on the NYSE in 1H 2026.</li>
<li>KMCA ETF will includes companies in six core sectors: 1) AI semiconductors, 2) batteries, 3) shipbuilding, 4), defense, 5) power grids and nuclear energy, and 6) robots and humanoids.</li>
<li>This is likely to attract additional foreign capital into Korean stocks in the coming months. </li>
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Hanwha Asset Management has launched the process of listing the PLUS Korea Manufacturing Core Alliance (KMCA) Index ETF on the NYSE in 1H 2026.
KMCA ETF will includes companies in six core sectors: 1) AI semiconductors, 2) batteries, 3) shipbuilding, 4), defense, 5) power grids and nuclear energy, and 6) robots and humanoids.
This is likely to attract additional foreign capital into Korean stocks in the coming months. 


Hanwha Asset Mgmt Launching the PLUS Korea Manufacturing Core Alliance Index ETF (KMCA) On NYSE

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<li>KOSDAQ has been on fire in the past week. KOSDAQ is up 20% in the past one week, outperforming KOSPI which is up 5.4% in the same period.</li>
<li>One of the key reasons why KOSDAQ has been on fire is mainly due to expectation of the Korean government encouraging capital inflow into the KOSDAQ listed companies.</li>
<li><em><strong>Korean government will encourage investment in the KOSDAQ by incorporating the KOSDAQ index into the evaluation criteria for the management of pension funds' assets, which amount to 1,400 trillion won.</strong></em></li>
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KOSDAQ has been on fire in the past week. KOSDAQ is up 20% in the past one week, outperforming KOSPI which is up 5.4% in the same period.
One of the key reasons why KOSDAQ has been on fire is mainly due to expectation of the Korean government encouraging capital inflow into the KOSDAQ listed companies.
Korean government will encourage investment in the KOSDAQ by incorporating the KOSDAQ index into the evaluation criteria for the management of pension funds' assets, which amount to 1,400 trillion won.


KOSDAQ in on Fire! Korean Government Encourages Investment in KOSDAQ Companies by Pension Funds

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 25th. The aggregated short interest was USD18.7bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in SIMMTECH, HANWHA SYSTEMS, LG Electronics, Doosan Enerbility, HyundaiEng&amp;Const.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 25th. The aggregated short interest was USD18.7bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in SIMMTECH, HANWHA SYSTEMS, LG Electronics, Doosan Enerbility, HyundaiEng&amp;Const.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 25th): SIMMTECH, HANWHA SYSTEMS, LG Electronics, Doosan Enerbility

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 18th. The aggregated short interest was USD18.1bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in SK Hynix, DB HiTek, SIMMTECH, JEL, Samsung Elec (PREF).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Sep 18th. The aggregated short interest was USD18.1bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in SK Hynix, DB HiTek, SIMMTECH, JEL, Samsung Elec (PREF).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 18th): SK Hynix, DB HiTek, SIMMTECH, JEL, Samsung Elec (PREF)

South Korea

Ecopro BM Co.,Ltd develops and manufactures advanced materials. The Company produces and sells high-nickel cathode materials and other products. Ecopro BM markets its products throughout Korea.

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Hunan Yuneng (湖南裕能) A+H Pre-IPO: Early Thoughts

Hunan Yuneng is seeking an A+H listing. In this note, we look at the company's business and its industry, and give our early thoughts on valuation.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hanwha Asset Mgmt Launching the PLUS Korea Manufacturing Core Alliance Index ETF (KMCA) On NYSE

Hanwha Asset Management has launched the process of listing the PLUS Korea Manufacturing Core Alliance (KMCA) Index ETF on the NYSE in 1H 2026.

Douglas Kim

KOSDAQ in on Fire! Korean Government Encourages Investment in KOSDAQ Companies by Pension Funds

Korean government will encourage investment in KOSDAQ by incorporating the KOSDAQ index into the evaluation criteria for the management of pension...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 25th): SIMMTECH, HANWHA SYSTEMS, LG Electronics, Doosan Enerbility

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in SIMMTECH, HANWHA SYSTEMS, LG Electronics, Doosan...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 18th): SK Hynix, DB HiTek, SIMMTECH, JEL, Samsung Elec (PREF)

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in SK Hynix, DB HiTek, SIMMTECH, JEL, Samsung Elec...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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