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Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
  <li>GF Securities is a leading, full-service securities company in China with a strong presence across four key business segments: investment banking, wealth management, trading and institution, and investment management.</li>
  <li>The company has demonstrated strategic agility by investing heavily in technology, such as AI and blockchain, and sustainable finance, aligning with China's national goals and positioning itself for future growth.</li>
  <li>While facing headwinds from market volatility and intense competition, the company's strong market share in debt underwriting and expanding global footprint provide a diversified and resilient business model.</li>
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  GF Securities is a leading, full-service securities company in China with a strong presence across four key business segments: investment banking, wealth management, trading and institution, and investment management.
  The company has demonstrated strategic agility by investing heavily in technology, such as AI and blockchain, and sustainable finance, aligning with China's national goals and positioning itself for future growth.
  While facing headwinds from market volatility and intense competition, the company's strong market share in debt underwriting and expanding global footprint provide a diversified and resilient business model.
This content is AI-generated and displayed for general informational purposes only. Please verify independently before use.

Primer: GF Securities (A) (000776 CH) - Sep 2025

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

<ul>
<li>Following a rally in the stock over the last 4 months, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gf-securities-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:338:1" rel="noopener">GF Securities (H) (1776 HK)</a> could be added to a global index in August.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gf-securities-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:338:1" rel="noopener">GF Securities (H) (1776 HK)</a>' peers have also rallied over the same time frame and the stock trades in line with its peers on various valuation metrics.</li>
<li>Positioning in the stock is in line with its peers and shorts have continued to increase as the stock price has moved higher.</li>
</ul>


Following a rally in the stock over the last 4 months, GF Securities (H) (1776 HK) could be added to a global index in August.

GF Securities (H) (1776 HK)' peers have also rallied over the same time frame and the stock trades in line with its peers on various valuation metrics.
Positioning in the stock is in line with its peers and shorts have continued to increase as the stock price has moved higher.


GF Securities (1776 HK): Global Index Inclusion as Sector Rallies

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

<ul>
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<li>We hope this new version serves readers even better. Feedback is actively solicited to see if we can improve it from here. </li>
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This is the Brand Spanking New and Extra Spiffy H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly designed to help investors see the relationships easily. We used to do it. 
We decided to bring it back better. There are lots of cool interactive tables, and charts, heat maps, and comparative data. And 19 Trade Recommendations. 
We hope this new version serves readers even better. Feedback is actively solicited to see if we can improve it from here. 


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HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

China International Capital Corporation / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>China's securities industry is under a wave of consolidation. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-international-capital-corporation-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1071:1" rel="noopener">China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK)</a> is interesting given its leadership in the investment banking business.</li>
<li>A combination with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-galaxy-securities-co-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:165:1" rel="noopener">China Galaxy Securities (H) (6881 HK)</a> may bring synergy, given their different focuses. This will create the 3rd largest securities house in China. </li>
<li>Even without a merger, CICC also looks attractive with the US interest rate trending down. It is best set to gain upon the revival of the Hong Kong IPO market. </li>
</ul>


China's securities industry is under a wave of consolidation. China International Capital Corporation (3908 HK) is interesting given its leadership in the investment banking business.
A combination with China Galaxy Securities (H) (6881 HK) may bring synergy, given their different focuses. This will create the 3rd largest securities house in China. 
Even without a merger, CICC also looks attractive with the US interest rate trending down. It is best set to gain upon the revival of the Hong Kong IPO market. 


Zhejiang Expressway Co H / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>By way of its 54.79% ownership in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zheshang-securities-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29981:1" rel="noopener">Zheshang Securities (601878 CH)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zhejiang-expressway-co-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2178:1" rel="noopener">Zhejiang Expressway Co H (576 HK)</a> is an attractive indirect vehicle to access the mainland securities sector.  </li>
<li>The attributable market cap of Zheshang equals 90% of ZJE's market cap, implying that the toll road business is almost free. However, Zheshang only contributed 16% of ZJE's 1H24 profit.</li>
<li>ZJE trades on 6.7x FY24F PER, vs. 31.3x for Zheshang and 17.6x for H-share securities companies. A stable toll road business also minimises the risk for ZJE.</li>
</ul>


By way of its 54.79% ownership in Zheshang Securities (601878 CH), Zhejiang Expressway Co H (576 HK) is an attractive indirect vehicle to access the mainland securities sector.  
The attributable market cap of Zheshang equals 90% of ZJE's market cap, implying that the toll road business is almost free. However, Zheshang only contributed 16% of ZJE's 1H24 profit.
ZJE trades on 6.7x FY24F PER, vs. 31.3x for Zheshang and 17.6x for H-share securities companies. A stable toll road business also minimises the risk for ZJE.


Zhejiang Expressway (576 HK): Cheap Access to the Roaring Securities Sector

China

GF Securities Co Ltd. is a securities firm. The Company offers investment banking services including equity and bond underwriting, mergers and acquisitions consulting, financial consulting, brokerage services, and asset management services.

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GF Securities (A) (000776 CH)

Primer: GF Securities (A) (000776 CH) - Sep 2025

GF Securities is a leading, full-service securities company in China with a strong presence across four key business segments: investment...

αSK

GF Securities (1776 HK): Global Index Inclusion as Sector Rallies

GF Securities could be added to a global index in August. GF Sec has outperformed most of its peers but still trades at cheaper valuations than...

Brian Freitas

CICC (3908 HK): M&A Possibility

CICC announced that it has entered into agreements to merge with Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities, instead of the widely rumoured China...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Zhejiang Expressway (576 HK): Cheap Access to the Roaring Securities Sector

Zhejiang Expressway provides indirect cheap access to mainland securities through its ownership in Zheshang Securities, with a stable toll road...

Osbert Tang, CFA

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Primer: GF Securities (A) (000776 CH) - Sep 2025

GF Securities is a leading, full-service securities company in China with a strong presence across four key business segments: investment...

αSK

GF Securities (1776 HK): Global Index Inclusion as Sector Rallies

GF Securities could be added to a global index in August. GF Sec has outperformed most of its peers but still trades at cheaper valuations than...

Brian Freitas

The Brand Spanking New Extra Spiffy 🦄H/A-Share Discount/Premium Weekly (As of 11 Aug 2023)

Quiddity's New & Improved And Really Quite Spiffy H/A Discount Monitor. All the H/A Pairs, universe & sector metrics, with interactive tables and...

Travis Lundy

CICC (3908 HK): M&A Possibility

CICC announced that it has entered into agreements to merge with Dongxing Securities and Cinda Securities, instead of the widely rumoured China...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Zhejiang Expressway (576 HK): Cheap Access to the Roaring Securities Sector

​Zhejiang Expressway provides indirect cheap access to mainland securities through its ownership in Zheshang Securities, with a stable toll road...

Osbert Tang, CFA

Zhejiang Expressway provides indirect cheap access to mainland securities through its ownership in Zheshang Securities, with a stable toll road...