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

DZT Research

DZT 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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Feng Tay Enterprises, Innolux, Formosa Plastics, TSMC, Eclat Textile, Nien Made Enterprise, Nan Ya Plastics, ASE Industrial.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Feng Tay Enterprises, Innolux, Formosa Plastics, TSMC, Eclat Textile, Nien Made Enterprise, Nan Ya Plastics, ASE Industrial.


MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (Feb): Feng Tay Enterprises, Innolux, Formosa Plastics, TSMC

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>There could be 5 constituent changes for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF and 1 deletion for the Yuanta/​P-Shares Taiwan Dividend Plus ETF in March.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hon-precision-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44938:1" rel="noopener">Hon Precision (7769 TT)</a> is an inclusion to a global index at the end of February, and this inclusion will add to the flow and impact for the stock.  </li>
<li>There has been a big uptick in short interest in the forecast deletes and there will be short covering on a drop in the stock prices.</li>
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There could be 5 constituent changes for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF and 1 deletion for the Yuanta/​P-Shares Taiwan Dividend Plus ETF in March.

Hon Precision (7769 TT) is an inclusion to a global index at the end of February, and this inclusion will add to the flow and impact for the stock.  
There has been a big uptick in short interest in the forecast deletes and there will be short covering on a drop in the stock prices.


Taiwan Top 50 / Yuanta Div+ ETF Rebalance Preview: Big Flow for the Adds; Big Impact for Deletes

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<li>There could be 5 constituent changes for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF in March. With one stock very close to entering inclusion zone, that could increase to 6.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hon-precision-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44938:1" rel="noopener">Hon Precision (7769 TT)</a> is a potential inclusion to a global index at the end of February, and this ETF inclusion comes a few weeks later.</li>
<li>The forecast adds have outperformed the forecast deletes by a very wide margin as short interest has surged in some of the forecast deletions.</li>
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There could be 5 constituent changes for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF in March. With one stock very close to entering inclusion zone, that could increase to 6.

Hon Precision (7769 TT) is a potential inclusion to a global index at the end of February, and this ETF inclusion comes a few weeks later.
The forecast adds have outperformed the forecast deletes by a very wide margin as short interest has surged in some of the forecast deletions.


Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: 5 Changes a Side Could Increase to 6

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Feb 6th. The aggregated holding was USD1,584.4bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD3,162mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Asia Vital Components, MediaTek, Nanya Technology.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of Feb 6th. The aggregated holding was USD1,584.4bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD3,162mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Asia Vital Components, MediaTek, Nanya Technology.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Feb 6th): TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Asia Vital Components, MediaTek

<ul>
<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on Hon Hai Precision, Nan Ya Plastics, TSMC, China Steel, UMC, Innolux, Wiwynn.</li>
</ul>


We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-Taiwan in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on Hon Hai Precision, Nan Ya Plastics, TSMC, China Steel, UMC, Innolux, Wiwynn.


MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (Jan): Hon Hai Precision, Nan Ya Plastics, TSMC, China Steel, UMC

Taiwan

Global Unichip Corporation designs and produces a wide variety of silicon chips.

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MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (Feb): Feng Tay Enterprises, Innolux, Formosa Plastics, TSMC

We analyzed MS-Taiwan's consensus for Feb 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Feng Tay Enterprises (9910 TT), Innolux (3481 TT), Formosa...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Top 50 / Yuanta Div+ ETF Rebalance Preview: Big Flow for the Adds; Big Impact for Deletes

There could be 5 changes for the Top50 ETF and 1 deletion for the TWDP ETF. There is big flow for the forecast adds and big impact for the forecast...

Brian Freitas

Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: 5 Changes a Side Could Increase to 6

There could be 5 changes for the ETF in March. With one stock close to rank 40, that could increase to 6 changes. Only 3 trading days to cutoff....

Brian Freitas

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (Feb 6th): TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Asia Vital Components, MediaTek

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Unimicron Technology, Asia Vital...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

MS-Taiwan Index Earning Revision (Jan): Hon Hai Precision, Nan Ya Plastics, TSMC, China Steel, UMC

We analyzed MS-Taiwan's consensus for Jan 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in Hon Hai Precision, Nan Ya Plastics, TSMC, China Steel, UMC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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