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

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beverage" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:41984:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beverage (CRB HK)</a> is offering 347.8m shares in its IPO at a price range of HK$13.5-14.5/share. With the overallotment option, the IPO could raise up to HK$5.8bn (US$474m).</li>
<li>Cornerstone investors will take up nearly half the offer. Those shares will be locked up for 6 months and will significantly reduce the free float of the stock.</li>
<li>Index inclusions will commence with the HSCI in March 2025 - that will also result in Stock Connect inclusion. The next index inclusion will take place in June.</li>
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China Resources Beverage (CRB HK) is offering 347.8m shares in its IPO at a price range of HK$13.5-14.5/share. With the overallotment option, the IPO could raise up to HK$5.8bn (US$474m).
Cornerstone investors will take up nearly half the offer. Those shares will be locked up for 6 months and will significantly reduce the free float of the stock.
Index inclusions will commence with the HSCI in March 2025 - that will also result in Stock Connect inclusion. The next index inclusion will take place in June.


China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) IPO: Index Inclusions & Stock Connect in 2025

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of October 18th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for Alibaba, CCB, SMIC, China Mobile, ICBC, Meituan, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, CICC, Citic Securities.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of October 18th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for Alibaba, CCB, SMIC, China Mobile, ICBC, Meituan, HKEx, Kuaishou Technology, CICC, Citic Securities.


Hong Kong Connect Flows (Oct 18th): Alibaba, CCB, SMIC, China Mobile, ICBC, Meituan, HKEx

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 10th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Smic, Anta Sports, Cspc Pharma, Nci, Meituan, Tencent, Baba.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 10th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Smic, Anta Sports, Cspc Pharma, Nci, Meituan, Tencent, Baba.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Smic, Anta Sports, Cspc Pharma, Nci, Meituan, Tencent, Baba

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>This past week saw mainland investors trade HK$476bn of stock. Not as big as last "week" but still big. BABA buying has slowed, but net buying was still HK$24.4bn </li>
<li>The buying is starting to see a longer tail of net positive names, and properties this week saw big net buying, even before the Sunac placement which added more.</li>
<li>High-Div SOEs are seeing outflows as beta sees inflows. I expect this to continue.</li>
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This past week saw mainland investors trade HK$476bn of stock. Not as big as last "week" but still big. BABA buying has slowed, but net buying was still HK$24.4bn 
The buying is starting to see a longer tail of net positive names, and properties this week saw big net buying, even before the Sunac placement which added more.
High-Div SOEs are seeing outflows as beta sees inflows. I expect this to continue.


HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 18 Oct 2024); Net Flows Big, Selling in Brokers, Buying in Props

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 4th.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Meituan, Citic Sec, Hkex, Trip.Com, ICBC, CCB, New World Dev.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 4th.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Meituan, Citic Sec, Hkex, Trip.Com, ICBC, CCB, New World Dev.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Meituan, Citic Sec, Hkex, Trip.Com, ICBC, CCB, New World Dev

Hong Kong

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China Resources Beverage (2460 HK) IPO: Index Inclusions & Stock Connect in 2025

Shares priced at HK$14.5 - the top end. Stock commences trading today. There is no immediate passive buying expected and the stock debut could be...

Brian Freitas

Hong Kong Connect Flows (Oct 18th): Alibaba, CCB, SMIC, China Mobile, ICBC, Meituan, HKEx

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for Alibaba, CCB, SMIC, China Mobile, ICBC, Meituan, HKEx,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Short Interest Weekly: Smic, Anta Sports, Cspc Pharma, Nci, Meituan, Tencent, Baba

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 10th and highlight short interest changes in Smic, Anta Sports, Cspc...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HK Connect SOUTHBOUND Flows (To 18 Oct 2024); Net Flows Big, Selling in Brokers, Buying in Props

HK Southbound Connect investors traded HK$475bn and net bough HK$24bn+ this past week, with almost every sector seeing inflows except tech. Some...

Travis Lundy

HK Short Interest Weekly: Meituan, Citic Sec, Hkex, Trip.Com, ICBC, CCB, New World Dev

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Oct 4th and highlight short interest changes in Meituan, Citic Sec, Hkex,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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