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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 179 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 70.1% as of May 1st.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 1.5ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, consumer discretionary, health care and offset by utilities, energy.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, China Oilfield Services, China Life, CATL, China Railway, CMB.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 179 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 70.1% as of May 1st.
The average A-H premium changed by 1.5ppt week-on-week, led by real estate, consumer discretionary, health care and offset by utilities, energy.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for Great Wall Motor, China Oilfield Services, China Life, CATL, China Railway, CMB.


A-H Premium Weekly (May 1st): Great Wall Motor, China Oilfield Services, China Life, CATL

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<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 179 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 68.5% as of Apr 24th.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by 0.9ppt week-on-week, led by consumer discretionary, materials, energy and offset by consumer staples, financials.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Longyuan Power, BYD, Hua Hong Semiconductor, YOFC.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 179 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 68.5% as of Apr 24th.
The average A-H premium changed by 0.9ppt week-on-week, led by consumer discretionary, materials, energy and offset by consumer staples, financials.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Longyuan Power, BYD, Hua Hong Semiconductor, YOFC.


A-H Premium Weekly (Apr 24th): China Longyuan Power, BYD, Hua Hong Semiconductor, YOFC

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

MetaX Integrated Circuits / Index Rebalance

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<li>STAR 50 and STAR 100 are tech-focused, blue-chip indices in Mainland China which track the largest and most liquid names in the STAR market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.</li>
<li>In this insight, we have presented our expectations for ADDs and DELs for the upcoming June 2026 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect over US$2bn combined one-way flows for STAR 50 and STAR 100 during the June 2026 index rebal event.</li>
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STAR 50 and STAR 100 are tech-focused, blue-chip indices in Mainland China which track the largest and most liquid names in the STAR market of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
In this insight, we have presented our expectations for ADDs and DELs for the upcoming June 2026 index rebal event.
We expect over US$2bn combined one-way flows for STAR 50 and STAR 100 during the June 2026 index rebal event.


Quiddity Leaderboard STAR 50/100 Jun26: Fate of Large IPO Fast-Track Additions Still a Question Mark

Moore Threads Technology / Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we have presented our expectations for index changes and passive flows for STAR 50 and STAR 100 which are tech-focused indices in Mainland China.</li>
<li>Currently, we see four ADDs/DELs for the STAR 50 index for the June 2026 review but our expectations can change because there are some names lurking close to the border.</li>
<li>During the June 2026 index rebal event, STAR 50 and STAR 100 could see one-way flows of around US$1.5bn and US$415mn respectively. Some names have multiple days to trade.</li>
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In this insight, we have presented our expectations for index changes and passive flows for STAR 50 and STAR 100 which are tech-focused indices in Mainland China.
Currently, we see four ADDs/DELs for the STAR 50 index for the June 2026 review but our expectations can change because there are some names lurking close to the border.
During the June 2026 index rebal event, STAR 50 and STAR 100 could see one-way flows of around US$1.5bn and US$415mn respectively. Some names have multiple days to trade.


Quiddity Leaderboard STAR 50/100 Jun26: Discretionary Powers and Borderline Eligibility Issues

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

Cambricon Technologies  Lt / Index Rebalance

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<li>There are 3 constituent changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX)</a>, 10 changes for the STAR100 Index and 2 changes for the STAR Chip Index at the March rebalance.</li>
<li>We estimate one-way turnover of 9% for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sse-science-and-technology-innovation-board-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29279:1" rel="noopener">STAR50 INDEX</a> resulting in a round-trip trade of CNY 27.6bn (US$4bn). One-way turnover for the STAR100 Index is 9.2%.</li>
<li>With the National Team redeeming ETFs, the adds have outperformed the deletes for all the indices and that could continue ahead of implementation of the changes.</li>
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There are 3 constituent changes for the SSE STAR50 (STAR50 INDEX), 10 changes for the STAR100 Index and 2 changes for the STAR Chip Index at the March rebalance.
We estimate one-way turnover of 9% for the STAR50 INDEX resulting in a round-trip trade of CNY 27.6bn (US$4bn). One-way turnover for the STAR100 Index is 9.2%.
With the National Team redeeming ETFs, the adds have outperformed the deletes for all the indices and that could continue ahead of implementation of the changes.


STAR50/STAR100/STAR Chip Index Rebalance: Adds Outperform Deletes as Trade Nears US$6bn

China

Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited manufactures semiconductors wafer foundry services. The Company produces embedded non-volatile memory, power discrete, analog, power management, and logic RF products. Hua Hong Semiconductor provides products for consumer electronics, communications, computing, industrial, and automotive fields.

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Hua Hong Semiconductor (688347 CH)

A-H Premium Weekly (May 1st): Great Wall Motor, China Oilfield Services, China Life, CATL

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for Great Wall Motor, China Oilfield Services, China Life, CATL,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

A-H Premium Weekly (Apr 24th): China Longyuan Power, BYD, Hua Hong Semiconductor, YOFC

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for China Longyuan Power, BYD, Hua Hong Semiconductor, YOFC.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard STAR 50/100 Jun26: Fate of Large IPO Fast-Track Additions Still a Question Mark

Recent large IPOs Moore Threads (688795 CH) and MetaX (688802 CH) could get added on a fast-track basis unless the index provider overrules them...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard STAR 50/100 Jun26: Discretionary Powers and Borderline Eligibility Issues

There are two large cap ADDs that could be fast-tracked into the index but the index provider could use discretionary powers to overrule them....

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

STAR50/STAR100/STAR Chip Index Rebalance: Adds Outperform Deletes as Trade Nears US$6bn

There are 3 changes for the STAR50, 10 changes for the STAR100, 2 changes for the STAR Chip in March. The adds have outperformed the deletes across...

Brian Freitas

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