HK/China Equity Long-Short

Osbert Tang, CFA

Equity Bottom-Up

China Power International / Equity Bottom-Up

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-power-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15548:1" rel="noopener">China Power International (2380 HK)</a>'s Jan power sales showed a sharp 41.2% YoY growth. More importantly, this marks sustaining a solid MoM trend in the last few months. </li>
<li>Recovery of the hydropower generation is encouraging as this was a drag last year. Meanwhile, higher coal-fired generation will capture the better profitability of this segment.</li>
<li>CPI's strongest earnings CAGR in the sector has made its earnings multiples increasingly cheap over the next two years. After +15.7% YTD in its share price, there is further upside.</li>
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China Power International (2380 HK)'s Jan power sales showed a sharp 41.2% YoY growth. More importantly, this marks sustaining a solid MoM trend in the last few months. 
Recovery of the hydropower generation is encouraging as this was a drag last year. Meanwhile, higher coal-fired generation will capture the better profitability of this segment.
CPI's strongest earnings CAGR in the sector has made its earnings multiples increasingly cheap over the next two years. After +15.7% YTD in its share price, there is further upside.


China Power International (2380 HK): We See More Upside

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 analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 122.6% as of Feb 23rd.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -2.1ppt week-on-week, led by utilities, materials, health care and offset by consumer staples, consumer discretionary, information technology.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for SMIC, Flat Glass Group, GWM, China Longyuan, Wuxi Apptec, Shandong Gold.</li>
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We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 122.6% as of Feb 23rd.
The average A-H premium changed by -2.1ppt week-on-week, led by utilities, materials, health care and offset by consumer staples, consumer discretionary, information technology.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for SMIC, Flat Glass Group, GWM, China Longyuan, Wuxi Apptec, Shandong Gold.


A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 23rd): SMIC, Flat Glass Group, GWM, China Longyuan, Wuxi Apptec

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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<li>With the review period complete, there could be 3 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-china-large-cap-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:766:1" rel="noopener">iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) (FXI US)</a> in March.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cgn-power-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:58:1" rel="noopener">CGN Power (1816 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yankuang-energy-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:384:1" rel="noopener">Yankuang Energy (1171 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-coal-energy-co-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:383:1" rel="noopener">China Coal Energy (1898 HK)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23679:1" rel="noopener">Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beer-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:399:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beer (291 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-vanke-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18368:1" rel="noopener">China Vanke (2202 HK)</a>. </li>
<li>Short interest on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-vanke-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18368:1" rel="noopener">China Vanke (H) (2202 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yankuang-energy-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:384:1" rel="noopener">Yankuang Energy Group (1171 HK)</a> is higher than the other stocks and there could be covering on implementation day.</li>
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With the review period complete, there could be 3 changes for the iShares China Large-Cap (FXI) (FXI US) in March.

CGN Power (1816 HK), Yankuang Energy (1171 HK) and China Coal Energy (1898 HK) could replace Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK), China Resources Beer (291 HK) and China Vanke (2202 HK). 
Short interest on China Vanke (H) (2202 HK) and Yankuang Energy Group (1171 HK) is higher than the other stocks and there could be covering on implementation day.


FXI Rebalance Preview: Three Potential Changes as Big Moves Unfold

<ul>
<li>With a few weeks to go in the review period, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cgn-power-co-ltd-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:58:1" rel="noopener">CGN Power (1816 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yankuang-energy-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:384:1" rel="noopener">Yankuang Energy Group (1171 HK)</a> could be added to the ETF in March.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-resources-beer-holdings" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:399:1" rel="noopener">China Resources Beer Holdings (291 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23679:1" rel="noopener">Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK)</a> are potential deletions while there is another stock close to deletion zone.</li>
<li>There are a lot of shorts on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yankuang-energy-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:384:1" rel="noopener">Yankuang Energy</a> in terms of days of ADV and as a percentage of float while short interest on the other stocks is lower.</li>
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With a few weeks to go in the review period, CGN Power (1816 HK) and Yankuang Energy Group (1171 HK) could be added to the ETF in March.

China Resources Beer Holdings (291 HK) and Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK) are potential deletions while there is another stock close to deletion zone.
There are a lot of shorts on Yankuang Energy in terms of days of ADV and as a percentage of float while short interest on the other stocks is lower.


FXI Rebalance Preview: Two Potential Changes in March

<ul>
<li>We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 127.6% as of Dec 22nd.</li>
<li>The average A-H premium changed by -0.9ppt week on week, led by communication services, real estate, utilities and offset by health care, consumer discretionary.</li>
<li>We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Tourism, Ping An Insurance, China Southern, BYD, Fuyao Glass Industry.</li>
</ul>


We analyse the changes of A-H premium on 146 stocks over the last week. The average A-H premium was 127.6% as of Dec 22nd.
The average A-H premium changed by -0.9ppt week on week, led by communication services, real estate, utilities and offset by health care, consumer discretionary.
We highlight weekly changes in A-H premium for China Tourism, Ping An Insurance, China Southern, BYD, Fuyao Glass Industry.


A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 22nd): China Tourism, Ping An Insurance, China Southern, BYD

China

Huaneng Power International, Inc. provides electricity generation services. The Company offers electricity transmission, electricity distribution, power transformation, and other related services. Huaneng Power International provides services in China.

Huaneng Power International In (600011 CH)

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China Power International (2380 HK): We See More Upside

CPI saw a strong 41.2% growth in Jan power sales, sustaining a solid MoM trend. Recovery in hydropower and higher coal-fired generation will boost...

Osbert Tang, CFA

A-H Premium Weekly (Feb 23rd): SMIC, Flat Glass Group, GWM, China Longyuan, Wuxi Apptec

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for SMIC, Flat Glass Group, GWM, China Longyuan, Wuxi Apptec,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

FXI Rebalance Preview: Three Potential Changes as Big Moves Unfold

There could be 3 changes for the FXI in March. Two changes were forecast much earlier while one is a very recent change. Short interest on Yankuang...

Brian Freitas

FXI Rebalance Preview: Two Potential Changes in March

There could be 2 changes for the FXI in March with CGN Power and Yankuang Energy replacing CR Beer and Wuxi Bio. Impact on the potential adds is...

Brian Freitas

A-H Premium Weekly (Dec 22nd): China Tourism, Ping An Insurance, China Southern, BYD

We analyzed A-H premium changes in the past week and highlight A-H premium changes for China Tourism, Ping An Insurance, China Southern, BYD, Fuyao...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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