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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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pro-medicus-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13516:1" rel="noopener">Pro Medicus Ltd (PME AU)</a> will be added to the MV Australia Equal Weight Index while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/igo-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:462:1" rel="noopener">IGO Ltd (IGO AU)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nib-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7063:1" rel="noopener">nib holdings (NHF AU)</a> will be deleted.</li>
<li>Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in a one-way turnover of 6.9% leading to a round-trip trade of A$330m.</li>
<li>Shorts are pretty big in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pro-medicus-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13516:1" rel="noopener">Pro Medicus Ltd (PME AU)</a> while there has been a recent spike in short interest for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/igo-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:462:1" rel="noopener">IGO Ltd (IGO AU)</a>. </li>
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Pro Medicus Ltd (PME AU) will be added to the MV Australia Equal Weight Index while IGO Ltd (IGO AU) and nib holdings (NHF AU) will be deleted.
Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in a one-way turnover of 6.9% leading to a round-trip trade of A$330m.
Shorts are pretty big in Pro Medicus Ltd (PME AU) while there has been a recent spike in short interest for IGO Ltd (IGO AU). 


MV Australia Equal Weight Index Rebalance: One Add, Two Deletes, Capping to Drive Flow

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 analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Sep 6th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD24.3bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Macquarie, Fortescue, Mirvac, Insurance Australia, BHP, Wesfarmers, CSL.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Sep 6th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD24.3bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Macquarie, Fortescue, Mirvac, Insurance Australia, BHP, Wesfarmers, CSL.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 6th): Macquarie, Fortescue, Mirvac, Insurance Australia, BHP

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Jun 28th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD19.5bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Macquarie, Westpac, CSL, Pro Medicus, Yancoal Australi, Telstra, Insurance Australia.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Jun 28th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD19.5bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Macquarie, Westpac, CSL, Pro Medicus, Yancoal Australi, Telstra, Insurance Australia.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Jun 28th): Macquarie, Westpac, CSL, Pro Medicus, Yancoal Australia

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

APAC IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/steadfast-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8181:1" rel="noopener">Steadfast (SDF AU)</a> is looking to raise around A$280m (US$180m) to fund the acquisition of Sure Insurance, and provide headroom for potentially additional acquisitions over the year.</li>
<li>SDF has undertaken a number of capital raises in the past to similarly fund its active acquisition strategy. Overall, the firm’s past deal record has been strong.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the acquisition and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
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Steadfast (SDF AU) is looking to raise around A$280m (US$180m) to fund the acquisition of Sure Insurance, and provide headroom for potentially additional acquisitions over the year.
SDF has undertaken a number of capital raises in the past to similarly fund its active acquisition strategy. Overall, the firm’s past deal record has been strong.
In this note, we will talk about the acquisition and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Steadfast Group Placement - While Accretion Here Is Limited, Past Deals Have Done Well

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Oct 20th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD16.2bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Westpac, ANZ, Macquarie, Insurance Austra, Liontown, Bluescope Steel.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of ASX Stocks as of Oct 20th (reported today) which has an aggregated short interest worth USD16.2bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Westpac, ANZ, Macquarie, Insurance Austra, Liontown, Bluescope Steel.


ASX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 20th): Westpac, ANZ, Macquarie, Insurance Austra, Liontown

Australia

Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) is an Australian-based international general insurance group with operations in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. The Group provides a range of personal and commercial insurance products, primarily motor vehicle and home insurance.

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Insurance Australia (IAG AU)

MV Australia Equal Weight Index Rebalance: One Add, Two Deletes, Capping to Drive Flow

PME is an add. NHF and IGO are deletes. Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in a one-way turnover of 6.9% leading to a...

Brian Freitas

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Sep 6th): Macquarie, Fortescue, Mirvac, Insurance Australia, BHP

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Macquarie, Fortescue, Mirvac, Insurance Australia,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Jun 28th): Macquarie, Westpac, CSL, Pro Medicus, Yancoal Australia

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Macquarie, Westpac, CSL, Pro Medicus, Yancoal...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Steadfast Group Placement - While Accretion Here Is Limited, Past Deals Have Done Well

Steadfast (SDF AU) is looking to raise around A$280m (US$180m) to fund the acquisition of Sure Insurance, and provide headroom for potentially...

Clarence Chu

ASX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 20th): Westpac, ANZ, Macquarie, Insurance Austra, Liontown

We analyzed ASX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Westpac, ANZ, Macquarie, Insurance Austra,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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