Asia L/S Equity PM/Macro/Thematic Idea Generation

Rikki Malik

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>A monthly review of how the markets and our themes are currently performing</li>
<li>Analysing what went wrong and what went right in stocks and sectors</li>
<li>Highlighting positions added or removed from the thematic investment portfolio</li>
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A monthly review of how the markets and our themes are currently performing
Analysing what went wrong and what went right in stocks and sectors
Highlighting positions added or removed from the thematic investment portfolio


April Themes and Thematic Portfolio Review

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist, Trudence Capital Advisors

Pranav Bhavsar

Consumer Analyst / Channel Surveillance Specialist

Trudence Capital Advisors

Trudence Capital Advisors Private Limited is a SEBI-registered Research Analyst, holding SEBI registration number INH000015747. Our firm is dedicated to providing independent and unbiased research on Indian mid to large-cap companies. Trudence Capital is known for its counter-consensus views, with a focus on forensic research and on-ground primary investigations. Our research approach is thorough, involving detailed analysis of accounting practices and governance, alongside extensive channel checks.

Independent & Unbiased Research

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>We visit the small, sandy town of Phalodi known for its betting market known as "Satta Bazaar". </li>
<li>The people of Phalodi bet on anything and have been known for making accurate predictions about major events like the Elections. </li>
<li>The pundits anticipate more traction in terms of their seat estimates starting from April 10th, 2024. The tentative estimates currently stand at 330-340 seats for the BJP.</li>
</ul>


We visit the small, sandy town of Phalodi known for its betting market known as "Satta Bazaar". 
The people of Phalodi bet on anything and have been known for making accurate predictions about major events like the Elections. 
The pundits anticipate more traction in terms of their seat estimates starting from April 10th, 2024. The tentative estimates currently stand at 330-340 seats for the BJP.


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>The review period for a global index and a bunch of local indices ended last week. The announcement of the changes will be made in 1 week to 4 weeks.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/strike-energy-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12473:1" rel="noopener">Strike Energy (STX AU)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/costa-group-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22632:1" rel="noopener">Costa Group Holdings (CGC AU)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX)</a> at the close on 8 February.</li>
<li>The inflows to mainland China ETFs continue for another week. There were big inflows to <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-msci-india-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:282:1" rel="noopener">iShares India ETF (INDA US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ishares-msci-india-small-cap" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32064:1" rel="noopener">Ishares India Small-Cap (SMIN US)</a>. </li>
</ul>


The review period for a global index and a bunch of local indices ended last week. The announcement of the changes will be made in 1 week to 4 weeks.

Strike Energy (STX AU) will replace Costa Group Holdings (CGC AU) in the S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX) at the close on 8 February.
The inflows to mainland China ETFs continue for another week. There were big inflows to iShares India ETF (INDA US) and Ishares India Small-Cap (SMIN US). 


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: N225, ASX, STAR50, NIFTY50, KRX New Deal, UOL SP, Korea Passive

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, 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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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/doms-industries" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40059:1" rel="noopener">Doms (DOMS IN)</a> is looking to raise around US$140m in its India IPO.</li>
<li>DOMS is a leading player and brand in India’s stationery and art products market. It designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of products, primarily under its flagship brand ‘DOMS’.</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
</ul>



Doms (DOMS IN) is looking to raise around US$140m in its India IPO.
DOMS is a leading player and brand in India’s stationery and art products market. It designs, manufactures, and sells a wide range of products, primarily under its flagship brand ‘DOMS’.
We have looked at the company's past performance in our earlier note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


DOMS Industries IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Isn't Cheap, Neither Are Its Peers Cheap

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>The broader sentiment remains positive, with markets primarily driven by participation from foreign investors, wise to increase the trailing stop at 20,600 for any possible change in trend.</li>
<li>We have already highlighted the weak operational performance of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/whirlpool-of-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7270:1" rel="noopener">Whirlpool of India (WHIRL IN)</a> , the company's tax woes continue. </li>
<li>Names covered in this insight include <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/whirlpool-of-india-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7270:1" rel="noopener">Whirlpool of India (WHIRL IN)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/thyrocare-technologies-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22694:1" rel="noopener">Thyrocare Technologies (THYROCAR IN)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/one-97-communications-limited-paytm" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26149:1" rel="noopener">Paytm (PAYTM IN)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/flywire-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33339:1" rel="noopener">Flywire Corp (FLYW US)</a> </li>
</ul>


The broader sentiment remains positive, with markets primarily driven by participation from foreign investors, wise to increase the trailing stop at 20,600 for any possible change in trend.
We have already highlighted the weak operational performance of Whirlpool of India (WHIRL IN) , the company's tax woes continue. 
Names covered in this insight include Whirlpool of India (WHIRL IN) , Thyrocare Technologies (THYROCAR IN), Paytm (PAYTM IN) and Flywire Corp (FLYW US) 


[Week 13] Namaste India 🙏 | Whirlpool's Tax Woes

United States

The iShares MSCI India Small-Cap ETF is an exchange traded fund incorporated in the USA. The ETF seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the  MSCI India Small Cap Index.

Ishares Msci India Small-Cap (SMIN US)

April Themes and Thematic Portfolio Review

We review overall market performance, our investment themes, highlighting additions and substractions in the thematic portfolio.

Rikki Malik

India Elections | Pandits from Phalodi

Phalodi's Satta Bazaar in focus for accurate predictions, with BJP expected to win 330-340 seats in upcoming elections.

Pranav Bhavsar

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: N225, ASX, STAR50, NIFTY50, KRX New Deal, UOL SP, Korea Passive

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

DOMS Industries IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Isn't Cheap, Neither Are Its Peers Cheap

Doms (DOMS IN) is looking to raise around US$140m in its India IPO. We have looked at the past performance in our earlier notes, in this note we...

Sumeet Singh

[Week 13] Namaste India 🙏 | Whirlpool's Tax Woes

Foreign investors are driving positive market sentiment, but caution is advised with a trailing stop at 20,600. Whirlpool of India's weak...

Pranav Bhavsar

April Themes and Thematic Portfolio Review

We review overall market performance, our investment themes, highlighting additions and substractions in the thematic portfolio.

Rikki Malik

India Elections | Pandits from Phalodi

​Phalodi's Satta Bazaar in focus for accurate predictions, with BJP expected to win 330-340 seats in upcoming elections.

Pranav Bhavsar

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: N225, ASX, STAR50, NIFTY50, KRX New Deal, UOL SP, Korea Passive

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

DOMS Industries IPO - Thoughts on Valuation - Isn't Cheap, Neither Are Its Peers Cheap

Doms (DOMS IN) is looking to raise around US$140m in its India IPO. We have looked at the past performance in our earlier notes, in this note we...

Sumeet Singh

[Week 13] Namaste India 🙏 | Whirlpool's Tax Woes

​Foreign investors are driving positive market sentiment, but caution is advised with a trailing stop at 20,600. Whirlpool of India's weak...

Pranav Bhavsar

Phalodi's Satta Bazaar in focus for accurate predictions, with BJP expected to win 330-340 seats in upcoming elections.

Foreign investors are driving positive market sentiment, but caution is advised with a trailing stop at 20,600. Whirlpool of India's weak...