Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>The ChiNext index represents the performance of the 100 largest and most liquid A-share stocks listed on the ChiNext Market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.</li>
<li>The ChiNext 50 index is a subset of the ChiNext Index and it consists of the top 50 names in the ChiNext index with the highest daily average turnover.</li>
<li>In this insight, we have presented our final expectations for the upcoming index rebal event. We expect 9 ADDs/DELs for the ChiNext index and 5 ADDs/DELs for the ChiNext 50.</li>
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The ChiNext index represents the performance of the 100 largest and most liquid A-share stocks listed on the ChiNext Market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
The ChiNext 50 index is a subset of the ChiNext Index and it consists of the top 50 names in the ChiNext index with the highest daily average turnover.
In this insight, we have presented our final expectations for the upcoming index rebal event. We expect 9 ADDs/DELs for the ChiNext index and 5 ADDs/DELs for the ChiNext 50.


Quiddity Leaderboard ChiNext & ChiNext 50 Jun25: Last-Minute Methodology Changes; Final Expectations

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>There could be up to 10 adds/ 29 deletes for the China global index in February. The actual number of changes will be smaller depending on the review date chosen.</li>
<li>The flow on the forecast adds varies from US$17.5m-US$175m (0.05x-15x ADV) while the flow on the forecast deletes varies from US$14.4m-US$100.4m (0.25x-22.75x ADV).</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bestechnic-shanghai-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33459:1" rel="noopener">Bestechnic Shanghai (688608 CH)</a> is a potential inclusion to multiple indices in June and there will be much larger passive flows to the stock then.</li>
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There could be up to 10 adds/ 29 deletes for the China global index in February. The actual number of changes will be smaller depending on the review date chosen.
The flow on the forecast adds varies from US$17.5m-US$175m (0.05x-15x ADV) while the flow on the forecast deletes varies from US$14.4m-US$100.4m (0.25x-22.75x ADV).

Bestechnic Shanghai (688608 CH) is a potential inclusion to multiple indices in June and there will be much larger passive flows to the stock then.


China/HK: Passive Activity Expected Later This Month

Jiangsu Hoperun Software / Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>The December 2024 index review results for the ChiNext and ChiNext 50 indices were announced yesterday.</li>
<li>There will be seven changes for the ChiNext index and five changes for the ChiNext 50 index. Some of these names surprised us.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at our final flow expectations for the confirmed index changes.</li>
</ul>


The December 2024 index review results for the ChiNext and ChiNext 50 indices were announced yesterday.
There will be seven changes for the ChiNext index and five changes for the ChiNext 50 index. Some of these names surprised us.
In this insight, we take a look at our final flow expectations for the confirmed index changes.


Quiddity ChiNext/ChiNext 50 Dec 24 Results: ~80% Hit Rate; US$1bn+ One-Way Flows

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<li>There are 7 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chinext-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25483:1" rel="noopener">ChiNext Index (SZ399006 INDEX)</a> and 5 changes for the ChiNext 50 Index at the December rebalance.</li>
<li>We correctly forecast 4/7 and 7/7 for the Chinext Index adds/deletes and were 3/5 and 5/5 for the Chinext50 Index adds/deletes.</li>
<li>Based on the estimated passive tracking AUM, the round-trip trade across both indices is estimated to be CNY 12.24bn (US$1.69bn).</li>
</ul>


There are 7 changes for the ChiNext Index (SZ399006 INDEX) and 5 changes for the ChiNext 50 Index at the December rebalance.
We correctly forecast 4/7 and 7/7 for the Chinext Index adds/deletes and were 3/5 and 5/5 for the Chinext50 Index adds/deletes.
Based on the estimated passive tracking AUM, the round-trip trade across both indices is estimated to be CNY 12.24bn (US$1.69bn).


ChiNext/​​ChiNext 50 Index Rebalance: US$1.7bn Round-Trip Trade

<ul>
<li>CSI 300 represents the 300 largest stocks by market cap and liquidity from the Shanghai and Shenzhen Exchanges. CSI 500 is the next 500.</li>
<li>The reference period for December 2024 index rebal event ended on 31st October 2024.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at our final list of expected ADDs and DELs.</li>
</ul>


CSI 300 represents the 300 largest stocks by market cap and liquidity from the Shanghai and Shenzhen Exchanges. CSI 500 is the next 500.
The reference period for December 2024 index rebal event ended on 31st October 2024.
In this insight, we take a look at our final list of expected ADDs and DELs.


Quiddity Leaderboard CSI 300/​​500 Dec 24: Final-Minute Changes to Expectations; Time for a Trade

China

Jiangsu Hoperun Software Company Limited provides software outsourcing services for professional fields. The Company's main products include supply chain management software, intelligent terminal embedded software, and smart grid IT software outsourcing services.

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Quiddity Leaderboard ChiNext & ChiNext 50 Jun25: Last-Minute Methodology Changes; Final Expectations

There have been some last-minute changes to the index methodology which are expected to become effective during the June 2025 index rebal event. We...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

China/HK: Passive Activity Expected Later This Month

There could be up to 10 adds/29 deletes for China in Feb. Flow varies from US$14m-175m and impact from 0.05x-22.75x ADV. Bestechnic Shanghai is a...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity ChiNext/ChiNext 50 Dec 24 Results: ~80% Hit Rate; US$1bn+ One-Way Flows

We estimate US$851mn and US$191mn one-way flows for the ChiNext and ChiNext 50 December 2024 index rebal events respectively.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

ChiNext/ChiNext 50 Index Rebalance: US$1.7bn Round-Trip Trade

There are 7 changes for the Chinext and 5 changes for the Chinext50. The round-trip trade across both indices is estimated to be CNY 12.24bn...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity Leaderboard CSI 300/500 Dec 24: Final-Minute Changes to Expectations; Time for a Trade

We expect the CSI, SSE, and STAR index family ADDs/DELs for December 2024 to be confirmed after market close today. It is a good time to revisit...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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Quiddity Leaderboard ChiNext & ChiNext 50 Jun25: Last-Minute Methodology Changes; Final Expectations

There have been some last-minute changes to the index methodology which are expected to become effective during the June 2025 index rebal event. We...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

China/HK: Passive Activity Expected Later This Month

There could be up to 10 adds/29 deletes for China in Feb. Flow varies from US$14m-175m and impact from 0.05x-22.75x ADV. Bestechnic Shanghai is a...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity ChiNext/ChiNext 50 Dec 24 Results: ~80% Hit Rate; US$1bn+ One-Way Flows

We estimate US$851mn and US$191mn one-way flows for the ChiNext and ChiNext 50 December 2024 index rebal events respectively.

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

ChiNext/​​ChiNext 50 Index Rebalance: US$1.7bn Round-Trip Trade

There are 7 changes for the Chinext and 5 changes for the Chinext50. The round-trip trade across both indices is estimated to be CNY 12.24bn...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity Leaderboard CSI 300/​​500 Dec 24: Final-Minute Changes to Expectations; Time for a Trade

We expect the CSI, SSE, and STAR index family ADDs/DELs for December 2024 to be confirmed after market close today. It is a good time to revisit...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

ChiNext/ChiNext 50 Index Rebalance: US$1.7bn Round-Trip Trade

Quiddity Leaderboard CSI 300/500 Dec 24: Final-Minute Changes to Expectations; Time for a Trade