Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Top holdings remain unchanged: TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and Tencent are almost universally owned. TSMC hits record weights but active funds sell into strength as benchmark weights surpass 10%</li>
<li>Hon Hai, Hyundai Motor, and Singtel lead recoveries from prolonged declines. Baidu Inc. and Kweichow Moutai see sharp ownership drops.</li>
<li>Momentum leaders include Accton Technology, CATL, and KE Holdings. By contrast, Axis Bank, PDD, and Reliance face stalling ownership.</li>
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Top holdings remain unchanged: TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and Tencent are almost universally owned. TSMC hits record weights but active funds sell into strength as benchmark weights surpass 10%
Hon Hai, Hyundai Motor, and Singtel lead recoveries from prolonged declines. Baidu Inc. and Kweichow Moutai see sharp ownership drops.
Momentum leaders include Accton Technology, CATL, and KE Holdings. By contrast, Axis Bank, PDD, and Reliance face stalling ownership.


Asia Ex-Japan Funds:  Stock Positioning Update

Financials & FinTech research, Galliano’s Financials Research

Victor Galliano

Financials & FinTech research

Financials & FinTech, EM & Developed Markets

Galliano’s Financials Research

Galliano's Financials Research provides fundamental research in Emerging Markets financials, including FinTech, as well as financials in select Developed Markets.

The investment style applied is generally value oriented, although Growth At Reasonable Price (GARP) strategies can also be used where appropriate. 

Our investment research approach aim is often contrarian, looking to capitalise on overly sceptical or optimistic consensus views. In terms of valuation techniques, the focus is on PBV ratio to ROE, PE multiples and dividend yield, as well as the application of PEG ratios and, where appropriate, Sum of the Parts (SOTP) valuations.

Equity Bottom-Up

Woori Financial Group  / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Woori Financial remains our value pick with its low PEG ratio and high dividend yield; we believe it is the most asset sensitive bank of the peer group</li>
<li>Woori is trading at a 36% PBV discount to peer KB Financial which is well below the three year mean a close to one standard deviation from the mean</li>
<li>We downgrade Hana Financial to a neutral despite attractive valuations due to its relatively more challenged credit quality which could drive a higher cost of risk going forward</li>
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Woori Financial remains our value pick with its low PEG ratio and high dividend yield; we believe it is the most asset sensitive bank of the peer group
Woori is trading at a 36% PBV discount to peer KB Financial which is well below the three year mean a close to one standard deviation from the mean
We downgrade Hana Financial to a neutral despite attractive valuations due to its relatively more challenged credit quality which could drive a higher cost of risk going forward


Korean Banks; Woori (316140 KS) Is Our Sole Buy, Hana (086790 KS) Downgraded to a Neutral

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>There will be 12 ETFs related to the Corporate Value Up program that will be launched in Korea on 4 November.</li>
<li>Initially, there will be a total of 510 billion won allocated to these ETFs and ETNs related to the Corporate Value Up program in Korea.</li>
<li>Some of the major KOSPI 100 stocks including KB Financial and KT Corp that are not currently included in the Korea Value Up index could be included in these ETFs. </li>
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There will be 12 ETFs related to the Corporate Value Up program that will be launched in Korea on 4 November.
Initially, there will be a total of 510 billion won allocated to these ETFs and ETNs related to the Corporate Value Up program in Korea.
Some of the major KOSPI 100 stocks including KB Financial and KT Corp that are not currently included in the Korea Value Up index could be included in these ETFs. 


Launch of the Korea Value-Up ETFs on 4 November

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<li>The Korea Exchange is expected to announce its long awaited KRX Korea Value-Up index on 24 September. However, the actual launch of this index will begin on 30 September.</li>
<li>It is expected to produce two types of indices including a basic price index (PR) and a total return index (TR) under the name of KRX Korea Value-Up index.</li>
<li>In this insight, we also provide a list of 20 small cap stocks that could be included in the Korea Value Up index.</li>
</ul>


The Korea Exchange is expected to announce its long awaited KRX Korea Value-Up index on 24 September. However, the actual launch of this index will begin on 30 September.
It is expected to produce two types of indices including a basic price index (PR) and a total return index (TR) under the name of KRX Korea Value-Up index.
In this insight, we also provide a list of 20 small cap stocks that could be included in the Korea Value Up index.


Announcement of Value-Up Index in Korea on 24 September

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

Shenton Research

Shenton 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

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Sep 4th. The aggregated holding was USD1,642.8bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD2,855mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Woori Financial, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Elec (PREF), Samsung SDI.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Sep 4th. The aggregated holding was USD1,642.8bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD2,855mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Woori Financial, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Elec (PREF), Samsung SDI.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Sep 4th): SK Hynix, Woori Financial, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI

South Korea

KB Financial Group Inc. (the "Company"), in accordance with Financial Holding Companies Act, was established on September 29, 2008, through stock transfer with the former shareholders of its subsidiaries including Kookmin Bank in order to provide management services and financing to associated companies. The headquarters are located at Seoul, Korea

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Asia Ex-Japan Funds: Stock Positioning Update

Top holdings remain unchanged: TSMC, Samsung Electronics, and Tencent are almost universally owned. TSMC hits record weights but active funds sell...

Steven Holden

Korean Banks; Woori (316140 KS) Is Our Sole Buy, Hana (086790 KS) Downgraded to a Neutral

Woori is our sole buy in Korean banks, Hana downgraded to neutral; we believe Woori is the most asset sensitive bank of the peer group, and it...

Victor Galliano

Launch of the Korea Value-Up ETFs on 4 November

There will be 12 ETFs related to the Corporate Value Up program that will be launched in Korea on 4 November. Initially, there will be a total of...

Douglas Kim

Announcement of Value-Up Index in Korea on 24 September

The Korea Exchange is expected to announce its long awaited KRX Korea Value-Up index on 24 September. We also provide a list of 20 small cap stocks...

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Sep 4th): SK Hynix, Woori Financial, Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Woori Financial, Samsung Electronics,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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