Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the KRX New Deal indices ended on 31 January. The changes will be announced toward the end of February and implemented on 10 March.</li>
<li>We expect <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> to be included in the Battery and BBIG indices, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-pay-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29675:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Pay (377300 KS)</a> should be added to the Internet Index.</li>
<li>The largest selling is expected to be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/douzone-bizon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20161:1" rel="noopener">Douzone Bizon (012510 KS)</a> due to a potential downweight in the Internet index and a deletion from the BBIG index.</li>
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The review period for the KRX New Deal indices ended on 31 January. The changes will be announced toward the end of February and implemented on 10 March.
We expect LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) to be included in the Battery and BBIG indices, while Kakao Pay (377300 KS) should be added to the Internet Index.
The largest selling is expected to be on Douzone Bizon (012510 KS) due to a potential downweight in the Internet index and a deletion from the BBIG index.


KRX New Deal Index Rebalance Preview (March): More Flow for LG Energy

Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>For this March rebalancing, the screening base date is January 28, which is the last trading day of January. So, the 3-month rebalancing review period is now done.</li>
<li>Other than LG Energy (+₩146,2B), we should pay the most attention to AfreecaTV (+1.70x), Chunbo (+0.36x), Douzone Bizon (-4.82x), and SoulBrain (-0.99x).</li>
<li>In addition, large-cap stocks such as SKIET (+0.25x), Ecopro BM (+0.10x), LG Chem (-0.62x), and Posco Chemical (-0.30x) will likely draw much attention.</li>
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For this March rebalancing, the screening base date is January 28, which is the last trading day of January. So, the 3-month rebalancing review period is now done.
Other than LG Energy (+₩146,2B), we should pay the most attention to AfreecaTV (+1.70x), Chunbo (+0.36x), Douzone Bizon (-4.82x), and SoulBrain (-0.99x).
In addition, large-cap stocks such as SKIET (+0.25x), Ecopro BM (+0.10x), LG Chem (-0.62x), and Posco Chemical (-0.30x) will likely draw much attention.


KRX K-New Deal Index Screening Period Ended: Rebalancing Changes & Passive Impacts Update

<ul>
<li>LG Energy has the second-largest market cap on KOSPI. For Fast Entry to fail, the price must lose 90% of its current value. So, Fast Entry is a foregone conclusion. </li>
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The review period ends on February 21. The implementation date is March 11, and the announcement will likely be made public around February 24-25.</li>
<li>The stock with the lowest market cap from May to October last year will leave the Index. The victim is Dongwon F&amp;B, beating Nexen Tire by a very narrow margin. 
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LG Energy has the second-largest market cap on KOSPI. For Fast Entry to fail, the price must lose 90% of its current value. So, Fast Entry is a foregone conclusion. 

The review period ends on February 21. The implementation date is March 11, and the announcement will likely be made public around February 24-25.
The stock with the lowest market cap from May to October last year will leave the Index. The victim is Dongwon F&amp;B, beating Nexen Tire by a very narrow margin. 



Clearing up Misunderstandings About LG Energy K200 Fast Entry & Likely Deletion Stock

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>The trading data of Korean stock market on January 27th and 28th clearly shows how the NPS and other local pension funds strongly supported LG Energy Solution IPO's stock price. </li>
<li>What is concerning is that the local pension funds nearly neglected net purchase of all other 2,400+ stocks in Korea.</li>
<li>NPS and local pension funds may have less room to overly support LG Energy Solution and other Korean stocks in February. </li>
</ul>


The trading data of Korean stock market on January 27th and 28th clearly shows how the NPS and other local pension funds strongly supported LG Energy Solution IPO's stock price. 
What is concerning is that the local pension funds nearly neglected net purchase of all other 2,400+ stocks in Korea.
NPS and local pension funds may have less room to overly support LG Energy Solution and other Korean stocks in February. 


NPS Exclusively Buying LG Energy Solution At the Expense of Other 2,400+ Stocks in Korea

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

LG Energy Solution / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (373220 KS)</a> made a strong debut, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hyundai-engineering-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33008:1" rel="noopener">Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS)</a> cancelled its listing plans.</li>
<li>There were no major placements this week given the market volatility and upcoming CNY holidays.</li>
</ul>


Aequitas Research puts out a weekly update on the deals that were covered by the team recently along with updates for upcoming IPOs.

LG Energy Solution (373220 KS) made a strong debut, while Hyundai Engineering Co Ltd (HEC KS) cancelled its listing plans.
There were no major placements this week given the market volatility and upcoming CNY holidays.


ECM Weekly (29th Jan 2022) - LG Energy, AInnovation, Citicore REIT, Adani Wilmar, Airpower, HK SPAC

South Korea

LG Energy Solution produces and sells batteries. The Company manufactures and sells automobile batteries, small batteries, energy storage system batteries, and other products. LG Energy Solution markets its products worldwide.

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