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

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Communication Services allocations among active Global managers are at their lowest levels on record.</li>
<li>Average weights stand at an all-time low of 7.12%, having broken out of a decade long range of between 8% - 10% towards the end of 2021.</li>
<li>Activision Blizzard suffered the worst of the position closures, alongside Meta Platforms, Tencent and Nintendo Co Ltd.</li>
</ul>


Communication Services allocations among active Global managers are at their lowest levels on record.
Average weights stand at an all-time low of 7.12%, having broken out of a decade long range of between 8% - 10% towards the end of 2021.
Activision Blizzard suffered the worst of the position closures, alongside Meta Platforms, Tencent and Nintendo Co Ltd.


Global Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record

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 margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 24th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD27,589m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electron, Ferrotec, Dai-ichi Life, Nintendo.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 24th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD27,589m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Tokyo Electron, Ferrotec, Dai-ichi Life, Nintendo.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 24th): Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 17th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD28,293m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, SoftBank, Yaskawa Electric, Taiyo Yuden, Tokyo Electron, Mizuho Financial, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Advantest, Nintendo, Sumco.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 17th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD28,293m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Kioxia, SoftBank, Yaskawa Electric, Taiyo Yuden, Tokyo Electron, Mizuho Financial, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Advantest, Nintendo, Sumco.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 17th): Kioxia, SoftBank, Yaskawa Electric, Taiyo Yuden, Advantest

<ul>
<li>Global funds are reallocating away from Asia's key sectors, with Asia Communication Services stocks at the heart of the move.</li>
<li>Overweights have been cut, driven by closing out of Tencent, China Mobile, NetEase and Nintendo holdings.</li>
<li>Tencent remains the most widely held stock, but after that there is little consensus or conviction within the sector.</li>
</ul>


Global funds are reallocating away from Asia's key sectors, with Asia Communication Services stocks at the heart of the move.
Overweights have been cut, driven by closing out of Tencent, China Mobile, NetEase and Nintendo holdings.
Tencent remains the most widely held stock, but after that there is little consensus or conviction within the sector.


IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Since the announcement of the US$1.7 billion secondary offering, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/archion-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:47577:1" rel="noopener">Archion (543A JP)</a>’s shares have declined 5.8% to the undisturbed price of JPY313 (3 July).</li>
<li>It is instructive to look at recent large Japanese placements to understand the potential trading pattern. Archion's share decline is lower than the median of recent large placements.</li>
<li>The preliminary pricing range is JPY250 to JPY300 per share. The offering will likely be priced on 22 July. The average large Japanese placement tends to generate positive returns.</li>
</ul>


Since the announcement of the US$1.7 billion secondary offering, Archion (543A JP)’s shares have declined 5.8% to the undisturbed price of JPY313 (3 July).
It is instructive to look at recent large Japanese placements to understand the potential trading pattern. Archion's share decline is lower than the median of recent large placements.
The preliminary pricing range is JPY250 to JPY300 per share. The offering will likely be priced on 22 July. The average large Japanese placement tends to generate positive returns.


Japan

Nintendo Co., Ltd. globally develops, manufactures and sells home-use video game hardware and software in home entertainment business.  The company also produces home-game products including cards.

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Nintendo (7974 JP)

Global Communication Services: Lowest Exposure on Record

Selling in Activision Blizzard, Meta Platforms, Tencent and Nintendo Co Ltd force Communication Services allocations to their lowest levels on record.

Steven Holden

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 24th): Kioxia, Disco, Advantest, Mizuho Financial, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Kioxia (285A JP), Disco (6146 JP), Advantest (6857 JP), Mizuho...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 17th): Kioxia, SoftBank, Yaskawa Electric, Taiyo Yuden, Advantest

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Kioxia (285A JP), SoftBank (9984 JP), Yaskawa Electric (6506 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Comm Services: Sentiment Shift

Global funds are reallocating away from Asia's key sectors, with Asia Communication Services stocks at the heart of the move.

Steven Holden

Archion (543A JP): The Current Playbook

The preliminary pricing range is JPY250 to JPY300 per share. The offering will likely be priced on 22 July. The average large Japanese placement...

Arun George

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