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

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<li>In its last update, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba Group</a> announced that the company was preparing for its primary listing in Hong Kong and the process was expected to complete by the end August.</li>
<li>The Board meets on 14 August to approve results for the three months ending June. Could there be an announcement on the dual primary listing too?</li>
<li>Mainland Chinese own between 3.5%-15.5% of companies that converted from Secondary to Dual-Primary in the last few years. Similar buying in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/alibaba-group-holding-ltd-d7b798e2-202d-4e01-9a1e-799e2ae8f0c7" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28434:1" rel="noopener">Alibaba</a> could take the stock higher from here. </li>
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In its last update, Alibaba Group announced that the company was preparing for its primary listing in Hong Kong and the process was expected to complete by the end August.
The Board meets on 14 August to approve results for the three months ending June. Could there be an announcement on the dual primary listing too?
Mainland Chinese own between 3.5%-15.5% of companies that converted from Secondary to Dual-Primary in the last few years. Similar buying in Alibaba could take the stock higher from here. 


Alibaba (9988 HK/BABA) Dual Primary Listing: Are We There Yet?

Independent Research, Turtles all the way down

Turtles all the way down

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Writing short articles about mis-priced boring stocks around the world.

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<ul><li>Chinese stocks feel like loaded springs to me now. I have played this so far by buying DADA at $1.50 (I think I posted it at $1.67 ish) and closed it with a very nice profit at $2.6ish.</li><li>I did buy RERE at $1.15 and sold my last shares at $1.85. Unfortunately I was too late to post a write-up as I got reporting dates confused.</li><li>But maybe we get to have another go at this one. I had DQ on my watch list, I expected negative earnings, but their report was slightly better than expected and shares jumped from $18 to nearly $30 in a few weeks. </li></ul>

Chinese stocks feel like loaded springs to me now. I have played this so far by buying DADA at $1.50 (I think I posted it at $1.67 ish) and closed it with a very nice profit at $2.6ish.I did buy RERE at $1.15 and sold my last shares at $1.85. Unfortunately I was too late to post a write-up as I got reporting dates confused.But maybe we get to have another go at this one. I had DQ on my watch list, I expected negative earnings, but their report was slightly better than expected and shares jumped from $18 to nearly $30 in a few weeks. 

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.

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<li>PCAOB officials concluded their Hong Kong visit last month and PCAOB is due to announce its annual judgment on whether it had adequate access to US listed China companies.</li>
<li>The Hong Kong visit was on the back of the 26th Aug 2022 announcement by PCAOB and CSRC that they had entered into an agreement with US authorities for access.</li>
<li>In this note, we'll talk about the latest developments, possible outcomes and implications.</li>
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PCAOB officials concluded their Hong Kong visit last month and PCAOB is due to announce its annual judgment on whether it had adequate access to US listed China companies.
The Hong Kong visit was on the back of the 26th Aug 2022 announcement by PCAOB and CSRC that they had entered into an agreement with US authorities for access.
In this note, we'll talk about the latest developments, possible outcomes and implications.


China ADRs Delisting - Friday Could Be Judgment Day for over US$800bn Mcap of Stocks

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<li>Last week <strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yum-china-holdings-inc-0533692c-6dae-4014-baa1-ed0b050638f2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29259:1" rel="noopener">Yum China Holdings Inc (9987 HK)</a></strong>  <a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2022/0815/2022081501554.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> it has applied for voluntary conversion to a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.</li>
<li>Should all necessary approvals from the HKEx be satisfied, Yum will become dual primary listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the HKEx.</li>
<li>This regulatory process, facilitated by rules introduced by the HKEx over the past year, enables the de-listing of the ADRs and the smooth transition to a sole HK listing.</li>
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Last week Yum China Holdings Inc (9987 HK)  announced it has applied for voluntary conversion to a primary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Should all necessary approvals from the HKEx be satisfied, Yum will become dual primary listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the HKEx.
This regulatory process, facilitated by rules introduced by the HKEx over the past year, enables the de-listing of the ADRs and the smooth transition to a sole HK listing.


Yum China Pursues Primary Listing Conversion On The HKEx

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Alibaba (9988 HK/BABA) Dual Primary Listing: Are We There Yet?

Alibaba will be in included in Southbound Stock Connect from the open of trading today. Volumes should be higher than usual as mainland investors...

Brian Freitas

Quick Ideas #8

Chinese stocks feel like loaded springs to me now. I have played this so far by buying DADA at $1.50 (I think I posted it at $1.67 ish) and closed...

Turtles all the way down

China ADRs Delisting - Friday Could Be Judgment Day for over US$800bn Mcap of Stocks

PCAOB officials concluded their Hong Kong visit last month and PCAOB is due to announce its annual judgment on whether it had adequate access to US...

Sumeet Singh

Yum China Pursues Primary Listing Conversion On The HKEx

It is not evident there is an immediate trade. It's a solid bet the next company seeking to upgrade its secondary listing into a dual-primary...

David Blennerhassett

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