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

Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntt-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45414:1" rel="noopener">NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP)</a> will be added to a global sector index at the close on 18 September while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samty-residential-investment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31049:1" rel="noopener">Samty Residential Investment (3459 JP)</a> will be deleted.</li>
<li>We estimate passive trackers will need to buy over 12x ADV in the add and sell nearly 5x ADV in the delete.</li>
<li>Positioning in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntt-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45414:1" rel="noopener">NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP)</a> could continue to build near-term and that could take the stock higher. Positioning in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samty-residential-investment" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31049:1" rel="noopener">Samty Residential Investment (3459 JP)</a> appears to be larger.</li>
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NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP) will be added to a global sector index at the close on 18 September while Samty Residential Investment (3459 JP) will be deleted.
We estimate passive trackers will need to buy over 12x ADV in the add and sell nearly 5x ADV in the delete.
Positioning in NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP) could continue to build near-term and that could take the stock higher. Positioning in Samty Residential Investment (3459 JP) appears to be larger.


Global Sector Index: NTT DC REIT Added; Samty Residential Deleted

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

Centurion Accommodation / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
We have looked at the company's past performance in our previous note. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/centurion-accomodation-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45779:1" rel="noopener">Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP)</a> (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.</li>
<li>CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the REIT's portfolio and performance.</li>
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Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing.
CAREIT plans to invest directly or indirectly, in a portfolio of purpose-built worker accommodation (PBWA), purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) or other accommodation, located globally (excluding Malaysia).
In this note, we look at the REIT's portfolio and performance.


Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - New Asset Class

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ntt-dc-reit" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45414:1" rel="noopener">Ntt Dc Reit (NTTDCR SP)</a> (NDC), a data center REIT, aims to raise up to US$810m in its Singapore IPO.</li>
<li>The IPO portfolio comprises six mainly freehold data centres in the U.S., Austria and Singapore with an aggregate appraised valuation of US$1.6bn.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the company's portfolio and its performance.</li>
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Ntt Dc Reit (NTTDCR SP) (NDC), a data center REIT, aims to raise up to US$810m in its Singapore IPO.
The IPO portfolio comprises six mainly freehold data centres in the U.S., Austria and Singapore with an aggregate appraised valuation of US$1.6bn.
In this note, we look at the company's portfolio and its performance.


NTT DC REIT IPO - Decent Yield, Strong Local Backing, a Few Issues

Investment Management, 8VantEdge

8VantEdge

Investment Management

8VantEdge offers a hybrid fundamental stock picking combined with algorithmic rules based on human psychology.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>The digital infrastructure sector is this decade’s defining investment theme. It has become a mandatory operational input for companies in the global economy.</li>
<li>This transition is propelled by three converging structural forces: the exponential demand for AI compute capacity, persistent enterprise cloud migration, and the deployment of standalone 5G networks.</li>
<li>Together, these drivers necessitate a synchronized expansion across centralized data centres, localized edge nodes, and the subsea transmission networks that connect them.</li>
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The digital infrastructure sector is this decade’s defining investment theme. It has become a mandatory operational input for companies in the global economy.
This transition is propelled by three converging structural forces: the exponential demand for AI compute capacity, persistent enterprise cloud migration, and the deployment of standalone 5G networks.
Together, these drivers necessitate a synchronized expansion across centralized data centres, localized edge nodes, and the subsea transmission networks that connect them.


Digital Infrastructure Foundations: Data Centres, Business Trusts, and the Regional Digital Grid

Singapore

NTT DC REIT is a Singapore real estate investment trust that invests in a diversified portfolio of stabilized income-producing real estate assets globally, primarily used for data center purposes. Its portfolio includes six carrier-neutral, Tier III-equivalent data centers across the United States, Austria, and Singapore. The company was constituted on March 28, 2025, and is headquartered in Singapore.

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NTT DC REIT (NTTDCR SP)

Global Sector Index: NTT DC REIT Added; Samty Residential Deleted

NTT DC REIT will be added to a sector index in Sep, while Samty Residential will be deleted. We estimate passive trackers will need to buy over 12x...

Brian Freitas

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about valuations.

Sumeet Singh

Centurion Accomodation REIT IPO - New Asset Class

Centurion Accomodation REIT (CAREIT SP) (CAREIT) plans to raise around US$600m in its Singapore listing. In this note, we talk about the REIT's...

Sumeet Singh

NTT DC REIT IPO - Decent Yield, Strong Local Backing, a Few Issues

Ntt Dc Reit (NTTDCR SP) (NDC), a data center REIT, aims to raise up to US$810m in its Singapore IPO. In this note, we look at its portfolio and...

Sumeet Singh

Digital Infrastructure Foundations: Data Centres, Business Trusts, and the Regional Digital Grid

The digital infrastructure sector is this decade’s defining investment theme. It has become a mandatory operational input for companies in the...

8VantEdge

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