Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

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<li>In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the T50 and T100 Indices for the June 2023 Rebalance.</li>
<li>I see one change for the T50 index and four changes for the T100 index.</li>
<li>Even though our standalone flow expectations for the T100 index is insignificant, there is one name with important flow consequences in June 2023.</li>
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In this insight, we take a look at the names leading the race to become ADDs/DELs for the T50 and T100 Indices for the June 2023 Rebalance.
I see one change for the T50 index and four changes for the T100 index.
Even though our standalone flow expectations for the T100 index is insignificant, there is one name with important flow consequences in June 2023.


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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

Event-Driven

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<li>Today was the review cutoff for the June rebalance of the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF. We see one potential change at the review.</li>
<li>Passive trackers are estimated to buy nearly 6 days of ADV on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pegatron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12852:1" rel="noopener">Pegatron Corp (4938 TT)</a> while selling around 1.7 days of ADV on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/silergy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13998:1" rel="noopener">Silergy Corp (6415 TT)</a>.</li>
<li>Short interest on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pegatron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12852:1" rel="noopener">Pegatron Corp (4938 TT)</a> has continued to drop as the stock has moved higher; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/silergy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13998:1" rel="noopener">Silergy Corp (6415 TT)</a>'s short interest has risen as the stock has dropped.</li>
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Today was the review cutoff for the June rebalance of the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF. We see one potential change at the review.
Passive trackers are estimated to buy nearly 6 days of ADV on Pegatron Corp (4938 TT) while selling around 1.7 days of ADV on Silergy Corp (6415 TT).
Short interest on Pegatron Corp (4938 TT) has continued to drop as the stock has moved higher; Silergy Corp (6415 TT)'s short interest has risen as the stock has dropped.


Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance: One Change Expected in June

Managing Director, Zero One, Zero One

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Managing Director, Zero One

Equity Bottom-Up

Hon Hai Precision Industry / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>This week is relatively in terms of earnings. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/applied-materials-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:283:1" rel="noopener">Applied Materials (AMAT US)</a> will however be reporting on the 18th U.S. time.</li>
<li>Hon Hai sees the PC market bottoming; Separately, we've closed our Long Acer vs. Short Asus and reversed it to Long Asus vs. Short Acer again.</li>
<li>Quant shares have surged post results, dramatically outperforming Apple and other key Apple suppliers.</li>
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This week is relatively in terms of earnings. Applied Materials (AMAT US) will however be reporting on the 18th U.S. time.
Hon Hai sees the PC market bottoming; Separately, we've closed our Long Acer vs. Short Asus and reversed it to Long Asus vs. Short Acer again.
Quant shares have surged post results, dramatically outperforming Apple and other key Apple suppliers.


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Novatek Microelectronics Corp / Equity Bottom-Up

<ul>
<li>Novatek reported earnings ahead of expectations where margins rose thanks to recovery in pricing for its products in inventory. Inventory metrics improved as well.</li>
<li>Key industry readthrough -- Novatek seeing strongest demand for DDICs (display driver chips) coming from the small/medium form factor and highlighted mass production of VR as a cause.</li>
<li>Apple could be quietly preparing for mass production of AR/VR headset ahead of announcement at June's WWDC. Combined with Novatek's comments, could AR/VR will be going mass market this year?</li>
</ul>


Novatek reported earnings ahead of expectations where margins rose thanks to recovery in pricing for its products in inventory. Inventory metrics improved as well.
Key industry readthrough -- Novatek seeing strongest demand for DDICs (display driver chips) coming from the small/medium form factor and highlighted mass production of VR as a cause.
Apple could be quietly preparing for mass production of AR/VR headset ahead of announcement at June's WWDC. Combined with Novatek's comments, could AR/VR will be going mass market this year?


Novatek: Volume Production of VR Driving Strongest Segment; AR/VR Finally Going Mass Market in 2023?

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR / Equity Bottom-Up

TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing) - ADR

<ul>
<li>Major earnings this week including Hon Hai, Novatek, Wistron, Asustek, and more.</li>
<li>We believe one can consider Long Acer vs. Short Asustek into Asustek's results this week.</li>
<li>Apple Suppliers -- Quanta has tracked Apple's success while others have lagged by a large margin.</li>
</ul>


Major earnings this week including Hon Hai, Novatek, Wistron, Asustek, and more.
We believe one can consider Long Acer vs. Short Asustek into Asustek's results this week.
Apple Suppliers -- Quanta has tracked Apple's success while others have lagged by a large margin.


Taiwan Tech Weekly: Hon Hai Earnings; Long/Short Into Asustek Results; Quanta Tracking Apple Shares

Taiwan

Pegatron Corp is a design, manufacturing and service company. The Company produces motherboards, desktop PCs, notebooks, broadband, wireless systems, game consoles, networking, multimedia, LCD TV, and more.

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Pegatron Corp (4938 TT)

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Quiddity Leaderboard T50/​​100 Jun 23: One T50 Change and Four T100 Changes (With TDIV Implications)

The potential T100 deletion of Tong Hsing Electronic Industries Ltd (6271 TT) could trigger a TDIV deletion and result in more significant index...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance: One Change Expected in June

There could be one change for the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF with Pegatron replacing Silergy. There is decent impact expected on the stocks...

Brian Freitas

Taiwan Tech Weekly: PC Market Bottoming, AMAT, Quanta Outperforms Peers, Samsung Tesla Meeting

Quant shares have surged post results, dramatically outperforming Apple and other key Apple suppliers. WiWynn shares crashed post results despite...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Novatek: Volume Production of VR Driving Strongest Segment; AR/VR Finally Going Mass Market in 2023?

Apple could be quietly preparing for mass production of AR/VR headset ahead of announcement at June's WWDC. Combined with Novatek's comments, could...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

Taiwan Tech Weekly: Hon Hai Earnings; Long/Short Into Asustek Results; Quanta Tracking Apple Shares

Quanta has tracked Apple's share price success while many other suppliers have lagged by a large margin. Separately, one can consider going Long...

Vincent Fernando, CFA

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