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>The SET50 index tracks the performance of the top 50 largest and most liquid names listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at our final expected ADDs/DELs for SET 50 during the index rebal event in December 2024.</li>
<li>We see four ADDs/DELs in December 2024. While the expected DELs list remains unchanged since last month, there is a change in our expected ADDs list.</li>
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The SET50 index tracks the performance of the top 50 largest and most liquid names listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET).
In this insight, we take a look at our final expected ADDs/DELs for SET 50 during the index rebal event in December 2024.
We see four ADDs/DELs in December 2024. While the expected DELs list remains unchanged since last month, there is a change in our expected ADDs list.


Quiddity Leaderboard SET50 Dec 24: Final Expectations; LONGs up +6% Vs SHORTs in a Month

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>With 3 trading days left in the review period, we forecast 4 changes for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/stock-exchange-of-thailand-set-50-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31493:1" rel="noopener">Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX)</a> at the December rebalance.</li>
<li>Passive trackers will need to buy between 1.2-3.6 days of ADV on the inclusions and sell between 0.3-3.1 days of ADV on the deletions.</li>
<li>The forecast adds have continued to outperform the forecast deletes and there could be more movement in stocks with relatively high ADV to trade.</li>
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With 3 trading days left in the review period, we forecast 4 changes for the Stock Exchange of Thailand SET 50 Index (SET50 INDEX) at the December rebalance.
Passive trackers will need to buy between 1.2-3.6 days of ADV on the inclusions and sell between 0.3-3.1 days of ADV on the deletions.
The forecast adds have continued to outperform the forecast deletes and there could be more movement in stocks with relatively high ADV to trade.


SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: 4 Changes Coming Up in December

Head of Research, Krungthai XSpring

Waraporn Wiboonkanarak

Head of Research

A full service Thai brokerage

Krungthai XSpring

Krungthai XSpring is a full service broker. The company provides a wide range of investment services such as Securities Brokerage, Derivative Agent Business, Securities Borrowing and Lending, Securities Trading, Underwriting, Financial Advisory, Wealth Advisory, Private Fund Management and International Markets Securities Trading. 

In terms of credibility, Fitch Ratings has assigned Krunghtai XSpring a long-term rating of AA- and a national short-term rating of F1+ with stable outlook.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>The finance sector operators under our coverage reported a combined net profit of Bt3.9bn in 3Q24, down 7.7% YoY and 5.2% QoQ.</li><li>Asset quality improved in the title loan provider segment, while the truck hire-purchase providers segment has yet to recover.</li><li>However, performance pressures have begun to ease, driven by a decline in funding costs and reduced concerns over asset quality, supported by economic stimulus measures.</li></ul>

The finance sector operators under our coverage reported a combined net profit of Bt3.9bn in 3Q24, down 7.7% YoY and 5.2% QoQ.Asset quality improved in the title loan provider segment, while the truck hire-purchase providers segment has yet to recover.However, performance pressures have begun to ease, driven by a decline in funding costs and reduced concerns over asset quality, supported by economic stimulus measures.

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>We maintain our Outperform rating. The latest stock price is approximately 7% below the new fair value (FV) of Bt40.25.</li><li>In addition, from a tactical perspective, the downside risk is very limited, as the difference between the stock price and the FV over the past six months is below -1.5 S.D.</li><li>The new FV of Bt40.25 is reduced from the previous Bt40.50, a decrease of about 1%. </li></ul>

We maintain our Outperform rating. The latest stock price is approximately 7% below the new fair value (FV) of Bt40.25.In addition, from a tactical perspective, the downside risk is very limited, as the difference between the stock price and the FV over the past six months is below -1.5 S.D.The new FV of Bt40.25 is reduced from the previous Bt40.50, a decrease of about 1%. 

Srisawad Corporation - Loan Growth to Slow Down

<ul><li>The slowdown in loan portfolio growth poses risk to the target and creates potential downside for the 2024-26E profit forecasts.</li><li>We will revisit our profit estimates, fair value, and rating after meeting with management on November 15, 2024.</li><li>SAWAD reported a 3Q24 net profit of Bt1,301mn (-6.2% YoY, +2.9% QoQ), slightly below market expectations by 2%.</li></ul>

The slowdown in loan portfolio growth poses risk to the target and creates potential downside for the 2024-26E profit forecasts.We will revisit our profit estimates, fair value, and rating after meeting with management on November 15, 2024.SAWAD reported a 3Q24 net profit of Bt1,301mn (-6.2% YoY, +2.9% QoQ), slightly below market expectations by 2%.

SRISAWAD CORPORATION - Lower Provisions QoQ; Loan Growth Likely to Fall Below Target

Thailand

Srisawad Corporation Public Company Limited operates as a consumer finance company. The Company provides personal secured loans, home loans, loans for international labors, and other related financial products. Srisawad offers its products and services to retail clients in Thailand.

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Srisawad Power 1979 (SAWAD TB)

Quiddity Leaderboard SET50 Dec 24: Final Expectations; LONGs up +6% Vs SHORTs in a Month

The expected ADDs have outperformed the expected DELs by 17% on average since 29th November. With the official index changes to be confirmed in the...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

SET50 Index Rebalance Preview: 4 Changes Coming Up in December

There should be 4 changes to the SET50 in Dec. Passive trackers will need to trade between 0.3-3.6x ADV on the changes. The adds have outperformed...

Brian Freitas

Finance & Securities - NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The finance sector operators under our coverage reported a combined net profit of Bt3.9bn in 3Q24, down 7.7% YoY and 5.2% QoQ.

Krungthai XSpring

Srisawad Corporation - Loan Growth to Slow Down

In addition, from a tactical perspective, the downside risk is very limited, as the difference between the stock price and the FV over the past six...

Krungthai XSpring

SRISAWAD CORPORATION - Lower Provisions QoQ; Loan Growth Likely to Fall Below Target

The slowdown in loan portfolio growth poses risk to the target and creates potential downside for the 2024-26E profit forecasts. We will revisit...

Krungthai XSpring

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