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>Exposure to the Taiwanese Banks sector has been in near constant decline for the best part of the last decade.</li>
<li>Just 4.5% of Asia Ex-Japan funds hold a position, with active managers running near record underweights of -1.06%, on average.</li>
<li>Investors should consider potential catalysts that could improve the investment outlook for banks in Taiwan, given the broad consensus on positioning.</li>
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Exposure to the Taiwanese Banks sector has been in near constant decline for the best part of the last decade.
Just 4.5% of Asia Ex-Japan funds hold a position, with active managers running near record underweights of -1.06%, on average.
Investors should consider potential catalysts that could improve the investment outlook for banks in Taiwan, given the broad consensus on positioning.


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

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Aug 7th. The aggregated short interest was USD43.7bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, ASE Industrial, Jentech Precision Industrial, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing, King Yuan Electronics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Aug 7th. The aggregated short interest was USD43.7bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, ASE Industrial, Jentech Precision Industrial, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing, King Yuan Electronics.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Aug 7th): Shin Kong Financial, ASE Industrial, King Yuan Electronics

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 31st. The aggregated short interest was USD41.0bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Hon Hai Precision, TSMC, Zhen Ding Technology, LARGAN Precision.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 31st. The aggregated short interest was USD41.0bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Hon Hai Precision, TSMC, Zhen Ding Technology, LARGAN Precision.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 31st): Shin Kong Financial, Hon Hai Precision, TSMC

Index Rebal/Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal/Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Index Rebalance

Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co Ltd. / Index Rebalance

Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co Ltd. (2880 TT)

<ul>
<li>The TDIV index tracks the top 50 names in the Taiwan Stock Exchange with the highest dividend yields. It is a yield-weighted index with unique capping rules.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at Quiddity's expectations for capping flows for the TDIV index for the September 2026 index rebal event.</li>
<li>Currently, we expect no index changes and we estimate the one-way capping flow to be ~US$90mn.</li>
</ul>


The TDIV index tracks the top 50 names in the Taiwan Stock Exchange with the highest dividend yields. It is a yield-weighted index with unique capping rules.
In this insight, we take a look at Quiddity's expectations for capping flows for the TDIV index for the September 2026 index rebal event.
Currently, we expect no index changes and we estimate the one-way capping flow to be ~US$90mn.


Quiddity Leaderboard TDIV Sep26: US$90mn One-Way Flows

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 24th. The aggregated short interest was USD43.1bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Nanya Technology, BizLink, ASE Industrial, UMC.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of TWSE Stocks as of Jul 24th. The aggregated short interest was USD43.1bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Nanya Technology, BizLink, ASE Industrial, UMC.


TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 24th): Shin Kong Financial, Nanya Technology, BizLink, UMC

Taiwan

The Shanghai Commercial & Savings Bank, Ltd. provides commercial banking services with a global presence. The Bank attracts deposits from the general public and uses those funds to originate a variety of loans. SCSB supports businesses by providing trade financing and foreign exchange services.

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The Shanghai Commerical & Sa (5876 TT)

Taiwan Banks: Uninvestible?

Exposure to the Taiwanese Banking sector has been in near constant decline for the last decade. Just 4.5% of Asia Ex-Japan investors have...

Steven Holden

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Aug 7th): Shin Kong Financial, ASE Industrial, King Yuan Electronics

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial (2888 TT), ASE Industrial...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 31st): Shin Kong Financial, Hon Hai Precision, TSMC

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Hon Hai Precision, TSMC,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard TDIV Sep26: US$90mn One-Way Flows

The one-way flow expectation could increase if share prices fluctuate over the next few weeks. There could also be index deletions if index members...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

TWSE Short Interest Weekly (Jul 24th): Shin Kong Financial, Nanya Technology, BizLink, UMC

We analyzed TWSE short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Shin Kong Financial, Nanya Technology, BizLink,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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