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 HSCEI serves as a benchmark to reflect the overall performance of the top 50 "Mainland China" securities listed in Hong Kong.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$470mn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 4.3%.</li>
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The HSCEI serves as a benchmark to reflect the overall performance of the top 50 "Mainland China" securities listed in Hong Kong.
In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.
We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$470mn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 4.3%.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSCEI Jun25: US$470mn One-Way Flows Expected

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<li>The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$1.53bn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 7.4%.</li>
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The HSTECH Index tracks the performance of the top 30 technology companies listed in Hong Kong that have high business exposure to certain technology themes.
In this insight, we take a look at the flow expectations for the June 2025 index rebal event.
We expect no index changes for June 2025 but we estimate there to be US$1.53bn in one-way flows which translates to a turnover of 7.4%.


Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Jun25: US$1.5bn One-Way; Large Inflow for Net Ease

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 3rd.</li>
<li>Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. </li>
<li>We highlight short changes in Tracker Fund, Pop Mart, Beigene, Hscei Etf, Xiaomi.</li>
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We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 3rd.
Top short increases and decreases were tabulated for one week and four week period. 
We highlight short changes in Tracker Fund, Pop Mart, Beigene, Hscei Etf, Xiaomi.


HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart, Beigene, Xiaomi

Asian Hedge Fund Manager, Long Short Equity, Macro

David Mudd

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>The Hong Kong Alpha simulated portfolio returned 0.97% in March outperforming its benchmark by 1.1%.  Since inception the portfolio has outperformed Hong Kong indexes by 8% to 11%.</li>
<li>The portfolio has generated alpha while maintaining a correlation of 0.8 and a beta of 1.05.  The HK Alpha portfolio has a Sharpe ratio of 2.19 YTD.</li>
<li>On 3/31/25 we sold <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shanghai-electric-group-company-limited-d542164d-4d5a-4ce0-b33e-5fe6bc34722c" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8777:1" rel="noopener">Shanghai Electric Group Company (2727 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/citic-securities-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:463:1" rel="noopener">Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sands-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:182:1" rel="noopener">Sands China (1928 HK)</a> , and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunny-optical-technology-group" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13363:1" rel="noopener">Sunny Optical Technology Group (2382 HK)</a></li>
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The Hong Kong Alpha simulated portfolio returned 0.97% in March outperforming its benchmark by 1.1%.  Since inception the portfolio has outperformed Hong Kong indexes by 8% to 11%.
The portfolio has generated alpha while maintaining a correlation of 0.8 and a beta of 1.05.  The HK Alpha portfolio has a Sharpe ratio of 2.19 YTD.
On 3/31/25 we sold Shanghai Electric Group Company (2727 HK) , Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK) , Sands China (1928 HK) , and Sunny Optical Technology Group (2382 HK)


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

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>China and HK stocks dominate the list of rising exposures among EM funds</li>
<li>Trip.com, CATL, and Xiaomi have reached new highs following sustained rotation, while Meituan and JD.com are rebounding after periods of consolidation</li>
<li>Aubrey and Putnam initiate stakes in Xiaomi, GIB open Trip.com exposure, and the Alger EM fund enters Meituan.</li>
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China and HK stocks dominate the list of rising exposures among EM funds
Trip.com, CATL, and Xiaomi have reached new highs following sustained rotation, while Meituan and JD.com are rebounding after periods of consolidation
Aubrey and Putnam initiate stakes in Xiaomi, GIB open Trip.com exposure, and the Alger EM fund enters Meituan.


EM Stock Rotation: China & HK Stocks Take Centre Stage

China

Trip.com Group Limited provides online travel agency services. The Company offers mobile applications, hotel reservations, flight ticketing, package tours, corporate travel management, and train ticketing services. Trip.com Group provides services worldwide.

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Trip.com Group (9961 HK)

Quiddity Leaderboard HSCEI Jun25: US$470mn One-Way Flows Expected

Our index change expectations remain the same since mid-March 2025. We expect the ADDs/DELs and indicative weights to be publicly confirmed on 16th...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard HSTECH Jun25: US$1.5bn One-Way; Large Inflow for Net Ease

Collectively, we expect more than US$1bn index inflows for NetEase (9999 HK), Baidu (9888 HK), Trip.com Group (9961 HK), and NIO (9866 HK) from...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

HK Short Interest Weekly: Pop Mart, Beigene, Xiaomi

We analyzed the latest HK SFC report for aggregate short position as of Apr 3rd and highlight short interest changes in Tracker Fund, Pop Mart,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

HONG KONG ALPHA PORTFOLIO (March 2025)

The Hong Kong Alpha portfolio returned 0.97% in March outperforming its benchmark by 1.1%. Since inception the portfolio has outperformed Hong...

David Mudd

EM Stock Rotation: China & HK Stocks Take Centre Stage

Over the past six months, China and HK stocks have dominated the list of rising exposures among active emerging market funds.

Steven Holden

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