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 changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 23rd. The aggregated holding was USD1,015.2bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD826mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine, Wistron, Mediatek.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 23rd. The aggregated holding was USD1,015.2bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD826mln. We tabulate the league tables for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine, Wistron, Mediatek.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 23rd): Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine, Wistron

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/elite-material-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10247:1" rel="noopener">Elite Material (2383 TT)</a>'s stock price has soared recently and is forecast to be added to the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF in June, replacing <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/unimicron-technology-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18778:1" rel="noopener">Unimicron Technology (3037 TT)</a>. </li>
<li>Passive trackers will have 1 day of ADV to buy in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elite-material-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10247:1" rel="noopener">Elite Material (2383 TT)</a> and over 1 day of ADV to sell in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/unimicron-technology-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18778:1" rel="noopener">Unimicron Technology (3037 TT)</a>. </li>
<li>However, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/elite-material-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10247:1" rel="noopener">Elite Material</a> is at risk of deletion from another ETF where the impact of passive selling is a lot bigger. Tricky interplay between the two ETFs.</li>
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Elite Material (2383 TT)'s stock price has soared recently and is forecast to be added to the Yuanta/P-Shares Taiwan Top 50 ETF in June, replacing Unimicron Technology (3037 TT). 
Passive trackers will have 1 day of ADV to buy in Elite Material (2383 TT) and over 1 day of ADV to sell in Unimicron Technology (3037 TT). 
However, Elite Material is at risk of deletion from another ETF where the impact of passive selling is a lot bigger. Tricky interplay between the two ETFs.


Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: Elite Material (2383 TT) Walking a Fine Line

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 16th which has an aggregated holding worth USD1,018.6bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,873mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc Financial, Quanta Computer.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 16th which has an aggregated holding worth USD1,018.6bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,873mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc Financial, Quanta Computer.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 16th): TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc Financial

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 9th which has an aggregated holding worth USD969.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD4,132mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, SCSB, Asustek Computer, Ctbc Financial, Quanta Computer, Fubon Financial.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of TWSE Stocks as of May 9th which has an aggregated holding worth USD969.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD4,132mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in TSMC, SCSB, Asustek Computer, Ctbc Financial, Quanta Computer, Fubon Financial.


TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 9th): Reversal to Inflows, Led by TSMC

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

<ul>
<li>The T50 index represents the top 50 largest stocks by market capitalization in the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). The T100 index represents the next 100 largest names (51-150 ranks).</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs and DELs for the June 2025 index rebal event.</li>
<li>Currently, we see one change for T50 and one change for T100.</li>
</ul>


The T50 index represents the top 50 largest stocks by market capitalization in the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE). The T100 index represents the next 100 largest names (51-150 ranks).
In this insight, we take a look at the potential ADDs and DELs for the June 2025 index rebal event.
Currently, we see one change for T50 and one change for T100.


Quiddity Leaderboard T50/​​​100 Jun25: Some Changes to Expectation; Three Weeks to Base Date

Taiwan

Unimicron Technology Corp. manufactures and markets double-sided and multi-layer printed circuit boards.  The Company also provides integrated circuits (IC) burning and testing services.

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Unimicron Technology (3037 TT)

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 23rd): Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine, Wistron

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: Elite Material (2383 TT) Walking a Fine Line

We currently forecast 1 change for the ETF in June. The normalisation of short selling today makes things interesting, as does the possibility of...

Brian Freitas

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 16th): TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc Financial

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 9th): Reversal to Inflows, Led by TSMC

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, SCSB, Asustek Computer, Ctbc Financial,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard T50/100 Jun25: Some Changes to Expectation; Three Weeks to Base Date

After the June 2025 index review, we expect an intra-review index change to be triggered by the completion of the Taishin-Shin Kong merger in late...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

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TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 23rd): Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine, Wistron

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Bizlink, TSMC, Ctbc Financial, Yang Ming Marine,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Taiwan Top 50 ETF Rebalance Preview: Elite Material (2383 TT) Walking a Fine Line

We currently forecast 1 change for the ETF in June. The normalisation of short selling today makes things interesting, as does the possibility of...

Brian Freitas

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 16th): TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc Financial

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, Evergreen Marine, Yang Ming Marine, Ctbc...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

TWSE Foreign Holding Weekly (May 9th): Reversal to Inflows, Led by TSMC

We analyzed TWSE foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in TSMC, SCSB, Asustek Computer, Ctbc Financial,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Quiddity Leaderboard T50/​​​100 Jun25: Some Changes to Expectation; Three Weeks to Base Date

After the June 2025 index review, we expect an intra-review index change to be triggered by the completion of the Taishin-Shin Kong merger in late...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Quiddity Leaderboard T50/100 Jun25: Some Changes to Expectation; Three Weeks to Base Date