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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<li>The changes to a global index in August will be announced pre-market open Thursday and will be implemented at the close of trading on 31 August.</li>
<li>The big market moves since the last rebalance result in many changes with the final number dependent on the day picked to compute market cap and free float market cap.</li>
<li>The forecast adds have outperformed the forecast deletes over the last 1, 2 and 3 months but near-term performance has been far from awesome due to the momentum unwind.</li>
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The changes to a global index in August will be announced pre-market open Thursday and will be implemented at the close of trading on 31 August.
The big market moves since the last rebalance result in many changes with the final number dependent on the day picked to compute market cap and free float market cap.
The forecast adds have outperformed the forecast deletes over the last 1, 2 and 3 months but near-term performance has been far from awesome due to the momentum unwind.


Global Index: Potential Changes in August for Asia Pac

Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) / Index Rebalance

Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) (2476 HK)

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<li>There could be 55 potential inclusions and 14 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in September. There are more stocks that are close on market cap/liquidity.</li>
<li>A lot of the potential adds are very recently listed stocks that have a limited trading history. The low free float could lead to price spikes in the stocks.</li>
<li>There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.</li>
</ul>


There could be 55 potential inclusions and 14 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in September. There are more stocks that are close on market cap/liquidity.
A lot of the potential adds are very recently listed stocks that have a limited trading history. The low free float could lead to price spikes in the stocks.
There are stocks that have a very high percentage of holdings via Stock Connect and there could be some unwinding prior to the stocks becoming Sell-only.


HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect (Sep 2026): Adds Outnumber Deletes as IPOs Dominate

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-hynix-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16955:1" rel="noopener">SK Hynix (000660 KS)</a> (SKH), a leading global memory producer, aims to raise over US$10bn via an ADR listing.</li>
<li>SKH has confidentially filed for an ADR issuance which could see it potentially launch a raising in July 2026, as per media reports.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
</ul>



SK Hynix (000660 KS) (SKH), a leading global memory producer, aims to raise over US$10bn via an ADR listing.
SKH has confidentially filed for an ADR issuance which could see it potentially launch a raising in July 2026, as per media reports.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Aequitas: SK Hynix ADR Listing - Part 1 - Early Look at the US$10-15bn Offering

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.

Zhongji InnoLight / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>We rank repeat cornerstone investors in 144 HK IPOs raising US$100m or more, listed from January 2025 to September 2026, split by investor type.</li>
<li>Our league table statistics show past 2W returns by investor type and for the top investors within each type.</li>
<li>In 9M2026, deals with hedge fund cornerstones underperformed the other four types on median 2W return.</li>
</ul>


We rank repeat cornerstone investors in 144 HK IPOs raising US$100m or more, listed from January 2025 to September 2026, split by investor type.
Our league table statistics show past 2W returns by investor type and for the top investors within each type.
In 9M2026, deals with hedge fund cornerstones underperformed the other four types on median 2W return.


HK IPO Cornerstone Performance League Table (9M2026)

Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing / Equity Capital Markets

Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing (DSPN HK)

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<li>Dongshan Precision, a maker of PCBs, precision components and optical transceivers, is seeking an A+H listing. UBS, Haitong, GF, and CITIC are the joint sponsors.</li>
<li>While our previous note covers the fundamentals of the company, in this note we look at its business development, 1H26 results and A-H premium moves.</li>
<li>We think the deal is worth following as the optical transceiver business acquired in 2025 raised 1H26 gross margin to its highest level since 2023.</li>
</ul>


Dongshan Precision, a maker of PCBs, precision components and optical transceivers, is seeking an A+H listing. UBS, Haitong, GF, and CITIC are the joint sponsors.
While our previous note covers the fundamentals of the company, in this note we look at its business development, 1H26 results and A-H premium moves.
We think the deal is worth following as the optical transceiver business acquired in 2025 raised 1H26 gross margin to its highest level since 2023.


Dongshan Precision (东山精密) A+H Pre-IPO: PHIP and 1H26 Results Update

China

Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) Co., Ltd. specializes in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of high-precision printed circuit boards (PCBs), including multilayer, HDI, FPC, and rigid-flex PCBs. Its products are widely used in artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, smart devices, automotive electronics, network telecommunication, and medical equipment. The company is headquartered in Huizhou, Guangdong, China, and was founded in 2006.

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Victory Giant Technology (HuiZhou) (2476 HK)

Global Index: Potential Changes in August for Asia Pac

The global index changes were announced using D1 as the cutoff. 99% hit rate across Asia Pacific, so no surprises. Big price changes in the stocks...

Brian Freitas

HSCI Index Rebalance Preview and Stock Connect (Sep 2026): Adds Outnumber Deletes as IPOs Dominate

There could be 80 changes for the HSCI in March. That could result in 70 changes to the Southbound Stock Connect list and also have implications...

Brian Freitas

Aequitas: SK Hynix ADR Listing - Part 1 - Early Look at the US$10-15bn Offering

SK Hynix (000660 KS) (SKH), a leading global memory producer, aims to raise over US$10bn via an ADR listing. As per media reports, it has filed...

Sumeet Singh

HK IPO Cornerstone Performance League Table (9M2026)

HK IPO: We rank repeat cornerstone investors by the average 2W return of IPOs they backed. In 9M2026, deals with hedge fund cornerstones...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Dongshan Precision (东山精密) A+H Pre-IPO: PHIP and 1H26 Results Update

Dongshan Precision is seeking an A+H listing and passed hearing. In this note we update the company's fundamentals and business development since...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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