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>There could be 3 constituent changes for the HSIII Index in March along with capping changes for the largest index members.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover is 3.3% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$2.77bn. There are a few stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pony-ai-inc-f40ea771-20a4-48e1-9405-0a35b4c4aadb" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:46237:1" rel="noopener">Pony AI (2026 HK)</a> has been trading higher over the last several weeks on expectations of large passive buying over the next couple of months.</li>
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There could be 3 constituent changes for the HSIII Index in March along with capping changes for the largest index members.
Estimated one-way turnover is 3.3% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$2.77bn. There are a few stocks with over 1x ADV to trade.

Pony AI (2026 HK) has been trading higher over the last several weeks on expectations of large passive buying over the next couple of months.


Hang Seng Internet & IT Index (HSIII) Rebalance Preview: 3 Changes as Pony AI Jumps

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<li>There could be 49 potential inclusions and 25 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. 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>
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There could be 49 potential inclusions and 25 potential deletions for the Hang Seng Composite Index in March. 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 (Mar 2026): Many Changes Following Huge IPO Quarter

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC 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/cidi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44089:1" rel="noopener">CiDi Inc (CIDI HK)</a> raised US$183m in its Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>CiDi is a leading autonomous driving technology provider for commercial vehicles in China, with a strong foothold in the autonomous mining segment.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.</li>
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CiDi Inc (CIDI HK) raised US$183m in its Hong Kong IPO.
CiDi is a leading autonomous driving technology provider for commercial vehicles in China, with a strong foothold in the autonomous mining segment.
In this note, we will talk about the demand and trading dynamics.


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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cidi-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:44089:1" rel="noopener">CiDi Inc (CIDI HK) </a>is looking to raise about US$183m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.</li>
<li>CiDi is a leading autonomous driving technology provider for commercial vehicles in China, with a strong foothold in the autonomous mining segment.</li>
<li>In our previous note, we looked at the firm’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the IPO valuations.</li>
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CiDi Inc (CIDI HK) is looking to raise about US$183m in its upcoming Hong Kong IPO.
CiDi is a leading autonomous driving technology provider for commercial vehicles in China, with a strong foothold in the autonomous mining segment.
In our previous note, we looked at the firm’s past performance. In this note, we talk about the IPO valuations.


CiDi IPO - Peer Comp and Thoughts on Valuation

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

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<li>CiDi Inc., a Changsha-based developer of autonomous driving systems for commercial vehicles, is expected to IPO next week. CICC, China Securities and Ping An Securities are leading the offering.</li>
<li>The company’s technology powers driverless mining trucks in open-pit mines and other mining processes, segments seen as more commercially ready than urban passenger robotaxis.</li>
<li>The fixed IPO offer price of HK$263.00 implies a market cap of ~HK$11.5B or ~US$1.5B. Cornerstone investors collectively agreed to acquire ~HK$550m worth of CiDi shares in this IPO.</li>
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CiDi Inc., a Changsha-based developer of autonomous driving systems for commercial vehicles, is expected to IPO next week. CICC, China Securities and Ping An Securities are leading the offering.
The company’s technology powers driverless mining trucks in open-pit mines and other mining processes, segments seen as more commercially ready than urban passenger robotaxis.
The fixed IPO offer price of HK$263.00 implies a market cap of ~HK$11.5B or ~US$1.5B. Cornerstone investors collectively agreed to acquire ~HK$550m worth of CiDi shares in this IPO.


CiDi Inc. IPO (3881.HK): Global Offering, A Pure-Play Bet On Industrial Autonomous Mining

China

WeRide Inc. operates as a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, provides autonomous driving technology solutions designs to cater to a broad spectrum of scenarios from urban environments to highways. WeRide serves customers worldwide.

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