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/albemarle-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7678:1" rel="noopener">Albemarle Corp (ALB US)</a> will replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ioneer-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10264:1" rel="noopener">ioneer (INR AU)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaneck-rare-earth-strategic-me" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32320:1" rel="noopener">VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Me (REMX US)</a> at the close on 15 December.</li>
<li>Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover is 13.4% and in a one-way trade of US$50m.</li>
<li>The mainland China stocks in the index have been the biggest laggards and this rebalance will reduce their weight in the index significantly.</li>
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Albemarle Corp (ALB US) will replace ioneer (INR AU) in the VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Me (REMX US) at the close on 15 December.
Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover is 13.4% and in a one-way trade of US$50m.
The mainland China stocks in the index have been the biggest laggards and this rebalance will reduce their weight in the index significantly.


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Albermarle (ALB US) Finally Added

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<li>There are no constituent changes for the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index at the March rebalance. There are free float and capping changes though.</li>
<li>One way turnover is estimated at 3.1% and will result in a one-way trade of US$19m. Flows are relatively small with no impact over 1x ADV on any stock.</li>
<li>The June rebalance should have constituent changes with an increase in the number of stocks in the index universe.</li>
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There are no constituent changes for the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index at the March rebalance. There are free float and capping changes though.
One way turnover is estimated at 3.1% and will result in a one-way trade of US$19m. Flows are relatively small with no impact over 1x ADV on any stock.
The June rebalance should have constituent changes with an increase in the number of stocks in the index universe.


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes on Friday

<ul>
<li>As expected, there are no adds or deletes for the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index at the December rebalance.</li>
<li>There are free float and capping changes that will be implemented at the close on 16 December.</li>
<li>One way turnover is estimated at 4.26% and will result in a one-way trade of US$31.5m.</li>
</ul>


As expected, there are no adds or deletes for the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index at the December rebalance.
There are free float and capping changes that will be implemented at the close on 16 December.
One way turnover is estimated at 4.26% and will result in a one-way trade of US$31.5m.


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes

Australian Strategic Materials / Index Rebalance

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sierra-rutile-holdings-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:36235:1" rel="noopener">Sierra Rutile Holdings (SRX AU)</a> is a high probability delete from the index, while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australian-strategic-materials" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30815:1" rel="noopener">Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU)</a> is close to the deletion threshold.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sayona-mining-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1589:1" rel="noopener">Sayona Mining (SYA AU)</a> is the highest ranked non-constituent while <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tianqi-lithium-corporation" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27789:1" rel="noopener">Tianqi Lithium (9696 HK)</a> only makes inclusion at the entire IPO raise.</li>
<li>Deletion from the index will require passive trackers to sell over 5 days of ADV on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/australian-strategic-materials" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:30815:1" rel="noopener">Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU)</a>. </li>
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Sierra Rutile Holdings (SRX AU) is a high probability delete from the index, while Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU) is close to the deletion threshold.

Sayona Mining (SYA AU) is the highest ranked non-constituent while Tianqi Lithium (9696 HK) only makes inclusion at the entire IPO raise.
Deletion from the index will require passive trackers to sell over 5 days of ADV on Australian Strategic Materials (ASM AU). 


MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Couple of Potential Deletes

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

JL Mag Rare-Earth   / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>JL Mag Rare-earth Co. Ltd (JLM) aims to raise up to US$650m via its H-shares listing. </li>
<li>JLM is a producer of high-performance REPMs. It ranked first in the world by high-performance REPM production volume in 2020 with a market share of approximately 14.5%.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at the pricing and other deal dynamics.</li>
</ul>


JL Mag Rare-earth Co. Ltd (JLM) aims to raise up to US$650m via its H-shares listing. 
JLM is a producer of high-performance REPMs. It ranked first in the world by high-performance REPM production volume in 2020 with a market share of approximately 14.5%.
In this note, we look at the pricing and other deal dynamics.


JL Mag Rare-Earth A/​H Listing - High-End a No Go, Post Correction

China

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd. smelts and processes tungsten products.  The Company's products include ammonium paratungstate, blue tungsten oxide, yellow tungsten oxide, tungsten powder, and tungsten alloy products.  Xiamen Tungsten also produces battery and operates in real estate development and management.

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Xiamen Tungsten Co Ltd A (600549 CH)

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Albermarle (ALB US) Finally Added

Albemarle will replace ioneer in the index. Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover is 13.4%...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes on Friday

There are no constituent changes in March, only float/capping changes. One-way turnover is estimated at 3.1% resulting in a one-way trade of...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes

No adds/deletes for REMX in December. Free float and capping changes will be implemented at the close on 16 December resulting in one-way turnover...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Couple of Potential Deletes

Sierra Rutile is a high probability delete from the REMX in September. There is a possibility that ASM is deleted too. There is flow on the other...

Brian Freitas

JL Mag Rare-Earth A/H Listing - High-End a No Go, Post Correction

JL Mag Rare-earth Co. Ltd (JLM) aims to raise up to US$650m via its H-shares listing. In this note, we will look at the valuation and other deal...

Sumeet Singh

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MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Albermarle (ALB US) Finally Added

Albemarle will replace ioneer in the index. Constituent changes, float changes and capping changes result in an estimated one-way turnover is 13.4%...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes on Friday

There are no constituent changes in March, only float/capping changes. One-way turnover is estimated at 3.1% resulting in a one-way trade of...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes

No adds/deletes for REMX in December. Free float and capping changes will be implemented at the close on 16 December resulting in one-way turnover...

Brian Freitas

MVIS Global Rare Earth/​​​​Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Couple of Potential Deletes

Sierra Rutile is a high probability delete from the REMX in September. There is a possibility that ASM is deleted too. There is flow on the other...

Brian Freitas

JL Mag Rare-Earth A/​H Listing - High-End a No Go, Post Correction

JL Mag Rare-earth Co. Ltd (JLM) aims to raise up to US$650m via its H-shares listing. In this note, we will look at the valuation and other deal...

Sumeet Singh

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Albermarle (ALB US) Finally Added

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes on Friday

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance: Float & Capping Changes

MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index Rebalance Preview: Couple of Potential Deletes

JL Mag Rare-Earth A/H Listing - High-End a No Go, Post Correction