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

Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable / Index Rebalance

Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (6869 HK)

<ul>
<li>The changes to a global index in February will be announced pre-market open tomorrow and will be implemented at the close of trading on 27 February.</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>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangtze-optical-fibre-and-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:83:1" rel="noopener">Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK)</a> is up 90% over the last 3 weeks and the AH premium versus <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangtze-optical-fibre-cable" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29980:1" rel="noopener">Yangtze Optical Fibre &amp; Cable (601869 CH)</a> has dropped significantly.</li>
</ul>


The changes to a global index in February will be announced pre-market open tomorrow and will be implemented at the close of trading on 27 February.
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.

Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK) is up 90% over the last 3 weeks and the AH premium versus Yangtze Optical Fibre &amp; Cable (601869 CH) has dropped significantly.


Global Index: Potential Changes in February for Asia Pac

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable / Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>AH Premia dropped slightly this past week on average for liquid pairs. Tech and Communications Services saw Hs outperform. </li>
<li>The Quiddity AH Portfolio is up 62+bp in 3wks on 12% "beta".</li>
<li>The data tables below update daily in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southbound Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Pairs Monitor</a> are both there - free for all SK readers. Recently used are now sticky.</li>
</ul>


AH Premia dropped slightly this past week on average for liquid pairs. Tech and Communications Services saw Hs outperform. 
The Quiddity AH Portfolio is up 62+bp in 3wks on 12% "beta".
The data tables below update daily in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The Southbound Flow Monitor and AH Pairs Monitor are both there - free for all SK readers. Recently used are now sticky.


A/H Premium Tracker (Week to 23 Jan 2026):  Slight H/A Outperf, Quiddity Port Still Better

<ul>
<li>The rally in the stock price and the recent placement could result in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangtze-optical-fibre-and-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:83:1" rel="noopener">Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK)</a> being added to a global index next month.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangtze-optical-fibre-and-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:83:1" rel="noopener">Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK)</a> has outperformed its peers but still trades in line on comparable valuation metrics.</li>
<li>The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangtze-optical-fibre-cable" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29980:1" rel="noopener">Yangtze Optical Fibre &amp; Cable (601869 CH)</a> / <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/yangtze-optical-fibre-and-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:83:1" rel="noopener">Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK)</a> premium has started to drift lower and could continue to drop in the short-term.</li>
</ul>


The rally in the stock price and the recent placement could result in Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK) being added to a global index next month.

Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK) has outperformed its peers but still trades in line on comparable valuation metrics.
The Yangtze Optical Fibre &amp; Cable (601869 CH) / Yangtze Optical Fibre And H (6869 HK) premium has started to drift lower and could continue to drop in the short-term.


Yangtze Optical (6869 HK): Global Index Inclusion & The A/H Premium

<ul>
<li>Hs within the liquid AH pair universe UNDER-performed As on average by 3.1% in two weeks. Beautiful Skew behaved BADLY. Spreads were a bit all over the place.</li>
<li>Quiddity H/A Portfolio performance -70bp of which half was negative alpha, half was H/A "beta." I am staying the course of Beautiful Skew.</li>
<li>The data tables below update daily in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southbound Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Pairs Monitor</a> are both there - free for all SK readers.</li>
</ul>


Hs within the liquid AH pair universe UNDER-performed As on average by 3.1% in two weeks. Beautiful Skew behaved BADLY. Spreads were a bit all over the place.
Quiddity H/A Portfolio performance -70bp of which half was negative alpha, half was H/A "beta." I am staying the course of Beautiful Skew.
The data tables below update daily in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The Southbound Flow Monitor and AH Pairs Monitor are both there - free for all SK readers.


A/H Premium Tracker (2Wks to 31 Dec 2025):  Hs Underperform Again, Beautiful Skew Behaving Badly

<ul>
<li>Hs within the liquid AH pair universe UNDER-performed As on average by 0.87%. Beautiful Skew behaved BADLY. Spreads were a bit all over the place.</li>
<li>Quiddity H/A Portfolio performance slightly positive (+11-13bp). Low H/A "beta" helps. Stay the Beautiful Skew course.</li>
<li>The data tables below update daily in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tools</a> section of Smartkarma. The <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/south-flow-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Southbound Flow Monitor</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/tools/quiddity/ah-shares-monitor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AH Pairs Monitor</a> are both there - free for all SK readers.</li>
</ul>


Hs within the liquid AH pair universe UNDER-performed As on average by 0.87%. Beautiful Skew behaved BADLY. Spreads were a bit all over the place.
Quiddity H/A Portfolio performance slightly positive (+11-13bp). Low H/A "beta" helps. Stay the Beautiful Skew course.
The data tables below update daily in the Tools section of Smartkarma. The Southbound Flow Monitor and AH Pairs Monitor are both there - free for all SK readers.


A/H Premium Tracker (Wk to 19 Dec 2025):  Hs Underperform Again, Beautiful Skew Behaving Badly

China

Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable is a global leader in the research, development, production, and sale of optical fiber preforms, optical fibers, optical cables, and related optical communication products and solutions. The company offers a wide range of products including specialty optical fibers, submarine cables, and optical transceivers, along with system integration and communication engineering design services. Headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei, China, the company was founded in May 1988.

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