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 will be 5 changes for the Hang Seng Internet &amp; Information Technology Index (HSIII Index) at the March rebalance. There is one surprise for us with Synagistics being added.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 6.5% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$3.74bn (US$482m). 4 stocks will have over 1x ADV to trade.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics (9660 HK)</a> is an add to the HSIII, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng TECH Index</a> and HSCI. Inclusion in Southbound Stock Connect will take place in May.</li>
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There will be 5 changes for the Hang Seng Internet &amp; Information Technology Index (HSIII Index) at the March rebalance. There is one surprise for us with Synagistics being added.
Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 6.5% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$3.74bn (US$482m). 4 stocks will have over 1x ADV to trade.

Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) is an add to the HSIII, Hang Seng TECH Index and HSCI. Inclusion in Southbound Stock Connect will take place in May.


Hang Seng Internet & IT Index Rebalance: Five Changes with First De-SPAC Listing In

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations, Quiddity Advisors

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Index Rebal Trades & Special Situations

Quiddity Advisors

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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<li>The Hang Seng Internet &amp; IT (HSIII) Index represents the top 30 stocks related to internet and information technology businesses listed in Hong Kong (HKEX).</li>
<li>The official index changes and indicative weights for the March 2025 index rebal event will be announced on Friday 21st February 2025.</li>
<li>We expect four changes for the HSIII index in March 2025. </li>
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The Hang Seng Internet &amp; IT (HSIII) Index represents the top 30 stocks related to internet and information technology businesses listed in Hong Kong (HKEX).
The official index changes and indicative weights for the March 2025 index rebal event will be announced on Friday 21st February 2025.
We expect four changes for the HSIII index in March 2025. 


Quiddity Leaderboard HSIII Mar25: Couple of Names Have High Impact; Time for a Trade

Event-Driven

<ul>
<li>The review cutoff date for the March rebalance of the HSIII was 31 December. The changes will be announced on 21 February and become effective after the close 7 March.</li>
<li>There could be 5 changes to the index with some inclusions driven by potential addition to the Hang Seng Composite Index. That could lead to buying via Southbound Stock Connect.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/horizon-robotics-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35637:1" rel="noopener">Horizon Robotics (9660 HK)</a> is a potential inclusion to the HSCI and the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-tech-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31367:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng TECH Index (HSTECH INDEX)</a> in March.</li>
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The review cutoff date for the March rebalance of the HSIII was 31 December. The changes will be announced on 21 February and become effective after the close 7 March.
There could be 5 changes to the index with some inclusions driven by potential addition to the Hang Seng Composite Index. That could lead to buying via Southbound Stock Connect.

Horizon Robotics (9660 HK) is a potential inclusion to the HSCI and the Hang Seng TECH Index (HSTECH INDEX) in March.


Hang Seng Internet & IT Index (HSIII) Rebalance Preview: Up to 5 Changes in March

Covering IPOs, Healthcare and Technology Stocks

Andrei Zakharov

Equity Capital Markets

Minieye Technology / Equity Capital Markets

<ul>
<li>Minieye Technology, a fast-growing provider of intelligent driving and cabin solutions in China, will price its IPO this week.</li>
<li>The company was backed by CICC Capital, Beijing Siwei, Shenzhen Zeyi, and Mr. Wu Yongming, the current CEO of Alibaba, among others.</li>
<li>IPO valuation multiples appear justified given the company’s top-line growth of 30%+ and full-stack in-house R&amp;D capabilities.</li>
</ul>


Minieye Technology, a fast-growing provider of intelligent driving and cabin solutions in China, will price its IPO this week.
The company was backed by CICC Capital, Beijing Siwei, Shenzhen Zeyi, and Mr. Wu Yongming, the current CEO of Alibaba, among others.
IPO valuation multiples appear justified given the company’s top-line growth of 30%+ and full-stack in-house R&amp;D capabilities.


Minieye Technology IPO: Valuation Multiples Appear Justified Given Top-Line Growth of 30%+

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Clarence Chu

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.

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<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/weride-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39905:1" rel="noopener">WeRide (WRD US)</a> is looking to raise US$119m in its US IPO.</li>
<li>WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.</li>
<li>We had looked at the firm’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.</li>
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WeRide (WRD US) is looking to raise US$119m in its US IPO.
WeRide provides autonomous driving products and services from L2 to L4 of driving automation.
We had looked at the firm’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we discuss our thoughts on valuation.


WeRide IPO - Stiff Competition and Bleak Sentiment.  Premium Valuation Doesn’t Help

China

Zhixing Automotive Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd provides autonomous driving solutions. The Company offers automatic driving central area controller, intelligent front view cameras, advanced auxiliary driving function, automatic driving system function, automatic driving vehicle platform transformation, and more. Zhixing Automotive Technology (Suzhou) conducts businesses in China.

IMotion Automotive Technology Suzhou (1274 HK)

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IMotion Automotive Technology Suzhou (1274 HK)

Hang Seng Internet & IT Index Rebalance: Five Changes with First De-SPAC Listing In

There are 5 changes for the HSIII in March. Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 6.5% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$3.74bn...

Brian Freitas

Quiddity Leaderboard HSIII Mar25: Couple of Names Have High Impact; Time for a Trade

SUNeVision (1686 HK) and Huitongda (9878 HK) could have 8.8x and 6.9x ADV to buy and sell respectively. SUNeVision (1686 HK) could outperform...

Janaghan Jeyakumar, CFA

Hang Seng Internet & IT Index (HSIII) Rebalance Preview: Up to 5 Changes in March

There could be 5 constituent changes for the HSIII in March. Estimated one-way turnover is 3.75% resulting in a round-trip trade of HK$2.12bn...

Brian Freitas

Minieye Technology IPO: Valuation Multiples Appear Justified Given Top-Line Growth of 30%+

Minieye Technology, a rapidly growing provider of intelligent driving and cabin solutions in China, is expected to IPO this week. I examine a...

Andrei Zakharov

WeRide IPO - Stiff Competition and Bleak Sentiment. Premium Valuation Doesn’t Help

WeRide has since relaunched its US$119m US IPO, having pulled it two months ago. Bosch cornered US$100m of the deal, leaving

Clarence Chu

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