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

DZT Research

DZT 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.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 20th.</li>
<li>The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.</li>
<li>We highlight flows for CNOOC, Alibaba, CCB, Tencent, Lingbao Gold, SMIC, CHALCO, Sinopec, HSBC, Cmoc.</li>
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We analyze the weekly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine for holding position as of March 20th.
The top stocks by inflows and outflows were tabulated for all market, HSCEI, mid cap and s/mid cap groups.
We highlight flows for CNOOC, Alibaba, CCB, Tencent, Lingbao Gold, SMIC, CHALCO, Sinopec, HSBC, Cmoc.


HK Connect Flows Weekly (Mar 20th): CNOOC, Alibaba, CCB, Tencent, Lingbao Gold, SMIC, CHALCO

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.

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/chery-automobile-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:39918:1" rel="noopener">Chery Automobile (9973 HK)</a> raised around US$1.2bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.</li>
<li>Chery Auto is a Chinese passenger vehicle company which designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles, both domestically and overseas.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.</li>
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Chery Automobile (9973 HK) raised around US$1.2bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.
Chery Auto is a Chinese passenger vehicle company which designs, develops, manufactures and sells passenger vehicles, including internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles, both domestically and overseas.
In this note, we will talk about the lockup dynamics and possible placement.


Aequitas: Chery Auto IPO Lockup - US$500m+ Cornerstone Release

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-China in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on ALIBABA, TENCENT, PDD, JIANGSU EASTERN SHENGHONG, TRINA SOLAR, GDS, China Life, PING AN INSURANCE.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of MS-China in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on ALIBABA, TENCENT, PDD, JIANGSU EASTERN SHENGHONG, TRINA SOLAR, GDS, China Life, PING AN INSURANCE.


MS-China Index Earning Revision (Feb): ALIBABA, TENCENT, PDD

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<li>We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.</li>
<li>We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.</li>
<li>We highlight flows of Tencent (700 HK), Xiaomi (1810 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Alibaba (9988 HK).</li>
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We analyze the monthly Hong Kong Connect flows with our data engine.
We tabulate the top stocks by inflows, outflows, and holding by mainland investors.
We highlight flows of Tencent (700 HK), Xiaomi (1810 HK), Meituan (3690 HK), Alibaba (9988 HK).


Hong Kong Connect Flows (February): USD 11bn Inflows

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 up to 6 inclusions for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vaneck-gold-miners-etf-usa" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32924:1" rel="noopener">VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA (GDX US)</a> in March. There are some big capping changes too.</li>
<li>With float estimated at less than 10%, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/zijin-gold-international" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45448:1" rel="noopener">Zijin Gold (2259 HK)</a>'s wait for index inclusion continues. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gold-fields-ltd-434088e3-4626-4b0b-a6ec-acfc202c86d8" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28563:1" rel="noopener">Gold Fields (GFI US)</a> currently moves from Large Weight to Small Weight.</li>
<li>The capping changes and the 6 adds will lead to an estimated one-way turnover of 8.5% and a round-trip trade of US$6.7bn.</li>
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There could be up to 6 inclusions for the VanEck Gold Miners ETF/USA (GDX US) in March. There are some big capping changes too.
With float estimated at less than 10%, Zijin Gold (2259 HK)'s wait for index inclusion continues. Gold Fields (GFI US) currently moves from Large Weight to Small Weight.
The capping changes and the 6 adds will lead to an estimated one-way turnover of 8.5% and a round-trip trade of US$6.7bn.


Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) March Rebalance Preview: 6 Adds & US$6.7bn Trade

Hong Kong

Zijin Gold International Company Limited is a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Zijin Mining Group, primarily engaged in the exploration, mining, processing, and sale of gold and other mineral resources. Its main products include gold bullion, gold alloy, and gold concentrate, with a focus on developing high-quality global gold assets. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in Hong Kong.

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Zijin Gold International (2259 HK)

HK Connect Flows Weekly (Mar 20th): CNOOC, Alibaba, CCB, Tencent, Lingbao Gold, SMIC, CHALCO

We analyzed southbound Hong Kong connect flows in the past week and highlighted flows for CNOOC, Alibaba, CCB, Tencent, Lingbao Gold, SMIC, CHALCO,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Aequitas: Chery Auto IPO Lockup - US$500m+ Cornerstone Release

Chery Automobile (9973 HK) raised around US$1.2bn in its Hong Kong IPO. The lockup on its cornerstone investors is set to expire soon.

Sumeet Singh

MS-China Index Earning Revision (Feb): ALIBABA, TENCENT, PDD

We analyzed MS-China's consensus for Feb 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in ALIBABA (9988 HK), TENCENT (700 HK), PDD Holdings (PDD US).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hong Kong Connect Flows (February): USD 11bn Inflows

We analyze the monthly HK Connect flows in February. We estimate the inflows to be USD 11.3bn. We highlight top flows for Tencent, Xiaomi, Meituan,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Gold Miners ETF (GDX US) March Rebalance Preview: 6 Adds & US$6.7bn Trade

There could be 6 adds and big capping changes for the GDX in March. Estimated one-way turnover is 8.5% and round-trip trade is US$6.7bn. Some of...

Brian Freitas

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