ChinaDaily Briefs

Daily Brief China: FWD Group Holdings, Hang Seng Index, Innovent Biologics Inc and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Weekly Deals Digest (29 Jun) – FWD, HDB, Santos, PointsBet, New World, Dickson, HKBN, OneConnect
  • Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) Top Trades: Recent Option Flow Reveals Strategic Positioning
  • China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.29) – Biotech Valuation Bubble Is About to Burst, Innovent’s Placement


Weekly Deals Digest (29 Jun) – FWD, HDB, Santos, PointsBet, New World, Dickson, HKBN, OneConnect

By Arun George


Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) Top Trades: Recent Option Flow Reveals Strategic Positioning

By Gaudenz Schneider

  • Context: Over the past five trading days, Hang Seng Index (HSI INDEX) multi-leg option strategies showcased a variety of approaches. Strategy highlights are provided.
  • Highlights: Yield-extracting strategies prove more popular in the index than in single stocks. Two such examples, a Ratio Put Spread and an Iron Condor, are presented.
  • Why read: This breakdown of complex option strategies sheds light on market sentiment and positioning. Detailed examples provide actionable insights that could inspire similar strategies,

China Healthcare Weekly (Jun.29) – Biotech Valuation Bubble Is About to Burst, Innovent’s Placement

By Xinyao (Criss) Wang

  • The valuation bubble of innovative drug companies is about to burst as some founders/shareholders have started to reduce their holdings and cash out. We recommend investors to be rational.
  • Domestic innovative drugs market size would be about RMB600 billion by 2035. It is estimated the whole innovative drug industry’s CAGR would be about 15% for the next decade.
  • Innovent announced Placement with the Placing price of HK$78.36/share. However, valuation is clearly at a high level. A more suitable option is to take profits rather than buy.

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