Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Highly experienced ex-Delta One trader with 17 years of experience trading arbitrage and related strategies across Asian markets.

Exempt Financial Adviser (EFA) under CrossASEAN Research Pte Ltd.

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Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

CES China Semiconductor Chips Index Rebalance Preview: Three Changes in December

STAR Chip Index Rebalance Preview: 3 Potential Changes in December; US$450m Round-Trip Trade

CSI All Share Semiconductor Index Rebalance Preview: 18 Changes as Adds Outperform

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

United Nova Technology   / Index Rebalance

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<li>Following a methodology change in mid-November for the CSI All Share Semiconductor Index, there are 7 adds and 29 deletes for the index in December.</li>
<li>Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 6% leading to a round-trip trade of CNY 3.15bn (US$435m).</li>
<li>The adds outperformed the deletes bigly in the first 2 weeks of November. Some of those gains have been given back but a new uptrend seems to be taking shape.</li>
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Following a methodology change in mid-November for the CSI All Share Semiconductor Index, there are 7 adds and 29 deletes for the index in December.
Estimated one-way turnover at the rebalance is 6% leading to a round-trip trade of CNY 3.15bn (US$435m).
The adds outperformed the deletes bigly in the first 2 weeks of November. Some of those gains have been given back but a new uptrend seems to be taking shape.


Ningbo Kangqiang Electronics Co, Ltd. (002119 CH)

Qingdao Eastsoft Cmmnictn Tchnlgy (300183 CH)

Thinkon Semiconductor Jinzhou (688233 CH)

Chipsea Technologies (Shenzhen) (688595 CH)

GRINM Semiconductor Materials (688432 CH)

CSI All Share Semiconductor Index Rebalance: Methodology Change Leads to 7 Adds, 29 Deletes