European Event-Driven Analyst

Jesus Rodriguez Aguilar

Jesús is an Insight Provider (Event-driven) on the Smartkarma network, where he looks across sectors at opportunities arising from securities mispricing (both credit and equity), share classes, bid announcements, prospective bids, and special situations. He has served as Economic and Business Advisor at the Spanish Congress in Madrid. Prior to that, he has worked in the City of London: as a Credit Analyst at Bloomberg; Event-driven associate at former boutique European Research; and doubled as Special Situations and Equity-linked VP (convertible bonds) at Merrill Lynch. Jesús has an MBA from the London Business School, a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics from the Complutense University in Madrid, and a BA (Hons.) in Law from U.N.E.D., also in Madrid.

EURO STOXX 50: Trading the September Rebalance

Index Rebalance

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<li>Engie remains our preferred implementation trade: confirmed inclusion, 19.3x ADV of estimated buying and 5.3% relative underperformance into the review cut-off.</li>
<li>Nokia faces 9.6x ADV of estimated buying, but its 10.5% relative outperformance into the cut-off leaves less room for an implementation trade.</li>
<li>WKL and VOW3 each face 6.0x ADV of estimated selling, but we would not chase either after their sharp post-announcement declines.</li>
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Engie remains our preferred implementation trade: confirmed inclusion, 19.3x ADV of estimated buying and 5.3% relative underperformance into the review cut-off.
Nokia faces 9.6x ADV of estimated buying, but its 10.5% relative outperformance into the cut-off leaves less room for an implementation trade.
WKL and VOW3 each face 6.0x ADV of estimated selling, but we would not chase either after their sharp post-announcement declines.


EURO STOXX 50: Engie Stands Out Into Implementation

Engie SA

EURO STOXX 50: Engie Stands Out Into Implementation