US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, ORTEX

Dimitris Ioannidis

Index Rebalance professional of US, EU and Global Indices. Specialized in shareholder structure and index free float calculation, SPACs, quarterly rebalance predictions of US-EU indices and cross-index implications of corporate actions such as M&A's, Spin-offs and IPOs.

All forecasts and calculations are estimates derived from a combination of public sources considered reliable. These sources include, but are not limited to, exchange and regulatory filings, company announcements, and ETFs. While best efforts are made to maximize accuracy, estimates and predictions are subject to uncertainty.

No index data are used.

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

Index Rebalance

Gulf Navigation Holding / Index Rebalance

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<li>On 4 August 2025, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/gulf-navigation-holding-pjsc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:45938:1" rel="noopener">Gulf Navigation (GULFNAV UH)</a> raised its foreign ownership limit from 49% to 100%, leveraging UAE’s growth as a global maritime and shipping hub.</li>
<li>Free float in Global indices is expected to increase from 49% to ~80%. </li>
<li>Passive fund demand is anticipated from Global SmallCap indices in November and December.</li>
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On 4 August 2025, Gulf Navigation (GULFNAV UH) raised its foreign ownership limit from 49% to 100%, leveraging UAE’s growth as a global maritime and shipping hub.
Free float in Global indices is expected to increase from 49% to ~80%. 
Passive fund demand is anticipated from Global SmallCap indices in November and December.


Gulf Navigation (GULFNAV UH): Upweight in Global Indices After Removal of Foreign Ownership Limit