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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All forecasts and estimates are based on information that has been obtained from public sources that are considered to be reliable. The sources include, but are not limited to, company announcements, exchange filings, ETF and other passive investment vehicle holdings, and free float and volume data from third-party data providers. Periscope Analytics does not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of the forecasts, estimates and/or other information.

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

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Ibiden (4062 JP): Expensive but Global Index Inclusion Coming Up

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.

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Event-Driven

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<li>Five banks are looking to sell up to 7.9m shares of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ibiden-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16630:1" rel="noopener">Ibiden Co Ltd (4062 JP)</a> in a secondary offering that will raise just short of US$500m.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ibiden-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16630:1" rel="noopener">Ibiden Co Ltd (4062 JP)</a> is an inclusion to a global index at the close on Friday and passive trackers need to buy over US$900m of stock.</li>
<li>The stock has run up a lot in the short-term and reversion post index inclusion will be aided by the increased float following the placement.</li>
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Five banks are looking to sell up to 7.9m shares of Ibiden Co Ltd (4062 JP) in a secondary offering that will raise just short of US$500m.

Ibiden Co Ltd (4062 JP) is an inclusion to a global index at the close on Friday and passive trackers need to buy over US$900m of stock.
The stock has run up a lot in the short-term and reversion post index inclusion will be aided by the increased float following the placement.


Ibiden (4062 JP): Secondary Offering Comes Hot on the Heels of Index Inclusion