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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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

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<li>The review period for the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nikkei-225" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22909:1" rel="noopener">Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX)</a> September rebalance ended on 31 July. Nikkei has also confirmed <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/advantest-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18107:1" rel="noopener">Advantest Corp (6857 JP)</a>'s capping at the rebalance.</li>
<li>The newly created Information &amp; Communication sector is the most underweight while the Technology sector remains the most overweight. We could see some changes from these sectors.</li>
<li>The changes at the September rebalance will set the tone for future rebalances and sector balance is likely to play a large role moving forward.</li>
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The review period for the Nikkei 225 (NKY INDEX) September rebalance ended on 31 July. Nikkei has also confirmed Advantest Corp (6857 JP)'s capping at the rebalance.
The newly created Information &amp; Communication sector is the most underweight while the Technology sector remains the most overweight. We could see some changes from these sectors.
The changes at the September rebalance will set the tone for future rebalances and sector balance is likely to play a large role moving forward.


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