Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. ("BIA" or "BIAL")

BACKGROUND
I have 20+yrs experience in Asia doing alternative strategies (i.e. non-delta1 non long-only) in fixed income, equity derivatives, and activist/catalyst/event-driven and long-short equity strategies with most of that time spent managing money. 

4 years in fixed income macro, 8 years running internal hedge fund and 4yrs investment banking at Citi in Japan, 3 years running an Asia multi-strat portfolio at a hedge fund, 4+yrs as an independent special situations analyst.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

The Japan March-End Rebal and Dividend Trade

China A-Share Consumer Staples: An Analysis of the Opportunities Ahead

TOPIX Index Upweights: Final Expectations For "The Big April Basket" 2025

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>This year there are 10 Free Float Weight Changes for April. There are 20 Liquidity Factor Changes, 2 Inclusions, and 3 M&amp;A-related downweights. There are 90+ Share Count Change Downweights.</li>
<li>This is a bigger Big April Basket than normally comes around. And there are some big flows. All trades are 28 April at the close.</li>
<li>Total flow is ~US$2.1bn a side. 64 trades of &gt;2 days of ADV, and of those, 27 with &gt;US$10mm to trade (7 of US$50mm+). Top 20 in USD average 5dADV.</li>
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This year there are 10 Free Float Weight Changes for April. There are 20 Liquidity Factor Changes, 2 Inclusions, and 3 M&amp;A-related downweights. There are 90+ Share Count Change Downweights.
This is a bigger Big April Basket than normally comes around. And there are some big flows. All trades are 28 April at the close.
Total flow is ~US$2.1bn a side. 64 trades of &gt;2 days of ADV, and of those, 27 with &gt;US$10mm to trade (7 of US$50mm+). Top 20 in USD average 5dADV.


4月末のTOPIXリバランス - 片側21億ドル

JX Advanced Metals

4月末のTOPIXリバランス - 片側21億ドル