The IPOX® Week, December 19, 2016
December 19, 2016- IPOX Indexes finish FED week mixed. China-linked exposure weighs, IPOX Europe (IXTE) rallies. IPOX U.S. 30 (IPXT) closes week at all-time high.
- Individual stocks in focus.
- IPO year winds down with mixed showing for respective deals. Little deal flow seen.
IPOX Indexes finish FED week mixed. China-linked exposure weighs, IPOX Europe (IXTE) rallies. IPOX U.S. 30 (IPXT) closes week at all-time high. The IPOX Indexes finished expiration and FED week mixed: While some key IPOX heavyweights stabilized and select holdings surged on potential corporate action activity, select China-linked exposure slumped on year-end selling and U.S. Dollar strength. Most upside focus was on the IPOX Indexes covering Developed Markets, with IPOX Europe (IXTE) adding +1.84% to -0.52% YTD, while the IPOX 30 U.S. (IPXT) – sub-set of the broad-based IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO) – closed the week at the highest level on record, outperforming all U.S. market benchmarks. IPOX-linked Investment products finished the week well-supported vs. the market benchmarks with the 5-star USD million 618 IPOX 100 U.S. Index –linked First Trust U.S. Equity Opportunities ETF (ticker: FPX) shedding -0.20% to +7.16% YTD.
| IPOX Returns (%) (P) | Week | Q3 16 | YTD 16 |
| Exposure: Global/International (xUS) (USD) | |||
| IPOX Global 50 (IPGL50) | -0.83 | 8.91 | -1.67 |
| IPOX Global 30 (IPGL30) | -0.41 | 9.85 | 2.61 |
| IPOX Intern. (IPXI)* | -2.01 | 11.01 | -4.36 |
| Exposure: United States | |||
| IPOX Composite U.S. (IPXC)* | -1.61 | 11.33 | 7.70 |
| IPOX 100 U.S. (IPXO)* | -0.21 | 7.16 | 6.43 |
| IPOX 30 U.S. (IPXT) | 0.32 | 8.41 | 9.15 |
| Exposure: Europe/Nordic Region | |||
| IPOX Europe (IXTE) | 1.84 | 12.02 | -0.52 |
| IPOX Nordic (IPND) | -0.78 | 7.45 | -5.41 |
| Exposure: Asia-Pacific/China Region | |||
| IPOX Asia-Pacific (IPTA) | -2.33 | 5.28 | -1.20 |
| IPOX China C. (IPXUCHCHP)* | -3.40 | 16.94 | -3.18 |
| IPOX China (CNI) | -3.99 | 11.59 | -9.57 |
* Basis for Exchange-Traded Products (e.g. FPX US, FPX LN, FPXU FP, FPXI US, TCIP110 IT) and CME Futures (e-mini IPOX 100 U.S. Index Futures [IPOZ6]).
Individual stocks in focus. A solid week for U.S. biotechs supported, as core holdings including heavyweights IL-based drug makers Abbvie (ABBV US: +1.10%) and hard-hit Shire (SHPG US: +3.05%) rose. We also note a good week in consumer staple Kraft Heinz (KHC US: +3.20%) which gained on speculation of a pending deal with Mondolez (MDLZ US: +5.77%). In the IPOX U.S., we also note big gains for specialty chemicals maker Spin-off Ingevity (NGVT US: +7.25%, US Foods (USFD US: +5.66%), while retailers slumped, including Duluth (DLTH US: -12.40%), Michaels Cos (MIK US: -7.18%) and Party City (PRTY US: -6.51%). In Europe, big gains in investment manager Amundi (AMUN FP: +9.16%) and cable services operator Altice (ATC NA: +6.21%) helped to offset weakness in IPOX heavyweight Dutch Financial ABN Amro (ABN NA: -2.40%). Amid big weakness in China-linked stocks, we note last week’s big gains in China-based educational services provider Virscend Education (1565 HK: +27.51%).
| Traded IPOs (week of 12/12/2016) | Country |
| Agricultural Development Bank | Ghana |
| Aino Health | Sweden |
| Anacle Systems | Singapore |
| CareerIndex | Japan |
| Matching Service Japan | Japan |
| Meitu | China |
| Mirai | Japan |
| Nanfang Communication | China |
| RM Secured Direct Lendin | United Kingdom |
| Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures | Philippines |
| TiGenix | Belgium |
| Trivago | Germany |
| WildHorse Resource Development | United State |
| Upcoming IPOs (week of 12/19/2016) | Country |
| AAC Microtec | Sweden |
| Da Sen Holdings | Hong Kong |
| Nextstage | France |
IPO year winds down with mixed showing for respective deals. Little deal flow seen. At least 13 notable IPOs commenced trading last week, with the average (median) equally-weighted deal closing the week +3.39% (+0.59%) above offer. Global focus was on Chinese app maker Meitu (1357 HK), which raised USD million 629 at the low end of the range and finished the week just +0.59% above offer, reflecting the muted sentiment for the sector after Line’s (LINE US:-4.96%) sharp performance drop. Having priced the deal below range with recent corporate results by Tripadvisor (TRIP US: -3.78%) weighing, Nasdaq-listed online travel website operator Trivago (TRVG US) recorded a solid first day of trading, while NYSE-listed WildHorse Resource Development (WRD US) finished the week with slight losses. The IPO year winds down with a select list of small-cap IPOs abroad (AAC Microtec, Da Sen Holdings and Nextstage).
Josef Schuster is the founder of IPOX Schuster LLC (www.ipoxschuster.com), a Chicago-based Financial Services company specialized in Financial Products Design related to Initial Public Offerings and corporate Spin-offs. He is the chief architect of the IPOX Indexes, a global index group initiated in 2004 that encompasses an index technology allowing for asset-allocation focused exposure to the “going public” effect associated with global IPOs and Spin-offs. Mr. Schuster earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration in 1994 from the European Business School, London. Mr. Schuster was also awarded a MSc in Accounting and Finance in August 1996 and a MPhil / PhD in Accounting and Finance in June 2003 from the London School of Economics.
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Disclosure: the author has no position in the stocks mentioned.
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