Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

Several M&amp;A stories are being talked and speculated involving several key names in Korea. First, we had Netmarble/Coway, interestingly this seems to be triggering a chain reaction. This post discusses these market stories which I've gathered here and there.

Several M&amp;A stories are being talked and speculated involving several key names in Korea. First, we had Netmarble/Coway, interestingly this seems to be triggering a chain reaction. This post discusses these market stories which I've gathered here and there.

Coway, Netmarble, Nexon, Lotte, SK & Coupang: Market Stories

Chief Executive Officer, Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Chief Executive Officer

Emmer Capital Partners Limited

Emmer Capital Partners is an Asia Pacific focused financial advisory firm engaging in strategic financial asset allocation advice, bespoke thematic research and advising early-stage companies and connecting them to investors. Emmer Capital provides macro-economic and multi-asset investment strategy inputs to institutions, family offices, private wealth managers, private equity, and corporate boards directly and through independent research platforms. Emmer Capital also advises a wide range of startup companies on fund raising and business strategy. Emmer Capital's active engagement with the print and electronic media reaches a broad spectrum of investors across the globe.

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Following our Large Cap basket (<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/asian-equities-the-asian-large-cap-focus-list-73-stocks-with-growth-value-quality-balance-sheet" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:240767" rel="noopener">Asian Equities: The Asian Large Cap Focus List - 73 Stocks with Growth, Value, Quality Balance Sheet</a>), we screen Asian Small Caps (US$1-5bn market cap).</li>
<li>93 small caps across Hong Kong (34), Korea (18), Taiwan (18), Indonesia (9), India (8) and Singapore-Malaysia (6) come up on our screen. </li>
<li>The HK and Singapore-Malaysia stocks are the most diversified across sectors. Korea is moderately so. India is dominated by financials, Taiwan by electronic hardware and Indonesia by energy and minerals.</li>
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Following our Large Cap basket (Asian Equities: The Asian Large Cap Focus List - 73 Stocks with Growth, Value, Quality Balance Sheet), we screen Asian Small Caps (US$1-5bn market cap).
93 small caps across Hong Kong (34), Korea (18), Taiwan (18), Indonesia (9), India (8) and Singapore-Malaysia (6) come up on our screen. 
The HK and Singapore-Malaysia stocks are the most diversified across sectors. Korea is moderately so. India is dominated by financials, Taiwan by electronic hardware and Indonesia by energy and minerals.


Asian Equities: Small Caps with Strong Growth, Reasonable Valuations, and Strong Balance Sheets

Coupang is reportedly planning NASDAQ IPO next year. The company is currently making efforts to cut operating loss. For instance, it recently wraps up  recently wraps up its 3rd party parcel delivery service. This is the latest example of Coupang's loss cut efforts.More details about Coupang's NASDAQ IPO planning are in the DETAIL section.

Coupang is reportedly planning NASDAQ IPO next year. The company is currently making efforts to cut operating loss. For instance, it recently wraps up  recently wraps up its 3rd party parcel delivery service. This is the latest example of Coupang's loss cut efforts.More details about Coupang's NASDAQ IPO planning are in the DETAIL section.

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

In this report, we provide South Korea's response to Japan's economic sanctions as well as an analysis of the recent visitors trend to South Korea and Japan. Plus, we analyze the likely probabilities of Abe and the Japanese government enforcing another round of economic sanctions on South Korea including visa restrictions to Japan. In our view, the first round of economic sanctions by Japan on South Korea may not be enough for President Moon Jae-In to change his mind. The higher probability event is that South Korea just waits and makes no major moves until Japan makes a few more economic sanctions on South Korea before the South Korean government is forced to give in. Right now, one of the growing probability is that Abe's Japanese government enforces another round of economic sanctions on South Korea including <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3001530/travel-firms-fear-japan-will-stop-visas-south-koreans-row-over" target="_blank" rel="noopener">restrictions on visas</a> of South Koreans to Japan in the coming weeks. We provide a list of stocks that will be negatively impacted by a potential visa restrictions of South Koreans to Japan.

In this report, we provide South Korea's response to Japan's economic sanctions as well as an analysis of the recent visitors trend to South Korea and Japan. Plus, we analyze the likely probabilities of Abe and the Japanese government enforcing another round of economic sanctions on South Korea including visa restrictions to Japan. In our view, the first round of economic sanctions by Japan on South Korea may not be enough for President Moon Jae-In to change his mind. The higher probability event is that South Korea just waits and makes no major moves until Japan makes a few more economic sanctions on South Korea before the South Korean government is forced to give in. Right now, one of the growing probability is that Abe's Japanese government enforces another round of economic sanctions on South Korea including restrictions on visas of South Koreans to Japan in the coming weeks. We provide a list of stocks that will be negatively impacted by a potential visa restrictions of South Koreans to Japan.

South Korea's Response to Japan's Sanctions and Recent Visitors Trend to Japan & South Korea

Founder, Riedel Research

David Riedel

Founder

Independent equity research on GEM Markets

Riedel Research

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<li>Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea.</li>
<li>We recently added a coverage of 28 new names in Korea.</li>
<li>The two lowest scores in this group are Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Advanced Process Systems both with scores of 40/100.</li>
<li>The involvement of a former executive at Samsung Electro-Mechanics in the Park scandal and ouster highlights the governance risk.</li>
<li>Companies with good governance include LS Corp, and Lotte Shopping. Past issues with the founding family of Lotte should be noted and taken into consideration. We welcome requests from clients of names they want to see added to the universe.</li>
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Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea.
We recently added a coverage of 28 new names in Korea.
The two lowest scores in this group are Samsung Electro-Mechanics and Advanced Process Systems both with scores of 40/100.
The involvement of a former executive at Samsung Electro-Mechanics in the Park scandal and ouster highlights the governance risk.
Companies with good governance include LS Corp, and Lotte Shopping. Past issues with the founding family of Lotte should be noted and taken into consideration.  We welcome requests from clients of names they want to see added to the universe.


RRG Proprietary Corporate Governance Scoring System Identifies Poor Governance in Korea

South Korea

Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd. operates department stores and discount stores in South Korea.  The Company retails clothing, household goods, foods and other items through several branches.  Lotte Shopping also operates supermarkets and movie theaters.

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Coway, Netmarble, Nexon, Lotte, SK & Coupang: Market Stories

Several M&A stories are being talked and speculated involving several key names in Korea. First, we had Netmarble/Coway, interestingly this...

Sanghyun Park

Asian Equities: Small Caps with Strong Growth, Reasonable Valuations, and Strong Balance Sheets

Screening Asian Small Caps reveals 93 stocks across markets. HK & SG-Malaysia are the most diversified. India is dominated by financials, TW by...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Coupang's NASDAQ IPO for Next Year

Coupang is reportedly planning NASDAQ IPO next year. The company is currently making efforts to cut operating loss. For instance, it recently wraps...

Sanghyun Park

South Korea's Response to Japan's Sanctions and Recent Visitors Trend to Japan & South Korea

In this report, we provide South Korea's response to Japan's economic sanctions as well as an analysis of the recent visitors trend to South Korea...

Douglas Kim

RRG Proprietary Corporate Governance Scoring System Identifies Poor Governance in Korea

Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea. We recently added a coverage of 28...

David Riedel

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Coway, Netmarble, Nexon, Lotte, SK & Coupang: Market Stories

Several M&A stories are being talked and speculated involving several key names in Korea. First, we had Netmarble/Coway, interestingly this...

Sanghyun Park

Asian Equities: Small Caps with Strong Growth, Reasonable Valuations, and Strong Balance Sheets

​Screening Asian Small Caps reveals 93 stocks across markets. HK & SG-Malaysia are the most diversified. India is dominated by financials, TW by...

Manishi Raychaudhuri

Coupang's NASDAQ IPO for Next Year

Coupang is reportedly planning NASDAQ IPO next year. The company is currently making efforts to cut operating loss. For instance, it recently wraps...

Sanghyun Park

South Korea's Response to Japan's Sanctions and Recent Visitors Trend to Japan & South Korea

In this report, we provide South Korea's response to Japan's economic sanctions as well as an analysis of the recent visitors trend to South Korea...

Douglas Kim

RRG Proprietary Corporate Governance Scoring System Identifies Poor Governance in Korea

Our proprietary corporate governance scoring system now covers over 1,985 stocks including over 200 in Korea. We recently added a coverage of 28...

David Riedel

Screening Asian Small Caps reveals 93 stocks across markets. HK & SG-Malaysia are the most diversified. India is dominated by financials, TW by...