Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector, Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Ankush Kathuria CFA, FRM

Equity Research Analyst, Maritime sector

Maritime Sector, Equity & Credit Research

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

With no ties to other players in the shipping, finance or banking world, we provide a uniquely impartial view of the markets and companies we cover. Our parent organization, Drewry is a leading independent provider of research services to the maritime and shipping industry, employing over 100 professionals across an international network of offices in London, Delhi, Singapore and Shanghai. Combining our market-leading resources with seasoned sector expertise DFRS offers a highly differentiated and comprehensive range of investment and financial research services to lenders and prospective investors in publicly listed maritime and shipping companies. The full service of reports, supporting resources and sector orientated webinars provides our clients with the most complete picture of the organisations under coverage as is possible. We have been charting and analysing the world’s maritime markets for more than 40 years. This unrivalled intelligence and understanding provides the foundation of our research service. Our analysts have access to one of the most up-to-date, comprehensive and reliable sources of market insight and research data available today. We look at globally listed companies within the following sectors: Port Operators, Container Shipping, Container Manufacturing & Leasing, LNG Shipping, Dry Bulk Shipping and Tanker Shipping. Combine in-depth sector expertise with financial analysis focusing on over 50 stocks globally.

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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“Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab.”
―Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (2009)
</blockquote>This morning, Hanjin Shipping Co. said it will apply for court receivership after lenders decided to halt all support. We have been highlighting these risks from 2013 and in our last update on troubled container shipping company, we had highlighted the…


“Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a structural one. We need rehab.”
―Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (2009)
This morning, Hanjin Shipping Co. said it will apply for court receivership after lenders decided to halt all support. We have been highlighting these risks from 2013 and in our last update on troubled container shipping company, we had highlighted the…

Hanjin Shipping(117930 KS) - Borrowed Time Comes to an End

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

The four major construction stocks in Korea <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/4292" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4292">Hyundai Engineering &amp; Const</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/7699" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7699">Hyundai Development Co Engg &amp; Cnstn</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/15916" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15916">Gs Engineering &amp; Construct</a>, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/12333" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12333">Daewoo Engineering &amp; Constr</a> share prices are on average down 10% from 13 April 2016 (in the same period KOSPI was up 0.3%) , post the election of the National Assembly members in Korea. We gave out a warning on 17 April 206 on these four Korean construction stocks <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/warning-on-korean-construction-stocks-ruling-saenuri-party-is-crushed-in-national-assembly-election" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:3422">Warning on Korean Construction Stocks: Ruling Saenuri Party Is Crushed in National Assembly</a>…

The four major construction stocks in Korea Hyundai Engineering &amp; Const, Hyundai Development Co Engg &amp; Cnstn, Gs Engineering &amp; Construct, and Daewoo Engineering &amp; Constr share prices are on average down 10% from 13 April 2016 (in the same period KOSPI was up 0.3%) , post the election of the National Assembly members in Korea. We gave out a warning on 17 April 206 on these four Korean construction stocks Warning on Korean Construction Stocks: Ruling Saenuri Party Is Crushed in National Assembly…

Close Out the Shorts on Korean Construction Stocks?

This is a follow-up to the warning on the Korean construction stocks which we issued more than a month ago. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/warning-on-korean-construction-stocks-ruling-saenuri-party-is-crushed-in-national-assembly-election" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:3422">Warning on Korean Construction Stocks: Ruling Saenuri Party Is Crushed in National Assembly Election</a> We gave a strong warning on the four major construction stocks and they are down on average 7.2% from the end of the National Assembly Elections in Korea (about 5 weeks ago) to today, under performing KOSPI which is down 1.7% during the same period.  We continue to be bearish on the Korean…

This is a follow-up to the warning on the Korean construction stocks which we issued more than a month ago. Warning on Korean Construction Stocks: Ruling Saenuri Party Is Crushed in National Assembly Election We gave a strong warning on the four major construction stocks and they are down on average 7.2% from the end of the National Assembly Elections in Korea (about 5 weeks ago) to today, under performing KOSPI which is down 1.7% during the same period.  We continue to be bearish on the Korean…

Korean Construction Stocks - Household Debt Is the Achilles Heel

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>After the market close on 22 December, Hanssem Co Ltd (009240 KS) announced that it will cancel all of its 6.933 million treasury shares (29.5% of outstanding shares).</li>
<li>The fact that this share cancellation is a whopping 29.5% of outstanding shares is likely to result in a sharply higher share price for Hanssem in the next several days. </li>
<li>We believe that this massive treasury shares cancellation is likely to have a significantly positive impact on Hanssem's share price in the next several days/weeks.</li>
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After the market close on 22 December, Hanssem Co Ltd (009240 KS) announced that it will cancel all of its 6.933 million treasury shares (29.5% of outstanding shares).
The fact that this share cancellation is a whopping 29.5% of outstanding shares is likely to result in a sharply higher share price for Hanssem in the next several days. 
We believe that this massive treasury shares cancellation is likely to have a significantly positive impact on Hanssem's share price in the next several days/weeks.


Korea Small Cap Gem #51: Hanssem (Cancellation of 29.5% of Outstanding Shares)

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

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

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<li>The review period for the March rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices commenced on 1 December and will end on 28 February.</li>
<li>Over halfway through the review period, we forecast 39 migrating stocks. Among new listings, 1 stock could be added to LargeCap, 3 to MidCap and 2 to SmallCap.</li>
<li>Three potential downward migrations were deleted from a global index in November. Now, four more potential downward migrations could be deleted from the same global index in February.</li>
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The review period for the March rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices commenced on 1 December and will end on 28 February.
Over halfway through the review period, we forecast 39 migrating stocks. Among new listings, 1 stock could be added to LargeCap, 3 to MidCap and 2 to SmallCap.
Three potential downward migrations were deleted from a global index in November. Now, four more potential downward migrations could be deleted from the same global index in February.


KOSPI Size Indices: When Active Met Passive

South Korea

Fursys Inc. produces a wide range of integrated office furniture, such as desks, chairs, tables, sofas, and cabinets.  The Company provides its products mainly to domestic market.

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Hanjin Shipping(117930 KS) - Borrowed Time Comes to an End

“Using leverage to cure the problems of too much leverage is not homeopathy, it is denial. The debt crisis is not a temporary problem, it is a...

Drewry Maritime Financial Research

Close Out the Shorts on Korean Construction Stocks?

The four major construction stocks in Korea Hyundai Engineering & Const, Hyundai Development Co Engg & Cnstn, Gs Engineering &...

Douglas Kim

Korean Construction Stocks - Household Debt Is the Achilles Heel

This is a follow-up to the warning on the Korean construction stocks which we issued more than a month ago. Warning on Korean Construction Stocks:...

Douglas Kim

Korea Small Cap Gem #51: Hanssem (Cancellation of 29.5% of Outstanding Shares)

After the market close on 22 December, Hanssem Co Ltd (009240 KS) announced that it will cancel all of its 6.933 million treasury shares (29.5% of...

Douglas Kim

KOSPI Size Indices: When Active Met Passive

There could be 39 migrations in March. Most of the Large to Mid migrations have been, or will be, deleted from a large global index. Along with...

Brian Freitas

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