Korea / Special Situations, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Situations

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Index Rebalance

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<li>We generally detect an increase in the buying volume of local institutions for stocks moving from Large Cap to Mid Cap ahead of the KOSPI size index rebalancing.</li>
<li>At the last close, Mid→Large: Pan Ocean, Hyundai Mipo, BGF Retail, &amp; OCI / Large→Mid: Hanmi Science, KCC, DB Hitek, &amp; KEPCO E&amp;C
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<li>The level of price impact/correlation in the last rebalancing was exceptionally high. This is reason enough for us to consider setting up a preemptive position for this rebalancing event.</li>
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We generally detect an increase in the buying volume of local institutions for stocks moving from Large Cap to Mid Cap ahead of the KOSPI size index rebalancing.
At the last close, Mid→Large: Pan Ocean, Hyundai Mipo, BGF Retail, &amp; OCI / Large→Mid: Hanmi Science, KCC, DB Hitek, &amp; KEPCO E&amp;C

The level of price impact/correlation in the last rebalancing was exceptionally high. This is reason enough for us to consider setting up a preemptive position for this rebalancing event.


KOSPI Size Index Series: September Rebalancing Preview

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We believe BGF Retail and GS Retail are strong turnaround plays amid the end of the social distancing policies in Korea.</li>
<li>These CVS plays are well positioned to withstand higher inflation rates and higher product price increases among the various retail channels in Korea.</li>
<li>Valuation multiples of GS Retail have declined significantly in the past five years. Their valuations have become more attractive as compared to lofty levels 4-5 years ago. </li>
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We believe BGF Retail and GS Retail are strong turnaround plays amid the end of the social distancing policies in Korea.
These CVS plays are well positioned to withstand higher inflation rates and higher product price increases among the various retail channels in Korea.
Valuation multiples of GS Retail have declined significantly in the past five years. Their valuations have become more attractive as compared to lofty levels 4-5 years ago. 


BGF Retail & GS Retail: Korean CVS Plays Likely to Better Withstand Higher Inflation

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<li>In this insight, we provide an analysis of a pair trade idea between BGF Co Ltd (027410 KS) and Bgf Retail (282330 KS).</li>
<li>Our strategy is to be long BGF Co &amp; short BGF Retail and achieve net gains of 5-8% on this pair trade over the next several weeks.</li>
<li>Our NAV analysis suggests BGF is vastly undervalued as compared to its NAV. BGF's 30% stake in BGF Retail is 819 billion won, which is 184% of BGF's market cap.</li>
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In this insight, we provide an analysis of a pair trade idea between BGF Co Ltd (027410 KS) and Bgf Retail (282330 KS).
Our strategy is to be long BGF Co &amp; short BGF Retail and achieve net gains of 5-8% on this pair trade over the next several weeks.
Our NAV analysis suggests BGF is vastly undervalued as compared to its NAV. BGF's 30% stake in BGF Retail is 819 billion won, which is 184% of BGF's market cap.


A Pair Trade Opportunity Emerging Between BGF Co & BGF Retail

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>In this insight, we discuss 19 value oriented stocks in KOSPI200 that have been big outperformers YTD but whose share prices have risen less than 100% from 3/20/2020 to 1/25/2022.</li>
<li>Among the 19 stocks in this list, 32% are financials (6 companies) and 16% are F&amp;B (3 companies).</li>
<li>These 19 value-oriented stocks could continue to outperform the market in the next few weeks due to rising inflation, geopolitical uncertainties, and uncertainties regarding how the COVID-19 narrative will end.</li>
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In this insight, we discuss 19 value oriented stocks in KOSPI200 that have been big outperformers YTD but whose share prices have risen less than 100% from 3/20/2020 to 1/25/2022.
Among the 19 stocks in this list, 32% are financials (6 companies) and 16% are F&amp;B (3 companies).
These 19 value-oriented stocks could continue to outperform the market in the next few weeks due to rising inflation, geopolitical uncertainties, and uncertainties regarding how the COVID-19 narrative will end.


Outperforming Value Stocks With Contrarian Qualities in KOSPI200

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Short selling has finally resumed in Korea and it has been a busy couple of days on that front with foreign investors piling into stocks that have run up more than their peers over the last year and are potentially overvalued.Long/short pairs could be implemented in Korea during the short sell ban if you had long inventory or if there were listed single stock futures on the short leg.With short selling permitted on constituents of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX)</a>, we take a look at long/short pairs where both stocks are members of the index. These pairs belong to the same GICS sub-industry, are correlated and exhibit mean-reversion. We also use short sale data from the last couple of trading sessions to see which stocks are being targeted by short sellers.

Short selling has finally resumed in Korea and it has been a busy couple of days on that front with foreign investors piling into stocks that have run up more than their peers over the last year and are potentially overvalued.Long/short pairs could be implemented in Korea during the short sell ban if you had long inventory or if there were listed single stock futures on the short leg.With short selling permitted on constituents of the Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX), we take a look at long/short pairs where both stocks are members of the index. These pairs belong to the same GICS sub-industry, are correlated and exhibit mean-reversion. We also use short sale data from the last couple of trading sessions to see which stocks are being targeted by short sellers.

Korea Pair Trades: High Risk/Reward Names with Short Sell Screen

South Korea

BGF Retail Co., Ltd. operates convenience stores. The Company retails delicatessen, sweets, snacks, beverages, tobacco, and other related products. BGF Retail markets its products throughout South Korea.

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BGF retail (282330 KS)

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Sanghyun Park

BGF Retail & GS Retail: Korean CVS Plays Likely to Better Withstand Higher Inflation

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Douglas Kim

A Pair Trade Opportunity Emerging Between BGF Co & BGF Retail

We provide an analysis of a pair trade between BGF and Bgf Retail. Our strategy is to be long BGF Co & short BGF Retail and achieve net gains of 5...

Douglas Kim

Outperforming Value Stocks With Contrarian Qualities in KOSPI200

In this insight, we discuss 19 value oriented stocks in KOSPI200 that have been big outperformers YTD but whose share prices have risen less than...

Douglas Kim

Korea Pair Trades: High Risk/Reward Names with Short Sell Screen

With the resumption of short selling in Korea, we highlight correlated pairs from the same GICS sub-industry that are near reversion points and...

Brian Freitas

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