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>The FnGuide Secondary Battery Index currently holds an AUM of ₩1.35T, and the next rebalancing implementation period is from June 13th to 15th.</li>
<li>Since these are same-sector stocks with a high cointegration level, they are suitable for narrow-window basket trading based on passive flow differences.</li>
<li>So, I would consider basket trading by targeting the large-cap constituents with a relatively significant passive flow: <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-innovation-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1268:1" rel="noopener">SK Innovation (096770)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-ie-technology" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29207:1" rel="noopener">SK IE Technology (361610)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-bm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27873:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro BM (247540)</a>, &amp; <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19029:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro (086520)</a> </li>
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The FnGuide Secondary Battery Index currently holds an AUM of ₩1.35T, and the next rebalancing implementation period is from June 13th to 15th.
Since these are same-sector stocks with a high cointegration level, they are suitable for narrow-window basket trading based on passive flow differences.
So, I would consider basket trading by targeting the large-cap constituents with a relatively significant passive flow: SK Innovation (096770), SK IE Technology (361610), Ecopro BM (247540), &amp; Ecopro (086520) 


FnGuide Secondary Battery Index (KODEX ETF) Rebalancing Preview

Event-Driven

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<li>Ecopro BM announced a ₩0.5T rights offer: 1.6M new ordinary shares at a preliminary offering price of ₩310,300. In addition, there will also be a 1-to-3 bonus share issuance.</li>
<li>In outright Long trading aiming for a 20% discount, one thing to keep in mind is bonus issues. Post-bonus issue price correction will likely be more substantial this time.</li>
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 We should aim at outright shorting as moving into the bonus issue ex-rights date while watching Ecopro's share price upward trend and volatility during this event.</li>
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Ecopro BM announced a ₩0.5T rights offer: 1.6M new ordinary shares at a preliminary offering price of ₩310,300. In addition, there will also be a 1-to-3 bonus share issuance.
In outright Long trading aiming for a 20% discount, one thing to keep in mind is bonus issues. Post-bonus issue price correction will likely be more substantial this time.

 We should aim at outright shorting as moving into the bonus issue ex-rights date while watching Ecopro's share price upward trend and volatility during this event.


Ecopro BM Offering: Deal Summary & Trading Dynamics

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>After the market close today, Ecopro BM announced a rights offering worth 500 billion won as well as a bonus issue of three new shares for one existing share.</li>
<li>The tentative rights offering price is 310,300 won, which is 27% lower than current price of 423,800 won.</li>
<li>Ecopro BM's valuations remain stretched with its shares trading at high multiples and we believe there could be some further weakness in its share price in the coming weeks. </li>
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After the market close today, Ecopro BM announced a rights offering worth 500 billion won as well as a bonus issue of three new shares for one existing share.
The tentative rights offering price is 310,300 won, which is 27% lower than current price of 423,800 won.
Ecopro BM's valuations remain stretched with its shares trading at high multiples and we believe there could be some further weakness in its share price in the coming weeks. 


Ecopro BM Rights Offering Worth 500 Billion Won

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas, CrossASEAN Research

Henry Soediarko

Asian Insight Provider - Actionable ideas

CrossASEAN Research

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Insights across South East Asia

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Nickel price was the catalyst for the share price underperformance in the last 2 weeks, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine which drove it up to a 100% increase.</li>
<li>Its main product is a lithium-ion secondary battery separator that is critical for rechargeable battery safety. Thus the sell-off due to the higher commodity price especially nickel is unwarranted.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/w-scope-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8597:1" rel="noopener">W Scope Corp (6619 JP)</a> share price has underperformed the NCM and LFP battery makers presents a compelling buying opportunity. </li>
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Nickel price was the catalyst for the share price underperformance in the last 2 weeks, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine which drove it up to a 100% increase.
Its main product is a lithium-ion secondary battery separator that is critical for rechargeable battery safety. Thus the sell-off due to the higher commodity price especially nickel is unwarranted.

W Scope Corp (6619 JP) share price has underperformed the NCM and LFP battery makers presents a compelling buying opportunity. 


W Scope (6619): Wrong Victim of Nickel Price Surge

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<li>Here are the top 30 most shorted stocks on KOSPI 200 over the last five trading days, by short-selling volume as a % of the accumulated trade volume.</li>
<li>I then sorted out those with a short-selling volume exceeding 10% of the accumulated trade volume during these five trading days and a 30-day ADTV of +₩3B.</li>
<li>And another additional condition was an increase in the loan balance during the same period. As a result, six names came up as having a high potential of price decline.</li>
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Here are the top 30 most shorted stocks on KOSPI 200 over the last five trading days, by short-selling volume as a % of the accumulated trade volume.
I then sorted out those with a short-selling volume exceeding 10% of the accumulated trade volume during these five trading days and a 30-day ADTV of +₩3B.
And another additional condition was an increase in the loan balance during the same period. As a result, six names came up as having a high potential of price decline.


Most Shorted Stocks on KOSDAQ 150 in Last 5 Days

South Korea

Ecopro BM Co.,Ltd develops and manufactures advanced materials. The Company produces and sells high-nickel cathode materials and other products. Ecopro BM markets its products throughout Korea.

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Ecopro BM (247540 KS)

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Sanghyun Park

Ecopro BM Offering: Deal Summary & Trading Dynamics

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Ecopro BM Rights Offering Worth 500 Billion Won

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Henry Soediarko

Most Shorted Stocks on KOSDAQ 150 in Last 5 Days

This post examines the most shorted stocks on KOSDAQ 150 and sorts out six names as having a high potential of price decline.

Sanghyun Park

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