Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/melco-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6597:1" rel="noopener">Melco Holdings (6676 JP)</a> chairman Hiroyuki MAKI bought up a 14% stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/base-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28353:1" rel="noopener">BASE Inc (4477 JP)</a> in just under two weeks. It was done quite transparently. He announced daily.</li>
<li>He wants to get to 30% in a Tender Offer. The method, approach, lack of transparency, and similarity to previous situations where he invested has the company wary. </li>
<li>This looks like a Poison Pill case in the offing. It WAS a cheap stock. It is not expensive now. But it is not clear what the endgame is here.</li>
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Melco Holdings (6676 JP) chairman Hiroyuki MAKI bought up a 14% stake in BASE Inc (4477 JP) in just under two weeks. It was done quite transparently. He announced daily.
He wants to get to 30% in a Tender Offer. The method, approach, lack of transparency, and similarity to previous situations where he invested has the company wary. 
This looks like a Poison Pill case in the offing. It WAS a cheap stock. It is not expensive now. But it is not clear what the endgame is here.


Boss Maki Goes Hard on Base (4477) - Interesting Situation

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech, Aequitas Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China biotech

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 25th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD15,503m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Toyota Motor, Lasertec, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Marui, Sanrio, Disco, Kawasaki Heavy Industries.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 25th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD15,503m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Toyota Motor, Lasertec, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial, Marui, Sanrio, Disco, Kawasaki Heavy Industries.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 25th): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 18th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,250m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Lasertec, Fujikura, Advantest, Sanrio, Ihi, Fast Retailing, Softbank, Seven &amp; I, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 18th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,250m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Lasertec, Fujikura, Advantest, Sanrio, Ihi, Fast Retailing, Softbank, Seven &amp; I, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 18th): Lasertec, Fujikura, Advantest, Sanrio, Ihi, Fast Retailing

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 11th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,320m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Fast Retailing, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sanrio, Lasertec, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ntt Data, Fujikura, Nintendo, Tokyo Electric Power Company.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 11th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,320m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Fast Retailing, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sanrio, Lasertec, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ntt Data, Fujikura, Nintendo, Tokyo Electric Power Company.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 11th): Fast Retailing, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sanrio

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<li>We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 4th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,017m.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Sanrio, Lasertec, Ntt Data, Ihi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Softbank, Disco, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Advantest, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in margin trading positions of JPX stocks as of Jul 4th. The aggregated net margin trading position is USD17,017m.
We tabulate league tables for top/bottom net long/short of margin trading by value, net margin buy as multiple of ADT.
We highlight net margin buy/sell changes in Sanrio, Lasertec, Ntt Data, Ihi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Softbank, Disco, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Advantest, Mitsubishi Ufj Financial.


JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 4th): Sanrio, Lasertec, Ntt Data, Ihi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Japan

BASE FOOD, Inc. offers food services. The Company produces hamburgers, sandwiches, pancakes, craft beer, coffee, and other products. BASE FOOD markets its products throughout Japan.

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Base Food (2936 JP)

Boss Maki Goes Hard on Base (4477) - Interesting Situation

Maki-san launched his tender at ¥400 on 7 May, 7 weeks after I wrote this as a sell at ¥496. The shares were higher. They came down. The company...

Travis Lundy

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 25th): Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (7011 JP), Fast Retailing (9983 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 18th): Lasertec, Fujikura, Advantest, Sanrio, Ihi, Fast Retailing

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Lasertec (6920 JP), Fujikura (5803 JP), Advantest (6857 JP),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 11th): Fast Retailing, Disco, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Sanrio

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Fast Retailing (9983 JP), Disco (6146 JP), Mitsubishi Heavy...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

JPX Margin Trading Weekly (Jul 4th): Sanrio, Lasertec, Ntt Data, Ihi, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

We analyzed JPX margin trading positions report for the past week and highlighted Sanrio (8136 JP), Lasertec (6920 JP), Ntt Data (9613 JP), Ihi...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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