Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

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

Event-Driven

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<li>KOSPI 200 ETFs will have to sell Meritz FIRE and buy Meritz FINANCIAL at the close on January 27. JB Financial, the top reserved issue, will replace FIRE.</li>
<li>We should consider a Long Short for two Meritz companies just before the 27th. As a follow-up setup, we should aim for a potential widening of the swap arb spread.</li>
<li>As for the Long JB Financial, I would set the entry timing one week towards the implementation at the latest and look into Kodex Banks ETF (091170) for a hedge.</li>
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KOSPI 200 ETFs will have to sell Meritz FIRE and buy Meritz FINANCIAL at the close on January 27. JB Financial, the top reserved issue, will replace FIRE.
We should consider a Long Short for two Meritz companies just before the 27th. As a follow-up setup, we should aim for a potential widening of the swap arb spread.
As for the Long JB Financial, I would set the entry timing one week towards the implementation at the latest and look into Kodex Banks ETF (091170) for a hedge.


K200 ETFs' Swap Trading on Meritz & Fresh Buy-In JB Financial on Jan 27

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Align Partners Capital Management (APCM) held a media presentation and a Q&amp;A session with both the investors community and the media today.</li>
<li>Align Partners' corporate activism of the Korean banks has been one of the biggest stories in the Korean stock market this year.</li>
<li>The Korean banks are likely to outperform the market in 1H23. Nonetheless, if there are further signs of housing price declines in Korea, this outperformance may not continue in 2H23. </li>
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Align Partners Capital Management (APCM) held a media presentation and a Q&amp;A session with both the investors community and the media today.
Align Partners' corporate activism of the Korean banks has been one of the biggest stories in the Korean stock market this year.
The Korean banks are likely to outperform the market in 1H23. Nonetheless, if there are further signs of housing price declines in Korea, this outperformance may not continue in 2H23. 


Align Partners' Corporate Activism on Korean Banks: A Media Presentation and Q&A Session

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbi-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10928:1" rel="noopener">SBI Holdings (8473 JP)</a> is still expected to buy out <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sbi-shinsei-bank-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16897:1" rel="noopener">SBI Shinsei Bank (8303 JP)</a> minorities sooner rather than later</li>
<li>Not one to rest on its laurels, Hancock immediately bumped its Offer for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/warrego-energy-ltd-082ab214-f4bb-4224-b321-8977486cd661" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7808:1" rel="noopener">Warrego Energy (WGO AU)</a> to A$0.36/share, up from A$0.28/share, provided it gets to 40%. We need more popcorn.</li>
<li>APCM reckons Korean banks can pay out more than 50% of net income to their shareholders annually.   </li>
</ul>



SBI Holdings (8473 JP) is still expected to buy out SBI Shinsei Bank (8303 JP) minorities sooner rather than later
Not one to rest on its laurels, Hancock immediately bumped its Offer for Warrego Energy (WGO AU) to A$0.36/share, up from A$0.28/share, provided it gets to 40%. We need more popcorn.
APCM reckons Korean banks can pay out more than 50% of net income to their shareholders annually.   


Last Week In SPACE: Shinsei Bank, Warrego Energy, Korean Bank Activism, Japfa

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>End December was the end of the review cutoff for a lot of indices that will rebalance within the next couple of months.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pexa-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34716:1" rel="noopener">PEXA Group (PXA AU)</a> replaces <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pendal-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15795:1" rel="noopener">Pendal Group (PDL AU)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX)</a> at the close on 12 January.</li>
<li>There were big outflows from Hong Kong and China focused ETFs led by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng H Share Index ETF (2828 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tracker-fund-of-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29257:1" rel="noopener">Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK)</a>.</li>
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End December was the end of the review cutoff for a lot of indices that will rebalance within the next couple of months.

PEXA Group (PXA AU) replaces Pendal Group (PDL AU) in the S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX) at the close on 12 January.
There were big outflows from Hong Kong and China focused ETFs led by Hang Seng H Share Index ETF (2828 HK) and Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK).


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCEI, HSTECH, HSI, HSCI, KS200, KQ150, CSI300, SENSEX, LQ45, PSEi

<ul>
<li>On 2 January, Align Partners Capital Management (APCM) started to go activist on seven leading Korean banking group companies.</li>
<li>According to APCM, the major Korean banking groups could pay out at least half of their net income to their shareholders, which would be more than double the current levels.</li>
<li>Korean banks are trading at deep discount to global peers, now trading at PBR of 0.2~0.4x whereas global peers trade at 1.3x. </li>
</ul>


On 2 January, Align Partners Capital Management (APCM) started to go activist on seven leading Korean banking group companies.
According to APCM, the major Korean banking groups could pay out at least half of their net income to their shareholders, which would be more than double the current levels.
Korean banks are trading at deep discount to global peers, now trading at PBR of 0.2~0.4x whereas global peers trade at 1.3x. 


Align Partners Goes Activist on Seven Banking Group Companies in Korea

South Korea

DGB Financial Group Inc., a financial holding company, provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking-related financial services.  The Company operates and controls its financial subsidiaries such as Daegu Bank, Daegu Credit Information, and DBG Capital.

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K200 ETFs' Swap Trading on Meritz & Fresh Buy-In JB Financial on Jan 27

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Sanghyun Park

Align Partners' Corporate Activism on Korean Banks: A Media Presentation and Q&A Session

Align Partners Capital Management (APCM) held a media presentation and a Q&A session with both the investors community and the media today.

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David Blennerhassett

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCEI, HSTECH, HSI, HSCI, KS200, KQ150, CSI300, SENSEX, LQ45, PSEi

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Brian Freitas

Align Partners Goes Activist on Seven Banking Group Companies in Korea

On 2 January, Align Partners Capital Management (APCM) started to go activist on seven leading Korean banking group companies.

Douglas Kim

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