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

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Event-Driven

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<li>Applying the T+3 relisting date as the effective date will again lead to noteworthy changes to the timeline of rebalancing flow trading.</li>
<li>It seems unnecessary to concentrate shorting on the trading halt day for Dongkuk Steel. We should aim for price corrections driven by passive flows on the T+2 period before effective.</li>
<li>Despite the Dongkuk Steel shareholders' approval on the 12th, Youlchon Chemical's price experienced a significant decline. The ongoing risk of major shareholder stake sales appears to have overshadowed this event.</li>
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Applying the T+3 relisting date as the effective date will again lead to noteworthy changes to the timeline of rebalancing flow trading.
It seems unnecessary to concentrate shorting on the trading halt day for Dongkuk Steel. We should aim for price corrections driven by passive flows on the T+2 period before effective.
Despite the Dongkuk Steel shareholders' approval on the 12th, Youlchon Chemical's price experienced a significant decline. The ongoing risk of major shareholder stake sales appears to have overshadowed this event.


KOSPI 200 Ad-Hoc Changes for Dongkuk Steel Spinoff: Discussing Flow Trading Timeline

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<li>The size of treasury shares in the Dongkuk Steel demerger event is not too large to expect a value accretion to the combined market cap after the split.</li>
<li>Based on the current market cap, all three companies will likely leave the KOSPI 200. To this end, K200 trackers must dispose of Dongkuk Steel right before the trade suspension.</li>
<li>The size of rebalancing trading before trade suspension should be about ₩40T. We should consider setting our entry into flow trading as early as two weeks towards the trade suspension.</li>
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The size of treasury shares in the Dongkuk Steel demerger event is not too large to expect a value accretion to the combined market cap after the split.
Based on the current market cap, all three companies will likely leave the KOSPI 200. To this end, K200 trackers must dispose of Dongkuk Steel right before the trade suspension.
The size of rebalancing trading before trade suspension should be about ₩40T. We should consider setting our entry into flow trading as early as two weeks towards the trade suspension.


Dongkuk Steel Mill: Demerger Details & Passive Outflow Trading

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.

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<li>The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices started 1 June and will end 31 August. The changes will be implemented at the close 7 September.</li>
<li>We see 7 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 migrations from LargeCap to MidCap, 7 new adds to MidCap, and 17 migrations from SmallCap to MidCap.</li>
<li>Historically, stocks migrating from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed stocks that are migrating between other categories.</li>
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The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices started 1 June and will end 31 August. The changes will be implemented at the close 7 September.
We see 7 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 6 migrations from LargeCap to MidCap, 7 new adds to MidCap, and 17 migrations from SmallCap to MidCap.
Historically, stocks migrating from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed stocks that are migrating between other categories.


KOSPI Size Indices - Plenty of Migrations to Attract Active Flows

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<li>The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices started 1 June and will end 31 August. The changes will be implemented at the close 7 September.</li>
<li>We see 8 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 7 migrations from LargeCap to MidCap, 6 new adds to MidCap, and 16 migrations from SmallCap to MidCap.</li>
<li>Historically, stocks migrating from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed stocks that are migrating between other categories.</li>
</ul>


The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices started 1 June and will end 31 August. The changes will be implemented at the close 7 September.
We see 8 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 7 migrations from LargeCap to MidCap, 6 new adds to MidCap, and 16 migrations from SmallCap to MidCap.
Historically, stocks migrating from SmallCap to MidCap have outperformed stocks that are migrating between other categories.


KOSPI Size Indices - Plenty of Overlap With Other Index Flows

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<li>Following the spin-off, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongkuk-steel-mill-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7293:1" rel="noopener">Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS)</a> will be deleted from 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> and replaced with <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/youlchon-chemical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2649:1" rel="noopener">Youlchon Chemical (008730 KS)</a>. </li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/youlchon-chemical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2649:1" rel="noopener">Youlchon Chemical (008730 KS)</a> just missed being added to the index at the June rebalance but will be added a couple of weeks after the regular rebalance.</li>
<li>Shorts on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongkuk-steel-mill-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7293:1" rel="noopener">Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS)</a> have increased over the last month but overall short interest is way below historical levels.</li>
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Following the spin-off, Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS) will be deleted from the Korea Stock Exchange Kospi 200 Index (KOSPI2 INDEX) and replaced with Youlchon Chemical (008730 KS). 

Youlchon Chemical (008730 KS) just missed being added to the index at the June rebalance but will be added a couple of weeks after the regular rebalance.
Shorts on Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS) have increased over the last month but overall short interest is way below historical levels.


KOSPI200 Ad Hoc Index Rebalance: Youlchon Chem to Replace Dongkuk Steel Mill

South Korea

Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. manufactures a variety of steel products.  The Company's products include rod steel for reinforced concrete, shape steel, and steel sheet for the construction and shipbuilding industries.

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Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS)

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KOSPI200 Ad Hoc Index Rebalance: Youlchon Chem to Replace Dongkuk Steel Mill

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Brian Freitas

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