Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023.</li>
<li>Of the 33 pair trades, 2/3 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past year and 1/3 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.</li>
<li>We highlight 33 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.</li>
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In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023.
Of the 33 pair trades, 2/3 of them involved holdcos outperforming opcos in the past year and 1/3 of them involved opcos outperforming holdcos in the same period.
We highlight 33 pair trades that involve Korean holdcos and opcos.


Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Spreads Opportunities in 1Q 2023

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.

Event-Driven

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<li>F&amp;F Holdings is a single-subsidiary PURE STUB PLAY with no operating assets. It currently trades at a 54.30% discount to its NAV, and its 20-day MA sigma sits below -2.0.</li>
<li>The pair is currently in a substantial diversion. The passive inflow caused by F&amp;F's KOSPI 200 inclusion appears to have caused a flow imbalance.</li>
<li>F&amp;F is becoming a primary target for KOSPI 200's post-rebalancing shorting events. Then, we can consider using F&amp;F Holdings as a long hedge, in addition to outright shorting for F&amp;F.</li>
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F&amp;F Holdings is a single-subsidiary PURE STUB PLAY with no operating assets. It currently trades at a 54.30% discount to its NAV, and its 20-day MA sigma sits below -2.0.
The pair is currently in a substantial diversion. The passive inflow caused by F&amp;F's KOSPI 200 inclusion appears to have caused a flow imbalance.
F&amp;F is becoming a primary target for KOSPI 200's post-rebalancing shorting events. Then, we can consider using F&amp;F Holdings as a long hedge, in addition to outright shorting for F&amp;F.


Korea Stub Trades: F&F Holdings Pair in a Substantial Diversion with F&F's KOSPI 200 Inclusion

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<li>Since we are currently at a point of two months toward the KOSPI 200 rebalancing, we should start building up positions on stocks with a higher probability among the candidates.</li>
<li>Six additions for position buildups: <strong>F&amp;F (383220 KS), Meritz Fire (000060 KS), SD Biosensor (137310 KS), Iljin Hysolus (271940 KS), Hanil Cement (300720 KS), &amp; K Car (381970 KS)</strong>
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<li>Six deletions for position buildups: <strong>Nexen Tire (002350 KS), Cuckoo Holdings (192400 KS), S&amp;T Motiv (064960 KS), Sk Discovery (006120 KS), Bukwang Pharmaceutical (003000 KS), &amp; Poongsan Corp (103140 KS)</strong>
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Since we are currently at a point of two months toward the KOSPI 200 rebalancing, we should start building up positions on stocks with a higher probability among the candidates.
Six additions for position buildups: F&amp;F (383220 KS), Meritz Fire (000060 KS), SD Biosensor (137310 KS), Iljin Hysolus (271940 KS), Hanil Cement (300720 KS), &amp; K Car (381970 KS)

Six deletions for position buildups: Nexen Tire (002350 KS), Cuckoo Holdings (192400 KS), S&amp;T Motiv (064960 KS), Sk Discovery (006120 KS), Bukwang Pharmaceutical (003000 KS), &amp; Poongsan Corp (103140 KS)



KOSPI 200 Rebalancing D-60: Names for Position Buildups

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<li>The screening results based on the average market cap for the screening period until the last closing price have seven additions/deletions.</li>
<li>LG Energy will make Fast Entry. The one to make room for LG Energy should be Dongwon F&amp;B, an additional deletion to the seven deletions through the preliminary filtering.</li>
<li>F&amp;F Holdings may fail to meet the minimum float rate. If it doesn't make KOSPI 200 this time, Hyundai Marine &amp; Fire Insurance will get to stay in the Index.</li>
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The screening results based on the average market cap for the screening period until the last closing price have seven additions/deletions.
LG Energy will make Fast Entry. The one to make room for LG Energy should be Dongwon F&amp;B, an additional deletion to the seven deletions through the preliminary filtering.
F&amp;F Holdings may fail to meet the minimum float rate. If it doesn't make KOSPI 200 this time, Hyundai Marine &amp; Fire Insurance will get to stay in the Index.


KOSPI 200 Rebalancing Screening: Prediction Likelihood, Special Issues, & Passive Impacts

Myoung Shin Industrial Co.,Ltd / Event-Driven

Myoung Shin Industrial Co.,Ltd (009900 KS)

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<li>This post measures how far the rebalancing trading of passive funds is progressing at this point. This can be essential data for setting up positions close to the effective date.</li>
<li>For this purpose, each stock's net purchase data of Pension and Insurance were collected from November 25 to today (30th).</li>
<li>As we move closer to the effective date, we need to consider selecting those with the relatively slow progress of rebalancing trading among the regular rebalancing stocks.</li>
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This post measures how far the rebalancing trading of passive funds is progressing at this point. This can be essential data for setting up positions close to the effective date.
For this purpose, each stock's net purchase data of Pension and Insurance were collected from November 25 to today (30th).
As we move closer to the effective date, we need to consider selecting those with the relatively slow progress of rebalancing trading among the regular rebalancing stocks.


KOSPI 200 Rebalancing Trading Progress Checkup

South Korea

F&F Holdings Co., Ltd. manufactures and markets apparel products. The Company produces and markets sports casual clothing, bags, hats, and other accessories. F&F Holdings markets its products primarily throughout Korea with limited overseas.

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F&F Holdings Co (007700 KS)

Korean Holdcos Vs Opcos Gap Spreads Opportunities in 1Q 2023

In this insight, we highlight the pricing gap divergences of the major Korean holdcos and opcos in 1Q 2023. We highlight 33 pair trades that...

Douglas Kim

Korea Stub Trades: F&F Holdings Pair in a Substantial Diversion with F&F's KOSPI 200 Inclusion

This post investigates potential stub trade opportunities involving the F&F Holdings pair, generally considered a pure stub play in Korea.

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This post suggests six additions and six deletions that we should consider for position buildups as we are two months away from the KOSPI 200...

Sanghyun Park

KOSPI 200 Rebalancing Screening: Prediction Likelihood, Special Issues, & Passive Impacts

This post has the screening results of the KOSPI 200 rebalancing, with a focus on prediction likelihood, special considerations, and passive impacts.

Sanghyun Park

KOSPI 200 Rebalancing Trading Progress Checkup

This post measures how far the rebalancing trading of local passive funds is progressing at this point. This can be important data when we set up...

Sanghyun Park

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