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>The split’s cancellation caught event-driven traders off guard, squeezing shorts and sparking short-covering flows, likely boosting the stock near term and removing governance overhang for a potential rerate.</li>
<li>Passive flow shifts as spinco’s planned KOSDAQ 150 inclusion is canceled, reversing early index rebalancing and pre-positioning by passive investors.</li>
<li>Hana Micron stays in the index, so no major passive outflows—just some trimming. Trade the short-cover pop, watch for passive cleanup dips as potential re-entry points.</li>
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The split’s cancellation caught event-driven traders off guard, squeezing shorts and sparking short-covering flows, likely boosting the stock near term and removing governance overhang for a potential rerate.
Passive flow shifts as spinco’s planned KOSDAQ 150 inclusion is canceled, reversing early index rebalancing and pre-positioning by passive investors.
Hana Micron stays in the index, so no major passive outflows—just some trimming. Trade the short-cover pop, watch for passive cleanup dips as potential re-entry points.


Hana Micron Split Cancellation: Trades Targeting Position Unwinding and Korea Discount Compression

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>Hana Micron Inc (067310 KS) announced its plan to split into Hana Semiconductor Holdings and Hana Micron (a newly established company).</li>
<li>Existing shareholders will receive shares of the two companies in equal proportions according to the split ratio which is 32.5% for Hana Semiconductor Holdings and 67.5% for Hana Micron.</li>
<li>We remain negative on Hana Micron. The valuation of the company remains stretched. In addition, there are increasing concerns about the company's new plan to split into two different companies.</li>
</ul>


Hana Micron Inc (067310 KS) announced its plan to split into Hana Semiconductor Holdings and Hana Micron (a newly established company).
Existing shareholders will receive shares of the two companies in equal proportions according to the split ratio which is 32.5% for Hana Semiconductor Holdings and 67.5% for Hana Micron.
We remain negative on Hana Micron. The valuation of the company remains stretched. In addition, there are increasing concerns about the company's new plan to split into two different companies.


Hana Micron: Split into Hana Semiconductor Holdings and Hana Micron

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 foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Oct 10th. The aggregated holding was USD759.2bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,535mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Samsung Elec (PREF), Hyundai Motor, KIA.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Oct 10th. The aggregated holding was USD759.2bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,535mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Samsung Elec (PREF), Hyundai Motor, KIA.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Oct 10th): Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Samsung Elec (PREF)

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Shinhan Financial / Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Affinity Equity Partners is looking to raise around US$425m via selling 1.9% of its stake in <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinhan-financial-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6978:1" rel="noopener">Shinhan Financial (055550 KS).</a>
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<li>Affinity had sold half of its stake earlier in 2024, when the company witnessed a number of selldowns in 1H24.</li>
<li>In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.</li>
</ul>


Affinity Equity Partners is looking to raise around US$425m via selling 1.9% of its stake in Shinhan Financial (055550 KS).

Affinity had sold half of its stake earlier in 2024, when the company witnessed a number of selldowns in 1H24.
In this note, we will talk about the deal dynamics and run the deal through our ECM framework.


Shinhan Financial Group Placement - Clean-Up Trade but Stock Is at All Time-Highs

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of May 23rd. The aggregated short interest was USD6.7bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Celltrion, Hanmi Semi, Meritz Financi, Samsung Fire &amp; Marine Insurance, Hd Hyundai Electric, Posco Future M, Kakao.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of May 23rd. The aggregated short interest was USD6.7bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Celltrion, Hanmi Semi, Meritz Financi, Samsung Fire &amp; Marine Insurance, Hd Hyundai Electric, Posco Future M, Kakao.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (May 23rd): Celltrion, Hanmi Semi, Meritz Financi

South Korea

Hana Micron Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor packages for memory and non-memory semiconductor products.  The Company also produces USB flash drive (UFD), a mobile storage devices which can substitute floppy disk drives.

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Hana Micron Inc (067310 KS)

Hana Micron Split Cancellation: Trades Targeting Position Unwinding and Korea Discount Compression

This post explores the Hana Micron split cancellation—highlighting a trading opportunity driven by unwind flows and its implications for Korea...

Sanghyun Park

Hana Micron: Split into Hana Semiconductor Holdings and Hana Micron

We remain negative on Hana Micron. The valuation of the company remains stretched. In addition, there are increasing concerns about the company's...

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Oct 10th): Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Samsung Elec (PREF)

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Samsung Elec...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shinhan Financial Group Placement - Clean-Up Trade but Stock Is at All Time-Highs

Affinity Equity Partners is looking to raise around US$425m via selling 1.9% of its stake in Shinhan Financial (055550 KS).

Sumeet Singh

KRX Short Interest Weekly (May 23rd): Celltrion, Hanmi Semi, Meritz Financi

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Celltrion (068270 KS), Hanmi Semi (042700 KS),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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