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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

Mirae Asset Tiger Tour Leisure ETF / Event-Driven

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<li>Next Thursday, the rebalancing trading of the WISE Secondary Cell Index will occur. The current AUM is ₩0.24T, and the AUM has slightly increased in the last two weeks.</li>
<li>Five names (2 Longs &amp; 3 Shorts) are screened: <strong>Hana Tour Service, Lotte Tour Development, Asiana Airlines, Paradise Co Ltd, &amp; Hanjin KAL Corp</strong>.</li>
<li>All the short targets are available for short-selling. The Long targets have also not seen much volatility recently, so it looks fine to put them all in a Long/Short basket.</li>
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Next Thursday, the rebalancing trading of the WISE Secondary Cell Index will occur. The current AUM is ₩0.24T, and the AUM has slightly increased in the last two weeks.
Five names (2 Longs &amp; 3 Shorts) are screened: Hana Tour Service, Lotte Tour Development, Asiana Airlines, Paradise Co Ltd, &amp; Hanjin KAL Corp.
All the short targets are available for short-selling. The Long targets have also not seen much volatility recently, so it looks fine to put them all in a Long/Short basket.


WISE Tour Leisure Rebalancing (TIGER ETF): Long/Short Tradable Names

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<li>WISE Tour is another fast-growing theme index in Korea with an AUM of ₩0.23T. The next rebalancing will be on April 15. So, the rebalancing trading is on April 14.</li>
<li>Although the flow size of this ETF rebalancing is not substantial, it seems clear that the flow/price (direction) correlation is at a level we should pay attention to.</li>
<li>Those expected to receive a meaningful flow impact at this point are: (LONG) Hana Tour, GKL, &amp; Yong Pyong Resort / (SHORT) Hanjin KAL, Ananti, &amp; SK Rent A Car</li>
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WISE Tour is another fast-growing theme index in Korea with an AUM of ₩0.23T. The next rebalancing will be on April 15. So, the rebalancing trading is on April 14.
Although the flow size of this ETF rebalancing is not substantial, it seems clear that the flow/price (direction) correlation is at a level we should pay attention to.
Those expected to receive a meaningful flow impact at this point are: (LONG) Hana Tour, GKL, &amp; Yong Pyong Resort / (SHORT) Hanjin KAL, Ananti, &amp; SK Rent A Car


WISE Tour Leisure (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview

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<li>The TIGER Tour Leisure ETF shows the fastest AUM growth among the local themed ETFs in Korea. It seems clear that this is due to the reopening expectations.</li>
<li>The absolute size of AUM seems small. But the number of components is only 19, and most of them are small caps. So the actual passive impact is not small.</li>
<li>Another noteworthy aspect is that the rebalancing is pretty straightforward. It primarily relies on the float-adjusted market caps. So, the rebalancing estimation visibility is relatively high.</li>
</ul>


The TIGER Tour Leisure ETF shows the fastest AUM growth among the local themed ETFs in Korea. It seems clear that this is due to the reopening expectations.
The absolute size of AUM seems small. But the number of components is only 19, and most of them are small caps. So the actual passive impact is not small.
Another noteworthy aspect is that the rebalancing is pretty straightforward. It primarily relies on the float-adjusted market caps. So, the rebalancing estimation visibility is relatively high.


TIGER WISE Tour Leisure ETF Rebalancing Preview

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<li>The local street hears KRX has bumped it up to 14.68%. With the 1% rounding applied, it becomes 15%.</li>
<li>It is extremely rare for a Fast Entry to come in with a float market cap of +₩10T. So, we will see significant weight adjustments for the other constituents.</li>
<li>As we move towards the implementation date, we can consider basket-shorting those high-impact names for LG Energy's long hedge.</li>
</ul>


The local street hears KRX has bumped it up to 14.68%. With the 1% rounding applied, it becomes 15%.
It is extremely rare for a Fast Entry to come in with a float market cap of +₩10T. So, we will see significant weight adjustments for the other constituents.
As we move towards the implementation date, we can consider basket-shorting those high-impact names for LG Energy's long hedge.


LG Energy's KOSPI 200 Float Is 15%: Weight Adjustment Trading for Other Constituents

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries  / Event-Driven

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<li>The stocks we need to pay attention to are Hyundai Heavy Industries and Myoung Shin Industries.</li>
<li>HHI's 4.54% lockup release should cause short-term volatility in the price. We need to consider a setup that builds up a short position right after the KOSPI 200 effective date.</li>
<li>Myoung Shin Industrial's KOSPI 200 passive flow effect will be less than initially expected. Then, we need to look at the timing of entering the short position after December 10th.</li>
</ul>


The stocks we need to pay attention to are Hyundai Heavy Industries and Myoung Shin Industries.
HHI's 4.54% lockup release should cause short-term volatility in the price. We need to consider a setup that builds up a short position right after the KOSPI 200 effective date.
Myoung Shin Industrial's KOSPI 200 passive flow effect will be less than initially expected. Then, we need to look at the timing of entering the short position after December 10th.


KOSPI Major Lockup Releases: Hyundai Heavy Industries & Myoung Shin Industrial

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Hanjin KAL Corporation is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in airline, hotel, and travel related services. Hanjin also invests in real estates.

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WISE Tour Leisure (TIGER ETF) Rebalancing Preview

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