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>During the public hearing, Lee Jae-myung asked Simpac's CFO about their 0.3x PBR, then remarked, "That’s prime territory for a hostile M&amp;A."</li>
<li>With PBRs under 0.3x, these companies may roll out shareholder returns to manage political pressure—definitely worth tracking from a value-up trading perspective.</li>
<li>Hanwha is interesting due to its room for shareholder returns and potential merger with Hanwha Energy. With the new Commercial Act, a public tender offer is likely. Worth watching closely.</li>
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During the public hearing, Lee Jae-myung asked Simpac's CFO about their 0.3x PBR, then remarked, "That’s prime territory for a hostile M&amp;A."
With PBRs under 0.3x, these companies may roll out shareholder returns to manage political pressure—definitely worth tracking from a value-up trading perspective.
Hanwha is interesting due to its room for shareholder returns and potential merger with Hanwha Energy. With the new Commercial Act, a public tender offer is likely. Worth watching closely.


Korea’s Dem Leader: PBR Under 0.3x Should Be Hostile M&A Targets – Names That Could Feel the Heat

Tracking developments across tech supply chains, Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

Tracking developments across tech supply chains

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Nokia is set to enhance its base stations by integrating Nvidia GPUs, aiming to advance AI-driven radio access networks and support 6G technology development.</li><li>Arm, AMD, and Nvidia have joined the Open Compute Project board, while AWS's absence raises questions about its future involvement in open-source hardware initiatives.</li><li>The Semiconductor Industry Association director points to a 'semiconductor paradox' that suggests a significant chip boom is on the horizon despite current market challenges.</li></ul>

Nokia is set to enhance its base stations by integrating Nvidia GPUs, aiming to advance AI-driven radio access networks and support 6G technology development.Arm, AMD, and Nvidia have joined the Open Compute Project board, while AWS's absence raises questions about its future involvement in open-source hardware initiatives.The Semiconductor Industry Association director points to a 'semiconductor paradox' that suggests a significant chip boom is on the horizon despite current market challenges.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (31-Oct-2025): Nokia to integrate Nvidia GPUs for AI and 6G.

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

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<li>Hanwha Impact Partners sold 1.4 trillion won worth of Hanwha Ocean shares in a block deal sale. </li>
<li>Hanwha Ocean's share price closed down at 5.4% to 112,500 won on the KRX exchange today but still 5% higher than block deal price of 107,100 won. </li>
<li>We believe that this block deal sale of 1.4 trillion won worth of Hanwha Ocean is likely to have a near-term negative impact on Hanwha Ocean's stock price.</li>
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Hanwha Impact Partners sold 1.4 trillion won worth of Hanwha Ocean shares in a block deal sale. 
Hanwha Ocean's share price closed down at 5.4% to 112,500 won on the KRX exchange today but still 5% higher than block deal price of 107,100 won. 
We believe that this block deal sale of 1.4 trillion won worth of Hanwha Ocean is likely to have a near-term negative impact on Hanwha Ocean's stock price.


A Block Deal Sale of 1.4 Trillion Won of Hanwha Ocean Shares by Hanwha Impact Partners

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

Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices commenced on 1 June and will end on 31 August.</li>
<li>Nearing the end of the review period, we forecast 49 migrating stocks. Among new listings, 1 stock could be added to LargeCap, 3 to MidCap and 1 to SmallCap.</li>
<li>There are a number of stocks that will have passive flow from global index trackers over the next few weeks, while some are potential changes to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI2</a> in December.</li>
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The review period for the September rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices commenced on 1 June and will end on 31 August.
Nearing the end of the review period, we forecast 49 migrating stocks. Among new listings, 1 stock could be added to LargeCap, 3 to MidCap and 1 to SmallCap.
There are a number of stocks that will have passive flow from global index trackers over the next few weeks, while some are potential changes to the KOSPI2 in December.


KOSPI Size Indices: Passive Flows for Many Active Changes

Equity Bottom-Up

<ul><li>Hyundai chief partners with Samsung and Hanwha in US tariff push, showing collaboration between major companies to address trade issues.</li><li>Arm CEO considers in-house chip production, signaling a strategic shift for the company towards more control over its manufacturing process.</li><li>BOE secures half of Apple's MacBook screen orders, displacing LG Display, showcasing the competitiveness in the display market.</li></ul>

Hyundai chief partners with Samsung and Hanwha in US tariff push, showing collaboration between major companies to address trade issues.Arm CEO considers in-house chip production, signaling a strategic shift for the company towards more control over its manufacturing process.BOE secures half of Apple's MacBook screen orders, displacing LG Display, showcasing the competitiveness in the display market.

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (01-Aug-2025): Hyundai chief joins Samsung, Hanwha in US tariff blitz.

South Korea

Hanwha Corporation imports and exports petrochemicals, machinery, automotives, electronics, and steel.  The Company also produces explosives for the defense and construction industries.  In addition, Hanwha manufactures automotive airbag inflators and telecommunication equipment, such as wireless phones and provides financial services through its subsidiaries.

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Hanwha Corporation (000880 KS)

Korea’s Dem Leader: PBR Under 0.3x Should Be Hostile M&A Targets – Names That Could Feel the Heat

The Democratic Party leader’s bold move: “A PBR under 0.3x is prime for a hostile M&A target.” Here are the stocks that could feel the heat.

Sanghyun Park

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (31-Oct-2025): Nokia to integrate Nvidia GPUs for AI and 6G.

Nokia will use Nvidia GPUs for AI-driven networks, while Arm, AMD, and Nvidia join the OCP board; a chip boom looms, and Meta eyes AI glasses...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

A Block Deal Sale of 1.4 Trillion Won of Hanwha Ocean Shares by Hanwha Impact Partners

The block deal sale of 1.4 trillion won worth of Hanwha Ocean by Hanwha Impact is likely to have a near-term negative impact on Hanwha Ocean's...

Douglas Kim

KOSPI Size Indices: Passive Flows for Many Active Changes

There could be 49 migrations for the KOSPI Size Indices in Sep. Among new listings, there could be 1 LargeCap add and 3 MidCap adds. There are...

Brian Freitas

Tech Supply Chain Tracker (01-Aug-2025): Hyundai chief joins Samsung, Hanwha in US tariff blitz.

Hyundai, Samsung, and Hanwha team up on US tariffs. Arm CEO looks at making own chips. BOE wins Apple MacBook screen orders. MediaTek surpasses Q2...

Tech Supply Chain Tracker

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