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>In the past year, four KOSPI transfer listings showed similar patterns, with pre-listing price increases and substantial corrections in the first five trading days post-listing.</li>
<li>ChatGPTAmid a sideways market and a 54.2% YoY growth in the local ETF market last year, the impact of passive flow imbalances may have been more significant than before.</li>
<li>A key factor is the short-selling ban. Posco DX's SSFs showed significant backwardation pre-KOSPI listing, concentrating proactive short positions, requiring caution in adjusting pre-listing short position costs.</li>
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In the past year, four KOSPI transfer listings showed similar patterns, with pre-listing price increases and substantial corrections in the first five trading days post-listing.
ChatGPTAmid a sideways market and a 54.2% YoY growth in the local ETF market last year, the impact of passive flow imbalances may have been more significant than before.
A key factor is the short-selling ban. Posco DX's SSFs showed significant backwardation pre-KOSPI listing, concentrating proactive short positions, requiring caution in adjusting pre-listing short position costs.


Event Trading on KOSPI Transfer Listings: Notable Post-Listing Price Patterns

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>HLB Inc (028300 KS) announced that it has decided to transfer listing from KOSDAQ exchange to KOSPI exchange.</li>
<li>HLB currently has a market cap of 6.5 trillion won and HLB is likely to be included in KOSPI 200 in 2024. </li>
<li>One of the key reasons why the company has a large market cap is due to its Rivoceranib liver cancer drug which is being reviewed by the U.S. FDA. </li>
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HLB Inc (028300 KS) announced that it has decided to transfer listing from KOSDAQ exchange to KOSPI exchange.
HLB currently has a market cap of 6.5 trillion won and HLB is likely to be included in KOSPI 200 in 2024. 
One of the key reasons why the company has a large market cap is due to its Rivoceranib liver cancer drug which is being reviewed by the U.S. FDA. 


HLB: Approves to Switch Listing from KOSDAQ to KOSPI in an Extraordinary General Meeting

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 short interest of KRX Stocks as of Dec 15th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD10.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table 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 Hlb, Lg Electronics, Samsung C&amp;T, Samsung Electron, Posco Holdings I, Sk Hynix.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Dec 15th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD10.4bn.
We tabulate league table 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 Hlb, Lg Electronics, Samsung C&amp;T, Samsung Electron, Posco Holdings I, Sk Hynix.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 15th): HLB, Lg Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Electron

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Dec 8th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD10.8bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table 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 have highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Naver.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Dec 8th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD10.8bn.
We tabulate league table 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 have highlighted KRX short interest weekly changes in Naver.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 8th): Naver

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 17th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.9bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table 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, Celltrion Health, Amorepacific.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX Stocks as of Nov 17th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD11.9bn.
We tabulate league table 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, Celltrion Health, Amorepacific.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 17th): Short Covers for Celltrion, Celltrion Health, Amorepacific

South Korea

HLB Inc. operates cord blood banking and clinical demonstration service. The Company also produces industrial valves, and iron manufacturing machines.  The Company's subsidiaries are engaged in a wide range of businesses including manufacturing of electric field instruments, lifeboats and agent services.

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HLB Inc (028300 KS)

Event Trading on KOSPI Transfer Listings: Notable Post-Listing Price Patterns

This post delves into significant post-listing price patterns observed in KOSPI transfer listings, aiming to provide insights for event-driven...

Sanghyun Park

HLB: Approves to Switch Listing from KOSDAQ to KOSPI in an Extraordinary General Meeting

HLB Inc (028300 KS) announced that it has decided to transfer listing from KOSDAQ exchange to KOSPI exchange. HLB is likely to be included in KOSPI...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 15th): HLB, Lg Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Electron

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Hlb, Lg Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Electron,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Dec 8th): Naver

We analyzed the KRX short interest report for the past week and we highlighted weekly KRX short interest changes in Naver.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Nov 17th): Short Covers for Celltrion, Celltrion Health, Amorepacific

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlight short interest changes in Celltrion, Celltrion Health, Amorepacific.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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