Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

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>Appraisal rights are for HLB Life Science holders only. Record date: April 16. Objection: May 28–June 11. Exercise: June 12–July 2. Spread’s fat—over 11% today.</li>
<li>Swap spread closed at 2.3%. With short selling back, execution looks clean. Classic arb: short HLB Inc, long HLB Life Science, cover with new HLB Inc shares post-merger.</li>
<li>HLB has a cult-like retail base that follows management blindly. Despite headline cancellation risk, real odds may be lower, meaning the swap spread could be seriously mispriced—prime arb setup.</li>
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Appraisal rights are for HLB Life Science holders only. Record date: April 16. Objection: May 28–June 11. Exercise: June 12–July 2. Spread’s fat—over 11% today.
Swap spread closed at 2.3%. With short selling back, execution looks clean. Classic arb: short HLB Inc, long HLB Life Science, cover with new HLB Inc shares post-merger.
HLB has a cult-like retail base that follows management blindly. Despite headline cancellation risk, real odds may be lower, meaning the swap spread could be seriously mispriced—prime arb setup.


Complete Breakdown of the HLB Merger Swap Details

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 Mar 28th which has an aggregated short of USD 3.6bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics, Shinhan Group, KB Financial, Samsung Biologics.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Mar 28th which has an aggregated short of USD 3.6bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Samsung Electronics, Shinhan Group, KB Financial, Samsung Biologics.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 28th): Samsung Electronics, Shinhan Group, KB Financial

Index Rebalance

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<li>HLB Life Science faces delisting if it stays in ATTENTION for four years or gets a disclaimer in an audit—barring surprises, there's still runway before it’s a real threat.</li>
<li>HLB Inc getting ATTENTION in May looks likely, as KRX factors in frequent correction disclosures—HLB’s history with Rivoceranib filings and the failed FDA bid add to the risk.</li>
<li>If HLB Inc. gets ATTENTION in May and drops from KOSDAQ 150, VIOL (335890 KS) steps in—worth positioning ahead of late April.</li>
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HLB Life Science faces delisting if it stays in ATTENTION for four years or gets a disclaimer in an audit—barring surprises, there's still runway before it’s a real threat.
HLB Inc getting ATTENTION in May looks likely, as KRX factors in frequent correction disclosures—HLB’s history with Rivoceranib filings and the failed FDA bid add to the risk.
If HLB Inc. gets ATTENTION in May and drops from KOSDAQ 150, VIOL (335890 KS) steps in—worth positioning ahead of late April.


Detailing KRX Market Alerts & Passive Flow Plays

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

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hlb-life-science-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:9830:1" rel="noopener">HLB Life Science (067630 KS)</a> was added to the Investment Attention Issue list on 21 March and traded limit down. Then came the announcement of the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index</a> deletion.</li>
<li>As the highest ranked non-constituent from the Healthcare sector at the December rebalance, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/binex-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1949:1" rel="noopener">Binex (053030 KS)</a> will be added to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index</a> at the close on 25 March.</li>
<li>Historically, intra-review inclusions have moved higher between announcement and implementation and there has been reversion post the index inclusion.</li>
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HLB Life Science (067630 KS) was added to the Investment Attention Issue list on 21 March and traded limit down. Then came the announcement of the KOSDAQ 150 Index deletion.
As the highest ranked non-constituent from the Healthcare sector at the December rebalance, Binex (053030 KS) will be added to the KOSDAQ 150 Index at the close on 25 March.
Historically, intra-review inclusions have moved higher between announcement and implementation and there has been reversion post the index inclusion.


KOSDAQ150 Index Adhoc Rebalance: Binex (053030 KS) To Replace HLB Life Science (067630 KS)

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jan 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.</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 Samsung Biologics (207940 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Jan 3rd which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.5bn.
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 Samsung Biologics (207940 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 3rd): Samsung Biologics

South Korea

HLB Life Science Co., Ltd. wholesales and distributes pharmaceutical drugs. The Company through its subsidiaries provides targeted therapy, cell therapy, new drug development, medical devices production, and other related services. HLB Life Science also offers solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy engineering services.

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HLB Life Science (067630 KS)

Complete Breakdown of the HLB Merger Swap Details

This post covers: HLB’s cult-like retail base, its blind loyalty to management, and why the headline cancellation risk might be...

Sanghyun Park

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 28th): Samsung Electronics, Shinhan Group, KB Financial

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samsung Electronics, Shinhan Group, KB Financial,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Detailing KRX Market Alerts & Passive Flow Plays

This post provides a detailed breakdown of KRX market alert rules and examines key names that could see meaningful passive flow impacts.

Sanghyun Park

KOSDAQ150 Index Adhoc Rebalance: Binex (053030 KS) To Replace HLB Life Science (067630 KS)

HLB Life Science will be deleted from the KOSDAQ150 following its designation as an Investment Attention Issue. Binex will be added to the index....

Brian Freitas

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Jan 3rd): Samsung Biologics

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Samsung Biologics(207940 KS).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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