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>Yesterday, five companies disclosed dividend record dates and amounts. Hyundai Motor set record dates before March futures expired. Hyundai Motor offers single stock futures, presenting arbitrage opportunities.</li>
<li>Daily updates and monitoring of dividend arbitrage spread are crucial. Despite limited English support, KLCA webpage proves effective with prompt updates, simplifying the process.</li>
<li>KLCA webpage offers real-time updates and intuitive layout, ideal for dividend arbitrage trading preparation in the Korean market.</li>
</ul>


Yesterday, five companies disclosed dividend record dates and amounts. Hyundai Motor set record dates before March futures expired. Hyundai Motor offers single stock futures, presenting arbitrage opportunities.
Daily updates and monitoring of dividend arbitrage spread are crucial. Despite limited English support, KLCA webpage proves effective with prompt updates, simplifying the process.
KLCA webpage offers real-time updates and intuitive layout, ideal for dividend arbitrage trading preparation in the Korean market.


Tracking Dividend Record Dates: Hyundai Motor Leads, Best Monitoring Channel Revealed

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

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Feb 2nd which has an aggregated holding worth USD509.3bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,941mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign instistutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Kia, Samsung C&amp;T, Hyundai Motor, Samsung Biologic.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Feb 2nd which has an aggregated holding worth USD509.3bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,941mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign instistutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Kia, Samsung C&amp;T, Hyundai Motor, Samsung Biologic.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Feb 2nd): Samsung Electronics, Kia, Samsung C&T, Hyundai Motor

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

<ul>
<li>The change in the dividend payment system in Korea in 2024 is likely to result in some attractive <strong>"double dividends"</strong> opportunities.</li>
<li>According to the Korea Exchange, there are seven stocks that have changed their dividend record dates policy last year and also that pay quarterly dividends. </li>
<li>Hyundai Motor (005380 KS) (common) provides a dividend yield of 5.8% and Hyundai Motor (005385 KS) (pref) provides a dividend yield of 9.6% at current prices.</li>
</ul>


The change in the dividend payment system in Korea in 2024 is likely to result in some attractive "double dividends" opportunities.
According to the Korea Exchange, there are seven stocks that have changed their dividend record dates policy last year and also that pay quarterly dividends. 
Hyundai Motor (005380 KS) (common) provides a dividend yield of 5.8% and Hyundai Motor (005385 KS) (pref) provides a dividend yield of 9.6% at current prices.


Timing of Double Dividends Opportunities in Korea

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Jan 26th which has an aggregated holding worth USD476.8bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,189mln. 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 foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Ecopro, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Jan 26th which has an aggregated holding worth USD476.8bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD1,189mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Samsung Electronics, Ecopro, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jan 26th): Samsung Electronics, Ecopro, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun mentioned that too many companies in Korea are trading below book value and the FSC plans to implement changes to improve upon this issue. </li>
<li>According to Korea Exchange, 1,111 companies out of total listed in KOSPI and KOSDAQ in Korea (2,538) are trading at below 1x book value (PBR) (liquidation value). </li>
<li>According to the Capital Group, about 39% of companies in the TOPIX trade below book value, compared to just 5% for companies in the S&amp;P 500 Index. </li>
</ul>


FSC Chairman Kim Joo-hyun mentioned that too many companies in Korea are trading below book value and the FSC plans to implement changes to improve upon this issue. 
According to Korea Exchange, 1,111 companies out of total listed in KOSPI and KOSDAQ in Korea (2,538) are trading at below 1x book value (PBR) (liquidation value). 
According to the Capital Group, about 39% of companies in the TOPIX trade below book value, compared to just 5% for companies in the S&amp;P 500 Index. 


44% of Korean Stocks Are Trading Below Book Value - FSC Wants to Improve This (Following Japan)

South Korea

Hyundai Motor Company manufactures, sells, and exports passenger cars, trucks, and commercial vehicles. The Company also sells various auto parts and operates auto repair service centers throughout South Korea. Hyundai Motor provides financial services through its subsidiaries.

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Hyundai Motor (005385 KS)

Tracking Dividend Record Dates: Hyundai Motor Leads, Best Monitoring Channel Revealed

Here is the most recent list of companies that have finalized their dividend record date, among those that deferred the yearend dividend record...

Sanghyun Park

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Feb 2nd): Samsung Electronics, Kia, Samsung C&T, Hyundai Motor

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Samsung Electronics, Kia, Samsung C&T, Hyundai...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Timing of Double Dividends Opportunities in Korea

The change in the dividend payment system in Korea in 2024 is likely to result in some attractive "double dividends" opportunities.

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jan 26th): Samsung Electronics, Ecopro, Samsung Biologic, Samsung SDI

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Samsung Electronics, Ecopro, Samsung Biologic,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

44% of Korean Stocks Are Trading Below Book Value - FSC Wants to Improve This (Following Japan)

A 44% of Korean stocks are trading below book value. FSC wants to improve this, following Japan's "name and shame" policy.

Douglas Kim

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