Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>On 28 February, WeBull announced a merger with SK Growth Opportunities SPAC on NASDAQ. The proposed transaction represented an implied pro forma enterprise value of about $7.3 billion. </li>
<li>WeBull had 4.3 million funded accounts and  $8.2bn in assets under custody at end of 2023. In comparison, Robinhood had 23.4mn funded accounts and $102.6bn in assets under custody. </li>
<li>Given the numerous material concerns about this deal, we would avoid it. There are no financials including income statement and balance sheet of WeBull in the prospectus. </li>
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On 28 February, WeBull announced a merger with SK Growth Opportunities SPAC on NASDAQ. The proposed transaction represented an implied pro forma enterprise value of about $7.3 billion. 
WeBull had 4.3 million funded accounts and  $8.2bn in assets under custody at end of 2023. In comparison, Robinhood had 23.4mn funded accounts and $102.6bn in assets under custody. 
Given the numerous material concerns about this deal, we would avoid it. There are no financials including income statement and balance sheet of WeBull in the prospectus. 


A Merger Between WeBull and SK Growth Opportunities Corp in NASDAQ

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>On 27 November, the Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) finally announced that it has completely abolished the restrictions on the foreigners opening integrated accounts to trade Korean stocks.</li>
<li>This amendment will start to take effect on 2 January 2026.</li>
<li><em><strong>What this means is that major global trading platforms such as IBKR will most likely be allowed to trade Korean stocks without any major restrictions sometime starting 1H 2026. </strong></em></li>
</ul>


On 27 November, the Korean Financial Services Commission (FSC) finally announced that it has completely abolished the restrictions on the foreigners opening integrated accounts to trade Korean stocks.
This amendment will start to take effect on 2 January 2026.
What this means is that major global trading platforms such as IBKR will most likely be allowed to trade Korean stocks without any major restrictions sometime starting 1H 2026. 


Foreigners Integrated Accounts Starting in January 2026: Impact on IBKR & Foreign Trading Platforms

APAC IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Akshat Shah

APAC IPOs & Placements

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nextbillion-technology-pvt-ltd-groww" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34787:1" rel="noopener">Groww (1573648D IN)</a> is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO.</li>
<li>Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures,is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing financial products and services, where customers can invest/ trade in stocks, derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products.</li>
<li>In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.</li>
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Groww (1573648D IN) is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO.
Groww, officially called Billionbrains Garage Ventures,is a direct-to-customer digital investment platform providing financial products and services, where customers can invest/ trade in stocks, derivatives, bonds, mutual funds and other products.
In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.


Groww Pre-IPO - Scaling Fast in a Competitive Market

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

Travis Lundy

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

Quiddity Advisors

Index Rebalance

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<li>The S&amp;P 500 index tracks the 500 largest names listed in the US and it is one of the most highly-tracked indices in the world.</li>
<li>The rankings used for the September 2025 index rebal event will be based on yesterday's (3rd September 2025) opening prices. The announcement will be made after the close on Friday.</li>
<li>In this insight, we take a look at our final expectations for ADDs/DELs (along with a tracker of all live spinoff/M&amp;A events which affect the index the next two quarters).</li>
</ul>


The S&amp;P 500 index tracks the 500 largest names listed in the US and it is one of the most highly-tracked indices in the world.
The rankings used for the September 2025 index rebal event will be based on yesterday's (3rd September 2025) opening prices. The announcement will be made after the close on Friday.
In this insight, we take a look at our final expectations for ADDs/DELs (along with a tracker of all live spinoff/M&amp;A events which affect the index the next two quarters).


[Quiddity Index] S&P500/600 Sep25 Rebal: Final Predictions

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher, ORTEX

Dimitris Ioannidis

US-EU Index Rebalances / Quantitative Researcher

Global Financial Data and Analytics Platform

ORTEX

ORTEX is a global financial data and analytics platform providing real-time securities lending and short interest data, index rebalance data, holdings and insider transactions, trading signals, corporate actions and news,  stock machine learning and factor scores and other analytics. The majority of the data are downloadable and accessible through APIs.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/robinhood-markets-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33532:1" rel="noopener">Robinhood Markets (HOOD US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/emcor-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20703:1" rel="noopener">Emcor Group Inc (EME US)</a> are the main candidates for addition due to consistently high eligibility scores.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microstrategy-inc-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14717:1" rel="noopener">Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US)</a> or <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/applovin-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32989:1" rel="noopener">AppLovin (APP US)</a> is forecasted to be the third addition, with sector balance acting as the limiting factor.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/crh-plc-054117b2-cd70-470a-9efc-8f6fab2c83ec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28655:1" rel="noopener">CRH (CRH US)</a> recently regained eligibility following positive August earnings and could be a surprise addition if the tech sector is excluded.</li>
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Robinhood Markets (HOOD US) and Emcor Group Inc (EME US) are the main candidates for addition due to consistently high eligibility scores.

Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US) or AppLovin (APP US) is forecasted to be the third addition, with sector balance acting as the limiting factor.

CRH (CRH US) recently regained eligibility following positive August earnings and could be a surprise addition if the tech sector is excluded.


S&P500 September 2025 Final Forecast: HOOD, EME & 50/50 on MSTR/APP

United States

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. is an automated global electronic market maker and broker specializing in routing orders and executing and processing trades in securities, futures, and foreign exchange instruments.

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A Merger Between WeBull and SK Growth Opportunities Corp in NASDAQ

On 28 February, WeBull announced a merger with SK Growth Opportunities SPAC on NASDAQ. The proposed transaction represented an implied pro forma...

Douglas Kim

Foreigners Integrated Accounts Starting in January 2026: Impact on IBKR & Foreign Trading Platforms

FSC abolished restrictions on foreigners opening integrated accounts to trade Korean stocks, effective January 2, 2026. IBKR/others are expected to...

Douglas Kim

Groww Pre-IPO - Scaling Fast in a Competitive Market

Groww is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

[Quiddity Index] S&P500/600 Sep25 Rebal: Final Predictions

The S&P500/400/600 Sep Rebal cutoff was decided at y/day's open. S&P500 predictions are like tilting at windmills, but we like windmills. We...

Travis Lundy

S&P500 September 2025 Final Forecast: HOOD, EME & 50/50 on MSTR/APP

HOOD and EME are the top candidates for addition with MSTR or APP forecasted as the third addition. CRH became eligible again following positive...

Dimitris Ioannidis

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A Merger Between WeBull and SK Growth Opportunities Corp in NASDAQ

On 28 February, WeBull announced a merger with SK Growth Opportunities SPAC on NASDAQ. The proposed transaction represented an implied pro forma...

Douglas Kim

Foreigners Integrated Accounts Starting in January 2026: Impact on IBKR & Foreign Trading Platforms

FSC abolished restrictions on foreigners opening integrated accounts to trade Korean stocks, effective January 2, 2026. IBKR/others are expected to...

Douglas Kim

Groww Pre-IPO - Scaling Fast in a Competitive Market

Groww is looking to raise up to US$736m in its upcoming India IPO. In this note, we talk about the company’s historical performance.

Akshat Shah

[Quiddity Index] S&P500/600 Sep25 Rebal: Final Predictions

The S&P500/400/600 Sep Rebal cutoff was decided at y/day's open. S&P500 predictions are like tilting at windmills, but we like windmills. We...

Travis Lundy

S&P500 September 2025 Final Forecast: HOOD, EME & 50/50 on MSTR/APP

​HOOD and EME are the top candidates for addition with MSTR or APP forecasted as the third addition. CRH became eligible again following positive...

Dimitris Ioannidis

HOOD and EME are the top candidates for addition with MSTR or APP forecasted as the third addition. CRH became eligible again following positive...