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>The ETF operator (TIGER)'s index tracking conformity was high enough to create trading opportunities aimed at the rebalancing flow.</li>
<li>Flow/Price directions were mostly synched with only a few exceptions. Of particular importance is that the price impact was substantial compared to the passive flow size. </li>
<li>The yield of the tradable names suitable for a basket based on the projected passive impact size was 4.51%.</li>
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The ETF operator (TIGER)'s index tracking conformity was high enough to create trading opportunities aimed at the rebalancing flow.
Flow/Price directions were mostly synched with only a few exceptions. Of particular importance is that the price impact was substantial compared to the passive flow size. 
The yield of the tradable names suitable for a basket based on the projected passive impact size was 4.51%.


WISE Theme Indexes Rebalancing: Conformity of Passive Flow to Price Return

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<li>Among the local theme indexes in Korea, we have three noteworthy ones for July. They are the WISE theme indexes. They will all rebalance on July 15.</li>
<li>Due to some constituents' recent significant price movements, we can now expect some notable passive flows.</li>
<li>These names are worthy of our attention: SKIET, Solus Advanced, Kangwon Land, Hanatour, T'way Air, Yong Pyong Resort, HYBE, CJ ENM, and Studio Dragon.</li>
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Among the local theme indexes in Korea, we have three noteworthy ones for July. They are the WISE theme indexes. They will all rebalance on July 15.
Due to some constituents' recent significant price movements, we can now expect some notable passive flows.
These names are worthy of our attention: SKIET, Solus Advanced, Kangwon Land, Hanatour, T'way Air, Yong Pyong Resort, HYBE, CJ ENM, and Studio Dragon.


WISE Theme Indexes (TIGER ETFs): Rebalancing Flow Estimations

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<li>This ETF's AUM has decreased by 17% over the past three months to ₩200B. It has 18 constituents, and it is unlikely that there will be any addition/deletion.</li>
<li>The first thing to note is Hana Tour because the increase in the number of shares through an offering will be reflected its the market cap right before the rebalancing.</li>
<li>Among the top stocks by market cap, Asiana Airlines (020560 KS) (+0,.20x ADTV) and Kangwon Land (035250 KS) (-0.21x ADTV) will likely have a significant passive impact.</li>
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This ETF's AUM has decreased by 17% over the past three months to ₩200B. It has 18 constituents, and it is unlikely that there will be any addition/deletion.
The first thing to note is Hana Tour because the increase in the number of shares through an offering will be reflected its the market cap right before the rebalancing.
Among the top stocks by market cap, Asiana Airlines (020560 KS) (+0,.20x ADTV) and Kangwon Land (035250 KS) (-0.21x ADTV) will likely have a significant passive impact.


TIGER Theme ETF "Tour Leisure" Rebalancing Projections: Hanatour, Asiana, Kangwon Land, & T'way Air

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>There were 128k visitors to South Korea in April, up 32% MoM which was the biggest jump in MoM change in visitors to South Korea in the past year.</li>
<li>There were 215k outbound people from South Korea in April 2022, up 48% MoM and up 202% YoY.</li>
<li>Among the 21 major reopening plays in Korea, we prefer certain sectors including casino related plays (GKL, Paradise, and Kangwon Land) as well as F&amp;B related (Hitejinro and CJ Cheiljedang).</li>
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There were 128k visitors to South Korea in April, up 32% MoM which was the biggest jump in MoM change in visitors to South Korea in the past year.
There were 215k outbound people from South Korea in April 2022, up 48% MoM and up 202% YoY.
Among the 21 major reopening plays in Korea, we prefer certain sectors including casino related plays (GKL, Paradise, and Kangwon Land) as well as F&amp;B related (Hitejinro and CJ Cheiljedang).


Significant MoM Increase in Inbound & Outbound Visitors in Korea in April 2022

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<li>On 19 April, the US CDC stated that the national mask requirement on public transportation is no longer in effect in the United States.</li>
<li><strong>The CDC lifting the mask mandate is a key catalyst and other major countries are likely to follow the US in the coming months. </strong></li>
<li><em>Will the world likely to become more like Shanghai and enforce even greater lockdown policies or will they become more like the US and drop social distancing and mask mandates?  </em></li>
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On 19 April, the US CDC stated that the national mask requirement on public transportation is no longer in effect in the United States.
The CDC lifting the mask mandate is a key catalyst and other major countries are likely to follow the US in the coming months. 
Will the world likely to become more like Shanghai and enforce even greater lockdown policies or will they become more like the US and drop social distancing and mask mandates?  


CDC Ends Public Transportation Mask Mandate & Will the World Follow Shanghai or Vice Versa?

South Korea

Kangwon Land Inc. is a casino and hotel services provider located in the Kangwon province area of South Korea.  The Company develops abandoned mines and builds gaming and entertainment facilities.  Kangwon Land operates a number of game tables and slot machines for domestic and international customers under its gaming licenses.

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Kangwon Land (035250 KS)

WISE Theme Indexes Rebalancing: Conformity of Passive Flow to Price Return

This post provides the noteworthy points of the passive flow/price impact correlation from yesterday's rebalancing of WISE's three thematic indexes

Sanghyun Park

WISE Theme Indexes (TIGER ETFs): Rebalancing Flow Estimations

This post contains the estimations of the passive flows for the constituents of the three WISE theme indexes, which rebalance on July 14.

Sanghyun Park

TIGER Theme ETF "Tour Leisure" Rebalancing Projections: Hanatour, Asiana, Kangwon Land, & T'way Air

This post projects the upcoming rebalancing of the TIGER Theme ETF "Tour Leisure": Hanatour, Asiana, Kangwon Land, & T'way Air.

Sanghyun Park

Significant MoM Increase in Inbound & Outbound Visitors in Korea in April 2022

There were 128k visitors to South Korea in April, up 32% MoM. There were 215k outbound people from South Korea in April 2022, up 48% MoM.

Douglas Kim

CDC Ends Public Transportation Mask Mandate & Will the World Follow Shanghai or Vice Versa?

The CDC lifting the mask mandate is a key catalyst and other major countries are likely to follow the US in the coming months.

Douglas Kim

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