Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we discuss two major issues impacting the Korean hotels, travel, duty free shops, cosmetics, leisure, &amp; casino related companies.</li>
<li>First is that the South Korean government announced that it will drop quarantine requirement for international arrivals from 21 March.</li>
<li>Second is the potential ramifications of Yoon Suk-Yeol (newly elected South Korean President) who has a relatively hard line stance on North Korea. </li>
</ul>


In this insight, we discuss two major issues impacting the Korean hotels, travel, duty free shops, cosmetics, leisure, &amp; casino related companies.
First is that the South Korean government announced that it will drop quarantine requirement for international arrivals from 21 March.
Second is the potential ramifications of Yoon Suk-Yeol (newly elected South Korean President) who has a relatively hard line stance on North Korea. 


Korea Drops Quarantine Requirements Vs. Yoon Suk-Yeol's Hard Line Stance on North Korea

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 TIGER Tour Leisure ETF shows the fastest AUM growth among the local themed ETFs in Korea. It seems clear that this is due to the reopening expectations.</li>
<li>The absolute size of AUM seems small. But the number of components is only 19, and most of them are small caps. So the actual passive impact is not small.</li>
<li>Another noteworthy aspect is that the rebalancing is pretty straightforward. It primarily relies on the float-adjusted market caps. So, the rebalancing estimation visibility is relatively high.</li>
</ul>


The TIGER Tour Leisure ETF shows the fastest AUM growth among the local themed ETFs in Korea. It seems clear that this is due to the reopening expectations.
The absolute size of AUM seems small. But the number of components is only 19, and most of them are small caps. So the actual passive impact is not small.
Another noteworthy aspect is that the rebalancing is pretty straightforward. It primarily relies on the float-adjusted market caps. So, the rebalancing estimation visibility is relatively high.


TIGER WISE Tour Leisure ETF Rebalancing Preview

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>In this insight, we discuss 19 value oriented stocks in KOSPI200 that have been big outperformers YTD but whose share prices have risen less than 100% from 3/20/2020 to 1/25/2022.</li>
<li>Among the 19 stocks in this list, 32% are financials (6 companies) and 16% are F&amp;B (3 companies).</li>
<li>These 19 value-oriented stocks could continue to outperform the market in the next few weeks due to rising inflation, geopolitical uncertainties, and uncertainties regarding how the COVID-19 narrative will end.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we discuss 19 value oriented stocks in KOSPI200 that have been big outperformers YTD but whose share prices have risen less than 100% from 3/20/2020 to 1/25/2022.
Among the 19 stocks in this list, 32% are financials (6 companies) and 16% are F&amp;B (3 companies).
These 19 value-oriented stocks could continue to outperform the market in the next few weeks due to rising inflation, geopolitical uncertainties, and uncertainties regarding how the COVID-19 narrative will end.


Outperforming Value Stocks With Contrarian Qualities in KOSPI200

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One, Periscope Analytics

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Index Rebalance

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<li>The review period for the March rebalance ends on 31 January, the announcement of the changes will be end February/beginning March, implementation will be at the close on 10 March.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-energy-solution" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33464:1" rel="noopener">LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS)</a> will be included in the Battery index, and there will be other changes to the Bio, Internet, Game and BBIG indices.</li>
<li>The largest selling is expected to be on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/douzone-bizon-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20161:1" rel="noopener">Douzone Bizon (012510 KS)</a> due to a potential downweight in the Internet index and a deletion from the BBIG index.</li>
</ul>


The review period for the March rebalance ends on 31 January, the announcement of the changes will be end February/beginning March, implementation will be at the close on 10 March.

LG Energy Solution (LGENERGY KS) will be included in the Battery index, and there will be other changes to the Bio, Internet, Game and BBIG indices.
The largest selling is expected to be on Douzone Bizon (012510 KS) due to a potential downweight in the Internet index and a deletion from the BBIG index.


KRX BBIG Index Rebalance Preview (March): LG Energy Should Be Added; Plus Other Changes

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist, Casino Business Review LLC

Howard J Klein

Global Gaming and Casinos Industry Specialist

<ul>
<li>Foreigners only policies have limited growth of the sector, yet pre=pandemic, revenue trends for key properties were positive.</li>
<li>China relations remain tricky but North China VIP business could surprise longer term.</li>
<li>Japan's IR development slowdown could benefit S. Korean properties as tourism flow from that nation resumes post pandemic.</li>
</ul>


Foreigners only policies have limited growth of the sector, yet pre=pandemic, revenue trends for key properties were positive.
China relations remain tricky but North China VIP business could surprise longer term.
Japan's IR development slowdown could benefit S. Korean properties as tourism flow from that nation resumes post pandemic.


South Korea Casinos: Despite Persistent Negatives, a Post Pandemic Future Could Be Bullish

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)

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Douglas Kim

TIGER WISE Tour Leisure ETF Rebalancing Preview

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Sanghyun Park

Outperforming Value Stocks With Contrarian Qualities in KOSPI200

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Douglas Kim

KRX BBIG Index Rebalance Preview (March): LG Energy Should Be Added; Plus Other Changes

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Brian Freitas

South Korea Casinos: Despite Persistent Negatives, a Post Pandemic Future Could Be Bullish

South Korea casinos have been under the Asian gaming radar due to macro factors. They showed relaative residence during pandemic. Post-pandemic...

Howard J Klein

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