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

GS Engineering & Construction / Event-Driven

GS Engineering & Construction (006360 KS)

<ul>
<li>Eight stocks are highly likely to migrate with a substantial passive flow. Compared to the early phase of the screening period, <strong>GS Engineering &amp; Construction</strong> newly made the list.</li>
<li>Most names should show a quite substantial passive flow (x ADTV). In particular, <strong>KCC Corp</strong> and <strong>BGF Retail</strong> deserve our special attention for their expected passive impact.</li>
<li>The flow occurs on high potential migration stocks about 20 days before the effective date. So I would start building Long/Short Basket positions with the above eight names around mid-August.</li>
</ul>


Eight stocks are highly likely to migrate with a substantial passive flow. Compared to the early phase of the screening period, GS Engineering &amp; Construction newly made the list.
Most names should show a quite substantial passive flow (x ADTV). In particular, KCC Corp and BGF Retail deserve our special attention for their expected passive impact.
The flow occurs on high potential migration stocks about 20 days before the effective date. So I would start building Long/Short Basket positions with the above eight names around mid-August.


KOSPI Size Index Series Rebalancing in September: Eight Strong Targets

Index Rebalance

<ul>
<li>We generally detect an increase in the buying volume of local institutions for stocks moving from Large Cap to Mid Cap ahead of the KOSPI size index rebalancing.</li>
<li>At the last close, Mid→Large: <strong>Pan Ocean, Hyundai Mipo, BGF Retail, &amp; OCI</strong> / Large→Mid: <strong>Hanmi Science, KCC, DB Hitek, &amp; KEPCO E&amp;C</strong>
</li>
<li>The level of price impact/correlation in the last rebalancing was exceptionally high. This is reason enough for us to consider setting up a preemptive position for this rebalancing event.</li>
</ul>


We generally detect an increase in the buying volume of local institutions for stocks moving from Large Cap to Mid Cap ahead of the KOSPI size index rebalancing.
At the last close, Mid→Large: Pan Ocean, Hyundai Mipo, BGF Retail, &amp; OCI / Large→Mid: Hanmi Science, KCC, DB Hitek, &amp; KEPCO E&amp;C

The level of price impact/correlation in the last rebalancing was exceptionally high. This is reason enough for us to consider setting up a preemptive position for this rebalancing event.


KOSPI Size Index Series: September Rebalancing Preview

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

HDC Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction / Equity Bottom-Up

HDC Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction (294870 KS)

HDC Hyundai Development Co-Engineering & Construction

<ul>
<li>On 28 January, the government (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) announced that it has recommended the heaviest punishment of the cancellation of the construction license for HDC Hyundai Development.</li>
<li>Seoul city government said it will make a decision on the fate of HDC Hyundai Development within six months.</li>
<li>Rather than a complete, permanent cancellation of the company's business license, a more likely scenario is about 6 to 12 months of temporary business operation suspension, in our view. </li>
</ul>


On 28 January, the government (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport) announced that it has recommended the heaviest punishment of the cancellation of the construction license for HDC Hyundai Development.
Seoul city government said it will make a decision on the fate of HDC Hyundai Development within six months.
Rather than a complete, permanent cancellation of the company's business license, a more likely scenario is about 6 to 12 months of temporary business operation suspension, in our view. 


HDC Hyundai Development: Permanent Business License Cancellation or Temporary Business Suspension?

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Quantitative Analysis

<div><p>The Asia Short Interest weekly looks at moves in market wide short interest and highlights movements in stock specific short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan using the last available data published by the relevant authorities.</p></div><div><p>Hong Kong saw shorts rise on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sunny-optical-tech" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13363:1" rel="noopener">Sunny Optical (2382 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-merchants-bank-co-ltd-3388a037-4214-4997-b45d-520518cfdb57" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10987:1" rel="noopener">China Merchants Bank H (3968 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-kuaishou-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29725:1" rel="noopener">Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bilibili-inc-83a27302-cd7d-4e6a-a1de-bcf93eb022c3" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:32215:1" rel="noopener">Bilibili Inc (9626 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-mengniu-dairy-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:354:1" rel="noopener">China Mengniu Dairy Co (2319 HK)</a> while there was short covering on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ping-an-insurance-grp-co-of-china-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12880:1" rel="noopener">Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/citic-securities-h" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:463:1" rel="noopener">Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/wuxi-apptec" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:23679:1" rel="noopener">Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hsbc-holdings-plc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:516:1" rel="noopener">HSBC Holdings (5 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/haier-smart-home-co-ltd-b3ef445f-0f54-4586-8c58-9073de98d60e" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31105:1" rel="noopener">Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK)</a>. Shorts increased in the Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors, and decreased in the Financials sector.</p></div><div><p>In Japan, stocks that saw the most shorts were <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seven-i-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1041:1" rel="noopener">Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sharp-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:391:1" rel="noopener">Sharp Corp (6753 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cyberagent-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:8197:1" rel="noopener">CyberAgent Inc (4751 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/keihan-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6120:1" rel="noopener">Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. (9045 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/jfe-holdings-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:210:1" rel="noopener">JFE Holdings (5411 JP)</a> while shorts decreased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lasertec-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4126:1" rel="noopener">Lasertec Corp (6920 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/base-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28353:1" rel="noopener">BASE Inc (4477 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/toshiba-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:637:1" rel="noopener">Toshiba Corp (6502 JP)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daito-trust-construct-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10503:1" rel="noopener">Daito Trust Construct (1878 JP)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ai-inside-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:33241:1" rel="noopener">AI Inside (4488 JP)</a>. Shorts increased in the Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors, and decreased in the Information Technology sector.</p></div><div><p>In Korea, shorts increased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/samsung-electronics-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:191:1" rel="noopener">Samsung Electronics (005930 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/celltrion-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:991:1" rel="noopener">Celltrion Inc (068270 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-display-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7145:1" rel="noopener">LG Display (034220 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinpoong-pharmaceutical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7296:1" rel="noopener">Shinpoong Pharmaceutical (019170 KS)</a>. The largest percentage increase in shorts was seen on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kcc-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11109:1" rel="noopener">Kcc Corp (002380 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinpoong-pharmaceutical-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7296:1" rel="noopener">Shinpoong Pharmaceutical (019170 KS)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/daelim-industrial-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:18095:1" rel="noopener">DL Co Ltd (000210 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/dongkuk-steel-mill-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:7293:1" rel="noopener">Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS)</a>.</p></div><div><p>In Taiwan, shorts increased on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-steel-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:962:1" rel="noopener">China Steel (2002 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/novatek-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10904:1" rel="noopener">Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/taiwan-semiconductor-manufacturing-company" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11230:1" rel="noopener">TSMC (2330 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/au-optronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6704:1" rel="noopener">AU Optronics (2409 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/united-microelectronics-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:6450:1" rel="noopener">United Microelectronics Corp (2303 TT)</a> while shorts covered on <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/cathay-financial-holding-co" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:17677:1" rel="noopener">Cathay Financial Holding Co (2882 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/mega-financial-holding-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3463:1" rel="noopener">Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd (2886 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/china-airlines-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:4591:1" rel="noopener">China Airlines (2610 TT)</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pegatron-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:12852:1" rel="noopener">Pegatron Corp (4938 TT)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/silergy-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:13998:1" rel="noopener">Silergy Corp (6415 TT)</a>.</p></div>

The Asia Short Interest weekly looks at moves in market wide short interest and highlights movements in stock specific short interest across Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan using the last available data published by the relevant authorities.Hong Kong saw shorts rise on Sunny Optical (2382 HK), China Merchants Bank H (3968 HK), Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK), Bilibili Inc (9626 HK) and China Mengniu Dairy Co (2319 HK) while there was short covering on Ping An Insurance (H) (2318 HK), Citic Securities (H) (6030 HK), Wuxi Biologics (2269 HK), HSBC Holdings (5 HK) and Haier Smart Home Co Ltd (6690 HK). Shorts increased in the Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary, Information Technology, Consumer Staples and Materials sectors, and decreased in the Financials sector.In Japan, stocks that saw the most shorts were Seven &amp; I Holdings (3382 JP), Sharp Corp (6753 JP), CyberAgent Inc (4751 JP), Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd. (9045 JP) and JFE Holdings (5411 JP) while shorts decreased on Lasertec Corp (6920 JP), BASE Inc (4477 JP), Toshiba Corp (6502 JP), Daito Trust Construct (1878 JP) and AI Inside (4488 JP). Shorts increased in the Consumer Staples and Consumer Discretionary sectors, and decreased in the Information Technology sector.In Korea, shorts increased on Samsung Electronics (005930 KS), Celltrion Inc (068270 KS), LG Display (034220 KS) and Shinpoong Pharmaceutical (019170 KS). The largest percentage increase in shorts was seen on Kcc Corp (002380 KS), Shinpoong Pharmaceutical (019170 KS), DL Co Ltd (000210 KS) and Dongkuk Steel Mill (001230 KS).In Taiwan, shorts increased on China Steel (2002 TT), Novatek Microelectronics Corp (3034 TT), TSMC (2330 TT), AU Optronics (2409 TT) and United Microelectronics Corp (2303 TT) while shorts covered on Cathay Financial Holding Co (2882 TT), Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd (2886 TT), China Airlines (2610 TT), Pegatron Corp (4938 TT) and Silergy Corp (6415 TT).

Asia Shorts: Sunny Optic, CMB, Ping An, 7&I, Keihan, Celltrion, Shinpoong, KCC, China Steel, Novatek

The biggest gainers this morning are:

Hansol Chemical (014680 KS): +8.00%

DL Co Ltd (000210 KS): +7.78%

Kcc Corp (002380 KS): +7.58%

Hanwha Solutions (009830 KS): +7.56%













Gainers
Daily Δ
Losers
Daily Δ
x Open
Value
TV/DTV (x)
Value


Hansol Chemical Co Ltd
8.00%
Dong Suh Companies Inc
-5.67%
Dongwon Systems Corp
10.87%
KCC Corp
3.26


DL Holdings Co Ltd
7.78%
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp
-3.90%
Hansol Chemical Co Ltd
10.00%
Doosan Infracore Co Ltd
2.96


KCC Corp
7.58%
Dongwon Systems Corp
-3.37%
Dong Suh Companies Inc
8.22%
LOTTE Himart Co Ltd
2.94


SKC Co Ltd
7.56%
Oci Co Ltd
-2.65%
KCC Corp
7.82%
Hanwha Solutions Corp
2.57


Hanwha Solutions Corp
7.11%
Lotte Tour Development Co., Ltd.
-2.48%
SKC Co Ltd
7.52%
CJ Logistics Corp
1.68


LOTTE Himart Co Ltd
6.49%
Green Cross Holdings
-2.46%
LOTTE Himart Co Ltd
6.88%
Samsung Heavy Industries Co.,Ltd
1.63


Doosan Infracore Co Ltd
5.24%
Hanssem Co Ltd
-2.30%
Hanwha Solutions Corp
6.76%
LG HAUSYS, LTD.
1.44


Hyundai Steel Co
4.95%
Green Cross Corp
-2.05%
Hyundai Steel Co
6.49%
Dongwon Systems Corp
1.42


SK Holdings Co Ltd
4.30%
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd
-2.01%
HMM Co Ltd
6.20%
Doubleu Games Co Ltd
1.42


Samsung C&amp;T Corp
4.22%
Cuckoo Holdings Co Ltd
-2.00%
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Corp
5.71%
Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co Ltd
1.41


Lotte Shopping Co Ltd
4.13%
Cuckoo Homesys Co Ltd
-1.93%
DL Holdings Co Ltd
5.69%
DL Holdings Co Ltd
1.29


Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co Ltd
4.07%
Ilyang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
-1.90%
Kolon Industries Inc
5.59%
SKC Co Ltd
1.23


Posco International Corp
4.01%
Boryung Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd
-1.82%
Handsome Corp
5.51%
Hyundai Steel Co
1.13


Shinsegae Inc
3.89%
CJ Cheiljedang Corp
-1.75%
SK Holdings Co Ltd
5.33%
Kolon Industries Inc
1.08


Handsome Corp
3.76%
NCSoft Corp
-1.60%
Doosan Infracore Co Ltd
5.20%
Hansol Chemical Co Ltd
1.01


KB Financial Group Inc
3.73%
Naver Corp
-1.55%
Shinsegae Inc
5.19%
JW Pharmaceutical Corp
0.94


SK Innovation Co Ltd
2.93%
JW Pharmaceutical Corp
-1.50%
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd
5.02%
Ssangyong Cement Industry Co Ltd
0.92


LG International Corp
2.83%
DB HiTek Co Ltd
-1.45%
KB Financial Group Inc
4.92%
KEPCO Plant Service &amp; Engineering Co Ltd
0.91


Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.
2.71%
SK Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd
-1.41%
Posco International Corp
4.71%
Handsome Corp
0.89


LG HAUSYS, LTD.
2.57%
Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
-1.16%
Pan Ocean Co Ltd
4.69%
IS DONGSEO CO., LTD.
0.85

Source: KRX

















Top 20
52WH
52WH Date
MC (₩B)
Daily Δ
x Open
TV/DTV
x 52WL
U Wick
Body
L Wick


Kolon Industries Inc
1.04
3/23/21
1,678.1
1.97%
5.59%
1.08
2.59
-52.94%
41.18%
5.88%


KT Corp
1.02
2/17/21
7,285.0
0.72%
1.62%
0.55
1.45
-11.11%
44.44%
44.44%


Amorepacific Corp
1.02
1/25/21
15,082.3
0.78%
3.15%
0.68
1.73
-37.50%
50.00%
12.50%


Handsome Corp
1.01
3/17/21
1,018.5
3.76%
5.51%
0.89
2.30
-34.09%
65.91%
0.00%


Doosan Bobcat Inc
0.99
3/17/21
3,669.1
1.95%
2.64%
0.43
2.23
-5.26%
63.16%
31.58%


KB Financial Group Inc
0.99
3/11/21
21,996.2
3.73%
4.92%
0.55
1.73
-4.00%
84.00%
12.00%


Cosmax Inc
0.98
10/12/20
1,261.2
2.45%
4.51%
0.46
1.84
-18.18%
63.64%
18.18%


HMM Co Ltd
0.98
3/23/21
9,625.2
-0.17%
6.20%
0.72
11.59
-8.11%
-40.54%
51.35%


KCC Corp
0.97
1/26/21
1,955.0
7.58%
7.82%
3.26
1.86
0.00%
96.88%
3.13%


Seah Besteel Corporation
0.97
3/23/21
615.0
1.48%
3.26%
0.26
2.56
-18.18%
54.55%
27.27%


Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co Ltd
0.97
2/9/21
1,148.8
4.07%
4.03%
1.41
1.54
0.00%
80.00%
20.00%


Kangwon Land, Inc.
0.97
3/18/21
5,658.7
0.57%
1.53%
0.24
1.49
-12.50%
87.50%
0.00%


Shinsegae International Inc
0.96
4/28/20
1,513.7
1.44%
2.90%
0.41
1.58
-16.67%
83.33%
0.00%


Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd
0.96
3/23/21
1,078.4
2.26%
5.02%
0.30
3.29
-27.27%
63.64%
9.09%


Hotel Shilla Co Ltd
0.96
1/18/21
3,430.3
1.39%
2.21%
0.40
1.33
-10.53%
78.95%
10.53%


MERITZ SECURITIES CO LTD
0.96
3/23/21
2,947.2
0.00%
2.30%
0.49
1.78
-5.00%
20.00%
75.00%


BNK Financial Group Inc
0.96
3/19/21
2,180.5
2.14%
3.37%
0.33
1.66
-9.09%
72.73%
18.18%


Hana Financial Group Inc
0.96
3/19/21
12,294.9
0.00%
3.35%
0.56
1.95
-25.93%
44.44%
29.63%


Hansol Chemical Co Ltd
0.95
2/22/21
2,754.5
8.00%
10.00%
1.01
3.38
-11.11%
80.00%
8.89%


Doosan Infracore Co Ltd
0.95
9/28/20
2,176.5
5.24%
5.20%
2.96
3.50
-10.00%
86.00%
4.00%

Source: KRX



Hanwha S, DL, KCC, & Hansol C Are KOSPI 200 Movers Today: What Happens?

South Korea

KCC Corp, manufactures paint & related product, building materials such as cement corrugated sheet, glass wool mat, and board & pipe cover, PVC window profile, paints, and ceramic fiber for high temperature applications. The Company also produces various glasses such as glass fiber, float glass, patterned glass, safety tempered glass, and long glass fibers.

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Kcc Corp (002380 KS)

KOSPI Size Index Series Rebalancing in September: Eight Strong Targets

This post filters eight strong targets for long/short basket trading ahead of the September KOSPI Size Index Series rebalancing.

Sanghyun Park

KOSPI Size Index Series: September Rebalancing Preview

This post previews the upcoming rebalancing event of the KOSPI Size Index Series. Mid→Large: Pan Ocean, Hyundai Mipo, BGF Retail, & OCI /...

Sanghyun Park

HDC Hyundai Development: Permanent Business License Cancellation or Temporary Business Suspension?

On 28 January, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that it has recommended the heaviest punishment of the cancellation of...

Douglas Kim

Asia Shorts: Sunny Optic, CMB, Ping An, 7&I, Keihan, Celltrion, Shinpoong, KCC, China Steel, Novatek

The Insight looks at large short interest movements across HK, Japan, Korea and Taiwan stocks and highlights large increases/decreases in shorts to...

Brian Freitas

Hanwha S, DL, KCC, & Hansol C Are KOSPI 200 Movers Today: What Happens?

This post looks into what may have happened to KOSPI 200 movers today: Hanwha Solutions, DL Corp, KCC, and Hansol Chemical.

Sanghyun Park

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