Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>Chairman Yoon Dong-han, founder of the Kolmar Group, has filed a lawsuit against his eldest son, Vice Chairman Yoon Sang-hyun of Kolmar Holdings, demanding the return of Kolmar Holdings shares.</li>
<li>This is a rare case of a chairman demanding his shares back from his son.</li>
<li>A key question is can there be an M&amp;A fight for Kolmar Holdings even without the father getting his shares back? And the answer would be yes.</li>
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Chairman Yoon Dong-han, founder of the Kolmar Group, has filed a lawsuit against his eldest son, Vice Chairman Yoon Sang-hyun of Kolmar Holdings, demanding the return of Kolmar Holdings shares.
This is a rare case of a chairman demanding his shares back from his son.
A key question is can there be an M&amp;A fight for Kolmar Holdings even without the father getting his shares back? And the answer would be yes.


Kolmar Group Chairman Yoon: A Rare Case Of "I Want My Shares Back"

Equity Bottom-Up

Kolmar Korea Holdings   / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>There is a brewing sibling conflict at the Kolmar Group. Kolmar Holdings and Kolmar BNH have clashed regarding the reorganization of Kolmar BNH’s board of directors.</li>
<li>Yoon Sang-Hyun (brother) wants to shake things up. Yoon Sang-Hyun wants to appoint new members at Kolmar BNH's BOD but his sister Yoon Yeo-Won is opposing this. </li>
<li>We see a higher upside for Kolmar Holdings. Our base case valuation of Kolmar Holdings is NAV per share of 14,675 won (57.5% upside from current levels).</li>
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There is a brewing sibling conflict at the Kolmar Group. Kolmar Holdings and Kolmar BNH have clashed regarding the reorganization of Kolmar BNH’s board of directors.
Yoon Sang-Hyun (brother) wants to shake things up. Yoon Sang-Hyun wants to appoint new members at Kolmar BNH's BOD but his sister Yoon Yeo-Won is opposing this. 
We see a higher upside for Kolmar Holdings. Our base case valuation of Kolmar Holdings is NAV per share of 14,675 won (57.5% upside from current levels).


Sibling Conflict Between Yoon Sang-Hyun (Brother) And Yoon Yeo-Won (Sister) At Kolmar Group

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<li>In this insight, we discuss Dalton Investments which recently started to go activist on Kolmar Korea Holdings (024720 KS) and NAV valuation of this company.</li>
<li>Our base case valuation of Kolmar Holdings is NAV of 475 billion won or NAV per share of 13,836 won, representing a 46% upside from current levels.</li>
<li>Dalton Investments is likely to pressure Kolmar Holdings to increase share buyback and cancellations.</li>
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In this insight, we discuss Dalton Investments which recently started to go activist on Kolmar Korea Holdings (024720 KS) and NAV valuation of this company.
Our base case valuation of Kolmar Holdings is NAV of 475 billion won or NAV per share of 13,836 won, representing a 46% upside from current levels.
Dalton Investments is likely to pressure Kolmar Holdings to increase share buyback and cancellations.


Dalton Investments Going Activist on Kolmar Holdings and NAV Valuation

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.

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<li>The index focuses on qualitative factors like capital efficiency and shareholder returns, but efforts to impose sector balance may have overextended its market benchmark role.</li>
<li>Some companies not fitting the 'value-up' narrative got included, while market favorites were sidelined by sector rankings, which is puzzling given the index's original goal.</li>
<li>Still, with rebalancing cut down to once a year, we should expect the flow impact on the index names to hit harder than initially thought compared to their sector peers.</li>
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The index focuses on qualitative factors like capital efficiency and shareholder returns, but efforts to impose sector balance may have overextended its market benchmark role.
Some companies not fitting the 'value-up' narrative got included, while market favorites were sidelined by sector rankings, which is puzzling given the index's original goal.
Still, with rebalancing cut down to once a year, we should expect the flow impact on the index names to hit harder than initially thought compared to their sector peers.


All the Scoop on the Korea Value-Up Index

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

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Oct 17th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.9bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Oct 17th. The aggregated short interest was USD11.9bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 17th): KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM

South Korea

Kolmar Korea Holdings Co.,Ltd operates as a holding company. The Company through its subsidiaries, provide cosmetics manufacturing, health food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals development, and other services. Kolmar Korea Holdings offers services in Korea.

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Kolmar Korea Holdings (024720 KS)

Kolmar Group Chairman Yoon: A Rare Case Of "I Want My Shares Back"

Daejeon District Court approved today the convocation of Kolmar BNH’s EGM requested by Kolmar Holdings which can now directly participate in...

Douglas Kim

Sibling Conflict Between Yoon Sang-Hyun (Brother) And Yoon Yeo-Won (Sister) At Kolmar Group

Yoon Sang-Hyun (brother, Vice Chairman of Kolmar Holdings) wants to shake things up. Yoon Sang-Hyun wants to appoint new members at Kolmar BNH's...

Douglas Kim

Dalton Investments Going Activist on Kolmar Holdings and NAV Valuation

In this insight, we discuss Dalton Investments which recently started to go activist on Kolmar Korea Holdings (024720 KS) and NAV valuation of this...

Douglas Kim

All the Scoop on the Korea Value-Up Index

This post breaks down everything we need to know about the Korea Value-up Index that KRX just unveiled today, especially focusing on those...

Sanghyun Park

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Oct 17th): KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix, ECOPROBM

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in KorZinc, Samsung Electronics, ECOPRO, SK Hynix,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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