Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>S&amp;P500 is up 27.7% YTD, outperforming KOSPI which is down 6.9% YTD. Global fund flow continues to pour into top quality US stocks such as Palantir, Tesla, and NVIDIA.</li>
<li>The top 20 best performing stocks in KOSPI 200 are up on average 106.8% YTD. However, the remaining 180 stocks in KOSPI 200 are down on average 9.2% YTD. </li>
<li>There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are increasingly expanding their AI/data analytics related business.</li>
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S&amp;P500 is up 27.7% YTD, outperforming KOSPI which is down 6.9% YTD. Global fund flow continues to pour into top quality US stocks such as Palantir, Tesla, and NVIDIA.
The top 20 best performing stocks in KOSPI 200 are up on average 106.8% YTD. However, the remaining 180 stocks in KOSPI 200 are down on average 9.2% YTD. 
There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are increasingly expanding their AI/data analytics related business.


A Comparison of KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Companies Performances in 2024

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.

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>The FSS's correction deadline still starts from October 17, giving Kum Yang until January 16 next year to get everything in order.</li>
<li>We should still be all over this, as the major shareholder likely won’t participate, flooding the market with stock rights and unsubscribed shares, creating a prime 25% discount opportunity.</li>
<li>Kum Yang needs even this 200-300 billion KRW, so cancellation seems unlikely. With the FSS deadline on January 16, they’ll likely submit the revised report mid to late next month.</li>
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The FSS's correction deadline still starts from October 17, giving Kum Yang until January 16 next year to get everything in order.
We should still be all over this, as the major shareholder likely won’t participate, flooding the market with stock rights and unsubscribed shares, creating a prime 25% discount opportunity.
Kum Yang needs even this 200-300 billion KRW, so cancellation seems unlikely. With the FSS deadline on January 16, they’ll likely submit the revised report mid to late next month.


Main Fact Checks on the Mix-Up Around Kum Yang’s Rights Offering Rollout

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

Brian Freitas

Pan-Asia Index Rebalances/ Events/ Delta One

Periscope Analytics

Periscope Analytics focuses on event-driven trades across Asia Pacific and provides comprehensive, timely and systematic coverage of index changes to major Asia Pacific indices in a structured manner.

The analysis includes forecasted inclusions and exclusions to all major Asian indices that have significant amount of tracking assets, including estimates of passive buy/sell flow on the stocks. The service also provides commentary and impact of market consultations, ground rule changes, and other events (IPOs, spin-offs, M&A) that could lead to index changes and passive flow.

Periscope Analytics works with multi-strategy hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, stat arb trading groups and long-only investors that invest and trade in the Asia Pacific region with the data being used to trade index rebalances, avoid pre-positioning and passive flow, and to time entry into and exit from stocks.

Event-Driven Trades Across Asia Pacific

Event-Driven

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<li>The review period for the March rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices commences on 1 December and will end on 28 February.</li>
<li>We see 5 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 1 new addition to LargeCap, 8 stocks moving from SmallCap to MidCap and 1 new addition to MidCap.</li>
<li>The migrations from MidCap to LargeCap have outperformed the other migration categories. Four potential LargeCap to MidCap migrations will be deleted from a global index later this month.</li>
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The review period for the March rebalance of the KOSPI Size Indices commences on 1 December and will end on 28 February.
We see 5 migrations from MidCap to LargeCap, 1 new addition to LargeCap, 8 stocks moving from SmallCap to MidCap and 1 new addition to MidCap.
The migrations from MidCap to LargeCap have outperformed the other migration categories. Four potential LargeCap to MidCap migrations will be deleted from a global index later this month.


KOSPI Size Indices: Global Index Selling Leads to Potential Downward Migration

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<li>This rights offering isn’t huge, but the 10M-share overhang post-offering could create solid arb opportunities as existing shareholders may hesitate to participate.</li>
<li>Ryu’s participation is uncertain after gifting shares and converting debt. His 35.6% stake may create unsubscribed shares if rights lapse.</li>
<li>With a 25% discount, this setup offers arb potential during rights trading or public subscription. Kum Yang’s liquidity needs likely invite arb players, but outright positions seem too volatile.</li>
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This rights offering isn’t huge, but the 10M-share overhang post-offering could create solid arb opportunities as existing shareholders may hesitate to participate.
Ryu’s participation is uncertain after gifting shares and converting debt. His 35.6% stake may create unsubscribed shares if rights lapse.
With a 25% discount, this setup offers arb potential during rights trading or public subscription. Kum Yang’s liquidity needs likely invite arb players, but outright positions seem too volatile.


Kum Yang's Wild Rights Offering Breakdown: A Potential Straight-Up Play for Arb Traders

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<li>The main confusion is about the FSS's authority. According to the Capital Markets Act, they can’t approve capital raises but can request corrections for investor protection.</li>
<li>The FSS can issue unlimited correction requests, potentially stalling a capital raise indefinitely, which effectively pulls the plug on the entire deal.</li>
<li>Kum Yang's one is valid today; if no new correction requests arise, the capital increase proceeds. Korea Zinc faces a likely request on the 14th, causing a 2-week delay.</li>
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The main confusion is about the FSS's authority. According to the Capital Markets Act, they can’t approve capital raises but can request corrections for investor protection.
The FSS can issue unlimited correction requests, potentially stalling a capital raise indefinitely, which effectively pulls the plug on the entire deal.
Kum Yang's one is valid today; if no new correction requests arise, the capital increase proceeds. Korea Zinc faces a likely request on the 14th, causing a 2-week delay.


Clearing up the FSS's Authority on Capital Increases in Korea: Korea Zinc & Kum Yang

South Korea

Kum Yang Co., Ltd. specializes in manufacturing blowing agents to foam rubber products and polymers.  The Company also produces other basic fine chemicals, such as sulphur products.

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Kum Yang (001570 KS)

A Comparison of KOSPI 200 and S&P 500 Companies Performances in 2024

There is no large Palantir-like company that deals with AI/data analytics in Korea. However, large cap IT services and telcos in Korea are...

Douglas Kim

Main Fact Checks on the Mix-Up Around Kum Yang’s Rights Offering Rollout

This post dives into the key facts and clears up the confusion surrounding Kum Yang’s rights issue developments, breaking down what’s been causing...

Sanghyun Park

KOSPI Size Indices: Global Index Selling Leads to Potential Downward Migration

There could be 29 migrations for the KOSPI Size indices in March, plus 1 LargeCap and 1 MidCap inclusion. The MidCap to LargeCap migrations have...

Brian Freitas

Kum Yang's Wild Rights Offering Breakdown: A Potential Straight-Up Play for Arb Traders

This post dives into Kum Yang’s chaotic rights offering, which could turn into a prime opportunity for arb traders to seize.

Sanghyun Park

Clearing up the FSS's Authority on Capital Increases in Korea: Korea Zinc & Kum Yang

This post dives into the key points of confusion around the FSS's correction request process for capital increases in Korea.

Sanghyun Park

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