Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing, Clepsydra Capital

Sanghyun Park

Korea / Special Sits, Pairs, Index Rebalancing

Clepsydra Capital

Investigate special situations, pairs, and index rebalancing trades in Korea.

Event-Driven

Korea Stock Exchange Kospi Index / Event-Driven

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<li>KRX's lack of a standardized English translation platform may lead to non-standardized terminology and varying translation quality. KRX stresses cross-checking Korean and English disclosures due to potential errors. </li>
<li>The 3-day lag between Korean and English disclosures poses timeliness challenges, requiring consistent cross-checking. Overall, the process for foreign investors using Korean market disclosure sites remains largely unchanged.</li>
<li>The common procedure should still be to first check disclosures using English titles, then convert to Korean for reading. If English disclosures exist, utilize them for cross-checking.</li>
</ul>


KRX's lack of a standardized English translation platform may lead to non-standardized terminology and varying translation quality. KRX stresses cross-checking Korean and English disclosures due to potential errors. 
The 3-day lag between Korean and English disclosures poses timeliness challenges, requiring consistent cross-checking. Overall, the process for foreign investors using Korean market disclosure sites remains largely unchanged.
The common procedure should still be to first check disclosures using English titles, then convert to Korean for reading. If English disclosures exist, utilize them for cross-checking.


KRX's Mandatory English Disclosure Debut: A Detailed Guide on Utilizing This Without Confusion

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>We discuss the importance of Hyundai Motor generating nearly 11.5 trillion won in operating profit in 2023, which is likely to be the highest among all Korean companies. </li>
<li>Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp combined are expected to generate operating profit of 20.7 trillion won in 2023, representing 57% of total operating profit of the top 10 Korean companies.</li>
<li>In 2023, Hyundai Motor plans a full-scale world-wide roll-out of its EV Ioniq 6. Furthermore, it set a dividend payout ratio at 25% or higher.</li>
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We discuss the importance of Hyundai Motor generating nearly 11.5 trillion won in operating profit in 2023, which is likely to be the highest among all Korean companies. 
Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp combined are expected to generate operating profit of 20.7 trillion won in 2023, representing 57% of total operating profit of the top 10 Korean companies.
In 2023, Hyundai Motor plans a full-scale world-wide roll-out of its EV Ioniq 6. Furthermore, it set a dividend payout ratio at 25% or higher.


Hyundai Motor: Highest Operating Profit Among All Korean Companies in 2023

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 foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Mar 8th which has an aggregated holding worth USD533.0bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD185mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Kb Financial Gro, Naver.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Mar 8th which has an aggregated holding worth USD533.0bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD185mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Kb Financial Gro, Naver.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 8th): Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Kb Financial Gro, Naver

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<li>On 21 February, it was announced that the long awaited amendment to the Export-Import Bank Act was passed by the Korean National Assembly. </li>
<li>As a result of this passage, the capital limit of the Export-Import Bank of Korea will be raised from the current 10 trillion won to 25 trillion won. </li>
<li>The revision of this law is expected to benefit major defense companies in Korea including Hyundai Rotem, Hanwha Aerospace, LIG Nex1, and Korea Aerospace Industries.</li>
</ul>


On 21 February, it was announced that the long awaited amendment to the Export-Import Bank Act was passed by the Korean National Assembly. 
As a result of this passage, the capital limit of the Export-Import Bank of Korea will be raised from the current 10 trillion won to 25 trillion won. 
The revision of this law is expected to benefit major defense companies in Korea including Hyundai Rotem, Hanwha Aerospace, LIG Nex1, and Korea Aerospace Industries.


Hyundai Rotem: Passage of Export-Import Bank Act To Support Korean Defense Companies

<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Feb 9th which has an aggregated holding worth USD509.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,322mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign instistutions.</li>
<li>We highlight foreign changes in Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, Kia, Sk Square, Samsung C&amp;T.</li>
</ul>


We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX Stocks as of Feb 9th which has an aggregated holding worth USD509.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD2,322mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign instistutions.
We highlight foreign changes in Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, Kia, Sk Square, Samsung C&amp;T.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Feb 9th): Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, Kia, Sk Square

South Korea

LIG Nex1 Co., Ltd. manufactures military and defense weapon systems.  The Company develops missiles, radio equipment, torpedoes, radar equipment, and other defense products.  LIG Nex1 produces weapons for the global defense industry and operates throughout South Korea.

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LIG Nex1 Co (079550 KS)

KRX's Mandatory English Disclosure Debut: A Detailed Guide on Utilizing This Without Confusion

This post is a comprehensive guide on utilizing KRX's inaugural mandatory English disclosures without confusion, which began today.

Sanghyun Park

Hyundai Motor: Highest Operating Profit Among All Korean Companies in 2023

In this insight, we discuss the importance of Hyundai Motor generating nearly 11.5 trillion won in operating profit in 2023, which is likely to be...

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Mar 8th): Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Kb Financial Gro, Naver

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Sk Hynix, Hyundai Motor, Kb Financial Gro, Naver.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Hyundai Rotem: Passage of Export-Import Bank Act To Support Korean Defense Companies

It was announced today that the long awaited amendment to the Export-Import Bank Act was passed by the Korean National Assembly. This is likely to...

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Feb 9th): Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, Kia, Sk Square

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in Hyundai Motor, Samsung Electronics, Kia, Sk...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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