Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Event-Driven

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<li>On 18 January, the KRX announced rebalance to KOSPI 200 index. The new addition to KOSPI 200 is JB Financial Group and the deletion is Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance.</li>
<li>We expect JB Financial to continue to outperform the market in the first half of this year.</li>
<li>However, we do not expect the sharp appreciation of JB Financial versus the other leading Korean banking stocks post JB Financial's inclusion in KOSPI 200 on 30 January. </li>
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On 18 January, the KRX announced rebalance to KOSPI 200 index. The new addition to KOSPI 200 is JB Financial Group and the deletion is Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance.
We expect JB Financial to continue to outperform the market in the first half of this year.
However, we do not expect the sharp appreciation of JB Financial versus the other leading Korean banking stocks post JB Financial's inclusion in KOSPI 200 on 30 January. 


KOSPI 200 Rebalance: JB Financial In & Meritz F&M Insurance Out

Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance / Event-Driven

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<li>After the market close today, Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance announced that it will cancel 6.57 million treasury shares, representing 5.9% of its outstanding shares. </li>
<li>This treasury shares cancellation by Meritz F&amp;M Insurance should have a continued positive impact on its share price. </li>
<li>Share cancellation by Meritz F&amp;M Insurance and the need to adjust to higher merger ratio are likely to lead to Meritz F&amp;M Insurance outperforming MFG in the next few days.</li>
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After the market close today, Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance announced that it will cancel 6.57 million treasury shares, representing 5.9% of its outstanding shares. 
This treasury shares cancellation by Meritz F&amp;M Insurance should have a continued positive impact on its share price. 
Share cancellation by Meritz F&amp;M Insurance and the need to adjust to higher merger ratio are likely to lead to Meritz F&amp;M Insurance outperforming MFG in the next few days.


Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance: Treasury Shares Cancellation of 5.9% of Outstanding Shares

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.

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<li>KOSPI 200 ETFs will have to sell Meritz FIRE and buy Meritz FINANCIAL at the close on January 27. JB Financial, the top reserved issue, will replace FIRE.</li>
<li>We should consider a Long Short for two Meritz companies just before the 27th. As a follow-up setup, we should aim for a potential widening of the swap arb spread.</li>
<li>As for the Long JB Financial, I would set the entry timing one week towards the implementation at the latest and look into Kodex Banks ETF (091170) for a hedge.</li>
</ul>


KOSPI 200 ETFs will have to sell Meritz FIRE and buy Meritz FINANCIAL at the close on January 27. JB Financial, the top reserved issue, will replace FIRE.
We should consider a Long Short for two Meritz companies just before the 27th. As a follow-up setup, we should aim for a potential widening of the swap arb spread.
As for the Long JB Financial, I would set the entry timing one week towards the implementation at the latest and look into Kodex Banks ETF (091170) for a hedge.


K200 ETFs' Swap Trading on Meritz & Fresh Buy-In JB Financial on Jan 27

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

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<li>End December was the end of the review cutoff for a lot of indices that will rebalance within the next couple of months.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pexa-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34716:1" rel="noopener">PEXA Group (PXA AU)</a> replaces <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/pendal-group-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15795:1" rel="noopener">Pendal Group (PDL AU)</a> in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/s-p-asx-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:22901:1" rel="noopener">S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX)</a> at the close on 12 January.</li>
<li>There were big outflows from Hong Kong and China focused ETFs led by <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/hang-seng-china-enterprises-index-etf" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25:1" rel="noopener">Hang Seng H Share Index ETF (2828 HK)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/tracker-fund-of-hong-kong-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:29257:1" rel="noopener">Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK)</a>.</li>
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End December was the end of the review cutoff for a lot of indices that will rebalance within the next couple of months.

PEXA Group (PXA AU) replaces Pendal Group (PDL AU) in the S&amp;P/ASX 200 (AS51 INDEX) at the close on 12 January.
There were big outflows from Hong Kong and China focused ETFs led by Hang Seng H Share Index ETF (2828 HK) and Tracker Fund of Hong Kong Ltd (2800 HK).


Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCEI, HSTECH, HSI, HSCI, KS200, KQ150, CSI300, SENSEX, LQ45, PSEi

<ul>
<li>A third of the way through the review period, we see three potential changes. There are a few stocks that are close to inclusion and could lead to more changes.</li>
<li>There should be a couple of index changes prior to the June review due to the merger of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meritz-financial-group-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:11776:1" rel="noopener">Meritz Financial Group</a>, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meritz-securities-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19692:1" rel="noopener">Meritz Securities</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/meritz-fire-marine-insurance-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20468:1" rel="noopener">Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance</a>.</li>
<li>Passive trackers need to trade between KRW 5-23bn on the stocks and short interest is quite low on the potential inclusions and exclusions.</li>
</ul>


A third of the way through the review period, we see three potential changes. There are a few stocks that are close to inclusion and could lead to more changes.
There should be a couple of index changes prior to the June review due to the merger of Meritz Financial Group, Meritz Securities and Meritz Fire &amp; Marine Insurance.
Passive trackers need to trade between KRW 5-23bn on the stocks and short interest is quite low on the potential inclusions and exclusions.


KOSPI200 Index Rebalance Preview (June): Changes from Now to June

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Meritz Financial Group Inc is a holding company of Meritz Securities, Meritz Asset Management, Meritz Financial Information Service and et cetera. The Company manages and controls its financial subsidiaries.

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KOSPI 200 Rebalance: JB Financial In & Meritz F&M Insurance Out

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Douglas Kim

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This post details the KOSPI 200 corporate actions on the Meritz merger on January 27 and discusses trading setups to consider for two Meritz...

Sanghyun Park

Index Rebalance & ETF Flow Recap: HSCEI, HSTECH, HSI, HSCI, KS200, KQ150, CSI300, SENSEX, LQ45, PSEi

This recap highlights Insights covering Asian index rebalances (announcements/ forecasts/ IPO Fast Entry/ M&A driven changes). We also highlight...

Brian Freitas

KOSPI200 Index Rebalance Preview (June): Changes from Now to June

There could be two changes in Jan & April and then another 3 changes in June. Impact on the stocks is not excessive and short interest is minimal....

Brian Freitas

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