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

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<li>KRX 300 hit 1 trillion won AUM fast, but with local pensions more aggressive, the value-up's early AUM could top 1 trillion, hitting up to 3 trillion in six months.</li>
<li>Hanjin KAL, S1 Corp, Hyundai Elevator, Nice Info, and Huchems are set for strong price action. The financial sector also stands out, seeing the biggest impact compared to other sectors.</li>
<li>Small caps under 1 trillion won see little passive impact, but solid plays exist under 3 trillion, so splitting large and small caps won't limit target options much.</li>
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KRX 300 hit 1 trillion won AUM fast, but with local pensions more aggressive, the value-up's early AUM could top 1 trillion, hitting up to 3 trillion in six months.
Hanjin KAL, S1 Corp, Hyundai Elevator, Nice Info, and Huchems are set for strong price action. The financial sector also stands out, seeing the biggest impact compared to other sectors.
Small caps under 1 trillion won see little passive impact, but solid plays exist under 3 trillion, so splitting large and small caps won't limit target options much.


Crunching Passive Impact Numbers for KRX Value-Up Index Names, Based on KRX's Free-Float Rate Data

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance / Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>In this insight, we provide the top 10 stocks picks in the Korean stock market for the two weeks starting 3 February.</li>
<li>The top 10 stock picks include Orion Holdings, OCI Holdings, Hana Tour Service, Hyundai Motor, KT Corp, Samsung F&amp;M Insurance, Korean Air, Hankook T&amp;T, Young Poong, and NICE Info Service.</li>
<li><em><strong>Our top 10 Korean stock picks from 17 to 31 January are up on average 2.6%, outperforming KOSPI which is down 0.1% in the same period. </strong></em></li>
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In this insight, we provide the top 10 stocks picks in the Korean stock market for the two weeks starting 3 February.
The top 10 stock picks include Orion Holdings, OCI Holdings, Hana Tour Service, Hyundai Motor, KT Corp, Samsung F&amp;M Insurance, Korean Air, Hankook T&amp;T, Young Poong, and NICE Info Service.
Our top 10 Korean stock picks from 17 to 31 January are up on average 2.6%, outperforming KOSPI which is down 0.1% in the same period. 


Top 10 Korean Stock Picks Bi-Weekly (3 February 2025)

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>Eight months after shareholders approved the transfer from the KOSDAQ to the KOSPI market, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-bm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27873:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro BM (247540 KS)</a> has submitted the application for section transfer to the KRX.</li>
<li>Given historical precedent, the transfer could take place in February. <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-bm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27873:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro BM</a>'s deletion will mean an inclusion to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ150 Index</a> to maintain the number of index constituents at 150.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-bm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27873:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro BM (247540 KS)</a> will be deleted from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index</a> leading to passive selling and some short covering. Then will come the inclusion to the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200 Index</a>.</li>
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Eight months after shareholders approved the transfer from the KOSDAQ to the KOSPI market, Ecopro BM (247540 KS) has submitted the application for section transfer to the KRX.
Given historical precedent, the transfer could take place in February. Ecopro BM's deletion will mean an inclusion to the KOSDAQ150 Index to maintain the number of index constituents at 150.

Ecopro BM (247540 KS) will be deleted from the KOSDAQ 150 Index leading to passive selling and some short covering. Then will come the inclusion to the KOSPI 200 Index.


Ecopro BM (247540 KS): Index Implications as KOSPI Transfer Nears

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<li>The KRX announced the 100 constituents of the much-awaited Korea Value-Up Index on 24 September. There were hits and misses but broad consensus was that the index is a miss.</li>
<li>Following market feedback, the KRX could conduct a special rebalance of the index in December. But this could be after the launch of ETFs tracking the index.</li>
<li>With a big overlap and similar characteristics as the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200 Index</a>, there could be limited assets benchmarked to the Korea Value-Up Index in the short-term.</li>
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The KRX announced the 100 constituents of the much-awaited Korea Value-Up Index on 24 September. There were hits and misses but broad consensus was that the index is a miss.
Following market feedback, the KRX could conduct a special rebalance of the index in December. But this could be after the launch of ETFs tracking the index.
With a big overlap and similar characteristics as the KOSPI 200 Index, there could be limited assets benchmarked to the Korea Value-Up Index in the short-term.


Korea Value-Up Index: Estimated Passive Flows as ETF Launches Coming

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-bm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27873:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro BM (247540 KS)</a>'s Board has approved the delisting of the stock from the KOSDAQ market and to list on the KOSPI market. The shareholder meeting is on 26 March. </li>
<li>Historically, the KRX has taken an average of 64 days from application to approve the listing to transfer from the KOSDAQ market to the KOSPI market.</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ecopro-bm-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:27873:1" rel="noopener">Ecopro BM (247540 KS)</a> will be deleted from the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150 Index</a> on its last trading day and inclusion in the <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/korea-stock-exchange-kospi-200" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26021:1" rel="noopener">KOSPI 200 Index</a> could take place in September.</li>
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Ecopro BM (247540 KS)'s Board has approved the delisting of the stock from the KOSDAQ market and to list on the KOSPI market. The shareholder meeting is on 26 March. 
Historically, the KRX has taken an average of 64 days from application to approve the listing to transfer from the KOSDAQ market to the KOSPI market.

Ecopro BM (247540 KS) will be deleted from the KOSDAQ 150 Index on its last trading day and inclusion in the KOSPI 200 Index could take place in September.


Ecopro BM (247540 KS): Index Impact of KOSDAQ to KOSPI Transfer

South Korea

Nice Information Service Co., Ltd. provides professional expertise services, such as credit rating, debt collection, financial information, personal credit  information, and corporate credit analysis.  The Company also offers research,  consulting, and financial solution development services.

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Crunching Passive Impact Numbers for KRX Value-Up Index Names, Based on KRX's Free-Float Rate Data

This post crunches the passive impact numbers for the KRX Value-up Index constituents, based on KRX's free-float rate data.

Sanghyun Park

Top 10 Korean Stock Picks Bi-Weekly (3 February 2025)

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Douglas Kim

Ecopro BM (247540 KS): Index Implications as KOSPI Transfer Nears

EcoproBM's section transfer application is with the KRX; approval could come in Jan/Feb. LS Marine could be added to the KOSDAQ150 Index while...

Brian Freitas

Korea Value-Up Index: Estimated Passive Flows as ETF Launches Coming

The Korea Value-Up Index is very similar to the KOSPI200 Index. That could mean not a lot of passive assets tracking the index. Stocks with the...

Brian Freitas

Ecopro BM (247540 KS): Index Impact of KOSDAQ to KOSPI Transfer

Ecopro BM's Board has approved the KOSDAQ delisting and KOSPI listing. The shareholder meeting is on 26 March and KRX approval could come mid-May...

Brian Freitas

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