Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>POSCO Holdings (005490 KS) announced a major shareholder return policy to buyback and cancel nearly 2 trillion won worth of treasury shares from 2024 to 2026. </li>
<li>The company will cancel 5.25 million treasury shares representing 6.2% of outstanding shares (about 1.9 trillion won). It will also repurchase and cancel additional 100 billion won of shares.</li>
<li><em><strong>POSCO Holdings has taken a major initiative to provide greater returns to its shareholders and this should have a positive impact on its share price. </strong></em></li>
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POSCO Holdings (005490 KS) announced a major shareholder return policy to buyback and cancel nearly 2 trillion won worth of treasury shares from 2024 to 2026. 
The company will cancel 5.25 million treasury shares representing 6.2% of outstanding shares (about 1.9 trillion won). It will also repurchase and cancel additional 100 billion won of shares.
POSCO Holdings has taken a major initiative to provide greater returns to its shareholders and this should have a positive impact on its share price. 


POSCO Holdings: Announces Shares Buyback and Cancellation of Nearly 2 Trillion Won

Research on Tech Companies

Evelyn Zhang

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Prices for Neon have been rising rapidly recently, in the short term, global semiconductor companies have 6 months inventory of the noble gas.</li>
<li>China, as a major steel producer, has mature purification technology and production process for these noble gases,  around 30% of noble gases for wafers above 8-inch  are Chinese suppliers. </li>
<li>It takes 3 to 6 months to find replacement due to the complex process of chip lithography; this crisis will accelerate the domestic substitution  of Chinese semiconductor material manufacturers.</li>
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Prices for Neon have been rising rapidly recently, in the short term, global semiconductor companies have 6 months inventory of the noble gas.
China, as a major steel producer, has mature purification technology and production process for these noble gases,  around 30% of noble gases for wafers above 8-inch  are Chinese suppliers. 
It takes 3 to 6 months to find replacement due to the complex process of chip lithography; this crisis will accelerate the domestic substitution  of Chinese semiconductor material manufacturers.


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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>Given Korea's blanket ban on short-selling, we should concentrate on the likelihood of these ADRs being significantly discounted compared to their underlying shares.</li>
<li>It should persist for an extended period, highlighting the importance of continuously monitoring ADR spreads over the next 2-3 months to seize the opportune entry timing.</li>
<li>Since all these carry single-stock futures, a flexible setup targeting this spread can be designed, ideally incorporating currency hedges.</li>
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Given Korea's blanket ban on short-selling, we should concentrate on the likelihood of these ADRs being significantly discounted compared to their underlying shares.
It should persist for an extended period, highlighting the importance of continuously monitoring ADR spreads over the next 2-3 months to seize the opportune entry timing.
Since all these carry single-stock futures, a flexible setup targeting this spread can be designed, ideally incorporating currency hedges.


Trading Opportunities Targeting Potential ADR Discount Increases from Korea's Short-Selling Ban

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<li>KRX approved the listing of ACE POSCO Group Focus. This fund mirrors the performance of the FnGuide POSCO Group Focus Index. KRX will announce the listing date next week.</li>
<li>This index encompasses 6 Posco affiliates and 4 non-Posco stocks. The top 3 constituents, each assigned a 25% weight, are POSCO Holdings, Posco International, and Posco Future M.</li>
<li>We should explore various long-short setups for stocks within the local battery sector (long Posco affiliates and short others), starting with the listing of this ACE POSCO Group Focus ETF.</li>
</ul>


KRX approved the listing of ACE POSCO Group Focus. This fund mirrors the performance of the FnGuide POSCO Group Focus Index. KRX will announce the listing date next week.
This index encompasses 6 Posco affiliates and 4 non-Posco stocks. The top 3 constituents, each assigned a 25% weight, are POSCO Holdings, Posco International, and Posco Future M.
We should explore various long-short setups for stocks within the local battery sector (long Posco affiliates and short others), starting with the listing of this ACE POSCO Group Focus ETF.


Exploring the Launch of a Posco Group-Focused ETF: Flow Trading Insights

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>Following the short sell ban announced on the weekend, 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</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kosdaq-150-index" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:31077:1" rel="noopener">KOSDAQ 150</a> opened higher on Monday and rallied through the day.</li>
<li>A lot of the intraday gains on Monday have been given up over the next two trading days. Surprisingly, KRX data indicates that not a lot of shorts have covered.</li>
<li>Foreigners have been net cash buyers since Monday (could indicate covering of offshore borrow) while retail were big sellers on Monday.</li>
</ul>


Following the short sell ban announced on the weekend, the KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 opened higher on Monday and rallied through the day.
A lot of the intraday gains on Monday have been given up over the next two trading days. Surprisingly, KRX data indicates that not a lot of shorts have covered.
Foreigners have been net cash buyers since Monday (could indicate covering of offshore borrow) while retail were big sellers on Monday.


Korea Short Sell Ban: Not a Lot Covered on Monday; Shorts Holding On?

South Korea

POSCO manufactures various types of steel products.  The Company produces hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel, stainless steel, and other forms of steel. The products are mainly used for automobile, construction, and shipbuilding industries.

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Douglas Kim

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Evelyn Zhang

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Sanghyun Park

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Sanghyun Park

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Brian Freitas

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