Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning, Copley Fund Research

Steven Holden

Asset Allocation & Fund Positioning

Copley Fund Research

Copley Fund Research provide research and data on asset allocation among Global and Emerging Market equity funds.  The analysis details absolute and relative positioning across countries, sectors and industries together with highly granular data on single stock and single fund allocations.  The data is updated monthly with time series going back to January 2011.

Global Research - Analysis of 165 prominent Global equity funds, combined AUM $335bn
GEM Research - Analysis of 127 prominent global EM equity funds, combined AUM $250bn

Asset Allocation - Global and GEM Equity

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>Allocations in South Korean Financials stocks among Global Value managers are at record highs. </li>
<li>In a remarkable upward trend that started in 2015, Value managers have positioned themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds invested than ever before</li>
<li>KB Financial is top dog, accounting for over half of total allocations, half the overweight and held by twice as many Value managers as the second most widely held stock</li>
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Allocations in South Korean Financials stocks among Global Value managers are at record highs. 
In a remarkable upward trend that started in 2015, Value managers have positioned themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds invested than ever before
KB Financial is top dog, accounting for over half of total allocations, half the overweight and held by twice as many Value managers as the second most widely held stock


South Korean Financials: Increasing in Value

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>In this insight, we provide an evidenced based analysis of Bank of Korea (BOK) base interest rate changes and Korean banks' share price performances from August 2008 to February 2022.</li>
<li>Specifically, we compare the average share price performances of five major banking groups in Korea (KB, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and Woori) versus KOSPI in six different time periods.</li>
<li>The major Korean banking groups generally outperformed the market in periods of rising interest rates and underperformed the market in periods of falling interest rates.</li>
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In this insight, we provide an evidenced based analysis of Bank of Korea (BOK) base interest rate changes and Korean banks' share price performances from August 2008 to February 2022.
Specifically, we compare the average share price performances of five major banking groups in Korea (KB, Shinhan, Hana, Woori, and Woori) versus KOSPI in six different time periods.
The major Korean banking groups generally outperformed the market in periods of rising interest rates and underperformed the market in periods of falling interest rates.


Evidenced Based Analysis of BOK Base Interest Rate Changes & Korean Banks' Share Price Performances

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

DZT Research

DZT Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Jul 17th. The aggregated holding was USD1,555.1bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD23,200mln. 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 changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung Elec (PREF), LG Innotek.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Jul 17th. The aggregated holding was USD1,555.1bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be inflows of USD23,200mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung Elec (PREF), LG Innotek.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 17th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung Elec (PREF)

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<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Jul 10th. The aggregated holding was USD1,679.3bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD3,459mln. 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 changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech, LG Innotek, KB Financial.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Jul 10th. The aggregated holding was USD1,679.3bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD3,459mln. We tabulate the league table for top changes by value for 1W/4W/1Y and top stocks held by foreign institutions.
We highlight changes of foreign holdings in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech, LG Innotek, KB Financial.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 10th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech, LG Innotek

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory, ROK Advisory LLC

Ken S. Kim

Founder/CEO of ROK Advisory

ROK Advisory LLC

ROK is an independent research advisory firm. We guide you to minimize the information gap between foreign and local investors in Northeast Asia with a focus in Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

Independent Research Advisory Firm

<p>Does holding company ("holdco") discount in Korea apply to the likes of <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-telecom-co-ltd-bbccd86c-474d-4a4d-946d-10e911a225a2" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:395:1" rel="noopener">SK Telecom (017670 KS)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/sk-holdings-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:393:1" rel="noopener">SK Holdings (034730 KS)</a> (now Inc), <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/osstem-implant-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:1450:1" rel="noopener">Osstem Implant (048260 KS)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/lg-chem-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:3583:1" rel="noopener">LG Chem Ltd (051910 KS)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kakao-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15002:1" rel="noopener">Kakao Corp (035720 KS)</a> , <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/fila-holdings-corp" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:10699:1" rel="noopener">Fila Holdings (081660 KS)</a> and others? To answer that question I think we need to know the history of the holdco in Korea.</p>

Does holding company ("holdco") discount in Korea apply to the likes of SK Telecom (017670 KS) , SK Holdings (034730 KS) (now Inc), Osstem Implant (048260 KS) , LG Chem Ltd (051910 KS) , Kakao Corp (035720 KS) , Fila Holdings (081660 KS) and others? To answer that question I think we need to know the history of the holdco in Korea.

The Holding Company Dilemma in Korea -  What's the Right Discount?

South Korea

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd., a holding company, provides a full range of consumer and commercial banking-related financial services.  The company's main businesses include banking, securities brokerage, trust banking, and assets management to individuals, businesses, and other financial institutions.

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South Korean Financials: Increasing in Value

Global Value managers have continued to increase exposure, positioning themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds...

Steven Holden

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 17th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung Elec (PREF)

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 10th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech, LG Innotek

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

The Holding Company Dilemma in Korea - What's the Right Discount?

The discount rate to NAV that is rule of thumb in Korea is 30% but does not make sense across the board? We discuss if there is a better way to...

Ken S. Kim

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South Korean Financials: Increasing in Value

Global Value managers have continued to increase exposure, positioning themselves at record weights, record overweights and with more funds...

Steven Holden

Evidenced Based Analysis of BOK Base Interest Rate Changes & Korean Banks' Share Price Performances

In this insight, we provide an evidenced based analysis of Bank of Korea (BOK) base interest rate changes and Korean banks' share price...

Douglas Kim

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 17th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung Elec (PREF)

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SKSQUARE, Samsung...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Jul 10th): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech, LG Innotek

We analyzed KRX foreign holding data for the past week and highlighted foreign holding changes in SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, SamsungElecMech,...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

The Holding Company Dilemma in Korea - What's the Right Discount?

The discount rate to NAV that is rule of thumb in Korea is 30% but does not make sense across the board? We discuss if there is a better way to...

Ken S. Kim