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>Next rebalance is Dec 12; Simmtech (222800 KS) looks set to replace Philoptics, with a KRW 0.8T market cap gap making it a high-conviction front-runner.</li>
<li>Dongjin Semicam and Daeduck clear market cap but face keyword-score risk; PSK Holdings vs S&amp;S Tech is tight — final screening will decide, so front-running carries caution.</li>
<li>December rebalance AUM doubled; Simmtech and Philoptics could see ~1x DTV passive flows, likely triggering an even stronger passive price impact than last cycle.</li>
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Next rebalance is Dec 12; Simmtech (222800 KS) looks set to replace Philoptics, with a KRW 0.8T market cap gap making it a high-conviction front-runner.
Dongjin Semicam and Daeduck clear market cap but face keyword-score risk; PSK Holdings vs S&amp;S Tech is tight — final screening will decide, so front-running carries caution.
December rebalance AUM doubled; Simmtech and Philoptics could see ~1x DTV passive flows, likely triggering an even stronger passive price impact than last cycle.


Hunting Trades in Korea Semis Materials & Equip ETF Ahead of the Dec Rebalance

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Korea Exchange plans to announce the first rebalance of the "Korea Value Up Index" next week on 27 May. The actual rebalance is expected to take place on 13 June.</li>
<li>Korea Exchange plans to reduce the constituents to 100 (from 105 currently) and change 30% of the included stocks in this index to better reflect the Value Up program incentives. </li>
<li>In this insight, we provide a list of 20 potential exclusion candidates and 20 inclusion candidates in the Value Up index rebalance. </li>
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Korea Exchange plans to announce the first rebalance of the "Korea Value Up Index" next week on 27 May. The actual rebalance is expected to take place on 13 June.
Korea Exchange plans to reduce the constituents to 100 (from 105 currently) and change 30% of the included stocks in this index to better reflect the Value Up program incentives. 
In this insight, we provide a list of 20 potential exclusion candidates and 20 inclusion candidates in the Value Up index rebalance. 


Korea Value Up Index Rebalance Announcement Next Week

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 short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 29th. The aggregated short interest was USD10.4bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in LIG Nex1, Alteogen, SamsungF&amp;MIns, SK Hynix, SKC.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 29th. The aggregated short interest was USD10.4bn.
We tabulate league tables for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in LIG Nex1, Alteogen, SamsungF&amp;MIns, SK Hynix, SKC.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 29th): LIG Nex1, Alteogen, Samsung F&M Ins, SK Hynix, SKC

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<li>We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Mar 14th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.6bn.</li>
<li>We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.</li>
<li>We highlight short interest changes in Skc (011790 KS), Korea Aerospace (047810 KS).</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Mar 14th which has an aggregated short interest worth USD3.6bn.
We tabulate league table for top short by value and short as multiple of ADT, as well as weekly increases &amp; decreases in short value, short as multiple of ADT.
We highlight short interest changes in Skc (011790 KS), Korea Aerospace (047810 KS).


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 14th): Skc, Korea Aerospace

IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

Shinko Electric Industries / Event-Driven

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/shinko-electric-industries" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:15066:1" rel="noopener">Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP)</a>’s tender offer from a JIC alliance is at JPY5,920. Today’s update notes that JIC has satisfied the regulatory precondition. </li>
<li>The tender offer is expected to commence in mid-February. The Board will continue to recommend it because it remains attractive. </li>
<li>Deal fatigue (announced in December 2023) and Ibiden's derating will nudge shareholders to accept. At the last close and for an end-of-March payment, the gross/annualised spread was 0.7%/3.9%.</li>
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Shinko Electric Industries (6967 JP)’s tender offer from a JIC alliance is at JPY5,920. Today’s update notes that JIC has satisfied the regulatory precondition. 
The tender offer is expected to commence in mid-February. The Board will continue to recommend it because it remains attractive. 
Deal fatigue (announced in December 2023) and Ibiden's derating will nudge shareholders to accept. At the last close and for an end-of-March payment, the gross/annualised spread was 0.7%/3.9%.


Shinko Electric (6967 JP): JIC’s Tender Offer on the Home Stretch

South Korea

Simmtech Co., Ltd. manufactures Printed Circuit Board (PCB) modules.  The Company's Memory Module PCBs are used to expand the semiconductor memory and the Mobile Phone Boards are used in communication devices such as mobile phones and navigation devices.

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Hunting Trades in Korea Semis Materials & Equip ETF Ahead of the Dec Rebalance

This post explores potential trade flow and positioning in the Korea Semis Materials & Equipment ETF ahead of the December rebalance.

Sanghyun Park

Korea Value Up Index Rebalance Announcement Next Week

Korea Exchange plans to announce the first rebalance of the "Korea Value Up Index" next week on 27 May. The actual rebalance is expected to take...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 29th): LIG Nex1, Alteogen, Samsung F&M Ins, SK Hynix, SKC

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in LIG Nex1, Alteogen, SamsungF&MIns, SK Hynix, SKC.

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Mar 14th): Skc, Korea Aerospace

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in Skc (011790 KS), Korea Aerospace (047810 KS).

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Shinko Electric (6967 JP): JIC’s Tender Offer on the Home Stretch

The precondition is satisfied, and the tender offer is from 18 February to 18 March (20 business days). Deal fatigue and the derating of Ibiden...

Arun George

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