Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Event-Driven

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<li>We believe a major rights offering capital raise is likely for Korean Air Lines (003490 KS) in the next 1-2 years.</li>
<li>On 25 August, Korean Air announced a 70 trillion won investment plan in the United States. This plan is likely to have been pressured heavily by the Korean government. </li>
<li>A big problem with this plan is Korean Air does not produce enough cash flow and its balance sheet is not strong enough to invest such huge amounts of capital. </li>
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We believe a major rights offering capital raise is likely for Korean Air Lines (003490 KS) in the next 1-2 years.
On 25 August, Korean Air announced a 70 trillion won investment plan in the United States. This plan is likely to have been pressured heavily by the Korean government. 
A big problem with this plan is Korean Air does not produce enough cash flow and its balance sheet is not strong enough to invest such huge amounts of capital. 


Korean Air: A Major Rights Offering Capital Raise Likely In Next 1-2 Years

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 22nd. The aggregated short interest was USD10.3bn.</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 COSMAX, SAMSUNG LIFE, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in short interest of KRX stocks as of Aug 22nd. The aggregated short interest was USD10.3bn.
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 COSMAX, SAMSUNG LIFE, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor, HD HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES.


KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 22nd): COSMAX, SAMSUNG LIFE, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

Equity Capital Markets

Montage Technology   / Equity Capital Markets

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/montage-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:28236:1" rel="noopener">Montage Technology (688008 CH)</a> (MT), a provider of memory interface chips and interconnect chips, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.</li>
<li>MT’s product portfolio, mainly comprises memory interface chips and interconnect chips, addresses interconnect bottlenecks while enhancing data rate/bandwidth, reliability, and power efficiency, as per the company.</li>
<li>In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.</li>
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Montage Technology (688008 CH) (MT), a provider of memory interface chips and interconnect chips, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing.
MT’s product portfolio, mainly comprises memory interface chips and interconnect chips, addresses interconnect bottlenecks while enhancing data rate/bandwidth, reliability, and power efficiency, as per the company.
In this note, we look at its past performance and other deal dynamics that might impact the listing.


Montage Technology A/H Listing - Fast Growth but Doesn’t Need the Cash, Delisted Once

Senior Credit Analyst, Lucror Analytics

Leonard Law, CFA

Senior Credit Analyst

High Yield Experts

Lucror Analytics

Lucror Analytics is a leading credit and ESG research specialist and a provider of technology solutions for differentiated fixed income strategies. Our roots are in bottom-up fundamental credit analysis with a specialization in high yield corporate credits from Europe, Asia and Latin America. We are one of few research specialists integrating ESG considerations with fundamental credit research through a dedicated ESG platform. Our ESG assessment covers five key criteria: Disclosure, E,S, & G Pillars, Controversies, ESG Impact on Credit and ESG Momentum.

Recognizing the importance and value-add of Factor Investing in fixed income, Lucror developed the Smart Quant Navigator (SQN), an intuitive platform that helps clients devise and implement factor-based strategies ranging from pure quant to active fundamental, with integrated ESG.

Our company has been at the forefront of developments in the fixed income markets, identifying opportunities and consistently delivering new products and value-adding solutions to clients. Lucror has close relationships with the largest and most reputable asset managers, family offices, hedge funds, investment and wealth managers globally.

Credit

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<li>In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Greentown China, SK Hynix, JSW Infrastructure</li>
<li>UST yields rose slightly amid limited new catalysts yesterday, reversing a portion of the steep declines from last Friday.</li>
<li>The yield on the 2Y UST advanced 3 bps to 3.72%, while that on the 10Y UST was up 2 bps at 4.28%. Equities retreated, with the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq down 0.4% and 0.2% at 6,439 and 21,449, respectively.</li>
</ul>


In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Greentown China, SK Hynix, JSW Infrastructure
UST yields rose slightly amid limited new catalysts yesterday, reversing a portion of the steep declines from last Friday.
The yield on the 2Y UST advanced 3 bps to 3.72%, while that on the 10Y UST was up 2 bps at 4.28%. Equities retreated, with the S&amp;P 500 and Nasdaq down 0.4% and 0.2% at 6,439 and 21,449, respectively.


<ul>
<li>We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Aug 22nd. The aggregated holding was USD632.9bn.</li>
<li>We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,182mln. 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, Doosan Enerbility, Alteogen, Samyang Food.</li>
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We analyzed the changes in foreign holdings of KRX stocks as of Aug 22nd. The aggregated holding was USD632.9bn.
We estimate that foreign flows to be outflows of USD1,182mln. 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, Doosan Enerbility, Alteogen, Samyang Food.


KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 22nd): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Doosan Enerbility, Alteogen

South Korea

SK Hynix Inc. provides products and services for the electronic components industry. The Company manufactures semiconductors, such as dynamic random access memory (DRAM), NAND flash memory, and static random access memory (SRAM) chips.

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SK Hynix (000660 KS)

Korean Air: A Major Rights Offering Capital Raise Likely In Next 1-2 Years

We believe a major rights offering capital raise is likely for Korean Air in the next 1-2 years. On 25 August, Korean Air announced a 70 trillion...

Douglas Kim

KRX Short Interest Weekly (Aug 22nd): COSMAX, SAMSUNG LIFE, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor

We analyzed KRX short interest report for the past week and highlighted short interest changes in COSMAX, SAMSUNG LIFE, SK Hynix, Hyundai Motor, HD...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Montage Technology A/H Listing - Fast Growth but Doesn’t Need the Cash, Delisted Once

Montage Technology (688008 CH), a provider of memory interface and interconnect chips, aims to raise around US$1bn in its H-share listing. In this...

Sumeet Singh

Lucror Analytics - Morning Views Asia

In today's Morning Views publication we comment on developments of the following high yield issuers: Greentown China, SK Hynix, JSW Infrastructure

Lucror Analytics

KRX Foreign Holding Weekly (Aug 22nd): SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics, Doosan Enerbility, Alteogen

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

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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