Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Douglas Research Advisory

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Korea Exchange (KRX) plans to make special changes to the Korea Value-Up Index constituents on 20 December.</li>
<li>We believe that following five stocks are likely inclusions in the Korea Value Up index rebalance on 20 December (KB Financial, Hana Financial, SK Telecom, KT Corp, and LG Electronics).</li>
<li>The new companies that will be included in the Korea Value-Up Index include companies that provide detailed corporate value up plans by 6 December.</li>
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Korea Exchange (KRX) plans to make special changes to the Korea Value-Up Index constituents on 20 December.
We believe that following five stocks are likely inclusions in the Korea Value Up index rebalance on 20 December (KB Financial, Hana Financial, SK Telecom, KT Corp, and LG Electronics).
The new companies that will be included in the Korea Value-Up Index include companies that provide detailed corporate value up plans by 6 December.


Korea Value Up Index Rebalance on 20 December

Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>There will be 12 ETFs related to the Corporate Value Up program that will be launched in Korea on 4 November.</li>
<li>Initially, there will be a total of 510 billion won allocated to these ETFs and ETNs related to the Corporate Value Up program in Korea.</li>
<li>Some of the major KOSPI 100 stocks including KB Financial and KT Corp that are not currently included in the Korea Value Up index could be included in these ETFs. </li>
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There will be 12 ETFs related to the Corporate Value Up program that will be launched in Korea on 4 November.
Initially, there will be a total of 510 billion won allocated to these ETFs and ETNs related to the Corporate Value Up program in Korea.
Some of the major KOSPI 100 stocks including KB Financial and KT Corp that are not currently included in the Korea Value Up index could be included in these ETFs. 


Launch of the Korea Value-Up ETFs on 4 November

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<li>SK Telecom (017670 KS) announced through a value-up disclosure that it will return more than 50% of its net profit to shareholders from 2024 to 2026.</li>
<li>SK Telecom also mentioned that it plans to achieve ROE of 10% or more by 2026.</li>
<li>The company is now targeting 30 trillion won in revenue by 2030 with about 35% of total revenue coming from the AI business.</li>
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SK Telecom (017670 KS) announced through a value-up disclosure that it will return more than 50% of its net profit to shareholders from 2024 to 2026.
SK Telecom also mentioned that it plans to achieve ROE of 10% or more by 2026.
The company is now targeting 30 trillion won in revenue by 2030 with about 35% of total revenue coming from the AI business.


SK Telecom: Meaningful Value Up Announcement

Pan-Asia Tactical Market Calls (Quant-Driven), MRM Research

Nico Rosti

Pan-Asia Tactical Market Calls (Quant-Driven)

MRM Research

Quantitative Research

Equity Derivatives

Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200 / Equity Derivatives

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<li>While the short-selling ban for 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> will remain in place until the first months of 2025, that does not prevent the index from pulling back.</li>
<li>Pullbacks, in this context, are an opportunity to buy, in the hope the index will rise higher from its current position.</li>
<li>Our models right now are showing a short-term WEEKLY OVERBOUGHT scenario coming in the next 2 weeks. Keep reading for more details.</li>
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While the short-selling ban for the KOSPI 200 INDEX will remain in place until the first months of 2025, that does not prevent the index from pulling back.
Pullbacks, in this context, are an opportunity to buy, in the hope the index will rise higher from its current position.
Our models right now are showing a short-term WEEKLY OVERBOUGHT scenario coming in the next 2 weeks. Keep reading for more details.


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

Index Rebalance

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<li>The WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of high dividend yield stocks within emerging markets.</li>
<li>The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.</li>
<li>There are 241 adds and 208 deletes for the index with an estimated round-trip trade of US$2.5bn. There are many stocks with over 2x ADV to trade.</li>
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The WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of high dividend yield stocks within emerging markets.
The changes at the October rebalance were announced after market close on 4 October with implementation scheduled at the close on 16 October.
There are 241 adds and 208 deletes for the index with an estimated round-trip trade of US$2.5bn. There are many stocks with over 2x ADV to trade.


WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index Rebalance: US$2.5bn Round-Trip Trade

South Korea

SK Telecom Co., Ltd. is a Korean mobile and telecommunications operator. The Company provides cellular voice, wireless data, and wireless internet services. SK Telecom also offers fixed line services and platform services.

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WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index Rebalance: US$2.5bn Round-Trip Trade

There are 241 adds/208 deletes for the WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Index. The round-trip trade is around US$2.5bn and there are a...

Brian Freitas

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