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>KMW replaces AfreecaTV in BBIG. There is no constituent change for Battery and Bio. Seojin and Intellion replace NHN KCP and Danal in Internet. Nexon Games replaces Devsisters in Game.</li>
<li>The effective date has been postponed to the 13th, and the ETF operators will conduct the rebalancing trading at the close tomorrow, the 8th.</li>
<li>Regarding relative passive impact, KMW and AfreecaTV should receive the most attention, and this pattern is already appearing today.</li>
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KMW replaces AfreecaTV in BBIG. There is no constituent change for Battery and Bio. Seojin and Intellion replace NHN KCP and Danal in Internet. Nexon Games replaces Devsisters in Game.
The effective date has been postponed to the 13th, and the ETF operators will conduct the rebalancing trading at the close tomorrow, the 8th.
Regarding relative passive impact, KMW and AfreecaTV should receive the most attention, and this pattern is already appearing today.


KRX K-New Deal Rebalancing: Official Results & Passive Flows

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<li>KMW is the most important name in this rebalancing. It will be a newcomer to the K-New Deal, replacing AfreecaTV for Top Three in INTERNET.</li>
<li>KMW's inflow will be very substantial at 8.60x ADTV, whereas AfreecaTV will suffer an outflow equivalent to 1.69x ADTV.</li>
<li>In addition, HLB will replace Hanmi Science, and Seojin System will take over Danal. Webzen also replaces Devsisters.</li>
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KMW is the most important name in this rebalancing. It will be a newcomer to the K-New Deal, replacing AfreecaTV for Top Three in INTERNET.
KMW's inflow will be very substantial at 8.60x ADTV, whereas AfreecaTV will suffer an outflow equivalent to 1.69x ADTV.
In addition, HLB will replace Hanmi Science, and Seojin System will take over Danal. Webzen also replaces Devsisters.


KRX K-New Deal September Rebalancing: Screening Results

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 review period for the September rebalance of the KRX New Deal indices started on 1 May and will run till 29 July. Implementation is on 8 September.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/intellian-technologies-inc" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:34895:1" rel="noopener">Intellian Technologies (189300 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/seojin-system-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:24032:1" rel="noopener">Seojin System Co, Ltd. (178320 KS)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/danal-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:19682:1" rel="noopener">Danal Co Ltd (064260 KS)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kcp-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:16045:1" rel="noopener">Kcp Co Ltd (060250 KS)</a> in the Internet Index.</li>
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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/nexon-games-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35967:1" rel="noopener">Nexon Games (225570 KS)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/devsisters-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14096:1" rel="noopener">Devsisters (194480 KS)</a> in the Game Index, and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/kmw-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:2834:1" rel="noopener">KMW Co Ltd (032500 KS)</a> could replace <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/afreecatv-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:20163:1" rel="noopener">AfreecaTV (067160 KS)</a> in the BBIG Index.</li>
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The review period for the September rebalance of the KRX New Deal indices started on 1 May and will run till 29 July. Implementation is on 8 September.

Intellian Technologies (189300 KS) and Seojin System Co, Ltd. (178320 KS) could replace Danal Co Ltd (064260 KS) and Kcp Co Ltd (060250 KS) in the Internet Index.

Nexon Games (225570 KS) could replace Devsisters (194480 KS) in the Game Index, and KMW Co Ltd (032500 KS) could replace AfreecaTV (067160 KS) in the BBIG Index.


KRX New Deal Index Rebalance Preview: KMW Into BBIG to Drive Flows

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

Cross Asset Strategy

<ul>
<li>In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National Pension Service (NPS) of Korean stocks.</li>
<li>Of the 176 Korean stocks in which NPS reported changes in ownerships in 2Q 2022, NPS increased its stakes in 115 companies and reduced stakes in 61 companies.</li>
<li>NPS mostly increased stakes in aerospace, defense, construction equipment, and energy sectors while reducing stakes in telecom and tourism related stocks.</li>
</ul>


In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National Pension Service (NPS) of Korean stocks.
Of the 176 Korean stocks in which NPS reported changes in ownerships in 2Q 2022, NPS increased its stakes in 115 companies and reduced stakes in 61 companies.
NPS mostly increased stakes in aerospace, defense, construction equipment, and energy sectors while reducing stakes in telecom and tourism related stocks.


NPS Sells SK Bioscience, Naver, & LG Electronics and Buys Kakao Bank, Lotte Corp, & Samyang Foods

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>In this insight, we discuss the top six stocks in Korea which could be the biggest movers due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. </li>
<li>Due to the large impact of the World Cup this year, these six stocks could potentially outperform the market leading into the FIFA World Cup.</li>
<li>Among these six stocks, we particularly like AfreecaTV, HiteJinro, and BGF Retail in the next six months. </li>
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In this insight, we discuss the top six stocks in Korea which could be the biggest movers due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. 
Due to the large impact of the World Cup this year, these six stocks could potentially outperform the market leading into the FIFA World Cup.
Among these six stocks, we particularly like AfreecaTV, HiteJinro, and BGF Retail in the next six months. 


2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Top 6 Potential Winners in the Korean Stock Market

South Korea

Soop Co., Ltd. offers new media platform services. The Company provides digital media storage, streaming, downloading, video on demand, advertising services, and other services. Soop offers services in South Korea.

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KRX K-New Deal Rebalancing: Official Results & Passive Flows

This post provides the official constituent change results of the KRX K-New Deal rebalancing in September and assesses the passive impacts of...

Sanghyun Park

KRX K-New Deal September Rebalancing: Screening Results

This post presents the screening results of the KRX K-New Deal rebalancing in September, as the screening period ended at the end of July.

Sanghyun Park

KRX New Deal Index Rebalance Preview: KMW Into BBIG to Drive Flows

We see 2 changes for the Internet Index and 1 for the Game Index. More importantly, KMW couple replace AfreecaTV in the BBIG Index and that will...

Brian Freitas

NPS Sells SK Bioscience, Naver, & LG Electronics and Buys Kakao Bank, Lotte Corp, & Samyang Foods

NPS moves the Korean stock market more than any other investor. In this insight, we discuss the recent buying and selling by the Korea National...

Douglas Kim

2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar: Top 6 Potential Winners in the Korean Stock Market

In this insight, we discuss the top six stocks in Korea which could be the biggest movers due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Douglas Kim

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