Daily Brief South Korea: Ecopro Co Ltd, Korea Stock Exchange KOSPI 200, Samsung Electronics Pref Shares and more

In today’s briefing:

Ecopro Co: Pursuing a PRS Deal Worth About 700 Billion Won Using Its Stake in Ecopro BM
Timing and Hedge Play on Korea’s Top Policy Swing—CGT Applicable Threshold
Global Markets Tactical Outlook: WEEKLY Recap (Sep 8 – Sep 12)

Ecopro Co: Pursuing a PRS Deal Worth About 700 Billion Won Using Its Stake in Ecopro BM

Several local news outlets reported that Ecopro Co is pursuing a plan to raise about 700 billion won through a PRS agreement using its stake in Ecopro BM as collateral.
Ecopro BM currently has a market cap of 11.4 trillion won. A PRS worth 700 billion won (assuming no change in share price), represents 6.1% of Ecopro BM’s market cap.
Although Ecopro has not officially announced this PRS deal, we believe that this is a high probability (70%-80%+) that this deal will get done in the next several weeks.

Deputy PM Koo guided the threshold decision by month-end, likely before Chuseok; historically, Seoul drops major policy prints on Thu/Fri, pointing to 25–26 as the high-prob window.
Local intel points to ₩5bn; strong public pushback makes it politically locked. Traders are positioning ahead of the 25–26 window, balancing index longs with hedges.
FSS break-up creates regulatory uncertainty, pressuring banks and brokers. Traders appear to be pairing index longs with financials shorts, riding policy momentum while hedging sector risk.

A synoptic look at the tactical setups for the indices, stocks, commodities and bonds we cover, week September 1 – September 5. The MODEL’s SUPPORT/RESISTANCE data file is attached.
OVERBOUGHT at the WEEKLY Close: Alphabet (GOOG US) , Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC) (2330 TT) , Gold (GOLD COMDTY) , 10-Year US Treasuries (ZN Futures)
OVERSOLD at the WEEKLY Close: NVIDIA Corp (NVDA US) , Samsung Electronics (005930 KS) , China Mobile (941 HK) , Softbank Group (9984 JP)

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