Daily BriefsSouth Korea

Daily Brief South Korea: Seoul Guarantee Insurance, Douzone Bizon and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Flagging a New Passive Flow Trading Opportunity Triggered by Korea’s Divvy Policy Momentum
  • EQT Partners – To Acquire a Controlling Stake In Douzone Bizon & A Tender Offer of Minority Shares?


Flagging a New Passive Flow Trading Opportunity Triggered by Korea’s Divvy Policy Momentum

By Sanghyun Park

  • PLUS High Dividend ETF (161510 KS) reshuffle is now a key flow catalyst: June saw GS E&C and HD Hyundai out, Hyundai Motor in, with sharp one-day moves.
  • December review shaping up as 2-in/2-out: Seoul Guarantee (031210) and LG Corp (003550) in, Shinhan (055550) and KB (105560) out.
  • Passive flows: Shinhan/KB ~0.3–0.4x DTV, LG ~3x, Seoul Guarantee 5–6x. With AUM up 30% since June, upcoming adds face outsized passive impact.

EQT Partners – To Acquire a Controlling Stake In Douzone Bizon & A Tender Offer of Minority Shares?

By Douglas Kim

  • It was reported in Seoul Economic Daily today that EQT Partners is close to acquiring a controlling stake (31.4%) in Douzone Bizon (012510 KS).
  • A 31.4% stake of Douzone is now worth  0.91 trillion won (with no premium or discount). 
  • Douzone’s chairman Kim has demanded up to twice the market cap of the company for the management rights premium. 

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