Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events, Quiddity Advisors

David Blennerhassett

HK Type 4 license through Ballingal Investment Advisors Ltd. 

I'm a highly experienced sell-side analyst with in excess of 22 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 19 years immersed in event strategies encompassing M&A risk arbitrage, directional long/short, stub trades and restructuring.  

My background also includes accountancy (liquidation/bankruptcy/receivership) earlier in my career and as a chief financial officer of a global commodity company based in the US and Mexico.

Pan-Asia Catalysts/Events

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Event-Driven

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<li>The Companies (Amendment) Act 2021 of the Cayman Islands (Amendment Act), which will come into force on 31 August 2022, will abolish the current 'headcount test'.</li>
<li>Those companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and subject to a members' Scheme of Arrangement, were previously required to satisfy the headcount test under section 86 of the Companies Act.</li>
<li>This development clarifies previous uncertainty/ambiguity which <em>could</em> arise, with 'take private' deals of Cayman-incorporated, Hong Kong-listed companies, where a Scheme is the favoured privatisation path.</li>
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The Companies (Amendment) Act 2021 of the Cayman Islands (Amendment Act), which will come into force on 31 August 2022, will abolish the current 'headcount test'.
Those companies incorporated in the Cayman Islands, and subject to a members' Scheme of Arrangement, were previously required to satisfy the headcount test under section 86 of the Companies Act.
This development clarifies previous uncertainty/ambiguity which could arise, with 'take private' deals of Cayman-incorporated, Hong Kong-listed companies, where a Scheme is the favoured privatisation path.


Yorkey Optical International Cayman (2788 HK)

Cayman Islands: Headcount To Be Decapitated On 31 August

PCCW Ltd

Cayman Islands: Headcount To Be Decapitated On 31 August