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 26 years of covering Asia Pacific equities, the past 20 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

CK Hutchison (1 HK): "New And Perhaps Unforeseen Challenges"

CK Hutch (1 HK): The Optics Are Looking Favourable

CK Hutch (1 HK): Assets Sales And Listings Abound. This Is A Buy

Quiddity Advisors

Event-Driven

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<li>Last week, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/ck-hutchison-holdings-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:132:1" rel="noopener"><strong>CK Hutchison (1 HK)</strong></a><strong> </strong><a href="https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2026/0813/2026081300222.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> a 6.1% and 6.4% lift in 1H26 revenue and underlying net profit (excluding one-off items) to HK$241.6bn and HK$12.6bn. Pretty decent numbers.</li>
<li>End-July, CKH offloaded its 49% stake in VodafoneThree for US$5.8bn. No mention of the AS Watson IPO in the results or the anaylsts' call. Reportedly it's been delayed to 2027.</li>
<li>The Panama port cessation incurred a HK$496mn hit to EBITDA. CKH has now announced a  Investment Treaty Arbitration against the Panamanian Republic, an entirely separate claim to the contractual arbitration.</li>
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Last week, CK Hutchison (1 HK) reported a 6.1% and 6.4% lift in 1H26 revenue and underlying net profit (excluding one-off items) to HK$241.6bn and HK$12.6bn. Pretty decent numbers.
End-July, CKH offloaded its 49% stake in VodafoneThree for US$5.8bn. No mention of the AS Watson IPO in the results or the anaylsts' call. Reportedly it's been delayed to 2027.
The Panama port cessation incurred a HK$496mn hit to EBITDA. CKH has now announced a  Investment Treaty Arbitration against the Panamanian Republic, an entirely separate claim to the contractual arbitration.


CK Hutchison (1 HK) Ratches Up Panama Canal Legal Wrangling